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D-Link FAQ => ShareCenter FAQs => Topic started by: JavaLawyer on December 18, 2012, 01:22:48 PM

Title: DNS ShareCenter - Migrating to a Larger RAID-1 Array
Post by: JavaLawyer on December 18, 2012, 01:22:48 PM

This procedure is designed for 2-bay ShareCenter owners seeking to increase the HDD size in a RAID-1 array.

Procedure

• Make a full backup of the ShareCenter data on the RAID-1 array
• Power down the ShareCenter
• Remove the existing HDDs and label their original location with a marker (e.g. "left" and "right")
• Insert two larger capacity HDDs in the ShareCenter
• Power-up the ShareCenter and format the newly installed HDDs as a RAID-1 array using the Web UI
• Copy the data from the backup to the new RAID-1 array.

Notes:

• RAID-1 provides redundancy, but is not a backup. You should always maintain a current backup of all critical data on a separate physical device: DNS ShareCenter - Data Backup vs. Redundancy (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=42033.0)
  
• The ShareCenter series does not support RAID resizing (i.e. migrating an existing RAID-1 array to a larger HDD capacity without a full reformat