Comments on: Western Digital ShareSpace NAS

By: mirc

mirc — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:39:56 +0000

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By: Ze

Ze — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:30:24 +0000

I bought this drive last year. I have a network of about 8-10 linux machines and wanted to mount their home directories to this NAS box. I knew I made the wrong decision when I saw their web-based interface.
The ssh feature (after a firmware upgrade) was a savior but, only after I had to hack many many files. For security, you need to disable quite a few “features” via command line/file editing. Also, the exports file resets itself to a default file after every reboot, so I had to write my own script for it not to do that. Otherwise I would lose my mounts after a reboot.

After lots of hacking, everything was running smooth for a year… until 2 weeks ago. I shut down the device for routine upgrades of systems. Then, it wouldn’t turn on. The tech support’s guess: something went out in the circuitry. Luckily I back up everything every day. They’re sending me a replacement. But if you need a NAS box that is reliable and interfaces with linux properly, don’t buy this one. You will end up spending a long time to get it to work the way you want to then, one day, it may go to sleep forever. Linux users, stay away.

Nek: yes incremental backup is possible, using rsync. I did it. You’ve got to run the proper scripts though…

By: Nek

Nek — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:19:51 +0000

It is possible to mount with nfs but cp -al does not work and my incremental backup
is not possible on this device.

By: mesamoo

mesamoo — Sun, 02 May 2010 04:16:07 +0000

Yes, it works w/ linux just fine via NFS. I’ve had some troubles w/ this device when creating disk images w/ FOG, but traditinal file managers and shell commands work.

You just need to create a mount point, then mount the device from the command line or via /etc/fstab

Last thing, once you have set up the device w/ a static address you no longer need winders for configuration, everything is done via a web interface

By: wcv

wcv — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:43:11 +0000

I would also like to know this… Will I be able to mount this as an NFS device on a linux box?

By: vilem

vilem — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:16:17 +0000

So is there or isn’t there a reliable way to mount this disc to the computer? I have got 1 as a christmas present(I clearly wished some box which supports linux, but …), and I am not sure whether to exchange it for something else or not. I wanted a reliable device for backups, but also a fast drive, in 1 case……