Chapter 7 Storage

Note: Creating a volume formats the drive. All data on the disk will be lost.

Figure 62 Storage > Create an External Volume

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 26 Storage > Create an External Volume

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Volume Name

Type a volume name from 1 to 31 characters. The name cannot be the same as another

 

existing external volume.

 

Acceptable characters are all alphanumeric characters and " " [spaces], "_" [underscores],

 

and "." [periods].

 

The first character must be alphanumeric (A-Z 0-9).

 

The last character cannot be a space " ".

 

 

Available Disk(s)

Select the external (USB) device upon which you want to create the volume.

 

 

File System

Select the file system you want the new volume to use.

 

Windows file systems

 

NTFS: Recommended.

 

FAT32: Newer, and more efficient than FAT16. Supports a volume size of up to 2 TB

 

(Tera Bytes) and individual file sizes of up to 4 GB.

 

FAT16: Compatible with older Windows operating systems. Supports volume and file

 

sizes of up to 2 GB.

 

Linux file systems

 

EXT2: Older file system.

 

EXT3: The same as EXT2, but adds a journaled file system and is more robust.

 

EXT4: Supports larger files and better performance than EXT3.

 

ReiserFS: Offers better performance for small files.

 

XFS: Allows expansion for mounted volumes.

 

 

Apply

Click this to save your changes and create the volume.

 

 

Cancel

Click this to exit this screen without saving changes.

 

 

7.5.1 External Disks

You may connect USB storage devices that support the following file systems to the NSA.

•Windows File Systems: NTFS, FAT32 and FAT16.

•Linux File Systems: ReiserFS, EXT2, EXT3, and XFS.

 

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