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What size external USB drive do I need?
Hi everybody. I have never backed up my ReadyNAS, but I need to do a factory reset because my NAS will not expand (I just finally installed 4 x 2TB drives.) My current usage is 86% of 4114 GB (3538 ...
No, it will not automatically span the USB drives. So if you were using frontview backup you'd need to use multiple backup jobs.
alanderego wrote: Thanks for the reply.
So the ReadyNAS will automatically span the hard drives?
Though as mentioned, the backing up over the network is faster than directly connecting the USB drive.
Some ReadyNAS models won't recognize USB drives > 2 TB.
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