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Author Topic: Upgrading to the 1.06 Firmware  (Read 4887 times)

strickn

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Upgrading to the 1.06 Firmware
« on: January 10, 2009, 01:39:28 PM »
I'm currently running the 1.05 revision of the DNS-323 Firmware. I wish to upgrade to the 1.06 revision, but there are notices stating that I should backup the entire drive before doing so. I bought this device as a way to mirror and store large amounts of files since I don't have the space locally on my PC.

Has anyone upgraded without issues (file loss, drive issues, etc.) from 1.05 to 1.06? I find it odd that I'd have to backup my NAS just to update the firmware.

Thanks in advance!  :)
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fordem

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Re: Upgrading to the 1.06 Firmware
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2009, 02:57:35 PM »
I've upgraded from 1.05 to 1.06 with no problems.

And it's not that you should backup your entire disk before doing an upgrade - it's that you should always backup your entire disk - because if you don't and something glitches, you have no protection against data loss.

Firmware flashes can fail - so can hard drives, memory, power supplies, etc., etc. - sometimes sh** happens - two days ago, mid morning, half the contents of my email inbox were somehow screwed - the contents of the messages bore no relationship to the subject of the message and it was obvious that some sort of indexing was out of whack - I spent 5~10 minutes compacting folders and what have you trying to force it to re-index and then gave up, and restored it from the backup.

This is the second hiccup I've had with my email in about eight years - and it's different to the previous one - where I also ended up restoring.

The mail store is on a RAID1 pair, so whatever glitch occurred wrote to both my disks simultaneously, which is what RAID1 does, and without that backup I'd have been in major grief.

What does this have to do with the DNS-323 - nothing really - in fact it doesn't even enter the picture other than that's where my backup is stored - so to cut a long story short - mirror all you want, but if you don't back it up, then don't get upset when sh** happens and you find out that the mirroring is not a backup - it's not intended to be.
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RAID1 is for disk redundancy - NOT data backup - don't confuse the two.

strickn

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Re: Upgrading to the 1.06 Firmware
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2009, 06:45:26 PM »
Haha, thanks for the input...I know that it's not a true backup solution, but just wanted to make sure that the Firmware upgrade doesn't intentionally remove/alter files on the drives as part of it's updating process (that's just the vibe I got from the notices).

I had the same thing happen with my email in Thunderbird recently, ever since I went to IMAP too btw!

Thanks again! :)
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mig

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Re: Upgrading to the 1.06 Firmware
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2009, 10:52:13 PM »
Quote from: strickn on January 10, 2009, 06:45:26 PM
... but just wanted to make sure that the Firmware upgrade doesn't intentionally remove/alter files on the drives as part of it's updating process (that's just the vibe I got from the notices).
You are correct, there are numerous post about firmware upgrades unintentionally
causing problems.  Drive status lights turning white/pink/amber, international characters
missing, and formatting wrong drives.  If you don't have a backup, these unexpected glitches
could cause you to lose your data.  If that's the chance you want to take, then go for it.
Otherwise, make a backup of you data, then upgrade the firmware with the confidence that
you have protected your data against unintentional problems..
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