The downside: It requires a third-party program (extFS by Paragon) to mount the drive in my Mac and read the files via Hyper Backup explorerĪpparently, I can read/write HFS+ with my DS918+, but I haven't read any people experiences in using this file system format for Hyper Backup (Maybe someone can confirm?) I'll mount my External Drive in DSM and format it to EXT4īased on people's experiences, EXT4 seems like a reliable option to go with since it's a Linux format that works well with Synology One key requirement for this file system is that it must readable in my Mac via Hyper Backup explorer.īased on what I've read so far, I came up with some options: I am also fully aware of the consequences of using an external drive as backup and its vulnerability to bit rot, but this is just one of three copies that I will have in my 3-2-1 setup just in case the drive fails. I am hoping to use your help to decide on which file system that I should format my external hard drive (WD My Book 4TB) to be used as a backup for my DS918+ via Hyper Backup.
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