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I've got two Seagate 500GB SATA II 7200RPM 16MB Baracuda 7200.10 (ST3500630AS) drives installed in a JBOD format. no probs here, works like a charm.

n0m0r3

Work around for "No Hard drives were detected".

I have had a lot of trouble with my SEAGATE 400GB Barracuda. I've experienced the same situation like some other I’ve read about in this forum. The blue led's where flashing all the time. When I log on to the unit trough the Web GUI I've got "No Hard drives were detected"

My solution to this problem is as following:

1. Insert the hard drives into the DNS-323 and power on.
2. Log in to the Web GUI and verify that "No Hard drives were detected".
3. Push the reset button on the back side of the DNS-323 for ten seconds and wait until the unit is ready again.
4. Log on trough the Web GUI - viola - the disks are now discovered.

If I for some reason have to power down the unit I have to start it in a two phase operation.
1. Power on. No disks are detected - the blue led's is flashing all the time.
2. Log on trough the Web GUI and use "Tools, system, restart" and wait until the unit is ready again.
3. Log on trough the Web GUI - viola - the disks are now discovered.

Reards

Terje

http://dns323.kood.org/forum/t821-Hard- … rives.html
http://dns323.kood.org/forum/t868-Confi … orted.html

2 x Western Digital Caviar GP 1TB SATA-II (WD10000CSRTL). Sweet deal from BestBuy at $259.99 each.
Pros: cheaper than competition, green (can spin down to 5400rpm to save power)
Cons: 16MB cache, 5 platters (same as Hitachi but more than Seagate & Samsung), 3-yr warranty

Everything works out of box with 1.02, 1.03 and 1.04b

kimhav wrote:

Since I'm thinking about buying the dns-323 I'm then wondering about what drives does actually works; I seen some thread mentioning that they have had issues with some drives and  I'm aware of that D-link has a support thread as well. But, it would be kind of nice to hear what other drives that has been tested and that you're running with here.

I'm thinking about getting a pair of the Samsung Spinpoint 500gb SATA/300 7200rpm - good choice or not, I don't know. But nice price and 5yr warrant. Open for suggestions here. On the other hands I've been looking at the Western Digital RE2 500gb SATA/300 7200rpm drives that has RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER).

And while on the topic of how it performs, I'm also curious about the uptime.

I just yesterday installed a DNS-323 with those WD drives (RE2 500Gb) and it's up and running (all as a RAID1 volume).  Mapped ok and have proved I can read and write but not much else yet :-)   Hope that helps.  Seemed like a good reliability/price/performance/capacity disk choice to me.

multicaster wrote:

mamahuhu wrote:

2 x Western Digital Caviar GP 1TB SATA-II (WD10000CSRTL). Sweet deal from BestBuy at $259.99 each.
Pros: cheaper than competition, green (can spin down to 5400rpm to save power)
Cons: 16MB cache, 5 platters (same as Hitachi but more than Seagate & Samsung), 3-yr warranty

Everything works out of box with 1.02, 1.03 and 1.04b

I have seen a few references to 1.04 rev of the firmware here, but not on the DLINK site etc. Where can I find it, what does it provide over 1.03?

Thanks!

Never mind. Finally got a hit.

Why is it search engines never work until AFTER you've posted a question to a forum?

/ # cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: Seagate  Model: ST3320620NS      Rev: 3.AE
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: Seagate  Model: ST3320620NS      Rev: 3.AE
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 03

Seagate 750GB ST3750640NS x 2 in RAID1 here. Had them a few days now, no issues so far. Max temperature seems to be 46°C (max HD operating temp 55). Very happy (and as other posted have mentioned 5 year warranty helps). Noise of DNS323 + drives quiet, quieter than PC, although I do find the spin down noise noticeable and disconcerting!

Don't trust IBM/Hitachi DeathStars after disasters in the past, and recently had a maxtor failure. Only the seagates have been consistently reliable for me, which is why I was prepared to pay a bit more.

# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: Seagate  Model: ST3750640AS      Rev: 3.AA
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: Seagate  Model: ST3750640AS      Rev: 3.AA
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 03

I have a DNS-323 and I'm using a Seagate ST31000340AS 3.5" Barracuda 7200.11 1TB drive in it with no problems.

Received my first unit yesterday. Was DOA.

Changed it for another, and successfully have it working with 2 x WD WD5000AAKS in RAID-1.

Everything seems OK so far, touch wood...

ps. my unit shipped with 1.03 firmware.

Conceptronic CH3SNAS with Western Digital 1TB GP SATA300 16MB, WD10EACS
Works fine, no issues.

Recent upgrade 2x750 GB Seagate in RAID1.

# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: Seagate  Model: ST3750640AS      Rev: 3.AA
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: Seagate  Model: ST3750640AS      Rev: 3.AA
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 03

DoubleJet wrote:

The transfer from the original 500GB WD5000AAKS drives was taking forever so I connected both old and new drives directly to my Windows XP machine after initially setting up and formatting in the DNS. Using the EXT IFS for Windows software, copied all my data across at full speed (~60MBps?) then transferred the new drives back into the DNS. All worked perfectly.

Excellent idea!  I had thought about just plugging one of the drives into my main computer to transfer all the files up, but I didn't know if the EXT2 format would be recognized, and I didn't take the time to research it more.  I'll definitely keep that IFS software you mentioned in mind for the future.