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ReadyNAS104 USB device not accessible
I have a RN104 running OS 6.4.2 with 2xWD Red 3TB + 2xWD Red 4TB drives. Desiring to back up my data, as one of the 3TB drives is showing 21 uncategorized S.M.A.R.T. errors, I purchased an IcyBox...
Hi BrianM1950,
For more information about the supported file system (external USB devices), kindly check these articles.
How do I backup data from my ReadyNAS OS 6 system to a USB disk?
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
Could also be that OS-X's ExFAT format, which happily allows for a 16TB volume, is just not readable by the RN104. As for special drivers, maybe: the device just presents to Windows and OS-X as a large volume and doesn't require any drivers. I shall try a few other formats first. If I can come up with one which the RN104 recognises, then I'll be able to use the USB 3 speed for the backup, which will be nice.
It seems that the RN104 is happy with OS-X's default journalled format, which it reports as HFSPLUS. So far so good with sending backups to the device.
Ah, yes. We don't support ExFAT, but we do support HFS+.
Hi BrianM1950,
For more information about the supported file system (external USB devices), kindly check these articles.
How do I backup data from my ReadyNAS OS 6 system to a USB disk?
Kind regards,
BrianL
NETGEAR Community Team
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