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Supported filesystems for USB drive
I've seen that ReadyNAS Duo can make a FAT32 or an Ext3 filesystem on my USB drive, but I would prefer another FS. Is there any other FS supported for R/W access on usb drives ? I tried to use a...
x86 NAS units (NVX, Ultra, Pro) and the new ARM units (Duo v2 RND2000-200, NV+ v2 RND4000-200) have much improved NTFS performance. Unfortunately you can't simply migrate disks to one of these NAS units due to the different RAID format, so migration to one of these would involve transferring data across your network.
The Sparc NASes have slow CPUs and as USB backups are CPU intensive, performance for NTFS backups is terrible.
For USB disks, even on Sparc ReadyNAS the standard 4k block size is used. You can format the disk to use EXT3 via Volumes > USB Storage in Frontview. You will need to find EXT3 drivers for your PC.
The Sparc NASes have slow CPUs and as USB backups are CPU intensive, performance for NTFS backups is terrible.
For USB disks, even on Sparc ReadyNAS the standard 4k block size is used. You can format the disk to use EXT3 via Volumes > USB Storage in Frontview. You will need to find EXT3 drivers for your PC.
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