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[smokefree]

Thanks for the reply scaramanga

That still leaves the burning question that has been central to this thread.... What does one do for a 2TB drive in the DNS323?

If a WD10EADS manufactured in Jan 2009 works fine (which it seems to after 1.5+ years) will a currently sold (and I would assume much later manufacture date) WD20EADS work?

[pearljam45]

In fact, the WD20EADS is one of the few drives officially supported by the DNS-323

http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=672.0

[jamieburchell]

That still leaves the burning question that has been central to this thread.... What does one do for a 2TB drive in the DNS323?

Upgrade to 1.10 beta firmware or wait for the official release

[F1uX]

After the firmware upgrade should we reformat the drives for enabling the 4k sector support?

[D-Link Multimedia]

You MUST reformat the drives in order to format as 4K. It can not convert it.

[strevellick]

Using the GUI on the DNS-323, will reformatting using the RAID-1 setting use the 4K format?

[jamieburchell]

Using the GUI on the DNS-323, will reformatting using the RAID-1 setting use the 4K format?

Considering there isn't any other way to format the drives, I would say yes.

[Pete80]

hi. sorry to ask a dumb question but where do i download the 1.10 beta firmware from?
could someone post a link please 
I want to try my 2 x WD20EARS with this firmware before i send them back to the shop.
thanks

[Sneak]

Not dumb.
ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Multimedia/dns323/Beta/Firmware/

I am waiting to buy 2 TB drives for my DNS-323 until I hear whether or not the new firmware does support Advanced Format drives.  Love the price on the EARS.

Please let us know your results?

[vintech21]

Hi, could anyone assist please? I got a problem format my WD20EARS harddisk.

"Hard Drive(s) Formatting Failure. (Error Code:02)"

[andrew190]

I've been wanting to upgrade my hard drives for more than a year but have been prevented because of the WD AFT 2TB issues.

I understand that 1.10 will resolve this, does anyone know if the current beta release of 1.10 (release 06 as of the 30th March) has this fixed?

I intend on buying a WD EARS 2TB drive, upgrading to 1.10, resetting to factory defaults and formatting the new drive. I really don't want to have to repeat the process weeks (months?) later when the official 1.10 comes out.

Can anyone confirm that the current 1.10 (rel. 06) beta release has resolved the 2TB AFT issue?

[eclipse23]

Can anyone confirm that the current 1.10 (rel. 06) beta release has resolved the 2TB AFT issue?

I'd love to know the answer to this, too, as I've got a crippled NAS that I'm about to restore with a WD 2TB EARS, and I'd like to know if I can do this on the current beta firmware or if I should wait for the official 1.10.

Furthermore, if it's best to wait, any word on when the official release will come out?

[ddalley]

Still waiting on engineering. They have to change format process flows so I would rather they didn't rush and make mistakes.

It's been a few months since this was posted, so can we get an update, please?

I just bought a second DNS-323 and want to put 2 2Tb drives in it. I thought I read a review of this Seagate drive that indicated that it could work with older systems, but if the 1.10 firmware is going to be able to handle it, I will postpone getting drives now.

http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_barracuda_green_2tb_review_st2000dl003

This link indicates that the drive can be used in networked storage applications.

I looked for up-to-date resources here that indicated which drives were OK, but they don't seem to be readily available or, at least, not obvious. The stickied compatible drive list is from 2007! D-Link's tech support indicated all drives were OK now, too.

Is there a web page that describes the 1.10 firmware beta and its new functions?

[Steve Pitts]

The stickied compatible drive list is from 2007!

To be fair, it was updated in May 2010, albeit that that is still some time ago.

Is there a web page that describes the 1.10 firmware beta and its new functions?

Don't know about a web page, but this post would seem to fit the bill:

Beta Firmware 1.10 Build 07 Release Notes (updated 04/12/2011)

[phase9]

I just installed v1.10b7
I confirm that it still does NOT work for WD15EARS Western Digital 1.5TB drives.

When I plug in my WD15EARS -00MVWB0 drive, the square light infront of the DNS-323 continues to flash forever.  When I remove it and put in my Seagate 1.5TB drive, the light stops and I eventually find the drive using the Easy Search Utility.  My DNS-323 shows up with IP 192.168.0.32.  I find my Seagate 1.5TB drive connected.

When I have my WD15EARS drive in the DNS-323, the Easy Search Utility never finds any device.

I really wonder if I should buy a different 1.5TB drive.  Or just sit and wait for the official release of v1.10 firmware.  Hopefully DLINK can fix this problem in a few weeks.