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WEB CONFIGURATION
4.2.5 Maintenance
In this menu, you can format the hard drive(s), upgrade the rmware and manage
the conguration settings.
4.2.5.1 Disk Utility
This utility can be used to format the hard drive(s) and view related disk information.
Encryption — The Gigabit SATA NAS supports 128-bit loop-AES encryption for the
EXT2 le system. When enabled, the drive needs to be formatted again, and
you’ll be prompted for a password (which has to be exactly 20 characters).
File System (Model 505888 / 1.5 TB) — The available le systems are EXT2, EXT3,
FAT32 and NTFS. For the drive installed in the Gigabit SATA NAS, using EXT2
is recommended for optimum performance and functionality when it is used as
network drive only. If it’s to be connected to a PC via USB, as well, then NTFS
is the preferred le system, so that it can be mounted without the need to install
additional applications to read the EXT2 partition. The performance of the
network drive will not be as good as with EXT2, however.
File System (Model 505895 / 3 TB) — For drives not in a RAID array, there’s a
choice among EXT2, EXT3 and FAT32. For drives installed in the Gigabit SATA
NAS, using EXT2 is recommended for optimum performance and functionality.
Scandisk — Click “Scan” to check the disk integrity. If possible, any errors found
will automatically be xed. This can take awhile to nish, depending on the
capacity of the drive. During any such xes, the disk can not be used.
Unmount — This function is only available for external USB drives attached to the
NAS. Click “Unmount” to eject the USB drive before you disconnect it.