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Best filesystem for external USB Safepoint drive

Any recomendation for filesystem backup drive connected via USB (speed, safety, etc…)?

If you use ext2,ext3,ext4 then it can only be mounted on a linux device. If you use ntfs
it can be mounted on Windows,Linux, and Mac.

RAC

Yes, I know that. But is there no difference with USB transfer speed depends on filesystem?

With the My Cloud and its low powered hardware it may not make a difference. People have speed problems with external USB hard drives connected to the My Cloud’s USB port. There are quite a few threads, here are just a few:

http://community.wd.com/t/slow-usb-3-0-transfer-speeds-one-twentieth-expected-speed/143851

http://community.wd.com/t/external-hd-usb-3-0-very-slow-when-access-via-my-cloud/91919

http://community.wd.com/t/slow-transfer-speed-over-usb/91350

http://community.wd.com/t/ridiculously-slow-transfer-speed-between-my-cloud-usb-hdd/95257

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