Pogoplug Update

My Pogoplug has been working pretty flawlessly since I got it a while back.  It’s primary function is storage for and serving of my music, pictures and video.  I use it daily to stream music.  You may recall I have two 1 Terabyte drives connected with ActiveCopy running to keep the primary backed up to the secondary.

One function I wanted to use was ActiveCopy on my laptop to backup files to the plug.  I couldn’t get it working.  I wanted to backup my My Documents folder but It would consistently fail at 3% copied.  I tried copying to the secondary drive with the same result.  I was able to copy smaller folders without incident.

I opened a problem ticket with Pogoplug support.  They had me try a couple of things without success. Eventually they had me modify registry settings for ActiveCopy to produce detailed logs which I forwarded to them.  The bottom line is they think it may be a power issue with the plug and they are sending me a replacement.

My support experience was pretty good.  Most of the delays were my doings as getting this function working was not a high priority.  They were fairly responsive so I can’t complain.  I expect the swap out of the plug to be pretty painless, but we’ll see and I’ll let you know.

I keep toying with the idea of getting a second plug, this time from Tonido, but as of yet haven’t pulled the trigger.  The itch continues, however :)

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