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[whitegreyblack]

For now I have one 1TB drive installed, which was installed when I had either 1.04 or 1.05 firmware (can't remember which, I may have upgraded the firmware after having the first drive installed and formatted under 1.04).  At some point I will likely add another 1TB HDD to the DNS-323, but probably after the move to the 1.06 firmware coming out in the next several months.

I've read some experiences on this board of people experiencing issues when using two HDDs that were installed and formatted when using different versions of the DNS-323 firmware...

So, should I reformat both drives when I install the new HDD under the new firmware?  Is this an "official" issue?

Thanks 

[fordem]

As far as I'm aware the disk partition structure did not change between fw 1.04 & 1.05 and as such there would be no need to reformat the disk(s) - I'm not aware of any changes in 1.06 that would require a reformat, but there is no way to be certain until the final code is released.

[hilaireg]

I suggest a full backup before each f/w update and leaving the HDD's in place.  As per 'fordem', there should be no requirement to reform the disk(s).

In the earlier f/w that contained EXT2 & EXT3, it was necessary to reformat the disks if they were formatted in EXT3 mode as f/w support for EXT3 had been removed by D-Link Engineering ... although I'm not certain why as EXT3 is apparently preferred over EXT2.

Cheers,

[fordem]

The ext3 implementation was found to cause problems with data corruption and was removed as a "quick fix".

[whitegreyblack]

'preciate the feedback!