Restoring from USB Drive

I Totally agree with Simmian on this matter, I've just purchased a ReadyNAS Pro 4 and I too tried formatting a USB backup drive in NTFS for my NAS backup to, this didn't work so I had to reformat my backup drive in EXT3 using the ReadyNAS front view. The backup worked using EXT3 filesystem but like Simmian I cannot access the drive on any other operating system if I wish to recover files, I too am concerned that if my NAS craps out then I cannot access my backup files. What use is my backup going to be if I can only view the files through the NAS itself and it's dead.

I also tried reformatting the backup drive in FAT32 through Front View, did a backup to it and plugged it into my Windows PC thinking it should work fine because Windows recognizes FAT32... Noooo, "Drive unrecognized please reformat". I've gotta say for a backup system the ReadyNAS feature offers very little comfort and reassurance.

Netgear, can this please be addressed in a later firmware release - possibly the ability to format USB storage in NTFS with proven compatibility on external Operating systems?

regards

Mark