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Brand: D-Link
Category: CE

List Price: ~~$229.99~~
Buy New: $149.00
You Save: $80.99 (35%)

New (56) Used (3) from $149.00

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

100 reviews
Sales Rank: 832

Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Modem: n/a
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 78.7 x 23.6 x 39.4
nv:Form Factor: Desktop
Compatible RAID Levels: 0
Compatible RAID Levels: 1
Compatible RAID Levels: JBOD
Number Of Hard Drives Bays: 2
Hard Drive Interface: SATA
Hard Drive Interface: SATA II
USB Ports: 1
RJ-45 Ports: 1
Communications Description: Network Adapter
Interface Type: RJ-45
Data Transfer Rate: 1000 Mbps
Data Transfer Rate: 100 Mbps
Data Transfer Rate: 10 Mbps
Protocols: TCP/IP
Built-In Network Services: FTP Server
Networking Standards: IEEE 802.3i 10Base-T Ethernet
Warranty: 1 year warranty

MPN: DNS-323
Model: DNS-323
UPC: 790069296260
EAN: 0790069296260
ASIN: B000GK8LVE

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Secure and share your digital files
•	Insert one or two internal 3.5 SATA hard drives without tools or cables
•	Protect your important files with mirrored hard drives using RAID 1 technology
•	Access stored files over the Internet
•	Hard drives not included

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
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: Read 95 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

NAS, SATA October 26, 2008
Harry J. Kostomiris (West Lawn, PA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure A little slow coming out of sleep, but fairly reliable.

1 out of 5 stars

Do Not Buy This Item October 26, 2008
P. Scardino
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This product has many bugs. Even if you upgrade to the newest firmware (version 1.5), it still has issues. The USB Print server does not work on either of my new all-in-one HP USB printers. I spent two full days. I have over 20 years development experience with windows, networks, firmware, and networking. I had to waste my time returning it...

I also 'tried' for two hours to contact dlink support, but they never answered the phone.

The Dlink DP-301P+ works excellent, and I set it up on three computers in under 10 minutes.

5 out of 5 stars

I love this thing! October 24, 2008
P. Koo
This is a great backup/redundancy device. I bought this to backup my 100 gigs of photos with redundancy (RAID 1). The startup is quite fast. You can hear the drives spin up. Sharing this on the network using the D-Link DIR-625 was a breeze to setup. The software for the drive is excellent. The price was great too. I was looking at many different NAS devices, and the DNS-323 gives you the best with the lowest cost.

I just want to praise Amazon's customer service. My first unit arrived DOA. They replaced it with no questions asked. The second one came in about 3 days, and it works beautifully!

5 out of 5 stars

Great speed, quiet - overall VERY Pleased October 23, 2008
Neil D. Symes (Glendale, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I purchased this along with 2 X Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB Barracuda Sata 7200 Rpm 32MB Cache 8.5MS Hard Drive
to create a 1TB Mirrored system.
Wow- am I impressed with the speed. Maybe I was used to my old NAS that was that slow, but I am really impressed with the speed.

Set up was really easy, but when I was copying 400 Gig to it- it got HOT. I kept a fan on it over night to make sure it did not to hot. Normal operation, everything seems nice and cool. We will have to see how time goes on.

Overall - this is a great system and met my needs perfectly.

5 out of 5 stars

The perfect server October 6, 2008
Busbodger (Cookeville, TN)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Edit: Six weeks later and it continues to do it's job flawlessly. I love it.

For a while now I have had several directories shared on my Mandriva Linux powered desktop. They worked well and could be accessed in-house by any gadget that I wished to use to interact with it. However that machine pulls ALOT of electricity and must be left on all the time. I just didn't want to run a machine that complex to share music and movies and documents.

Then I found the DNS-323 NAS and I hoped it was the answer I had been looking for. It was. This is a gadget you won't out grow for years and years. How many gadgets can you say that about? It does a job and does it well.

It's a little smaller than a half-gallon of ice cream. The square cardboard container kind. It holds two of your hard drives - whatever you have on hand, or whatever you want to buy. I nearly put two of my largest older hard drives in this NAS but decided to splurge and buy two Western Digital Caviar 1TB "green" drives which promise to use less energy. Good thing too because this gadget uses the newer SATA interface and my old drives were IDE drives. Wouldn't have worked at all.

Mine runs cool as a cucumber. Nearly silent when it is working hard. I was moving files from three computers to it simultaneously and it just got the job done plenty fast. It's gigabit network interface is faster than any of my other network equipment so it didn't even have to work up a sweat. Once for a minute or two I heard the fan come on and then it tapered back off. When not in use the hard drives go to sleep as well and save energy which also makes me happy. I have several external drive enclosures and this always has been a shortcoming to me. I want to save energy and have the lower noise levels. It is as quiet as the hard drives you put into it. If you put two noisy hard drives into it, you'll get plenty to hear with both drives running. My hard drives are nearly silent and this is an important purchase consideration when shopping for drives.

I'm using mine in the RAID 1 mode where whatever information I store to it is mirrored on both hard drives. That means if one drive croaks, then my data is safe on the other drive.

If hard drives make a big leap someday to ~5TB capacities then I'll likely be able to put those new drives into the then old DNS-323 and keep on working.

It's internal software is Linux based which makes me, a big fan of Linux, very happy. I tested the DNS-323 with Win98, WinXP, Mac OSX, Mandriva Linux 2007/2008, a Nokia N810 and a PalmPilot TX. All were just happy with the DNS-323. The software included with the DNS-323 is Windows-only but really you can just interact with it via the Web-interface through any browser. I tested it with Safari, Konquerer (Linux), Epiphany (Linux), Seamonkey (linux and Win), Firefox (Win and Linux), Opera (Win and Linux), and the Nokia Maemo Linux browser. I did not check it with Internet Explorer b/c I refuse to use that browser but I'm sure it works too.

IF somehow I out grow this NAS I'll purchase another one just like it. I'll put it side-by-side with this current one. My current D-Link wireless router has room for 3 more. :)

Am also considering purchasing one for my workplace. We could use a departmental server and this NAS would be great.

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