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delhux
Oct 09, 2010Aspirant
Anybody using a 2TB+ USB Hard Drive for external backup?
I'm interested in finding a 2TB (or larger) external USB HD to use in conjunction with Frontview backup. Curious if anyone can recommend a compatible solution--the official compatibility list for U...
Westyfield2
Jul 12, 2012Tutor
mdgm wrote: Correct. Larger capacity drives than 2TB will only work on x86 ReadyNAS (e.g. NVX, Ultra, Pro). This is true for both internal and external disks.
Just to confirm, does that mean that for a x86 ReadyNAS running 4.2.16 or newer (and thus supporting 3TB+ drives internally) they will do USB backup to them fine?
Thinking of buying a 4TB USB drive... either a Seagate GoFlex Desk 4TB or Hitachi 4TB Touro Desk Pro.
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