ARGOSY - HD363N - Network Storage

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the fact is the product is unreliable and buggy!

sure you wouldnt expect blistering speeds from the device, but I'm
sick of all this corruption happening! I'm not copying gigs of data,
just trying to run outlook pst file on it, and I always get a
corruption. also moving files for some unknown reason caused new
folders to randomly appear.

If the device cant handle transfering a 2 gig, then they should say
so! If the drive is Fat32, the the limit is 2 gig, so they should
have built it to handle that!

Questwrote:
i got the V-GEAR Landisk and i have exactly the same issues with my
linux set-top-box as the guys that want to use it with xbmc.
i noticed that the cifs implementation is more like non existent,
and the normal smbfs implementation is very buggy.

v-gear told me they don't care about linux support as it is not
advertised.
the product with the current firmware totally sucks and i don't
recommend to buy it if you don't have it already. (specially if your
thinking about using it with linux)

Quest

I checked the v-gear site and although they said that they do not
support Linux, they have tried it with Samba V2.x. Current version is
3.0.20.x so if you downgrade, it might work.

BTW, what issues are you having with Linux? Is it the insane file
sizes or empty directories? Something else?

I'm running Linux and I can see all my files and write/read etc. when
used with the Bytecc ME-850 (same as v-gear product). Only problem is
the file sizes are insanely huge. I'm running the latest version of
SAMBA.

There new (6-1013 - 10/25/05) firmware posted to the tritton web
site....

http://www.trittontechnologies.com/p.../TRINSS001.htm
http://support.trittontechnologies.c...html#Downloads

I'm about to load it up.
(Loaded: Note that my host & group names got reset after update.
And, the hostname had to be cut to 12 characters)

Here's the release notes:

Version 6-1013 (October 25, 2005)
* Daylight Savings Time adjustment added
† Creation date is no longer modified when modifying the file
† Share passwords were not case sensitive when logging into from
Windows
† Seconds on timestamps are no longer ignored
† Administrator name on "Home Page" was not updating new admin name
† Files dates with year 19xx were changed to 20xx.
† Filesizes over 4GB had wrong MD5 checksum in SMB and FTP copying
† Folder names only accept English characters or numbers: “0-9”,
“A-Z”, “a-z”,”-“, “=”, “_”
† Improved transfer with wireless devices
† Improved FTP file copy 'lost connection' problem
† "Factory Defaults" button in user interface now correctly resets all
settings stored in flash.
† TCP three-way handshaking packet lost issue resolved

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Just a small update... NOT.

Geez talk about big bugs. The issues that have been "fixed" could lead
to major data loss.

Just shows how this product is still in the beta stage.

Argosy sent me this latest firmware update in response to a support
request I sent in concerning an unreported bug I have discovered.
This bug has persisted through all the firmware revisions I have
tested so far, and is still unresolved in this latest version.

Description:
Create 5 or more nested subFolders below the PUBLIC Folder, or any
other Root Folder:

Public
|_ A
|_ B
|_ C
|_ D
|_ E

Now place at least 12 files in the E Folder, or any Folder below it:

Public
|_ A
|_ B
|_ C
|_ D
|_ E
|_ File01
|_ File02
|_ File03
|_ File04
|_ File05
|_ File06
|_ File07
|_ File08
|_ File09
|_ File10
|_ File11
|_ File12

The files can be any type and size, including 0 Bytes.

Now attempt to delete the E Folder, or any Folder above it and, under
Windows2000, you will receive this message:

"Cannot remove the folder E: Cannot find the specified path. Make
sure you specify the correct path."

At this point, the E Folder is undeletable by any means except
resetting the Argosy device, either by power cycling or by using the
web interface to perform a soft reset. I'm surprised no one else has
reported this bug here since it seems to exist in all firmware
revisions. I have sent this description to Argosy Support and am
waiting for a reply.

Dawnwrote:
Argosy sent me this latest firmware update in response to a support
request I sent in concerning an unreported bug I have discovered.
This bug has persisted through all the firmware revisions I have
tested so far, and is still unresolved in this latest version.

Description:
Create 5 or more nested subFolders below the PUBLIC Folder, or any
other Root Folder:

Public
..|_ A
........|_ B
..............|_ C
....................|_ D
..........................|_ E

Now place at least 12 files in the E Folder, or any Folder below
it:

Public
..|_ A
........|_ B
..............|_ C
....................|_ D
.........................|_ E
................................|_ File01
................................|_ File02
................................|_ File03
................................|_ File04
................................|_ File05
................................|_ File06
................................|_ File07
................................|_ File08
................................|_ File09
................................|_ File10
................................|_ File11
................................|_ File12

The files can be any type and size, including 0 Bytes.

Now attempt to delete the E Folder, or any Folder above it and,
under Windows2000, you will receive this message:

"Cannot remove the folder E: Cannot find the specified path. Make
sure you specify the correct path."

At this point, the E Folder is undeletable by any means except
resetting the Argosy device, either by power cycling or by using the
web interface to perform a soft reset. I'm surprised no one else has
reported this bug here since it seems to exist in all firmware
revisions. I have sent this description to Argosy Support and am
waiting for a reply.

I simply cannot believe you are actually spending so much time on a
product that clearly is a pile of sh!t.

Get rid of it.

Get something decent.

Stop clogging up the newsgroup with drivel concerning what is nothing
more than a toy. And a bad one, at that.

Good grief.

If you're serious about your data, then do something serious about it -
don't get a pile of cr@p and expect it to perform.

Absolutely mindless. Give it up.

And take your posts to "alt.mindless.drivel" in future.


OD

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I suppose I keep hoping that the next firmware release will fix all
the problems.


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if you get

" Cannot find the specified path. Make sure you specify the correct
path.""

try loggin onto the drive via ftp and deleting there.

That is how I managed to delete folders that couldnt be deleted.


just put in Internet Explorer address bar "ftp://theNameOfYourDrive"

Odie Ferrouswrote:

Get something decent.
OD

What is the next level up from this $70 NAS enclosure?

I just purchased this for my home network for sharing small files over
the internet, laptop backup, etc... you know, small crap. I just got
it in and have not fired it up yet. If there is a bulletproof NAS
out there for a little more $, I would seriously consider it. So
what is the next better thing out there for the small home user?

Thomas wrote:

Odie Ferrouswrote:

Get something decent.
OD

What is the next level up from this $70 NAS enclosure?

I just purchased this for my home network for sharing small files over
the internet, laptop backup, etc... you know, small crap. I just got
it in and have not fired it up yet. If there is a bulletproof NAS
out there for a little more $, I would seriously consider it. So
what is the next better thing out there for the small home user?

I honestly think you'd be better off getting something generic.

In my experience, they tend to have fewer flaws.

In the UK, a company called span.com does external drives that connect
via ethernet.

Have a look on their website.

If it's available here, it will be more so in the US.

Probably also about $70 minus the drive itself.


OD