External usb drive for BUFFALO HS-DH320GL

[bikeman]

   I read on the web that a usb drive connected to the BUFFALO HS-DH320GLmust be formatted as FAT32.  I have checked the docs but it doesn't mention any such restriction. Can anyone confirm/refute this?

[kevin]

It all depends on what you want to do with the unit!

 

NTFS- Read only

FAT32- Read and NAS Backups

XFS- Read/Write and NAS Backups

[bikeman]

   

mmmm not sure I can see a demand for a usb drive that can't be wriiten to.

 

As I need NTFS because I have large files to backup I will look for another drive.

[kevin]

XFS is the support file system (as this is what the NAS is formatted as), in fact it is more reliable with high limitations than NTFS. And like I stated in the first reply, it supports Read/WRITE and NAS Backup

Message Edited by kevin on 07-13-2009 07:30 AM