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Author Topic: Swap my drives into another enclosure without reformatting?  (Read 2815 times)

rfisher

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Swap my drives into another enclosure without reformatting?
« on: February 23, 2012, 07:53:11 AM »
Can I remove the drives from my existing DNS-323 and put them in another Linux-based NAS without reformatting (and still be able to access my data)?  A DNS-325 or 343 perhaps?  Recommendations?

I would be interested in other people opinions of NAS systems that might be compatible.  I know Buffalo also makes Linux-based NAS's, although they're based on the XFS filesystem.  The DNS-323 uses ext3, correct?
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fordem

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Re: Swap my drives into another enclosure without reformatting?
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2012, 03:45:10 AM »
That would depend on the enclosure of your choice - AND - possibly the disk configuration you're using now.

You can swap between DNS-323's and I believe the DNS-343 (check the the 343 forum, I think I've seen it discussed there), I wouldn't bet on being able to do it with other brands.
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