What are the Max USB connections for EX2

My Cloud OS 3 Personal & Network Attached Storage My Cloud EX2
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Hello,

I am considering purchasing this NAS and am wondering how many USB drives can be connected via HUB?

I have a MyCloud NAS already and the maximum is 7.  I am wondering since there are two usb ports, can I hub both of those and get 14?

My second question would be: if I partiion an external 2TB drive to 1TB partitions, do both the partitions get read by the NAS?  For example, I partition a 2TB drive to HomeMovies and Music.  Can I set 2 logical partitions on the NAS and map windows to \NAS\Music and \NAS\HomeMovies?

Please let me know if these questions are not clear.

Thanks,

Max

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All I can say is I have seen people trying to use a USB hub fail to get their device to recognize beyond one drive on their USB hub. I don’t have an USB hub so I don’t know for sure - but the anecdotal evidence I have seen on this board tends to suggest that you can only have one drive per USB port. I don’t know for sure if that is indeed the case. I only have one drive per USB port for a total of two drivesand for me that’s what works. So be forewarned about USB hub-connected drives. It might work - but chances are it might only give access to one drive per hub.

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Thanks for the response.

I tried out the partitioning, and both partitions appeared separately in the NAS share, on MyCloud NAS. 

This eliminates the need for the additional USB hub, as a larger drive can be partitioned and then setup as separate shares on the MyCloud NAS. I probably won’t pick up an EX2 as this is a great alternative solution.

Just wanted to post a follow up for anyone else who might be interested. 

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Thanks for posting your partition info…this could be useful to me in future…and possibly to others as well. Appreciate your taking the time to share it here.