Backup - LaCie 5big network User Manual

LaCie 5big network
User Manual
4.7.

Backup

When an external USB or eSATA hard disk is connected to your
LaCie 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, 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 sys-
tem using the 5big web interface. See
formatting steps.
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
3.4. Connecting External Hard
2. Log in to the LaCie 5big network Administration Page (see
section 4.1. Accessing the Administration
3. Click Backup on the Configuration page (Fig. 4.7-A).
4. Give the backup a name and set its frequency (once, daily,
weekly, or monthly) and time (Fig 4.7-B) 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. External Disks
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