External Disks - LaCie 5big network User Manual

LaCie 5big network
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4.5.5.

External Disks

Attached external hard drives and their partitions appears as
shares on the Browse page. See section
Folders. Attaching external disks expands the available storage
capacity through the network.
ImpOrTANT INfO: The 5big can't read volumes on external
drives larger than 2TB.
TeChNICAl NOTe: When shares are created from parti-
tioned external hard drive volumes, they are initially named
with a series of numbers and letters (a, Fig. 4.5.5-A). You can
rename the shares on the Shares page. The name of external
drives will remain on the Shares page even when the disk is not
connected.
Once the drive is recognized, users can be assigned access just
like other shares (by default, users will have read/write access).
See section 4.2. Users.
Formatting External Disks
In order to use an external drive to back up the 5big, it must be
formatted in FAT32 (4GB file size limitation), FAT (2GB file size
limitation), HFS+, EXT3, EXT2, REISERFS or XFS. NTFS volumes
cannot be used to back up the 5big because this file system for-
mat is read-only when connected to the 5big.
It is possible to format external volumes into the XFS file system
using the 5big Web Administration pages. To format disks in
XFS from the Web Administration pages, click System > External
disks and click the Format disk button (b, Fig. 4.5.5-A). The
disk will subsequently become available for backups. See
Backup for details.
3.1. Accessing Shared
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Administering Your LaCie 5big network
Figure 4.5.5-A
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