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[chuckv]

hi guys,

i have been asked to put larger disks in an existing 323. so today, i will be purchasing 2x 750's

plan of attack is as follows

power down 323
take left HD out
power unit back on
insert new 750 in its place & wait till sync finishes
power down again
remove right HD out, and replace it with the 750 from the left bay
power unit back on & verify all files working fine
power down again
insert other 750 into left bay
power unit back on & sync again.. & verify

if all else fails, i still have the 200gb HD from the left bay with all data on it

does anyone know if the strategy above will work without major issues (eg, data loss) & anyone know how long it will take to sync 200gb from one HD to another?

issues i would have along with it is;

the issue i will have is that the contents of the old HD (to be replaced) have really LOOOOOOOONG file names and a HUMUNGUS folder structure at least 16 tiers down. this causes issues in respect to file copy as i get errors like .. . cannot copy file / folder

can someone advise a way around that long file name / folder issue?


cheers

[chuckv]

also, in addition to this. knowing i am replacing 200gb HD's with 700gb's via the method above, does that mean i will get to see all of the 700gb's or will i still be limited to 200gb's? id like to know sooner than later (post event) and do this properly with this additional information i need

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also, in addition to this. knowing i am replacing 200gb HD's with 700gb's via the method above, does that mean i will get to see all of the 700gb's or will i still be limited to 200gb's? id like to know sooner than later (post event) and do this properly with this additional information i need

I read this post on the wiki forums as well however I will answer it here. There is currently no clear path to "expand" harddrives when upgrading to larger volumes for Raid 1. If you Started with 200GB Hard drives and set the Raid 1 to 200gb then when you upgrade to 750GB you will see the following when looking at your DNS-323 status screen.

Volume_1 (Raid 1) - 200GB
Volume_2 (JBOD) - 1100GB

The extra 550GB per harddrive will be converted into a JBOD drive of combined space. If you are looking to expand the size of your raid 1 partition you will need to copy the data off and build a new raid with your 750GB of a larger size and copy data back to the drives.

[chuckv]

this will be put in the 1.05 request

[chuckv]

and yes, i did post it on the wiki site .. its unfortunate that i could not keep the same username .. unless an admin can do it for me here