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      USB Hard Drive Requirements for UltraNEXUS-HD

      The format, size, and other required parameters for a USB drive for use with a UltraNEXUS-HD series server.

      We do not support third-party drives; some will not work due to driver issues and USB 2.0 chip compatibility. The only way to test if a third-party drive will work is to plug it in and see if the UltraNEXUS-HD recognizes it.

      That being said, certain recommendations give better success than others.

      • The drive has to be self-powered (not powered off of USB).
      • The drive CAN NOT have a power save mode that puts it to sleep (it should run 24/7).
      • The drive size must be 2TB or less.
      • The drive must support USB 2.0. USB 3 with 2.0 compatibility is fine.
      • The drive must be formatted as a Single, Primary, GPT, EXT4 or 3 partition
      • EXT volume name becomes the drive name
      • In the root directory, create a folder named mpeg (lowercase). Via FTP is also possible.
      • RAID is fine as long as USB only sees a single partition.