Questions[readynas](server)

I currently have a server that nightly backs up its data to a NETGEAR ReadyNAS device using Rsync. This has been working fine for the past few months. However recently, I started to get the following error:

rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 4 bytes to socket [sender]: Connection reset by peer (104)
inflate (token) returned -5
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at token.c(604) [receiver=3.0.6]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (229743 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(601) [sender=3.0.7]

I've managed to track it down to one particular file that is causing the problem (by using Rsync to copy just that file). The file itself is quite large - about 975Mb. However, there are also other files in the same directory, some as large as 3Gb, and these backup fine.

I'm using the following Rsync command:

 rsync -avz --password-file=/root/rsync.secret <sourcedir> username@readynas::backup

Rsyncing to an Ubuntu Linux host seems to work, so it doesn't look like there's a problem with the rsync client on the server.

I've Googled around but found nothing. A lot of people seem to be saying that adjusting the timeout at the Rsync server end solved similar problems, but if this were my problem I can't understand why it works with the larger files.

Does anyone have any suggestions how to solve this?

In my ReadyNAS, the DNS "Domain name" is set to domain.actdsltmp. I don't know how it got that way or what it means, and searching reveals lots of mentions but no explanation I could find.

Does this mean something to someone?

I have an old ReadyNAS 1100 by Netgear. It has 4x500GB disks. http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/rnr4000.asp

Can I install FreeNAS on it? If so, can you please explain how?

As far as I can understand, the ReadyNAS has it's system in a FlashROM.

Does it have a load? BIOS? Will putting FreeNAS on a USB help?

Went to check on a high pitched constant beep coming from the server room and discovered that all the LED lights on the disks were black except one which had a constant green. Post a Re-boot nothing changed. Console indicated that that particular drive has failed. Pulled the drive out and BAM everything is fine. Except, the high pitched beep remains. Plan is currently to replace the drive with a new same size drive we happen to have purchased for expansion.

My question is, what will this do?

Will the NAS accept the new drive as a replacement for the failed one and decide to shut-up?

The Manual for the device is almost to straight forward and says that I can just swap drives out as I need but I find that difficult to believe: http://www.readynas.com/download/documentation/HM/RN4200_HW_24May10.pdf

I'm trying to set up rsync backups on my ReadyNAS and I'm getting the following error:

ERROR: The remote path must start with a module name not a /

This error is accompanied by the following information:

Job: 015
Protocol: rsync
Source: 192.168.140.25::/home/jason
Destination: [gob]/

I think the error makes sense because look what happens when I try this:

$ rsync -r 192.168.140.25::/home/jason dest/
ERROR: The remote path must start with a module name not a /

The command fails. If I change it only slightly, it succeeds:

$ rsync -r 192.168.140.25:/home/jason dest/

So the question is: Why is the ReadyNAS trying to run an rsync command with an extra colon? Is there something about the way rsync works that I don't understand?