Vault V500 back up SSD capacity
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Hi
I would like to add a back up SSD via usb on my vault V500 2TB
The internal drive is not full and my question is can i use an external USB drive that is smaller than 2TB ?
A smaller one will certainly hold all my tunes
Thanks G
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Official comment
You will need to get an external drive that is at least 2TB, the Vault is quite slow at backing up so an SSD is a waste. I use a cheap WD portable drive… and then make another copy across the network to a NAS.
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Many thanks for the swift reply
I did wonder if it needed to be the same size or larger as it copies the entire drive regardless of content i guess
I wanted an SSD just because they a silent and i had a portable hard drive fail rather than for speed
Do i need to format in a special way? i dont have another NAS of any type so this is the only back up
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The Vault formats the drive in a Unix format automatically.
As for drives… past 10 years I have been very lucky with no mechanical drives failing but one brand new Sandisk SSD which lasted a week. I stick little silicone feet on little WD drive and don’t hear it. Of course I could not have a mechanical drive in my main Mac now, far too slow in comparison.
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