LaCie 5big network User Manual

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LaCie 5big network Administering Your LaCie 5big networkUser Manual page 47Backup4.7.When an external USB or eSATA hard disk is connected to yourLaCie 5big network, you can perform manual, bidirectionalbackups of your files. Copy files from your LaCie 5big networkto the external disk, or from the external disk to the LaCie 5bignetwork.ImpOrTANT INfO: In order to use an external drive toback up the 5big, it must be formatted in one of the supportedsystems: FAT32, FAT, NTFS, HFS+, EXT3, EXT2, REISERFS orXFS.Note that you can reformat external drives to the XFS file sys-tem using the 5big web interface. See 4.5.5. External Disks forformatting 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.To back up files:Connect an external USB or eSATA hard disk (see section1.3.4. Connecting External Hard Drives).Log in to the LaCie 5big network Administration Page (see2.section 4.1. Accessing the Administration Page).Click3. Backup on the Configuration page (Fig. 4.7-A).Give the backup a name and set its frequency (once, daily,4.weekly, or monthly) and time (Fig 4.7-B) and click Next.Select a source folder (the folder to be backed up) and click5.Next.Select a destination folder (where the backed up files will be6.located) and click Next.Click7. Add job.TeChNICAl NOTe: If copying a share to an external disk,the entire contents of the share will be copied to a folder on theexternal disk with the same name as the share.continued on the next pageFigure 4.7-BFigure 4.7-A