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D-Link FAQ => ShareCenter FAQs => Topic started by: JavaLawyer on October 24, 2011, 06:34:41 AM

Title: DNS ShareCenter - Standard Volume to RAID-1 Conversion
Post by: JavaLawyer on October 24, 2011, 06:34:41 AM

This procedure is designed for DNS series device owners who have a HDD configured as a Standard Volume and purchased two new HDDs and want to:

• Transfer existing data from the old HDD to one of the new HDDs
• Convert the two new HDDs to a RAID-1 array

Procedure

Follow these steps in sequence:

• The new HDDs should be unformatted prior to starting this procedure (i.e. remove existing partitions prior to starting this procedure)
• Power-down the DNS series device
• Install one of the two new HDDs in an open slot of the DNS-series device
• Power-up the DNS series device
• Configure the new HDD as a Standard Volume
• Transfer the data from the legacy HDD to the new HDD
• Power-down the DNS series device
• Remove the legacy HDD and install the second new HDD in the open slot
• Power-up the DNS series device
• The DNS series device should provide an option to create a RAID-1 array (select this option)

Notes

• This procedure will work with the DNS-320, DNS-321, DNS-323, DNS-325, and DNS-343.
• Store the legacy HDD containing your original data in a safe place as a backup