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[komy123]

Hi,

I recently brought the DNS-323 with 2 WD 1TB WD10EARS drives. When I try to setup the RAID, it only show 99GB as the available space. I can see all 2TB of space with no problem if I format the drives using the standard configuration.

Do you have any suggestion on how I can format the drive as RAID 1 with all the available space?

Thanks,
Komy

[obladeo]

Hi what version of windows are you using?

When i first setup my 323 in windows 7 it was just showing 99 due to the driver being wrong.

Try using theses

ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Multimedia/dns323/Drivers/dns323_driver_PNPX_102.zip

[jamieburchell]

You've purchased 2x 1TB drives and you have them in RAID1 configuration? You're only going to see 1TB of capacity then

The data is mirrored over both drives. If you want to utilise 2TB of space, you need to take them out of RAID or purchase 2x 2TB drives.

[komy123]

Yes. I have 2 1TB drives. The problem is that the web UI only should that I can have 99GB of capacity when I try to do the RAID 1. I thought I should see 1TB, at least.

obladeo - how do I install the dns323_driver_PNPX_102.zip driver? I am on Win 7 32-bit, I am already able to access and see the drive by IP address.

[gunrunnerjohn]

Forget the driver.

[ECF]

Hi,

I recently brought the DNS-323 with 2 WD 1TB WD10EARS drives. When I try to setup the RAID, it only show 99GB as the available space. I can see all 2TB of space with no problem if I format the drives using the standard configuration.

Do you have any suggestion on how I can format the drive as RAID 1 with all the available space?

Thanks,
Komy

That seems about right...

[komy123]

ECF - Thanks. If I understand it correctly, when I format the NAS's two drive normally, I will get a total of 2TB space from my 2x1TB drive. If I format it as a RAID 1, my NAS (2x1TB drive) will only end up with 99GB of space at the end?

[D-Link Multimedia]

ECF - Thanks. If I understand it correctly, when I format the NAS's two drive normally, I will get a total of 2TB space from my 2x1TB drive. If I format it as a RAID 1, my NAS (2x1TB drive) will only end up with 99GB of space at the end?

No that is not correct. You should get 1000GB of space (minus a few GB for partitions (Swap) ). Is this one of those Advanced Formatting Drives?

[komy123]

No that is not correct. You should get 1000GB of space (minus a few GB for partitions (Swap) ). Is this one of those Advanced Formatting Drives?

Yes, they are.

[jamieburchell]

Sorry, I miss-read your 99Gb... I was thinking you was seeing just under 1Tb, which would have been about right probably as you never get the full advertised capacity on drives anyway...

I don't really know the answer but from what I can gather from reading further, you have to do some partition wizardry to get them working properly...

http://products.wdc.com/Library/Flyer/ENG/2178-771123.pdf

http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=11631.0

Personally I'd sooner use a normal drive!

[komy123]

Thanks for the help!

[ECF]

Sorry, I miss-read your 99Gb... I was thinking you was seeing just under 1Tb, which would have been about right probably as you never get the full advertised capacity on drives anyway...

I don't really know the answer but from what I can gather from reading further, you have to do some partition wizardry to get them working properly...

http://products.wdc.com/Library/Flyer/ENG/2178-771123.pdf

http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=11631.0

Personally I'd sooner use a normal drive!

Whoops...Me too..was thinking 999GB  

Please read this Post.

http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=12977.0