it looks like that OS5 is rubbish. I understand that it may take some time for indexing approx. 1.2 TB on my Web published share. But what the hell is ongoing? When I add data to a share not web published, indexing and preview preparation starts again and again and again. The same for a brand-new attached WD USB drive I want to use for backup only. I add data and indexing again and again.
That isn’t funy guys!
There is no need to create previews and and add this date to a index db. I want to control that on my own. Is it clear to everybody decide on my own!
I would much appreciate if the WD kid coders add an exclude from indexing and preview function as soon as possible!
To be honest there are many alternatives on the market.
I have not done this in a while. . . . .my understanding is that a USB drive is mounted to the system like a share. Once mounted, you can manage the share like any other. . . .assign users and enable/disable cloud access.
Default is not enabled.
If cloud access is NOT enabled for the USB “share”; then it won’t index?
Do I have this wrong?
I have not tried it in several months (several OS/5 firmware revisions ago)
(BTW: I too have been hollering about the need to do directory level web access permissions since I first saw OS/5)
(BTW: my EX2 ultra running on OS/3 did some rudimentary indexing as well. . . .and the indexing was turned “on” by default. That is fine if the USB device is a 32gb flash drive. NOT fine if it’s a 3TB drive full of data. Basically locked up the unit before I could get in and switch it off. Made the USB ports unusable for me. The default on OS/5 is “web access off”; so I could attach USB drives to it successfully)
