DLINK NAS - DNS-345

[smeem]

I want to buy a new NAS.

Can my old DLINK 4 bay DNS-345 transfer to the Asustor AS5304T? Apparently if they are compatible I can just remove the 4 drives from my old NAS and place into the new and the transfer software will do the rest. Is that correct?

[snapshot]

Unfortunately, no, this will not work. The Asustor NAS will initialise any drives that were not initialised in another Asustor NAS. This will be true for all makes of NAS.

[smeem]

In that case, I guess I would have to back-up all the stored data. Reformat the 4 hard drives . Install them in the new NAS and then migrate the backed-up data to the new NAS?

[snapshot]

Yes, that's the only option, but there's no need to reformat the drives as the new NAS will do that for you. Depending on how much data you have, a WD Elements of the appropriate size would work well and it's always a good idea to have your NAS backed up anyway.

[smeem]

Thank-you so much for your advice.

Next thing is to buy the new NAS! I hope all goes well. I have music on it that will be very difficult to replace. I'll take your advice and always back-up. The AS5304T looks a good choice for my needs.

[snapshot]

Yes, although it's one of the oldest in the current line-up, it's still a good unit and should serve you well. I bought mine almost five years ago and have only just replaced it.