Does Synology NAS support NTFS?

Synology NAS recognizes the following formats: Btrfs, ext3, ext4, FAT32, exFAT, HFS Plus, and NTFS. Any unrecognized external drive will have to be formatted first before being used on the system.

What file system does Synology use?

What is Btrfs? Btrfs is a modern file system developed by multiple parties and now supported by select Synology NAS models. Btrfs was designed to address obstacles often encountered in enterprise storage systems, such as fault tolerance, management, and data protection.

Can I connect a USB drive to Synology NAS?

USB devices should be connected to your Synology NAS directly. Connecting any devices through a USB hub is not supported.

How do I format a NAS drive to NTFS?

Method 1. Disk Management

  1. Right click “My Computer/This PC” on the desktop, select “Manage”>“Storage”> “Disk Management” to open Disk Management.
  2. Right click on the external hard drive to format and click on “Format…”in the drop-down menu.
  3. Select “NTFS” in the “File system” box and then tick “Perform a quick format”.

Can a NAS drive be used as an external hard drive?

No. The NAS has to be connected with ethernet – it can’t be connected with USB. If the computer is connected to your home network via wifi, then it is possible to connect the NAS directly to the PC’s ethernet port.

Can you connect to Synology via USB?

Synology NAS does not support data transfer to a computer using a USB cable. The USB ports on Synology NAS are only used for connections to external USB storage devices or compatible devices.

Should I use Btrfs or Ext4?

For pure data storage, however, the btrfs is the winner over the ext4, but time still will tell. Till the moment, the ext4 seems to be a better choice on the desktop system since it is presented as a default file system, as well as it is faster than the btrfs when transferring files.

Should I use Btrfs or Ext4 Synology?

Some plus for Ext4 But BTRFS has been on Linux stable since 2013. Sure Ext4 has less overhead (no copy on write nor checksum) and is therefore theoretically faster and less resource hungry. So if you are after the most speed for the buck and if your NAS is already doing RAID 5 or more, you could go for Ext4.