Chapter 7 Storage
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 24 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 |
| The last character cannot be a space " ". |
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Available | Select the external (USB) device upon which you want to create the |
Disk(s) | volume. |
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File System | Select the file system you want the new volume to use. |
| Windows file systems |
| 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. |
| ReiserFS: Offers better performance for small files. |
| XFS: Allows expansion for mounted volumes. |
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Apply | Click this to save your changes and create the volume. |
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Cancel | Click this to exit this screen without saving changes. |
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7.5.1 External Disks
You may connect USB storage devices that support the following file systems to the NSA.
•Windows File Systems: FAT32 and FAT16.
•Linux File Systems: ReiserFS, EXT2, EXT3, and XFS.
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