Over the past week I have really enjoyed playing around with my new Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 2! This NAS is one of the best I have every used and have recently enabled Time Machine backups with it.
I have a Macbook Pro 13"
with a 160GB Intel X25-M SSD
and 500GB HD in it. I recently enabled the Time Machine feature on my ReadyNAS
and very quickly was able to specify how much space I would like to reserve for these backups (unlike the Seagate BlackArmor
where I had to repartition my hard drive to allocate space). Once I enabled the feature, I was able to quickly tell Time Machine of my Macbook to use the ReadyNAS to backup and watched as 90+ GB was transferred over in about 30minutes (don't have the exact time - sorry). Very impressed!One issue I have run into with the ReadyNAS
is OS X doesn't seem to like to connect to the NAS unless you use the AFP protocol. I have 2 SHARED entries showing up on my Mac:SHARED
- NAS (AFP)
- NAS
If I try to click on NAS, I get "Connection Failed" and can not specify a username/password for it to connect with. If I click on NAS (AFP), I have full access and everything works fine. Still need to spend some time investigating this issue more, but wanted to be upfront with the only issue I am having.
Anyways, if you are looking for a good 2 drive NAS that will work with Time Machine (quickly) , look at the Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 2
!UPDATE:
Well, I guess I'm a bit of a moron, or as Charlie Sheen would say, I'm WINNING! I had disabled CIFS on the ReadyNAS thinking it wasn't overly important and didn't realize that will kill access to all Windows and Mac OS X systems (not using AFP). So, after enabling CIFS on the ReadyNAS, OS X now sees the device (NAS (CIFS)) and works fine that way.
Final hurdle is trying to get all my shares showing up when I click on NAS on OS X. I only see the ReadyNAS and my user folder when I click on it. Any ideas??
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