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Title: DNS 320 Dead - putting orginal HDD in a new DNS 320
Post by: larsif on December 18, 2012, 07:15:54 PM

So I have a DNS 320 that is dead (bad ethernet port). Can I take the orginal DNS 320 HDDs and put them in a new DNS 320 without having to reformat? I am running Raid 1.

Title: Re: DNS 320 Dead - putting orginal HDD in a new DNS 320
Post by: JavaLawyer on December 19, 2012, 04:42:02 AM

Yes, you can migrate RAID arrays between two DNS-320s.

Title: Re: DNS 320 Dead - putting orginal HDD in a new DNS 320
Post by: JavaLawyer on December 19, 2012, 04:54:43 AM

Additionally, if you haven't already done so, make sure you have a full backup of any critical data on your DNS-320 before migrating your array to a new unit.

Title: Re: DNS 320 Dead - putting orginal HDD in a new DNS 320
Post by: hongaun on December 19, 2012, 10:49:47 PM

Java: Not sure if you realized that his DNS320 is dead, not sure if there's any other way for him to perform a back with his original DNS320 unit  ???

Title: Re: DNS 320 Dead - putting orginal HDD in a new DNS 320
Post by: albert on December 20, 2012, 01:39:08 AM

Agreed with hongaun, a new DNS-320 is needed in order to access data from RAID drive.

Title: Re: DNS 320 Dead - putting orginal HDD in a new DNS 320
Post by: JavaLawyer on December 20, 2012, 04:14:33 AM

Quote from: hongaun on December 19, 2012, 10:49:47 PM

Java: Not sure if you realized that his DNS320 is dead, not sure if there's any other way for him to perform a back with his original DNS320 unit  ???

LOL. . . my bad. That's what I get for concurrently responding to too many threads.

Title: Re: DNS 320 Dead - putting orginal HDD in a new DNS 320
Post by: hongaun on December 20, 2012, 11:50:03 PM

Quote from: JavaLawyer on December 20, 2012, 04:14:33 AM

LOL. . . my bad. That's what I get for concurrently responding to too many threads.

Haha no problem, just teasing ya. Anyway, should be no problem dropping in the 2 hdd in the same slots into a new DNS320. just to be on the safe side make sure the new DNS 320 firmware version is similar to the previous one.

Dropping both hdd into another model, that i'm not sure...

Title: Re: DNS 320 Dead - putting orginal HDD in a new DNS 320
Post by: borna on February 15, 2014, 11:02:00 AM

I'm having a similar problem. After replacing old DNS320L with new one (old one stop working) I want to access data on original DNS320L drives. My drives were previously configured as JBOD. What is the procedure?

Title: Re: DNS 320 Dead - putting orginal HDD in a new DNS 320
Post by: JavaLawyer on February 16, 2014, 10:56:44 AM

Quote from: borna on February 15, 2014, 11:02:00 AM

I'm having a similar problem. After replacing old DNS320L with new one (old one stop working) I want to access data on original DNS320L drives. My drives were previously configured as JBOD. What is the procedure?

This is the DNS-320 board, the DNS-320L board is here: DNS-320L board (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?board=347.0)

That said, so long as the firmware version is the same as the original DNS-320L and the JBOD was not damaged while in the original unit, you should be able to simply move the HDDs from the old to new unit and power-up. Please keep in mind that you need to make sure the HDDs are seated in the correct order (i.e. the HDD in slot #1 of the original DNS-320L must be placed in slot #1 of the new DNS-320L).