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4.7. Backup

When an external USB or eSATA hard disk is connected to your La-
Cie 5big Network, you can perform manual, bidirectional backups
of your files. Copy files from your LaCie 5big Network to the external
disk, or from the external disk to the LaCie 5big Network.
IMPORTANT INFO: In order to use an external drive to back
up the 5big Network, it must be formatted in one of the supported
systems: FAT32, FAT, NTFS, HFS+, EXT3, EXT2, REISERFS or XFS.
Note that you can reformat external drives to the XFS file system using
the 5big Network web interface. See
However, the following limitations apply: NTFS disks are read-only,
and FAT/FAT32 disks have file size limits (2GB and 4GB, respectively)
due to their file system limitations.
To back up files:
1. Connect an external USB or eSATA hard disk (see section
Connecting External Hard
2. Log in to the LaCie 5big Network Administration Page (see sec-
tion 4.1. Accessing the Administration
3. Click Backup > Add Task
4. Give the backup a name and set its frequency (once, daily,
weekly, or monthly) and time (if the backup is recurring)
79) and click Next.
5. Select a source folder (the folder to be backed up) and click
Next.
6. Select a destination folder (where the backed up files will be
located) and click Next.
7. Click Add job.
TECHNICAL NOTE: If copying a share to an external disk, the entire
contents of the share will be copied to a folder on the external disk
with the same name as the share.
4.5.5. Disks for formatting steps.
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