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Title: Used space after new format
Post by: Moose_On_Roids on January 05, 2011, 11:18:26 AM

newb here with DNS-323 (and nas in general)...

I successfully formatted (ext2) and configured the DNS-323 with my Samsung F3 HD103SJ 1TB HDD.  The DNS reports 1TB of space, nothing used.

After mapping the drive to my new Windows 7 install, windows reports 24GB of space is used on the newly formatted / empty drive.

The problem isn't the 1 TB = 986 GB, it actually reports the 24GB is used out of 986GB.  I can't believe the DNS requires this much space just for config? ???

Anyone else notice this or can explain this?

Title: Re: Used space after new format
Post by: lookingforinfo on January 05, 2011, 01:37:20 PM

Although my environment is different, I do not see a large amount of "lost" space.  When you connect to the unit as user admin, select the STATUS tab and look at what is reported under HARD DRIVE INFO:.
It would be interesting to know if the DNS-323 thinks the space is being used, or is it Windows that thinks the space has been used.

Title: Re: Used space after new format
Post by: Moose_On_Roids on January 05, 2011, 01:57:04 PM

the DNS status indicates 0% used for 1TB space. 

I should also mention I have the HDD configured as standard (no RAID). 

Title: Re: Used space after new format
Post by: scaramanga on January 05, 2011, 02:39:02 PM

You should check out the Samsung site for what 1TB actually means:
http://www.samsung.com/global/business/hdd/productmodel.do?type=94&subtype=98&model_cd=507

Title: Re: Used space after new format
Post by: lookingforinfo on January 05, 2011, 02:43:01 PM

In my opinion, I think you have 1TB available for data storage.  I have mapped drives on my wife's Windows 7 machine to specific subdirectories on our 323.  I will try and use her machine to look at and record folder sizes and then compare the values to what I see from my machine.

You may want to copy directories to the 323 and compare sized using Windows and the STATUS option.  There may be minor differences due to sector size differences on the 323 and your machine.

Title: Re: Used space after new format
Post by: Moose_On_Roids on January 05, 2011, 05:21:04 PM

thanks for the feedback guys.

scaramanga:  
I think I know what you are talking about at Samsungs link, they mistakenly list 750MB for the drive on the web page, but the data sheet indicates 1TB.

lookingforinfo:
OK here's what I did.
1. Re-confirmed 24GB used out of 983GB was reported by Windows (previously I mistakenly stated 986GB).
2. Copied approx 2.2GB of data to DNS.  Both Win 7 and DNS state 2.3G used out of 983GB used.
3. Deleted the copied files from NAS.  Both Win 7 and DNS state 75MB (yes MB) used out of 983GB.  The NAS_Prog directory created by DNS is about this 75MB size.  Still large IMO, however, not gigantic like 24GB.

Soooo, it looks like I do not have a problem now.   ???  Strange that the above steps ironed out that wrinkle.  I know what some are thinking, I must of read 24GB wrong (ie 24MB).  This is not the case.  As you can see from the link below, others have had this issue, however no resolution was concluded...

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/248537-32-problem-format

thanks for taking time to discuss.

Title: Re: Used space after new format
Post by: scaramanga on January 06, 2011, 12:35:34 AM

Happy to see you sorted it out. I was actually thinking about this:

Quote

"1MB = 1,000,000bytes / 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes."

At the bottom of the spec page.