Buffalo TS-6VH6.0TL/R6EU [19/75] Technical restrictions

Technical Restrictions

• Windows does not support some characters that OS X and the TeraStation allow. So, if you create a lename on a Mac

with any of the following characters, it will not display correctly on a Windows computer. With Mac OS X 10.2 or later,

you may have to connect to the TeraStation via AFP in order to display or copy any of the following characters: ? [ ] / ¥

= + < > ; : ” , | *

• Do not use any of the following words as a Username or Group Name: root, bin, daemon, sys, adm, tty, disk, lp, sync,

shutdown, halt, operator, nobody, mail, news, uucp, ftp, kmem, utmp, shadow, users, nogroup, all, none, hdusers,

admin, guest, man, www, sshd, administrator, ftpuser, apache, mysql.

• Do not use any of the following words as a shared folder name: info, spool, usbdisk1, usbdisk2, usbdisk3, usbdisk4,

usbdisk5, lost+found, global, printers, homes, lp, auth, ram, disk1, disk2, disk3, disk4, disk5, disk6, disk7, disk8, array1,

array2, array3, array4.

• When using multi-byte characters (such as Japanese), make folder and le names with 80 bytes or less. Total

pathlength is limited to 1024 bytes. You may not be able to copy a folder or le whose name is more than 80 bytes

characters long, or whose pathname is more than 1024 bytes total.

• You cannot set hidden or read-only attributes to folders or les on a TeraStation from Windows. To set an attribute for

a share on the TeraStation, use the Web Admin interface. In [Shared Folders] - [Folder Setup], click the shared folder

you want to congure. Select [Read Only] or [Read & Write] from [Shared Folder Attributes], and [Hide Share] from

[Folder Mode (SMB Only)].

• If local characters aren’t displayed properly in a Shared Folder or Workgroup name, use alphabetical character.

• If you access a shared folder from a Macintosh computer, information les for Macintosh may be automatically

generated. Do not delete these les from a Windows computer. Otherwise, you may no longer access folders from

Macintosh.

• A volume name mounted by [Finder] from Mac OS X 10.3.9 may be corrupted when connected via SMB. File names

and data should be ne.

• On Mac OS X 10.5 - 10.5.6, you cannot search by Spotlight while connected via AFP. In such a case, use SMB

connection or use Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later.

• TeraStation belongs to the default zone specied by an AppleShare Server. You cannot specify a zone.

• Date and Time stamp information stored on a TeraStation’s hard disk or a USB hard disk connected to the TeraStation

may be updated by an attached OS, and its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

• If you display size of hard drives through the Web Admin interface, it will show a larger value than that shown by

Windows’ drive properties.

• If you change a TeraStation’s settings or add a USB hard drive while transferring les, the le transfer may be aborted.

• Copying les to TeraStation is protected by the Journaling File System. However, if power is suddenly disconnected in

the middle of a le copy, the following events may occur:

- Data congured (TeraStation, User or Group names) may be lost.

- The copied le may be incomplete and it may not be deleted. In such a case, restart TeraStation and delete the le,

and try copying the le again.

• Although you format TeraStation’s hard disk, [Percent Used] or [Amount Used] in the Web Admin interface will not

show 0 (zero). This is because some space is used for the system.

• Set the TeraStation’s username and password the same as the user’s username and password for logging into the

Windows network. If they are dierent, you may not be able to access share folders with access restrictions.

• Click [Shared Folders] - [Folder Setup] - [Empty recycle bin of each folder] in the Web Admin interface to delete all of

the contents of the [Recycle Bin] folder in the shared folder.

• Do not set the same network address for LAN port 1 and LAN port 2, or data transmission may be unstable.