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Hello, I'm considering to buy a NAS to download stuff, been checking lot of products available here in my country and I think the dns323 is a pretty good choice. If it wasn't for that 2gb filesize limit that I heard about. I was planning to download torrent files with whole content larger than 200gb containing also large files around 50gb inside like Bluray discs and long running series with multiple video files reaching 100, 200gb.
So, is it really like that? I can't download any file larger than 2gb with 323, is there a way to pass through it, I saw it's possible to install the Transmission on it, but does it need to change the firmware or something like that? I'm pretty sure it's a noob question, but I'm not here to you guy learn everything on that post, just tell me it is possible to pass those ridiculous limits and what do I need. TX.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3#Size_limits
File size limit isn't 2GB. I have been able to put up to 10 GB MKV (haven't tried bigger) on my DNS 320
Anyways where I'm from you can purchase the DNS-320 for less than the DNS-323, even though the 320 has significantly better specs. I have a few files over 20 GB on it, for what it's worth.
Last edited by staeit (2011-08-23 06:59:28)
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Ok, so total noob here but I've been hitting the forums and wiki hard over the last week to try and seem at least informed before I posted here. Well, now we'll find out if that's the case.
I've been trying to copy over a 35.5GB file from by Mac using smb. I'm running firmware v1.09 and the file gets to about 280 MB quickly (~20 sec) and then essentially goes into a crawl. I've read the issue with the unsigned 2GB files, etc and it seems like most of that has been resolved with the 1.09 firmware.
However, I now think what I'm running into is the ext3 file size limit (16 GB) with the 2 TB max system size. So, if I'm understanding this correctly, there is no workaround for me to get a 35.5 GB file onto the DNS-323. Correct?
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live2ridefast, you may want to consider transferring use afp instead of smb. Check out this thread for more details: http://dns323.kood.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6637
There are numerous other threads, as well, about netatalk that describe how to get the service up and running with ffp 0.5.
Good luck!
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I've had 70+ GB files on mine.
The 2GB limit you refer to was a problem which was fixed waaaaaay back around firmware 1.03 - files larger than 2GB would transfer but would be corrupt.
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Fordem, yeah I saw on the wiki that the 2GB limit was cleaned out by firmware 1.04. That's why I figured that was a non-issue with me running v1.09. You saying that you have 70+ GB files on yours tells me that it's doable for me to get my 35.5 GB file transferred over, but the question is how?! I must be missing something somewhere about how this can be accomplished.
The only other thing I'm aware of at the moment that could limit me is the Jumbo Frames Setting. My MTU is currently set at 6000. I did try changing it to a lower and higher setting followed by attempting the transfer again without success. I must be honest, I truly don't understand the Jumbo Frames setting. I'm currently running a 3rd generation Apple Airport Extreme router. Did you do anything specific to enable your large files to be transferred or were you able to accomplish this right out of the box?
thebeck, thanks for the suggestion on running AFP. I've done some reading on the wiki about this but still not completely ready to take that jump yet until I understand it a little more. Would this route allow large file transfers or just speed up the connection because it seems like the transfer speed is about what it should be up until about 280 MB gets moved over...then the crawling begins.
Thanks to both of you for your patience and time.
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My guess is that transferring using AFP probably won't be any slower or faster. Since it's a different protocol, you may have better luck, though.
Albeit the package contents are smaller, I have transferred 100+ GB iPhoto libraries for backup purposes to my DNS 323 and DNS 343 using AFP. I have also transferred movies files into the 20 to 30 GB range.
I will admit, though, that I use a wired connection on a Gigabit switch when I know I have to transfer large files or when I have to make an initial Time Machine backup. Otherwise I am wifi for all other use and day-to-day incremental Time Machine backups.
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So, if a i put a torrent larger then 200gb on my bt queue, it'll be possible to download and seed it after completed?
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One more question for you theBeck. Did you install afp following the procedure outlined on the dns wiki or some other procedure? And my DNS is wired too, I'm not trying this transfer wirelessly. Thanks again!
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