The D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure, when used with internal SATA drives enables you to share documents, files, and digital media such as music, photos, and video with everyone on the home or office network. Remotely accessing files through the Internet is also possible with the built-in FTP server. Whether you are allowing access locally or over the Internet, keep data safe by only giving rights to specific users or groups. When configuring the DNS-323, you can create users and groups and assign them to folders with either read or write permissions. This is ideal for an office environment with employee-specific sensitive data or for the home where you can ensure your children will only have access to age appropriate material. LEDs - Power, LAN, HDD 1 and HDD 2 System Requirements - 1GHz Processor, 512MB Memory, 200MB Hard Disk Space, Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2000 SP4, CD-ROM Drive to view Product Documentation and Install Software Dimensions - Width 4.1 x Depth 7.8 x Height 5.2 inch Weight - 2.7 pounds
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Good hardware, maddeningly unpolished software/admin tools:
Bottom line: gets the job done (although not very gracefully) for a decent price. Great hardware, smaller than I expected. Physical installation nearly idiot-proof. Quiet. Relatively low-waste packaging. Probably the best value for a multi-bay NAS right now, all things considered. BUT the admin tools are very version-1. Critical and basic oversights include inability to rename the shared disk (you're stuck with "Volume_1" like it or not) or configure email alerts for modern mail servers (no way to... more info
Great NAS, but Vista user watch out....:
Purchased this NAS about 3 weeks ago and it works exactly as advertised with two terabyte drives. Bit torrent software in the current build is particularly useful. Unit is whisper quite, but has big blue lights that I wish you could dim. Biggest issue may not be Dlink's fault, but Windows Vista's. My primary computer is a Vista laptop which does not want to log on to the mapped drives from sleep or remember passwords. My XP machines work like a dream in this respect. Units other limitation, so I've heard,... more info
Works Great!:
I got this two weeks ago. Set-up couldn't have been easier. I bought two 1TB 32MB buffer drives to put in it set up to mirror each other for data security. I have four computers on my home wireless network and after copying the instalation software onto a thumb drive it was a simple matter of running it once on each computer. Now everyone has access and their own folders on the network. We don't have to mess around transfering files and data via thumb drive or CD-RW anymore. The i-Tunes server works... more info
OK, but needs some improvements:
I purchased this to take the place of an old LaCie external drive that was connected to one of my PCs, and to act as a print server (which that PC was already doing.) I wanted to be able to print, back up, and transfer files from my laptop without having to have the other PC running constantly. I received the DNS-323 before the two Western Digital 500GB HDDs arrived, so I connected it to my router, connected the printer (HP DeskJet 1220C) and tried it out sans drives. Setup was a snap - the device... more info
