I am also pondering to use the wd whites for freenas. Opensuse btrfs with their snappy is awesome two drives that are redundant. This item wd my book world edition ii 2 tb 2 x 1 tb network attached storage wd 8tb my cloud ex2 ultra network attached storage nas wdbvbz0080jchnesn b01awh05ge wd 4tb my cloud home personal cloud storage wdbvxc0040hwtnesn,white b076ctk55w. After your my book nas has restarted, log into the wd network storage manager from a web browser and create a new share. Freenas is free and opensource nas software based on freebsd. The hard drive inside the wd mybook live is a 2tb western digital caviar green. The heavy duty backup is done by an intel based freenas. In the example below, a western digital external 6tb hard disk drive is 33% cheaper than something comparable as an internal drive.
Plugged it into a switch and its not being recognised at all, even downloaded the wd cd with the drivers and the detection tool doesnt see it either. Wd my book world edition white after building a pc with win 10, ive not had my wd my book world edition used for a good while, decided to plug it in and install the drivers etc. Seems like this should be really easy, but im just not sure how to do it. Im currently looking into buying a nas to be used as a home media server. I have been googling all morning, but not finding any onpoint info also not helpful that freenas servers are down. Fix nas drive not visible on network windows 10 so your nas drive has disappeared from your network. We received western digitals mybook world edition ii, which is based on raid 0 or raid 1 and two 2tb 3. One of the most popular posts on this blog has been how to sync a nas drive with onedrive and since writing it and banging my head against the obvious limitations in the onedrive client ive been using synctoy for over a year now without a single issue. Install freenas onto wd my book live duo or build own kit. Is it possible to install freenas onto a western digital my book live duo nas.
Restart your my book nas for the new setting to take effect. So your nas drive has disappeared from your network. The western digital mybook world edition has a glossy white case and shares the same rounded book like shape of other mybook external hard drives. Freenas was very easy to setup like 15 minutes or so. Recovering data from nas devices including wd mybook pro. The uid user id is listed first, followed by the gid group id. My book world edition can be your homes central media hub. Oct 15, 2015 im currently looking into buying a nas to be used as a home media server. From there, you will be able to update to the current available 02. Freenas is the simplest way to create a centralized and easily accessible place for your data. Freenas is open source based on bsd and takes advantage of the gui framework developed for the m0n0wall router project happily, others share my opinion of freenas.
Unable to map network drive on nas server wd world edition hi, im trying to connect to my nas server at home wd world edition and am unable to map the network drive. Whats the opinion here on shucking external drives. As everyone who has tried it has stated, going the wd my book world edition route is not the way to go. So i did some checkouts with recent lede distro on wd my book live tftp boot and. Mar 26, 2007 i need a way to access my many files, pics and movies when im on the go or anywhere that has internet access with my mbp.
Has anyone used a 1tb wd my book world edition ii storage system with a mac. Alternative idealworld solution thats much simpler and guaranteed to work until major changes are made to the freenas installation process that is, if freenas didnt go crazy with this procedure, for mysterious reasons. Dec 10, 2007 western digital 1tb mybook nas adds overly restrictive drm to deny access to the video and music you legally own, when you try and play it from outside your home network. The router is wireless accessed by my computers in the house. I recently bought a wd my book essentials 2tb with the intention of using it as a nas. Webmin makes a nice backup in the event you lose wd dashboard as it.
I just built a zfs raidz2 array with some of these drives red efax a couple months ago. For more information, see drive management on page 41. Fun with rsync and more on the wd my book live smallnetbuilder. A quick look at western digitals latest my book nas the. Following every instruction under the sun to install or activate either has had no effect. The hidden cost of using zfs for your home nas hacker news. The nas came with mionet, which in my opinion it simply sucks i want to give users the right to download files across the internet, you could use that with mionet, but first of all the interface sucks, it requires java, and its slow. Mount mybook nas in freenas help struggling for a while with trying to get my freenas install to mount my mybook live nas. I generated a public key on my wd my book live duo and want to paste it into.
Western digital my book world edition ii 2 tb 2 x 1 tb. Fyi successfully returned all my wd red dmsmr drives. Apr 29, 2007 i also bought this drive and was hugely disappointed with it. Sep 18, 2015 this video shows, how to connect a nas storage western digital wd mybook live duo to a windows 10 system as a drive with a fixed letter. I have a wd mybookworld network drive connected directly to my computer but it is not showing up under network in explorer. Initially i will be using the same 4x1 tb disk, i will want to remove the my world disk and replace it with a external usb 4 tb disk drive that i can use as backup. Cant connect to my network hard disk nas hi, ive recently bought a western digital my book world 1tb nas drive wdh1nc20000 but for some reason i cant access it wirelessly from my laptop. My western digital my book world edition white light nas died. From a 5400 rpm laptop hdd to this wd my book real world transfer speed is averaging 4080 mbs under windows 10 and the same goes up to 5 mbs. On my hp notebook with both vista and windows 7 i cannot connect to the mybook.
Western digital my book world edition 1tb home network. I went through the entire hackm up and setup and have found that throughput isnt even close to 100mb and im using gigabit nics and switches which i upgraded to thinking that the 100mb nics and switches were the issue. Definitely would prefer a plugin, basic setup and leave option would something like the wd my book world new edition be acceptable or a lacie network space. If all you want is to share files and do backups you can probably be server just as well by a low end nas like a western digital my book live that includes the drive for not much more than the price of a bare drive. Western digital releases new firmware that makes the devices web interface more responsive and intuitive but doesnt do much to improve the remote. The western digital mybook world edition has a glossy white case and shares the same rounded booklike shape of other mybook external hard drives. Fix nas drive not visible on network windows 10 youtube. A frontmounted white light doubles as an operation indicator and capacity gauge. Mar 16, 2016 1 wd my book world with 2tb there fore i am planning to build a nas using a supermicro x9xxx board with an i3 cpu and 16gb of ecc ram.
For mac, go to the apple menu and select software update if your device is currently running firmware version 02. By clicking the notify me when available button below, i consent to the use of the information provided below by. Western digital 1tb mybook nas adds overly restrictive drm to deny access to the video and music you legally own, when you try and play it from outside your home network. Just watch the whole video to find the fix that works for you. Since there are two instead of only one hard drives inside the book. Wd my cloud nas devices have hardwired backdoor the. Wd wdh1nc0n 1tb my book world edition network hard. I know it is working properly because i can manually type in \\mybookworld it will show up but once i close that window its gone again. Synctoy has saved the day when it comes to keeping my nas drive up to date with onedrive. The reason i bough it is to have it as a ftp server, that way i can access files across the lan and wan. How to revive western digital my book world edition complete walkthrough from attaching serial for debricking to installing debian. If your product is not listed above, please visit the product page. Solved wd my book world edition nas not showing up on my pc. I want to buil a freenas filewebserver taking the 2tb drive out of the wd box and 2x2gb ddr333mhz ram that i already have.
It offers several extra features missing in the wd os, e. From it you can stream photos, music, and videos to your home entertainment centre all you need is the my book world edition drive and a digital media adapter or a game console like an xbox 360 or playstation 3, and. Apr 05, 20 i have a wd mybookworld network drive connected directly to my computer but it is not showing up under network in explorer for some reason. Does the user on freenas have a home directory specified.
How to build a squeezecenter server with freenas and a. Connect the removed physical drive to usb port using whatever adapter you have and power up the drive. Unable to map network drive on nas server wd world. Page 1 of 2 my book world edition white light not responding posted in external hardware. Hi, i have a my book world edition ii 2tb and i would like to install freenas because i am not happy with the wd original firmware. Hello, i have two my book world edition white light network hdds from wd. The dualdrive model my book world edition ii is preconfigured for maximum capacity as a large single spanned volume. I got the uid and gid settings by navigating to the shares directory and doing a listing as shown below. Receive an email notification when this product becomes available. To that end, i have long used freenas around my home office. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to.
Advice to build a freenas filewebserver out of a wd. Using synctoy to sync nas with onedrive epinionated. Wd my book world edition nas server 1 tb series specs. Build a file server with 500gigs of hdd space or buy the wd my book world ii. The latest example of the home nas is western digitals my book world edition ii. Jo lenne valami webes file kezelo ra mint ami a freenasben van, mert a beepitett copy manager fapad, meg. I use the drive to share files between all the computers in my house and use it with the wd tv live to play videos from the my book on my tv. Freenas is an operating system that can be installed on virtually any hardware platform to share data over a network. How to setup ftp on my world book edition ii without using. May 27, 2002 hey experts, i think i may have made a mistake. Cant access my network hard disk nas microsoft community. Ive bought the wd mybook world edition ii white lite. Though it looks similar, there are quite a few differences with the earlier western digital mybook world edition ii. Oct 15, 2015 ive bought the wd mybook world edition ii white lite.
In order to recover data from wd mybook and other nas devices, you have to follow several steps that involve disassembling the device and your pc, and connecting all hard drives from the nas device directly to ide or sata ports inside your computer. Wd my book world edition nas server 1 tb series sign in to comment. May 20, 2009 the wd my book world editions sevenpage quick install guide is about as simple as it gets in terms of getting a product set up and operational quickly. Cant access my network hard disk nas hi, ive recently bought a western digital my book world 1tb nas drive wdh1nc20000 but for some reason i cant access it wirelessly from my laptop.
Cant connect to my network hard disk nas dell community. If you have a western digital my cloud network attached storage device, its time to learn. Use freenas with zfs to protect, store, and back up all of your data. Administrator name password tool language id like to know if there is a way he can map the drive on the machine in question without. Western digital my book world edition you and your family have a lot of media files. The wd my book world edition ii nas is excellent for a home network backup device. Readynas would not have been my personal choice of nas. I have been googling all morning, but not finding any on point info also not helpful that freenas servers are down. Here is how to get at your data from a failed 1tb wd my book world blue ring. Run my printer from the server and have a personal rstudio and juypter notebook server running on it. The wd my book world editions sevenpage quick install guide is about as simple as it gets in terms of getting a product set up and operational. Freenas storage operating system open source freenas. I also run my irc weechat on the box and as the front end and this is the best thing ever. Their website specs make no mention of macs, and i would like to get one for our pcmac network.
I have the 3tb my book live and if it could do more i probably wouldnt be writing this. Huge 1tb storage capacity the western digital my book world edition. So i decided to get a nice mini atx chassis and use the amazing freenas platform, which. Wd my book world edition white solved windows 10 forums. From it you can stream photos, music, and videos to your home entertainment centre all you need is the my book world edition drive and a digital media adapter or a game console like an xbox 360 or playstation 3, and your masterpiece is there on the big screen. I have set in the installation cd, but when using the application installer, clicking accept and next in the connect box, i chose the 1 wd discovery tool. Forum forum per page discussions freenas started by. Wd 8tb my book duo desktop raid external hard drive usb 3. Western digital has been relying on the mybook design for a few years now, and the mybook world edition ii follows suit. The backup software is a load of junk, lacks many control options and crashed a lot on me. The nas came with mionet, which in my opinion it simply sucks. The support for media streaming is also extremely limited. To map the newly created share, on windows, click the start button. How i rescued my data from a 3tb wd my book external hard drive duration.
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