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Title: DNS-323 two drives with a third in rotation
Post by: bobby.hawk on August 08, 2010, 05:46:52 AM
Hello,

Regarding case ID (ALR400998914)... not resolved

I have the DNS-323 with two 1T drives.  I have it setup for Raid 1 (mirroring).  I purchased a third drive of the same type and want to add it into the rotation.  My hope was to be able to hot-swap a drive once a month and take it to my safety box.

So I added the third drive and I expected the system to be in a degraded state and it would need to resync the drive. 

Originally the two drives showed up as Volume_1
Now the new drive appears as Volume_2

When I login in to the drive as Admin I new get the wizard telling me to pick a Raid format!

If i try to map the drive ... it won't map.  I fear I've lost all my data!

Hard Drive Info:
http://picasaweb.google.com/106406667183756826863/TechPics#5503018383175718834

What Admin can see:
http://picasaweb.google.com/106406667183756826863/TechPics#5503018529578710098

Any ideas about what to do to get back to my data as Volume_1

Regards,
Bob


Title: Re: DNS-323 two drives with a third in rotation
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on August 08, 2010, 06:31:24 AM
This is a terribly BAD idea!  Put your two drives in the box, put the 3rd drive in a USB external case, and do the backups on your computer from the NAS.  Taking the drives in and out of the NAS is a recipe for disaster!
Title: Re: DNS-323 two drives with a third in rotation
Post by: bobby.hawk on August 08, 2010, 10:15:53 AM
OK, thanks...