RAID 5 Array (ASUS A8NSLI Deluxe) : some Files invisible thru the LAN !

[Toto]

I've made a RAID 5 Array with the SIL3114 controller of the ASUS MB,
running with XP Pro. It works fine (and not that slow for what I do :
mainly, a file server for mp3 music files), BUT...

In many directories, I've got files that stay "invisible" thru the LAN. I
mean, I can see and use these files on the ASUS machine itself, but from
other PC's (XP Pro too) on the LAN I just can't see them...

Typically, it's the FIRST file(s) of a directory that "desappears" this
way. I mean, as usualy my directories are made of the 12 or so tracks
issued from a mp3 conversion of an Audio CD, I simply can't see the first
(or the first two files) of the mp3 list ! They are there -as I see when I
try to 'overwrite'it-, but I can't access to it.

If I go directly on the ASUS machine and change there name to send them at
the end of the alphabetic order, then they become visible thru the LAN. But
then, the "new" first file becomes invisible.

Did anyone meet such a strange problem ? Could it be a bug of the ASUS /
SIL Windows utility ?

 

[Rod Speed]

I've made a RAID 5 Array with the SIL3114 controller of the
ASUS MB, running with XP Pro. It works fine (and not that slow
for what I do : mainly, a file server for mp3 music files), BUT...

In many directories, I've got files that stay "invisible" thru the LAN.
I mean, I can see and use these files on the ASUS machine itself,
but from other PC's (XP Pro too) on the LAN I just can't see them...

Is simple file sharing on or off ? Thats in Tools/Folder Options/View tab,
in Explorer, right down the bottom of that list.

If its not ticked, tick it, that should fix the problem.

Typically, it's the FIRST file(s) of a directory that "desappears"
this way. I mean, as usualy my directories are made of the 12 or so
tracks issued from a mp3 conversion of an Audio CD, I simply can't
see the first (or the first two files) of the mp3 list ! They are there
-as I see when I try to 'overwrite'it-, but I can't access to it.

Most likely you just dont have the permissions set
up properly with simple file sharing turned off.

If I go directly on the ASUS machine and change there name to
send them at the end of the alphabetic order, then they become
visible thru the LAN. But then, the "new" first file becomes invisible.

Thats a bit odd.

Did anyone meet such a strange problem ?
Could it be a bug of the ASUS / SIL Windows utility ?

Could be. What happens in Explorer ?

 

[Toto]

Thank you, Rod Speed, for your fast answer !

Is simple file sharing on or off ? Thats in Tools/Folder Options/View
tab, in Explorer, right down the bottom of that list.

If its not ticked, tick it, that should fix the problem.

I'd like, but yes, it's already ticked (and when I've settled the Files
sharing from the Right click menu on the RAID Array (seen of course as a
single drive in the Explorer), I've given ALL the rights to the remote
users on the files (and if this was the problem, I think I could NOT SEE
ANY FILE. But I see MOST OF THEM... Just the one or two first files of
some directories are "missing" !).

Thats a bit odd.

Completely agree

Could be. What happens in Explorer ?

What I describe IS happening in the explorer : directories are OK, but
some existing files can't be seen (and of course, I've verified the
properties of these files : they are not "hidden", just ordinary files.

 

[Rod Speed]

Rod Speed <[email protected]> wrote

Thank you, Rod Speed, for your fast answer !

No problem.

I'd like, but yes, it's already ticked

Yeah, figures from the thing I said was a bit odd below.

(and when I've settled the Files sharing from the Right click menu
on the RAID Array (seen of course as a single drive in the Explorer),
I've given ALL the rights to the remote users on the files (and if this
was the problem, I think I could NOT SEE ANY FILE. But I see
MOST OF THEM... Just the one or two first files of some
directories are "missing" !).

Yeah, but you might have done that after the first
few missing files had been written to the drive.

Completely agree

Yeah, it cant be a permission problem when new
files that were visible become visible like that.

What I describe IS happening in the explorer : directories are OK,
but some existing files can't be seen (and of course, I've verified the
properties of these files : they are not "hidden", just ordinary files.

Yeah, looks like some wart in the RAID controller or its software.
Have you asked Asus ?

 

[Toto]

Yeah, looks like some wart in the RAID controller or its software.
Have you asked Asus ?

Well, I think that is what I have to do now... But my experience is that
you often get better information from the other users than from the
official hotline... Specially when it's about a 'third party' part of the
computer (Silicon Image)...

So, if someone has had the same problems (and at least the begining of a
solution...).

Thanks again Rod Speed, anyway...