Problems duplicating between Ready NAS's using Retrospect

[victorhortaliveson]

I have a ReadyNAS and a ReadyNAS+ and am using WinXp Retrospect 7.6.111 to do a "Replace if source is newer" duplicate from one to the other.

Each time I do this Retrospect "finds" multi GB of files to copy across, BUT there should be nothing much to copy as I have changed only a few files in the source directories. (Adding a few new ones and updating a few others). So I am having to do this manually, which is a right pain. The files are media files (flac, mp4a, jpeg etc).

If I do this manually then I get execution errors that usually list differences between souce and destination due to time of creation for all new files copied. These are the only errors.

I thought it might have something to do with the clocks on the two NAS's and the clock on the PC, so I synched them all to time sources before the run (time.nist.gov on the pc and pool.ntp.org on the NAS's).

I also use the following settings on the Retrospect run options :

Verification on
Byte-by-byte client file comparison
Ignore file verification errors in security stream

PLUS all of the Don't duplicate Windows info options are checked.

I also checked AND unchecked the "Synchronize clock" option - no change

I'm sure this has something to do with a clock mismatch, but between what and what ?

Any expert views on where the problem is and what to change ?

Thanks

[victorhortaliveson]

REPEAT

I've had no comment on this; Am I the only one with this sort of problem ?

[victorhortaliveson]

UPDATE

Retrospect Forum feedback from the Manufacturer says that it is impossible to ensure clock synching when going between 2 ReadyNAS etc units so there will always be problems.

Personally I have given up on Retrospect and will probably go for ViceVersa Pro 2 from TGRMN Software. http://www.tgrmn.com.
I'm trying out the 30 day download and so far it works just fine. Seems to be slightly slower but does all the right things.

[Staffan]

Check if there are any options when it come to time precision. Windows and ReadyNAS has different time resolutions.

Should be a option for that somewhere.

.staffan