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#1 2007-02-02 08:17:13

flynn
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From: San Jose, CA
Registered: 2007-01-03
Posts: 25

Is it possible to switch from Standard to RAID1 without formatting?

I had a 1.02 DNS-323 running just fine with two 400GB drives running RAID1. My AC adaptor died, so D-Link replaced my entire unit. I received another 1.02 DNS-323, and I inserted my drives (in the same slots that they were removed from my original DNS). When I booted, I ended up with two separate disks (Volume_1 and Volume_2) which appear to be identical, instead of a RAID1 (just Volume_1).

I don't have the space to back the drives up and reformat to RAID1, do I have any other options?

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#2 2007-02-03 01:21:09

skydreamer
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From: At the Atlantic Coast
Registered: 2007-01-06
Posts: 232

Re: Is it possible to switch from Standard to RAID1 without formatting?

Yes, but you need to have telnet access to the dns-323 and the new drive has to be partitioned the same way like the main disk, which I assume has the software RAID partition.
From the terminal start raid (raidstart) if it is not running (check /proc/mdstat) and then hot add the new disk to the array, the raid will start to sync.

There is another post on this forum detailing the process.

Last edited by skydreamer (2007-02-03 01:23:07)

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