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Title: Upgrading to 2TB drives
Post by: PhillB on February 28, 2010, 08:34:49 AM

Hi,

I currently have two separate DNS-323 boxes, eack with 2 x 1TB Seagatre drives configured as Raid1.

Is there any way I can change to 2TB drives and have the DNS-323 raid utility rebuild the array?  For example can I swap one drive forst and have the raid utility rebuild the array and then swap the other drive?

Thanks,

Phill.

Title: Re: Upgrading to 2TB drives
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on February 28, 2010, 08:38:09 AM

Sounds like you have no backup.  FIRST STEP, BACKUP THE DATA!

If you currently have a working RAID-1 array, I'd connect one of the new drives to the computer and use it to create a backup first.

Next, with that backup in hand, connect one of the 1TB drives and move your backup to that drive.

Finally, stick both new 2TB drives in the NAS and build your RAID-1 array, copy your backup over.

Note that you should still have a separate backup, RAID of any level is NOT backup!