LaCie Big Disk Network - Manual (Page 40)

LaCie Big Disk Network Administering Your LaCie Big Disk Network
User Manual page 40
Partitions
If the external drive is partitioned, each volume will appear as one
share in the Big Disk Network (
Fig. 58 ). By default, services (except
FTP) are activated. Added shares can thus be accessed in an Ex-
plorer window (Windows users) or in a Finder window (Mac users,
Fig. 58 ).
In Fig. 59 , the volumes “LaCie1” and “LaCie2” (a) are volumes of a
partitioned external hard drive that is not connected to the Big Disk
Network, as indicated by the gray Status indicator (c) and italicized
text. The volumes “Scranton” and “Stamford” (b) are volumes of an
external drive that is currently connected, as indicated by the blue
Status indicators.
IMPORTANT INFO: External hard disks must be formatted in one
of the supported systems in order to mount on the LaCie Big Disk
Network: FAT32, FAT, NTFS, HFS+, EXT3, EXT2, REISERFS or XFS.
Note that you can reformat external drives to the XFS file system using
the Big Disk Network web interface. See page 39 for formatting steps.
However, the following limitations apply: NTFS disks are read-only,
and FAT/FAT32 disks have file size limits (2GB and 4GB, respectively)
due to their file system limitations.
Ejecting External Disks
To disconnect an external hard drive from the Big Disk Network,
simply click the Eject button on this page (
Fig. 60 ).
Fig. 58
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