FYI: "My NAS Connections" Only Lists NDAS Devices
I spent a lot of time trying to figure out why my WD EX2 wasn't in the "My NAS Connections" list. It turns out that it won't, because it isn't a NDAS device, which I hadn't heard of until now.
In https://forum.acronis.com/forum/90831 Pat L wrote "Are you talking about not seeing the NAS under NAS Connections when you browse with True Image?
ATI only supports NDAS devices in this section, which is rarely supported. There is no intrinsic advantage to use one access protocol vs another in theory, so why are you worried about using CIFS/SMB shares?"
This feature is less than unhelpful, and should be retitled to something a little less misleading.


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All he was saying is that it should be titled something else. Why not My NDAS connections? I had no idea what a NDAS device was until I was trying to determine the usefulness of Acronis's My NAS Connections section.
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Michael wrote:I spent a lot of time trying to figure out why my WD EX2 wasn't in the "My NAS Connections" list. It turns out that it won't, because it isn't a NDAS device, which I hadn't heard of until now.In https://forum.acronis.com/forum/90831 Pat L wrote "Are you talking about not seeing the NAS under NAS Connections when you browse with True Image?
ATI only supports NDAS devices in this section, which is rarely supported. There is no intrinsic advantage to use one access protocol vs another in theory, so why are you worried about using CIFS/SMB shares?"This feature is less than unhelpful, and should be retitled to something a little less misleading.
Not to scare you or anything, but make sure you try a recovery of the images stored on your WD. I don't know about the EX2 because I was using the MyCloud version. I could easily store the images and open them live in Windows, but they would be deemed corrupted by the recovery CD, whether wireless or Ethernet connection. The workaround was to use the copy in Safepoints on a USB disk to do the recovery. I ended up ditching the MyCloud for this and other reasons and switch to Synology.
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I have the WD Ex2 and confirm successful restores at least from boot time recovery functionality. Haven't actually needed to boot the recovery cd yet, but if the same restore were to fail then I would question the cd.
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