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[winchesterstoke]

My wife is getting me a 320L for Xmas ( ) to supplement our existing 320. Are the disk formats compatible between the two models - i.e. can I just take the disks from the 320 and put them into the 320L?

Assuming this is the case - any idea how to handle two disks - one new - which requires to be formatted, and one from the old NAS - which I definitely don't want formatted?

many thanks!

[sparomba]

Bad news for you

The DNS-320 and DNS-320L use different filesystem formats. When you put a disk from the dns-320 into the dns-320l the disk will be recognized but you will be asked to reformat it. There is no way around it (unless you want to replace the firmware with a minimalist debian).

I used a PC and a second disk to first save all data from the dns-320 drive to the backup disk, then put the drive from the dns-320 in the dns-320l, reformat it and then transfer all files back from the second disk back on the newly formatted disk from the dns-320l using the PC again.
The copy process may take very very a long time depending on the size of your disk and if you only copy the files via ethernet. If you have a PC, i can only recommend to hook the dns-disk directly to a free sata port of the PC and copy the files using the PC only, not the dns. If you're on a Windows system you need to install Ext2Fsd to be able to read from the ext2/3/4 filesystem partitions that the dns uses. Write access must be enabled manually in the tool's settings!

[JavaLawyer]

My wife is getting me a 320L for Xmas ( ) to supplement our existing 320. Are the disk formats compatible between the two models - i.e. can I just take the disks from the 320 and put them into the 320L?

Assuming this is the case - any idea how to handle two disks - one new - which requires to be formatted, and one from the old NAS - which I definitely don't want formatted?

many thanks!

Unfortunately, no. Changes to the filesystem preclude the migration of RAID and JBOD configurations.