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Chapter 4 Storage Management
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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 TeraStation includes USB ports (the number of ports depends on your model), and you can connect external
drives to these ports. Once connected, they appear as shared folders on the TeraStation. Formatted drives are
detected automatically. Unformatted drives should be formatted in Settings.
After a USB drive is recognized, the TeraStation adds "usbdisk x" to the shared folder list, where "x" is the USB port to
which the drive is connected.
Compatibility
Supported file systems for external USB drives are below:
File Systems
XFS
Ext3
NTFS
*
HFS Plus
*, **
exFAT
*
FAT32
*This cannot be formatted from Settings.
**This is read-only from the TeraStation. Files on the USB drive can be copied to the TeraStation.
Connect only one device to each USB port of the TeraStation. Some external drives with automatic power-on won't
turn on automatically when connected to the TeraStation. 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 drive, connect its
AC adapter. Note that only the first partition of a connected USB drive is mounted. Additional partitions are not
recognized. Do not connect bus-powered devices to the TeraStation models with two drives included.
Recommended Situation
Connecting to another Buffalo NAS device.
Connecting to another Buffalo NAS device that is a TS-X or older model.
Connecting to Windows computers. The NTFS-formatted drive can use many
more functions of the operating system than an exFAT drive.
Connecting to Mac computers. The HFS Plus-formatted drive can use many more
functions of the operating system than an exFAT drive.
Connecting to both Windows and Mac computers.
Connecting to both Windows and Mac computers.
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