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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-343 => Topic started by: imranc on September 12, 2013, 09:17:01 AM
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Hey Guys,
Ive searched the form in every way possible and went through 20 of the 31 pages on the forms. I had one of my drives fail in my 343 which I have replaced. The NAS recognized the new disk right away and had no issues formatting it. Set up I currently have is 4 X 2TB drives set to raid 5. I cant recall what the total usable disk size should be replaced. This is what I see when I log into the device:
Total Hard Drive Capacity: 5900656 MB
Used Space: 3134071 MB
Unused Space: 2766585 MB
Am I missing anything?
Sorry for the newb question and appreciate any feed back you are able to give.
Thanks
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Your numbers look correct. The raw storage space for 4x2 TB HDDs is approximately 8 TB. RAID-5 needs approximately 25% of the available space for redundancy, which makes recovery from a dead HDD possible.
8TB * 0.25 = 6TB = 6,000,000 MB = ~5,900,656 MB
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thank you JavaLawyer. Much appreciated
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Glad to help!
If you're into math, here's a more detailed explanation I previously posted in the ShareCenter FAQ board:
DNS ShareCenter - Total Usable Storage Space (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=48259.0)
The ShareCenter FAQ board is also a good resource for information pertaining to your ShareCenter.