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Wildtexaschef
Dec 01, 2014Aspirant
6.2.0 has no manual to download
There is no manual for the new firmware 6.2.0 release. A manual is needed to explain in better detail the new features, how to use them and what they are. I have several question in regards to 6...
mdgm-ntgr
Dec 03, 2014NETGEAR Employee Retired
Bitrot protection depends on CoW. We have decided to have CoW disabled when Bitrot protection is disabled. Snapshots can still be taken when CoW is disabled. The snapshot will tell the FS to do CoW for the moment when it is taken.
If you don't want to use CoW you need to disable it on a share before putting the files in there. Disabling CoW won't affect existing files. There is a python script available on the web that can be used to disable CoW on files, but that relies on plenty of free space and copying the files to make it work.
If you don't want to use CoW you need to disable it on a share before putting the files in there. Disabling CoW won't affect existing files. There is a python script available on the web that can be used to disable CoW on files, but that relies on plenty of free space and copying the files to make it work.
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