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USB External HDD
Hi everyone. I hope this fits within this topic. Anyway, I recently upgraded to a Ultra 4+ and using Lion. I also have a Seagate USB external HDD that I am trying to transfer over to the Utra. I c...
What is the make, model and size of the USB drive? Is it on the HCL (http://www.readynas.com/?cat=37)?
Normally, you should be able to plug in the USB drive into one of the ports and then create a backup job in Frontview to copy the data from the drive to the NAS (or vice-versa).
Basic steps are:
1. Plug USB drive into ReadyNAS.
2. Login to Frontview > Backup > Add new backup job.
3. Select backup source - USB Front/Rear Top/Rear Bottom
4. Select destination - you would select which share you want the files copied to (ie "Share: media" for backup your movies, pictures, etc.).
5. Select schedule.
6. Select options.
Make sure that you enable "Fast USB writes" in Frontview > System > Performance (requires reboot). Other performance factors to consider are the filesystem on the USB drive (FAT vs. NTFS vs. ext3). FAT and ext3 will offer the best performance.
Normally, you should be able to plug in the USB drive into one of the ports and then create a backup job in Frontview to copy the data from the drive to the NAS (or vice-versa).
Basic steps are:
1. Plug USB drive into ReadyNAS.
2. Login to Frontview > Backup > Add new backup job.
3. Select backup source - USB Front/Rear Top/Rear Bottom
4. Select destination - you would select which share you want the files copied to (ie "Share: media" for backup your movies, pictures, etc.).
5. Select schedule.
6. Select options.
Make sure that you enable "Fast USB writes" in Frontview > System > Performance (requires reboot). Other performance factors to consider are the filesystem on the USB drive (FAT vs. NTFS vs. ext3). FAT and ext3 will offer the best performance.
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