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igiveup said:
Hmmm, not sure. It says the USB support is for USB HDD and flash drives, Printers and UPS monitoring and auto shutdown. No mention of accessing files via USB like you would do from a USB HDD.igiveup said:
Thanks. This is the one that worries me:» Can I attach the ReadyNAS to a USB port on the PC?
The ReadyNAS will not work as a target USB device.
most of consumer NAS are not USB target devices
they have USB ports so you can connect a drive to copy and from them, but not direct attach the NAS to a PC
there is a box called a Drobo, which is a 2 unit solution, basically a USB hard drive, that you buy the network module for, so you can use it in both modes
most consumer NAS are linux based and have an EXT file system, so if you connect a USB drive to copy to/from the NAS, that is windows formatted in NTFS or FAT32, then it can be much slower than normal
they have USB ports so you can connect a drive to copy and from them, but not direct attach the NAS to a PC
there is a box called a Drobo, which is a 2 unit solution, basically a USB hard drive, that you buy the network module for, so you can use it in both modes
most consumer NAS are linux based and have an EXT file system, so if you connect a USB drive to copy to/from the NAS, that is windows formatted in NTFS or FAT32, then it can be much slower than normal
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