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Author Topic: Moving drives from one DNS-323 to another  (Read 2053 times)

Vineet

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Moving drives from one DNS-323 to another
« on: May 01, 2011, 05:13:56 PM »
The ethernet port on my existing DNS-323 has gone bad. I am planning to order a replacement enclosure. Will the new DNS-323 provide an option to preserve the data stored in the drives (I was using RAID1) when I move the drives over? I would assume that should happen but want to make sure.

If I need to backup the data, I assume I need to use a Linux or Mac Machine to connect to the drives using a USB to SATA cable / SATA drive enclosure.

Please advise.

Thanks in advance
Vineet
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dosborne

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Re: Moving drives from one DNS-323 to another
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2011, 06:21:42 PM »
Shouldn't be a problem. Just use the same or newer firmware. Wouldn't hurt to be sure to save your configuration to a file as well.
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3 x DNS-323 with 2 x 2TB WD Drives each for a total of 12 TB Storage and Backup. Running DLink Firmware v1.08 and Fonz Fun Plug (FFP) v0.5 for improved software support.

fordem

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Re: Moving drives from one DNS-323 to another
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2011, 09:21:36 PM »
You can sawp the drives to the new enclosure with no loss of data - you will have to recreate users, groups, etc.
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RAID1 is for disk redundancy - NOT data backup - don't confuse the two.

Vineet

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Re: Moving drives from one DNS-323 to another
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2011, 03:45:52 AM »
The recreation of configuration (user, groups etc) should not be an issue.

Thanks to both of you.

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