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Chapter 4 Storage Management
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Click [Edit].
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Select when to run the scan and click [OK].
Notes:
• Select the "Immediately" checkbox to run a RAID scan immediately.
• To stop a RAID scan, click [Cancel RAID Scan].
Adding an External Drive
Connecting an External Drive
Your LinkStation features a USB port, and you can connect an external drive to this port. Once connected, it appears
as a shared folder on the LinkStation. Formatted drives are detected automatically. Unformatted drives should be
formatted in Settings.
After a USB drive is recognized, the LinkStation adds "usbdisk x" to the shared folder list, where "x" is the USB port to
which the drive is connected.
Compatibility
The following devices are supported by the LinkStation. Buffalo external USB drives are recommended but DUB and
DIU series drives are not supported.
• USB storage devices
• Card readers (except for card readers that can recognize two or more memory cards)
Supported file systems for external drives and the types of allowed access are listed below:
Accessing via SMB
Using as a backup drive
Using for Direct Copy
R/W: Read and write, R: Read-only
*This cannot be formatted from Settings.
Make sure only one device is connected to a USB port on the LinkStation. Some external drives with automatic
power-on won't turn on automatically when connected to the LinkStation. Use their manual power switch to turn
them on. Be sure to connect only one bus-powered drive at a time. If there is insufficient bus power for your USB
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XFS
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R
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
NTFS
exFAT
*
*
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
R/W
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FAT32
HFS Plus
*
R/W
R
R/W
R
R/W
R
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