4.7. Backup. LaCie 5big Network

LaCie 5big Network

User Manual

4.7. Backup

When an external USB or eSATA hard disk is connected to your La-

Cie 5big Network, you can perform manual, bidirectional backups of your files. Copy files from your LaCie 5big Network to the external disk, or from the external disk to the LaCie 5big Network.

IMPORTANT INFO: In order to use an external drive to back up the 5big Network, it must be formatted in one of the supported systems: FAT32, FAT, NTFS, HFS+, EXT3, EXT2, REISERFS or XFS.

Note that you can reformat external drives to the XFS file system using

the 5big Network web interface. See 4.5.5. Disks for formatting 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:

1. Connect an external USB or eSATA hard disk (see section

3.4.

Connecting External Hard Disks

).

2. Log in to the LaCie 5big Network Administration Page (see section

4.1. Accessing the Administration Page ).

3. Click Backup > Add Task (

Fig. 78

).

4. Give the backup a name and set its frequency (once, daily,

weekly, or monthly) and time (if the backup is recurring) ( Fig.

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) and click Next.

5. Select a source folder (the folder to be backed up) and click

Next.

6. Select a destination folder (where the backed up files will be located) and click Next.

7. Click 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 the external disk with the same name as the share.

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Administering Your LaCie 5big Network

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