QNAP QTS 4.5 Series - External Storage; External Storage Device Actions; External Storage Disk Actions

3. Click OK.
QTS flushes all data in the cache to disk, then deleted the RAID groups. This process make take a long time.
External Storage
QTS supports external USB and eSATA storage devices, such as flash drives, portable hard drives, and
storage enclosures. After connecting a USB or eSATA external storage device to the NAS, the device and all
of its readable partitions will be displayed on this page. QTS will also create a shared folder for each
readable partition on the device.
Note
To access partitions formatted using the exFAT file system, you must purchase an exFAT
driver license in License Center.
External Storage Device Actions
Action Description
Erase Delete all data and partitions on the device.
Eject Safely unmount the external storage device from the
NAS, so that you can disconnect it.
External Storage Disk Actions
Action Description
Full Disk Format Format the disk.
For details, see Formatting an External Storage
Partition.
Secure Erase Permanently erase all data on a disk.
For details, see Secure Erase.
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