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nas formats - Enquiries - 09-05-2022
I'm trying to understand why NAS drives are not formatted to standard format types, like NTFS or such. I was very surprised to learn that if my drive bay goes down (the drive bay, not the drive), I would not be able to read the drives without special software (and new drive bay). This seems very counterintuitive. But perhaps NAS is not the best hardware for backup and is merely for speedy network file access? Can I format a Synology to NTFS and be able to read it easily in a PC without major limitation as a NAS drive?
Regards,
Rod
RE: nas formats - ed - 09-07-2022
The file system is also the beauty of the NAS. It allows completely different systems such as Mac, Win and Linux to store their files on the NAS without a need to format the drive using the locally compatible file system. The most popular file systems will be EXT, BTRFS and ZFS file systems. If your NAS breaks down you can move those drives to a similar NAS or connect it to the Linux system and get your files back.
I hope this helps.