Hammer Z-Box HZD4B

[Mark18976]

Man, really need your expertize.
I purchased Hammer storage e week ago from Ebay (new); but it came without any software. I connected it to my network, and I can ping it.
All lights are green, however, I don't know how to connect to setup raid and backup.
Please. please, please email to me any docs or soft that you have with Hammer.
Your advise would be greatly appreciated.
thank you, Mark
EMAIL: mark18976@gmail.com

 

[00Roush]

I am not really famliar with this unit but a quick Google search comes back with not much. It sounds like to setup this unit you have to install some software on a client computer. Looks like the company might not be around any more either as I was unable to find a company website to download the software.

The only other thing I can recommend is trying to try connecting to the ip address of the unit using a web browser. Maybe it is configured via a web interface.

00Roush

 

[stevech]

Looks like that manufacturer went kaput some time ago.

 

[Mark18976]

Gents, you both are correct.
Company = kaput

Tried IP, https, https, ssh .... nothing.

Still have to find a copy of that MYSHARE soft.
Anybody...?
Plz.

 

[bnborg]

Have you tried to telnet to the box?

 

[p3rryman]

I've tried the software under Windows 7, XP, Server 2003, and 98 and cannot get it to recognize the enclosure. It has some program that runs in the task bar that will recognize when you power on the device, but that is about as far as I could get. Thoughts?


Here is a link to the software I am trying to use for this.
http://www.filestube.com/7TEhrM9xeuOEztB1RwunrD/Hammer-psm-1-5-4-11-GoldMaster.html

 

[jasoncot]

If the Hammer Z-Box HZD4B is configured like the myshare HN1200, the tricks I found are:

ip will be in the 192.168.1.0 subnet. Also if you don't put in drives previously recognized by the device you have to pull the drive and clear them off. Test it by pulling all the drives, use a test drive, remove all the partitions with fdisk, don't write any to the drive, then stick it in the raid device.

Watch the status lights, if they behave differently then how they did previously, check the ip or check for new leases on your DHCP server, i'll likely start partitioning the drives. If this happens, then you know you *have* to start with clean drives.

 

[p3rryman]

The device will get an IP from DHCP, and it can be pinged. Just appears that no ports are open on it to connect to. I can get it to recognize with the task bar program that runs, it tells me when the device cold boots, but I cannot get it to come up in the software. I started a forum at hzd4b.com, and will post any info I can find about it there.

PS. I've contacted the people who bought the people who bought Hammer-Storage, and they have been no help what-so-ever. Also have a ticket in with Zetera (They make Z-FS / Z-San) and am hoping to hear back from them.

 

[Mark18976]

Gents,
Please don't forget about it and post any progress

 

[Mark18976]

Hammer HZD4B Z-box Desktop Storage NAS

Still straggling with this ....
I know IP address and still can't connect to it.
I have PSM 1.5.4.0 and it doesn't see device.

OMG !! what a pain...