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[Vodokotlic]

Mybe somebody know, it is possible to take out hard drives from DNS-323 and put it in DNS-325 without loss of data?

[JavaLawyer]

Drives can not be migrated between the DNS-323 and DNS-343 without reformatting due to different disk formatting structures.  However, I don't know if the DNS-323 and DNS-325 share the same disk formatting.

[Doctor Doom]

If your existing DNS-320 is formatted to EXT3 and standard volumes you can pop them out and put them into the DNS-325. Since this is not a recommended procedure there may be issues in the long run (read/write permissions). It is best to format a clean drive and copy through the network.

You most likely will not lose data and it will work for you with any issues. If this data is important to you, you should already have a seperate backup.

[Vodokotlic]

Yeah. I'm, copying files from DNS-323 to my PC right now. It will take a few days to finish it. 

Mybe next time, it is better to take out the disk from old NAS and put it in PC with a new hard disk. Then make a copy of files with Linux Live CD. I think that could be 4x faster. (Sorry for my bad English.)

[JavaLawyer]

Yeah. I'm, copying files from DNS-323 to my PC right now. It will take a few days to finish it. 

Mybe next time, it is better to take out the disk from old NAS and put it in PC with a new hard disk. Then make a copy of files with Linux Live CD. I think that could be 4x faster. (Sorry for my bad English.)

I preach the following all the time. . . . You should consider maintaining a current backup of all critical data. The DNS series are great for data storage, but if your data is stored on a single HDD or single RAID array, a hardware failure or Volume corruption could cause the catastrophic loss of all your data.

[Clayton]

Does anyone know if I can use the Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB 7200RPM SATA3 6Gb/s with NCQ 64MB Cache HDD in the DNS-325 RAID1

[D-Link Multimedia]

DNS-325 is still currently using MBR partitioning which limits it to 2.2TB per bay. This will be addressed in the first major release of firmware for this product.

[bobhurt]

Really? Please tell me:

1.  What operating system drives the DNS-325?
2.  What file system does it put on the disks?
3.  If you don't use FreeBSD and XFS, why don't you?

[venfan]

DNS-325 is still currently using MBR partitioning which limits it to 2.2TB per bay. This will be addressed in the first major release of firmware for this product.

I just bought a DNs-325 today. I haven't received it yet, and still have to buy the HDs for it, so I need some help.
If I install a 3TB HD with current firmware, Will I have to reformat the drive in the future in order to use the full 3B capacity?
According to the FAQs, the DNS-325 will not work with the new "Advanced Format" drives. However, somewhere else in this forum somebody mentioned that it worked just fine. Should I avoid those new new HDs? I was planning to buy WD 3 TB Green WD30EZRX.

When do you think will that major release be available??

Thanks for your help.

[xpmps]

The WD Green have a problem with the heads parked (LCC). Be done by changing a data in the fw. If finally you buy it online for a solution. You will notice improvement in disk performance and overall nas.
When you have 325, the FW update and run!

[JavaLawyer]

I just bought a DNs-325 today. I haven't received it yet, and still have to buy the HDs for it, so I need some help.
If I install a 3TB HD with current firmware, Will I have to reformat the drive in the future in order to use the full 3B capacity?
According to the FAQs, the DNS-325 will not work with the new "Advanced Format" drives. However, somewhere else in this forum somebody mentioned that it worked just fine. Should I avoid those new new HDs? I was planning to buy WD 3 TB Green WD30EZRX.

When do you think will that major release be available??

Thanks for your help.

The latest beta firmware has 3TB support. You will need to upgrade the firmware to the latest beta version prior to formatting any HDDs in the unit. The latest firmware is available here: http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=38831.0