Any danger to turning off journalling on an external HD?

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  1. whitedragon101, May 16, 2013

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    I have a synology NAS and the only workaround I have found to mounting an HFS+ USB drive on it is to turn off journalling on the drive. Are there any dangers for data loss or corruption from doing so?
     
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  2. benwiggy, May 16, 2013

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    What is the problem you have been having? Have you asked Synology about it?

    The point of a journalled system is to prevent data corruption in the event of a crash or power outage. So obviously, this is a level of protection that will be missing.

    For general purposes, it may not matter. But: If you take your braces off because you've already got a belt, you can bet your trousers will still fall down.
     
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  3. whitedragon101, May 16, 2013

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  4. ColdCase, May 16, 2013
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    Are you using DSM 4.2? I don't think I had an issue connecting up my Mac formatted HFS+ drive in an USB 3 enclosure to the USB port on my DS212j... but it has been awhile. I recall being surprised because I though it was going to ask to reformat it. I just had to set permissions if I recall correctly... hmmm... I can use the drive for TM backups, but that may just be a server thing.
     
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