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Title: 343 with 2 R1 volumes - is there an "official" way to do this?
Post by: drick on May 06, 2009, 03:30:50 PM: hi,

a quick search here, as well as a review of the users guide did not yield any results to my question.

i have 2x400GB + 2x750GB HDD's that i want to use in my 343. i want to create 2 volumes both which are mirrors. there is no way to do this using the gui (it created 3 volumes).

is there an "official" way to accomplish this that people have used with success?

right now, i pulled the 750's and am formatting the 400's. i then plan to pull the 400's and format the 750's and hope the unit is smart enough to see both volumes correctly.

i just checked the beta code release notes, and didn't see it in there either.
Title: Re: 343 with 2 R1 volumes - is there an "official" way to do this?
Post by: ECF on May 07, 2009, 09:57:29 AM: In what order by size did you place the drives in the unit?
Title: Re: 343 with 2 R1 volumes - is there an "official" way to do this?
Post by: D-Link Multimedia on May 07, 2009, 02:40:38 PM: Start with only the top 2 bays filled with the 750GB hdd's. Format as Raid 1. Insert the 2x400GB drives into the bottom 2 bays. When you login it will ask you to format those 2 drives and will give you format options. Select Raid 1 and it will format. When it finishes you will have Volume_1 Raid1 with 750GB of freespace and Volume_2 Raid1 with 400GB of space.
Title: Re: 343 with 2 R1 volumes - is there an "official" way to do this?
Post by: drick on May 07, 2009, 08:31:41 PM: Quote from: ECF on May 07, 2009, 09:57:29 AM
In what order by size did you place the drives in the unit?

started with the 2x400's in the top 2 bays, then added the 2x750's in bottom bays. i had already done this yesterday before your response.
Title: Re: 343 with 2 R1 volumes - is there an "official" way to do this?
Post by: drick on May 07, 2009, 08:33:19 PM: Quote from: D-Link Multimedia on May 07, 2009, 02:40:38 PM
Start with only the top 2 bays filled with the 750GB hdd's. Format as Raid 1. Insert the 2x400GB drives into the bottom 2 bays. When you login it will ask you to format those 2 drives and will give you format options. Select Raid 1 and it will format. When it finishes you will have Volume_1 Raid1 with 750GB of freespace and Volume_2 Raid1 with 400GB of space.

i actually did it the opposite way, and aside from the fact that i had to format the 400gb hdd's twice, it worked correctly.
Title: Re: 343 with 2 R1 volumes - is there an "official" way to do this?
Post by: maddphaxr on July 27, 2009, 11:16:57 PM: I have a similar but different situation that I can't seem to find the answer for. I currently have a 323 with two WD 500's formatted Raid 0 in it. The 323 works great, but I need/want to upgrade to the 343. My question is this. Can I take the drives from the 323 and place them in the 343 without re-formatting them and still be able to access my files? The drives are full and I don't have the means to back them up if I have to reformat them at this time.
Title: Re: 343 with 2 R1 volumes - is there an "official" way to do this?
Post by: hilaireg on July 29, 2009, 04:43:16 AM: Hold off until you can find a way to back them up or purchase new HDD's for the DNS-343 and copy your data over the LAN.