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NAS aggregation
Not sure if this the right place but here it goes:
My setup:
My video and music files (FLAC) are stored on six (6) D-Link DNS-323 (v1.07 firmware) 1TB RAID NAS units connected to an 8-port unmanaged gigabit switch which is itself connected (for internet access) to my router (WRT54G) which is the DHCP server for my network. On the same switch I have a PS3 and an XP Pro SP3 computer.
Everything works fine except for the "wake-up" problem mentioned below.
Now my question is:
I would like to see the six DNS-323 units as a single file system in XP Pro and on the PS3, i.e. only one drive letter with each NAS as a folder under root. I believe this is known as NAS/file aggregation/virtualization.
Ideally I would like to aggregate the 6 NAS units under a common root in a virtual file system called "media". Is there a hardware box (kind of a smart switch with NAS aggregation) that can do that and be UPnP as well?
Wake-up problem:
Sometimes one of the DNS-323 doesn't "wake up" when accessed and I have to reboot it.
There is another thread about this here: http://forums.anandtech.com/messagev...VIEWTMP=Linear
Thanks for any input!
My setup:
My video and music files (FLAC) are stored on six (6) D-Link DNS-323 (v1.07 firmware) 1TB RAID NAS units connected to an 8-port unmanaged gigabit switch which is itself connected (for internet access) to my router (WRT54G) which is the DHCP server for my network. On the same switch I have a PS3 and an XP Pro SP3 computer.
Everything works fine except for the "wake-up" problem mentioned below.
Now my question is:
I would like to see the six DNS-323 units as a single file system in XP Pro and on the PS3, i.e. only one drive letter with each NAS as a folder under root. I believe this is known as NAS/file aggregation/virtualization.
Ideally I would like to aggregate the 6 NAS units under a common root in a virtual file system called "media". Is there a hardware box (kind of a smart switch with NAS aggregation) that can do that and be UPnP as well?
Wake-up problem:
Sometimes one of the DNS-323 doesn't "wake up" when accessed and I have to reboot it.
There is another thread about this here: http://forums.anandtech.com/messagev...VIEWTMP=Linear
Thanks for any input!