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Chapter 7: Tips and Tricks
USB and eSATA Storage Expansion
The N5200PRO supports external USB hard disks through its three USB ports.
Once a USB hard disk has successfully mounted, the entire volume will be copied
automatically to the default USB HDD folder. The N5200PRO supports up to 6
USB external storage devices. All file names on the USB disk volume are case
sensitive.
The N5200PRO also supports eSATA hard disks with its eSATA port.
Before attaching an eSATA or USB disk drive to N5200PRO, you have to partition
and format it on a desktop computer or a notebook first. The attached device will
be located at \\192.168.1.100\usbhdd\sdf1 where 192.168.1.100 means the
IP address of N5200PRO and sdf1 stands for the first partition on disk #6, the
eSATA or USB disk drive. If it is an NTFS partition, NAS users can open or copy
files from \\192.168.1.100\usbhdd\sdf1 but cannot add new files or modify
existing files.
NOTE
Adding a Spare Disk
With a RAID 1, 5, 6, or 10 array, you can add a spare disk after the initial RAID is
setup. To add a spare disk, follow the steps below:
1. On the RAID Configuration Screen, tick the checkbox of the hard disk
you wish to designate as a spare disk.
2. Click Add Spare. The disk will be configured as a spare disk. The system
automatically rebuilds the spare disk when one of the disks in the RAID set
fails.
Target USB
N5200PRO can operate in dual mode. When connecting to a regular USB disk or
thumb drive, N5200PRO is acting as USB host. When connecting to a PC thru its
USB Type B connector on the back panel, N5200PRO can act as a USB disk. This
feature allows user to transfer files without using network connection.
When you create RAID, you can assign a portion of space on the RAID to be used
as USB disk. When connecting N5200PRO to a PC using the supplied USB A to B
cable, the PC will recognize this space as an unformatted disk. At this point, the
PC can format this portion of disk and create file system on it. Since this disk is
created on the RAID, it will be protected by the RAID level you select.
WARNING
If you want to write to an USB storage device, the file system must be FAT32.
USB Storage
Read
Write
When RAID is removed or damaged, all the data on the Target USB device will be
deleted.
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FAT32 Partition
NTFS Partition
OK
OK
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