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[jacom7000]

I have been using a DNS-320 ShareCenter for about a year now to store and play media from without any problems. I have now just ordered a D-Link DNS-320L ShareCenter Cloud version as I need more storage space. What I would like to know is can I put the drives out of the older DNS-320 into the new one and continue to use them as they are or will it need to reformat them therefore deleating the files on it. I have a couple smaller drives I would like to use in the older unit till I can afford to buy some larger ones.

[jacom7000]

I have answered my own question NO. I tried putting a drive into the new DNS-320L ShareCenter Cloud from my older DNS-320 ShareCenter Plus and it wanted to format it which I didn't want to do. So for now I have just put a spare 1.5TB drive in to try/test it till I buy some 3 or 4TB drives later.

[sparomba]

Thanks for nothing D-Link, so much for an easy upgrade. I mean it's the same damn product line, they should at least have added an option to "upgrade/convert" disks that have been used in other D-Link NAS.

I'm in the same situation, bought a dns-320l as replacement for dns-320. So that means i have to buy a new third disk, re-format and transfer files for hours from disk to disk, and then sell the used 3rd disk on ebay. Thank you D-Link, thank you!  

[JavaLawyer]

I'm in the same situation, bought a dns-320l as replacement for dns-320. So that means i have to buy a new third disk, re-format and transfer files for hours from disk to disk, and then sell the used 3rd disk on ebay. Thank you D-Link, thank you!  

Even if a migration path were available, as a standard practice you should always maintain a second physical backup of your files, and especially prior to performing a physical data migration. From your proposed strategy, it sounds like you are not presently maintaining a backup.

[ivan]

I must back up what JavaLawyer  says, If you value your data you have a proven backup - not having a backup means that you don't care about your data or its loss.

I will also say that any form of RAID is NOT a backup even though you can recover the data from a RAID 1 if one disk goes bad because the unit will rebuild the array.

But then why should I complain, it's people without backups the helps keep us in business.

[jacom7000]

Personally I have everything backed at least once, personal data (photos, music etc.) I have several backups and keep one such backup off site. The reason I was hoping I could put the drives straight was to save the long time it takes to copy the data across (6TB seems to take forever).

[JavaLawyer]

Personally I have everything backed at least once, personal data (photos, music etc.) I have several backups and keep one such backup off site. The reason I was hoping I could put the drives straight was to save the long time it takes to copy the data across (6TB seems to take forever).

I feel your pain as I have personally lived through this process several times as I've migrated to different ShareCenter models with higher HDD capacities.  There's an inherent one-time cost (in time/resources) for establishing a baseline backup when moving to new storage hardware. Speaking for my personal peace of mind, even if a migration path were available, I would prefer re-formatting and re-configuring the HDDs in the destination NAS using the NAS's native software to ensure compatibility and avoid potential issues down the line.

My data migration consisted of 8 TB on a much older ShareCenter model with significantly lower throughput than the DNS-320, so I know where you're coming from.

To ivan's point and your response, I'm glad your data is backed up, as many users don't consider backing up their data until it's too late.

[sparomba]

From your proposed strategy, it sounds like you are not presently maintaining a backup.

Wrong. I do have backups but i only keep backups of things that are important to me (photos, etc) (backup disks are 1tb). I don't consider every movie and Iso as that important to keep a backup of each of them. If they get lost by a "disk crash", so be it. But i also don't want to lose them on purpose just because i wanted to upgrade the NAS.
And even if i had a backup of the complete 5Tb of the old NAS it still would take ages to copy them to the new NAS. <<= That was the point of my posting, JavaLawyer. It takes hours, when it could be a matter of seconds.
It's utter bs that you can't swap the drives from the older NAS to the new one, especially when the new NAS is from the same manufacturer and even the same product line. It's a consumer product, not for professional use, so there should be an easier way implemented.