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dubbin · 2008-05-19 19:55:02

So I'm thinking of purchasing the DNS-323 and heard that the Raid1 functionality does not work. Is this true?

I read the wiki and saw a note about the restore but was wondering if this was in fact working.

Thanks in advance.

dubbin

mig · 2008-05-19 21:12:24

RAID 1 has been working fine for me for about 1.5 years.

However, there have been several reports of amber/pink/orange LEDs
warning of degraded RAID function, where the users believe the warning
LEDs to be erroneous.

Last edited by mig (2008-05-19 21:21:34)

dubbin · 2008-05-19 21:17:00

That's what I had heard, that newer firmware now shows RAID 1 not working. This is one of the major points of me getting a device like this...

abubin · 2008-05-19 21:20:09

dude, please read properly. The RAID1 issues only happened when people upgraded from firmware 1.03 to 1.04/1.05. If you just start with 1.05 then it works fine. At least for me.

fordem · 2008-05-19 21:32:05

As far as I'm concerned, the RAID1 functionality has worked on all the firmware revisions I've used 1.02b/1.03/1.04/1.05

dubbin - perhaps you could post your specific concerns and we can try to address those.

terry_opie · 2008-05-19 22:24:38

dubbin... I also agree that the Raid 1 functionality works fine. On 1.03, and 1.04 (haven't updated yet to 1.05). But fordem's signature says it all...

fordem wrote:
RAID1 is for disk redundancy, not data backup, don't confuse the two ...

Most people assume that Raid 1 means data redundancy.... but its not. As long as you go in with that expectation, it works like it should.

abubin · 2008-05-19 22:33:36

in another words, RAID1 is protection against HDD failure. If one fails your data will be intact.

dubbin · 2008-05-19 22:47:13

abubin wrote:
dude, please read properly. The RAID1 issues only happened when people upgraded from firmware 1.03 to 1.04/1.05. If you just start with 1.05 then it works fine. At least for me.

Over 1/2 purchases made thru Newegg talked about RAID 1 not working with current firmware. I'll believe this forum over that anyday, just telling you what I've 'read properly'.

Thanks for all the help people, I'm ordering mine today.

bq041 · 2008-05-19 23:35:43

I've got 2 units, one with Hardware A1 and one with Hardware B1 (which is what you will probably get). I've use 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, and 1.05 firmware. From what I have seen so far, most of the RADI 1 issues have been determined to be operator error. I've used RAID 1 and standard on both units and have never had any issue under any of the firmwares.

I have also manually built and removed RAID 1 arrays using mdadm on the DNS with no data loss. The biggest thing to keep in mind is not to rely on RAID as a backup method or you will be burned. This unit is a great unit that can be made quite powerful with some help from this forum.

dubbin · 2008-05-19 23:42:22

I plan to frequent here quite a bit after I get mine in... thanks again for all the help everyone!!

dubbin · 2008-05-19 23:47:31

abubin wrote:
in another words, RAID1 is protection against HDD failure. If one fails your data will be intact.

exactly...

also, sorry if I came across brash in the 'read properly' line, just wanted to make sure I completly understood before purchasing everything.

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