Comments on: ReadyNAS Rules http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/ Random experiments, circuits, code, rapid prototyping, sometimes things to buy, and the odd tune by Tod E. Kurt. Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:47:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: todbot http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-10078 todbot Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:33:40 +0000 http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/#comment-10078 Well that's pretty cool. But are NTFS junctions truly symbolic and can span filesystems? Judging from the Wikipedia entry, junction points are inherently unsafe. Delete the junction, delete the file. Regardless, junctions seem to be NTFS entities, not SMB/CIFS ones. I'm not sure if the Samba-derived SMB file server that runs on the ReadyNAS supports all the extra CIFS features like symlinks. It doesn't appear to be a codepath traversed often in Windows so I suspect not. Also judging by the fact that the original poster created symlinks that <i>were</i> visible in Mac OS X and Linux but not in Windows makes me think that either Samba doesn't do Windows directory symlinks or Explorer neglects to display them. Well that’s pretty cool. But are NTFS junctions truly symbolic and can span filesystems? Judging from the Wikipedia entry, junction points are inherently unsafe. Delete the junction, delete the file.

Regardless, junctions seem to be NTFS entities, not SMB/CIFS ones. I’m not sure if the Samba-derived SMB file server that runs on the ReadyNAS supports all the extra CIFS features like symlinks. It doesn’t appear to be a codepath traversed often in Windows so I suspect not. Also judging by the fact that the original poster created symlinks that were visible in Mac OS X and Linux but not in Windows makes me think that either Samba doesn’t do Windows directory symlinks or Explorer neglects to display them.

]]> By: nicolaw http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-10077 nicolaw Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:22:00 +0000 http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/#comment-10077 Yes, I would say they exist. Explorer allows you to view and access symlinks and multi-stream files. You just cannot directly manipulate them through explorer. You can create symlinks through perl's "symlink()" function, or through sysinternal's "ln" command, or through the "linkd" command that comes with the W2K resource kit or with the "junction" command that you can get here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Junction.mspx Yes, I would say they exist.

Explorer allows you to view and access symlinks and multi-stream files. You just cannot directly manipulate them through explorer.

You can create symlinks through perl’s “symlink()” function, or through sysinternal’s “ln” command, or through the “linkd” command that comes with the W2K resource kit or with the “junction” command that you can get here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Junction.mspx

]]> By: todbot http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-10023 todbot Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:01:51 +0000 http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/#comment-10023 nicolaw, you're right. But does a feature really exist if there's no way for a user to user it? nicolaw, you’re right. But does a feature really exist if there’s no way for a user to user it?

]]> By: nicolaw http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-10012 nicolaw Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:07:39 +0000 http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/#comment-10012 Quoting Left by todbot on August 30th, 2006: "symlinks and Windows? Hahaha, you funny. Windows doesn’t do symlinks. It’s not a feature of the filesystem. The .lnk files are only parseable by Explorer." This is incorrect. The NTFS filesystem most definately does support symlinks. It also supports multiple streams and various other features too. The default explorer interface however, does not give you an interface to manipulate some of these features. Quoting Left by todbot on August 30th, 2006:

“symlinks and Windows? Hahaha, you funny. Windows doesn’t do symlinks. It’s not a feature of the filesystem. The .lnk files are only parseable by Explorer.”

This is incorrect. The NTFS filesystem most definately does support symlinks. It also supports multiple streams and various other features too.

The default explorer interface however, does not give you an interface to manipulate some of these features.

]]> By: Ashok http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-7252 Ashok Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:55:22 +0000 http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/#comment-7252 Hello, I'm using the ReadyNas now for three weeks. It's pretty cool. I've the latest firmware. I didn't find the webinterface any faster. I'm having the following problem: The ReadyNas doesn't accept all files from my osx fileserver. My Apple clients use exotic characters in their naming convention. So it stops after it encounters such a name. The share I'm trying to write to is SMB and AFP enabled. I've also been using the Windows AD users for security. So it's part of my domain. Is there a workaround to put the files to the NasReady. Hello,
I’m using the ReadyNas now for three weeks. It’s pretty cool. I’ve the latest firmware. I didn’t find the webinterface any faster. I’m having the following problem:
The ReadyNas doesn’t accept all files from my osx fileserver. My Apple clients use exotic characters in their naming convention. So it stops after it encounters such a name.
The share I’m trying to write to is SMB and AFP enabled. I’ve also been using the Windows AD users for security. So it’s part of my domain.
Is there a workaround to put the files to the NasReady.

]]> By: todbot http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-6348 todbot Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:16:14 +0000 http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/#comment-6348 Hi Rory, I did have one incident in July where the drives got warm enough for it to send me email, but a quick cleaning of the fan vents brought the temperature down again. Other than that I have no problems. I am running Seagate drives which can run hotter, and the ambient temp of the room I have the NV in can get up to 90 degrees. I think the posts on the infrant forum are mostly from folk who try to stick this thing in their media hutch with their xbox and don't realize that a box o' drives needs decent airflow. Hi Rory,
I did have one incident in July where the drives got warm enough for it to send me email, but a quick cleaning of the fan vents brought the temperature down again. Other than that I have no problems. I am running Seagate drives which can run hotter, and the ambient temp of the room I have the NV in can get up to 90 degrees. I think the posts on the infrant forum are mostly from folk who try to stick this thing in their media hutch with their xbox and don’t realize that a box o’ drives needs decent airflow.

]]> By: rory http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-6347 rory Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:04:31 +0000 http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/#comment-6347 hey tod, one q.. you haven't had trouble with the 'NV' overheating ? my friend had that issue.. and i've seen a bunch of posts complaining about that. my '600' is fine, tho. so is srip's, with the "silent fan" kit. hey tod, one q.. you haven’t had trouble with the ‘NV’ overheating ? my friend had that issue..
and i’ve seen a bunch of posts complaining about that.

my ’600′ is fine, tho. so is srip’s,
with the “silent fan” kit.

]]> By: rory http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-6265 rory Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:04:10 +0000 http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/#comment-6265 well.. yeh. I implicitly meant.. mounting the NAS via some other method on both Win & Linux which allows me to make portable symlinks. :-P turning on ssh access ? sweeeet. well.. yeh. I implicitly meant.. mounting the NAS via some other method on both Win & Linux which allows me to make portable symlinks. :-P

turning on ssh access ? sweeeet.

]]> By: todbot http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-6231 todbot Thu, 31 Aug 2006 05:54:17 +0000 http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/#comment-6231 symlinks and Windows? Hahaha, you funny. Windows doesn't do symlinks. It's not a feature of the filesystem. The .lnk files are only parseable by Explorer. I'd say check the Samba docs to see if there's any way to make it heed symlinks (since the ReadyNAS runs Samba). If there is, send a note to the Infrant guys. They've mentioned turning SSH shell access on, so you could conceivable edit the smb.conf file. symlinks and Window...man, I'm still chuckling. symlinks and Windows? Hahaha, you funny. Windows doesn’t do symlinks. It’s not a feature of the filesystem. The .lnk files are only parseable by Explorer.

I’d say check the Samba docs to see if there’s any way to make it heed symlinks (since the ReadyNAS runs Samba). If there is, send a note to the Infrant guys. They’ve mentioned turning SSH shell access on, so you could conceivable edit the smb.conf file.

symlinks and Window…man, I’m still chuckling.

]]> By: rory http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-6230 rory Thu, 31 Aug 2006 05:02:25 +0000 http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/#comment-6230 yeah.. I also have one. It's freaking awesome. (hi tod and damian !) I stumbled onto your website when looking for a way to make portable symlinks on the ReadyNAS, so the dir symlinks can be used by Linux, Windows, and Mac computers. (well.. I only need just Linux & Windows) However, I mount it using SMB on both Linux and Windows, and so the only type of "symlinks" I can create are those windows .lnk files any ideas ? also, you should upgrade to the newest firmware. It offers these fun DHTML menus, and the webserver on the ReadyNAS is faster. yeah.. I also have one. It’s freaking awesome.
(hi tod and damian !) I stumbled onto
your website when looking for a way
to make portable symlinks on the ReadyNAS,
so the dir symlinks can be used by Linux,
Windows, and Mac computers.
(well.. I only need just Linux & Windows)

However, I mount it using SMB on both Linux and Windows, and so the only type of “symlinks”
I can create are those windows .lnk files

any ideas ?

also, you should upgrade to the newest firmware.
It offers these fun DHTML menus,
and the webserver on the ReadyNAS is faster.

]]> By: todbot http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-5650 todbot Fri, 04 Aug 2006 01:57:26 +0000 http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/#comment-5650 It still works great. No problems. No more worrying about storage. It Just Works. I did add another drive to it, and it magically converted the volume from RAID-1 to RAID-5 and expanded the volume without any reformatting. That was pretty cool to see actually work. One thing to watch out for, but this applies to any high-density disk system, is to have adequate cooling and to keep the fan covers and vents clean. The ReadyNAS will email you when it gets too hot and shut down if critically hot, but keeping the system well-ventilated is important. It still works great. No problems. No more worrying about storage. It Just Works. I did add another drive to it, and it magically converted the volume from RAID-1 to RAID-5 and expanded the volume without any reformatting. That was pretty cool to see actually work.

One thing to watch out for, but this applies to any high-density disk system, is to have adequate cooling and to keep the fan covers and vents clean. The ReadyNAS will email you when it gets too hot and shut down if critically hot, but keeping the system well-ventilated is important.

]]> By: damian http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-5649 damian Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:52:36 +0000 http://todbot.com/blog/2006/03/01/readynas-rules/#comment-5649 how do you find the readynas now that you've been using it a while? how do you find the readynas now that you’ve been using it a while?

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