Can I add a RAID drive to my time capsule to increase capacity for backing up multiple computers

Can I add a RAID HDD to the Time Capsule?  I have tried to do it, but can't select it as a backup destination.

You should be able to, but it would have to be seen by the TC as a single drive.
Not all USB drives are compatible.
And it will be slow.. exceedingly slow. Much faster just plugged into the computer.

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    Buy a large enough external hard drive you can use to store your pictures permanently. Time Capsule is not a good choice for this. Keep your backups separate from your storage needs.

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    First off, Archon23, what you want to achieve is possible.  I have access to both my Time Capsule (TC) and the USB drive connected to it, from a Win. 7 and Win. XP machine.
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    3.) Finally, while poking around my Network Sharing Center some more, one by one I started the various network device Setup Wizards in there, and Trouble Shooters, to find the elusive TC/USB devices in question...AND voila, it worked.   And it's stable, been this way for going on two weeks now.
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  • Can I plug the hard drive from my Time Capsule into my PC?

    My laptop's hard drive recently died and the chance of being able to recover any data from it is pretty slim. To make matters worse, i've been meaning to buy a new Time Capsule for a while as mine is no longer functioning correctly (won't let me connect even with a solid green light).
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    If it is Gen 1 or 2, type "Time Capsule Power Supply" into ebay.. without the ""
    There are some there to help you fix it.
    Or a repairer could help.
    https://sites.google.com/site/lapastenague/a-deconstruction-of-routers-and-modem s
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    I used my time capsule (1st gen) as an external hard drive to store my iTunes files and my iTunes app is on my main iMac.  Now, I've decided to move those iTunes files from my external hard drive (TC) back to my iMac where my iTunes app is located.  What is the best way to do this?

    Is the Time Capsule the right piece of kit for the job?
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    TC is a dumb as board hard disk in an airport extreme router. It has no media servers.. no backup.. it is slow and designed for TM target for laptops. The major one here is lack of backup. Any files you put on the TC can and will be lost at some point.. and to backup you need to have a computer connected to it with an external hard disk.. and a 3rd party backup because TM is too dumb to back up network drives.
    TC is designed to spin up slow and spin down quickly at the end of backup. You will have issues when you stream media from it.
    ATV needs to connect to itunes server.. not the library. You will still need a computer running. Same for lots of things.. since apple designed their system to be dependent on itunes.
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    my imac 500g internal drive is nearly full, so i plan to add an external desktop drive.  i also need to use time machine for backups--can i simply buy one large drive to handle both needs, or do i need a dedicated drive for the time machine?
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    I have a 1 TB Time Capsule which I use for backing up my 2011 MacBook Pro and for providing my WiFi. I also have a 1 TB external hard drive plugged into my Time Capsule which I can access via WiFi. I can go to Finder on my laptop and browse the folders/files on my external hard drive. It appears under Shared in the sidebar of the Finder window. I can open files from it and I can save files to the drive, so it appears to be working fine. I have hundreds of gigs of files on the drive. But when I was recently hunting for a specific file, I noticed that my Spotlight wasn't doing a very good job at finding files on my external hard drive. I tried many different searches - by name, by type, by date - and had no luck. But as I was searching, I realized that I had more files of certain file types than Spotlight was showing me. So I tried searching for files I first confirmed were actually on the external drive. And again Spotlight failed to find them. If I used a partial filename search, it would find some files that matched but not the ones I was looking for.
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    The actual format of the drive is irrelevant to the PC.. the TC offers SMB connection.. so it is a true file sharing device.. the format used to store the files cannot be directly read by windows but is "interpreted, translated" via the firmware of the TC.
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  • I need to add a secondary hard drive to my time capsule. Can something that has been set up for a windows machine work without re-formatting?

    I need to add a secondary hard drive to my time capsule. Can something that has been set up for a windows machine work without re-formatting?

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    If the Time Capsule is near capacity, will it stop backing up?

    Can I add an aditional hard drive to my time capsule if the time capsule is near capacity?
    Yes
    If the Time Capsule is near capacity, will it stop backing up?
    No, Time Machine will automatically start to delete the oldest backups to make room for new backups.

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    I want to add more capacity on hard drive of time capsule. Can i add a normal usb driver? I will see it as an external drive in the time capsule network? It will work as fast than time capsule? Thanks

    Can i add a normal usb driver?
    Yes, but be sure that the drive is formatted correctly for Mac in Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
    I will see it as an external drive in the time capsule network?
    The drive will appear as a shared network drive, like the Time Capsule.
    It will work as fast than time capsule?
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    To elaborate on above.  I am looking to add about 300gig of photos on an external hard drive to TC. 
    Once I do this I believe I can then have itunes source its photos from TC without having them stored directly on my iMac? 
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