Toshiba Magnia SG30 - Manual (Page 178)

185 Managing the Server
Using an External USB Hard Disk
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WARNING: Never unplug or power off a mounted USB HDD
without first either shutting down the Magnia SG30 or unmounting
the drive through the Administrative Web interface.
❖ Once the drive has been mounted, the USB Drive screen
will show its current status, including the amount of
space used.
Sample USB HDD mounted screen
❖ The external USB HDD is made available on its own
directory share called “ExtDisk”, which can be reached
by browsing the network to your server.
Once you mount a USB HDD, the Magnia SG30 will look for
it each time it boots. If it finds the USB HDD available
during the boot, it will automatically mount it. This allows
you to format and mount the USB HDD as extra storage
once, and then use it with no further configuration, even
when the system is restarted.
Disconnecting the USB HDD
To disconnect a USB HDD, you must first unmount the drive
(if the drive is not mounted, it can be physically disconnected
without further configuration). While the drive is mounted,
is may be in use, or have data cached inside the computer.
Disconnecting the drive without umounting it can cause loss
of data.