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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-325 => Topic started by: gnet158 on April 04, 2012, 08:32:59 AM
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Hello, I'm a soon to be new 325 owner and need some advice. I recently suffered a HD crash, luckily I had all my data backed up on my external drive. This is what prompted me to look for a NAS and I found a great deal at Compusa. After reading a lot of posts on this site about how Raid 1 isn't a true back up solution I need some advice.
I have 2x 1tb hard drives (the one that failed has been RMA'd and the other is the external). Which configuration do you recommend?
Raid 1 both 1tb HD's (but I'm guessing I'd need a third HD to backup to)
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Mount each as a separate drive/volume and manually back them up?
Do you guys leave your 325 on all the time? Any issues with the power supply?
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First, please read the following thread: Data Backup vs. Redundancy (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=46508.0).
If you are maintaining all of your data on the DNS-325 (original files + backup) and do not plan on storing data on an external device, I recommend configuring your DNS-325 as two separate Volumes and scheduling a nightly backup from Volume_1 to Volume_2. The thread I referenced above describes the dangers of using RAID-1 as the sole storage for your original and backup data.
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Thanks, I did read that.
Anyone know the MTF rate or how long it will last by leaving it on 24/7?
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Anyone know the MTF rate or how long it will last by leaving it on 24/7?
I can't speak to the MTF for the DNS-325, but I do have two DNS-343 that have been running nonstop for 3-1/2 years with at most 1 week of downtime during that period. Keep in mind that NAS are designed to run for long stretches to meet the availability needs of other networked devices.