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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-323 => Topic started by: chuckv on January 28, 2008, 08:30:35 PM
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hi guys,
finally got a 2nd HD for my 323. does anyone know if i can just go raid 1 w/o data loss?
cheers
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hi guys,
finally got a 2nd HD for my 323. does anyone know if i can just go raid 1 w/o data loss?
cheers
No,
You will need to move the files off and then back on because the partition type of the drive has to change for Raid.
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... because the partition type of the drive has to change for Raid.
Really?? Which firmware are you using when you observed that?
I am using FWv1.03 and I see no difference in partition type (83 linux) between
standard two drive setup and RAID 1 setup
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Using RAID1 Mirroring the drives will need to be formated and Re-partitioned onto a RAID 1 Partition. A drive partitioned in Standard cannot be turned into a RAID partition without formatting.
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O.K., so procedurally you must use the web GUI to setup the RAID 1 (partition and format),
However, if you pull one of the disks out and look at the disk partitions on a Linux box, the
partitions, on one of the RAID 1 disks, would be 'fdisk' partition type '83 linux' and not 'fd linux raid'.
This is what I am observing, but perhaps my DNS-323 RAID 1 disks are not configured correctly. I
used the web GUI (FW v1.03) to setup the RAID 1. Is this correct?
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cheers guys, seems i need to find some "available space" somewhere ... grr
seems i have to purchase a another HD just to do this ... (eg, purchase another HD to do temporary store) prior to formatting of my newly purchased HD. this is becoming more expensive than anticipated