NSA325 - USB3 port issues.

[sniperzoz]

Hi,

I've just purchased an external USB3 4tb hard-disk - the plan was to attach this to the front USB on the NSA325 for additional storage (2 hds already installed on NAS) ... but i can't get it to be recognised on the front USB ... the rears work fine - I created an ext4 volume and all ... but they're USB2 and very slow.

Any ideas if I'm out of luck here? Or is there an work around? No worries if complex ... anything I can do over telnet? Would FFP help?

Cheers!

 

[stevech]

Hi,

I've just purchased an external USB3 4tb hard-disk - the plan was to attach this to the front USB on the NSA325 for additional storage (2 hds already installed on NAS) ... but i can't get it to be recognised on the front USB ... the rears work fine - I created an ext4 volume and all ... but they're USB2 and very slow.

Any ideas if I'm out of luck here? Or is there an work around? No worries if complex ... anything I can do over telnet? Would FFP help?

Cheers!

I have some USB3 drives that won't be recognized by the Linux in NASes. But the latest Linux NAS OS (like Synology's DSM4 or DSM5) do much better. It's a LInux issue. So it's trial and error. Synology and QNAP have lists of USB3 enclosures that do work properly, especially for inactive drive spin-down.

Can't go by brand names on this, as there's so much rebranding and changing from time to time. The one I use that does spin-down correctly and USB3 correctly is a Seagate GoFlex but no part number. I replaced the drive in that with a large capacity drive. To get the plastic enclosure apart, I found a user's on-line video showing the tricks to do it with minimal breakage.

Even today's latest NAS-Linux is MUCH faster writing with ext4 than FAT32 or NTFS.

You may have to press the vendor on keeping up with Synology/QNAP.

 

[sniperzoz]

I have some USB3 drives that won't be recognized by the Linux in NASes. But the latest Linux NAS OS (like Synology's DSM4 or DSM5) do much better. It's a LInux issue. So it's trial and error. Synology and QNAP have lists of USB3 enclosures that do work properly, especially for inactive drive spin-down.

Can't go by brand names on this, as there's so much rebranding and changing from time to time. The one I use that does spin-down correctly and USB3 correctly is a Seagate GoFlex but no part number. I replaced the drive in that with a large capacity drive. To get the plastic enclosure apart, I found a user's on-line video showing the tricks to do it with minimal breakage.

Even today's latest NAS-Linux is MUCH faster writing with ext4 than FAT32 or NTFS.

You may have to press the vendor on keeping up with Synology/QNAP.

Thank you for the reply - the drive is actually a Seagate 'Expansion' (that's what it's called).

So is it actually a controller issue from the NAS' and/or external drive's side - or is it just software ... i'm assuming if it's software it should be able to be patched .... would Zyxel FFP help?

 

[stevech]

Try other USB3 enclosures. I think that's what ZyXel will recommend.
I have two of those bare SATA to USB3 adapters - no enclosure, just cable and plug with chips inside.
I also have two drive docks where you stick the SATA drive in a toaster-looking thing.
And the seagate enclosure as in prior posting.

Of the four, two work reliably on the NAS. All work on windows 7.
Depends on the chipset each product uses vs. Linux drivers.