Share existing external drive in network attached to Dxp4800+

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Hi all and thanks for reading in advance

I have a DXP4800+ with Truenas installed, but for the life of me I can’t seem to be able to see my external harddrive (with existing data) in my network when attached. I only seem to be able to add it to anything if I first choose stripe and wipe it

any tips?

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That’s entirely as expected. TrueNAS only serves data it manages, and it only manages data using ZFS.

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Thanks for the reply, so installing Truenas was not a good option since i’m losing some functionality of my NAS

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If your requirements include serving data from random external devices, then you’re right: TrueNAS is not a good choice.

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All I ever wanted, was to Attach a Storage to a Network :cry:
Thanks for your time!

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That’s exactly what TrueNAS does–its own storage. Put drives into the four bays on your device, create a pool on them, and share away. If all you wanted to do was put random USB drives on the network, you wasted quite a lot of money on that NAS.

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The four bays will be fully used, but copying files from external drives directly to the bays is faster. Synology and Ugreen OS can do this. Plus I can also see them on my network, which is nice from time to time.
I reverted to UgreenOS, so only time wasted. Truenas was not my usecase, but glad I tried it.

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