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Jolt · 2009-03-31 20:03:28

So I have a DNS-323, with two 1TB drives in both bays setup in Raid-1.

From what I understand, Raid-1 takes one harddrive and mirrors it's contents to the 2nd drive.

I'm a little confused as to what the web-gui is telling me.

From the status tab:

HARD DRIVE INFO :

Total Drive(s):    2
Volume Name:    Volume_1
Volume Type:    RAID 1
Sync Time Remaining:    Completed
Total Hard Drive Capacity:    981858 MB
Used Space:    440360 MB
Unused Space:    541498 MB

And from the Tools - RAID tab

RAID CONFIGURATION :
Current RAID Type :
   Volume_1 : RAID 1

From the status tab, it seems like everything's working properly, but it also seems that the RAID Configuration screen should be giving me more information.

I can connect to Volume_1 fine, and see all my files, but is there a way I could access the 2nd drive to see that the backup is being done and see my files as I would with Volume 1?

I think I'm missing something.

Should also mention the dns323 is running fw 1.06.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

Last edited by Jolt (2009-03-31 20:23:13)

blahsome · 2009-03-31 20:31:33

You are not missing anything. The whole idea of RAID1 is for the mirror to be transparent to the user. Volume_1 is the sole logical volume that represents your RAID1 array. You won't be able to "inspect" the data on the second drive without getting very technical.

Jolt · 2009-04-01 00:42:53

Thanks for the clarification.

Prulleman · 2009-04-01 15:53:04

and remember, RAID1 is not backup, it's merely redundancy, read this: http://www.alogic.co.za/?p=68

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