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6.2.2 Front USB Flash Auto Backup
Previously in version 4.x of the FrontView software on my ReadyNAS Ultra and NV there is a feature for automatically backing up a USB flash drive when inserted to the front USB port. Great feature. ...
Thanks for the reply and link.
I am aware of the Backup button, but have no interest in creating a backup job for a task that previously was a no-brainer in 4.2. That's really my point here, is the removal of useful, helpful user features for (from a user/customer perspective) no logical reason.
Whereas previously, once the USB flash drive backup feature was enabled, I could simply simply plug in a drive and away it would go, now presumably it's a multi-step process of plug in AND press, also thereby using up one option for using the Backup button to initiate some other backup task. Sure, not a big deal perhaps, but that's also not the point. Why companies remove perfectly good function because some engineer thinks it's a good idea is the point, and one where it's clear NETGEAR has failed to think from a customer perspective.
To have a feature established in a long history of ReadyNAS products and to then unilaterally remove it is my beef.
Incidentally, it's also a gap in logic. The NAS is by definition a storage device, and clearly a range of backup functions/features is incorporated. That front USB port is clearly placed there for convenient access. One could therefore logically conclude using a USB flash drive in that port would be a convenient, compatible use for that port. So a feature to enable its seamless use for a backup procedure makes eminent sense. Whomever incorporated that feature in 4.2.x clearly figured out that logic, and gets my well-deserved kudos. Whomever deleted it from 6.x clearly does not, which in my book is an epic fail.
Just sayin'.
I am aware of the Backup button, but have no interest in creating a backup job for a task that previously was a no-brainer in 4.2. That's really my point here, is the removal of useful, helpful user features for (from a user/customer perspective) no logical reason.
Whereas previously, once the USB flash drive backup feature was enabled, I could simply simply plug in a drive and away it would go, now presumably it's a multi-step process of plug in AND press, also thereby using up one option for using the Backup button to initiate some other backup task. Sure, not a big deal perhaps, but that's also not the point. Why companies remove perfectly good function because some engineer thinks it's a good idea is the point, and one where it's clear NETGEAR has failed to think from a customer perspective.
To have a feature established in a long history of ReadyNAS products and to then unilaterally remove it is my beef.
Incidentally, it's also a gap in logic. The NAS is by definition a storage device, and clearly a range of backup functions/features is incorporated. That front USB port is clearly placed there for convenient access. One could therefore logically conclude using a USB flash drive in that port would be a convenient, compatible use for that port. So a feature to enable its seamless use for a backup procedure makes eminent sense. Whomever incorporated that feature in 4.2.x clearly figured out that logic, and gets my well-deserved kudos. Whomever deleted it from 6.x clearly does not, which in my book is an epic fail.
Just sayin'.
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