D-Link 2 Bays Network Storage Enclosure
D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay SATA Network Storage Enclosure

The install and setup was very easy. Everything went very well. The setup software was very easy to follow and installing the drives into the box was a snap. I have mine setup for RAID 1 and it seems to work fine.
 
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I've had mine for over a year now. Originally bought it as a network storage for pictures, music etc. Have two 500 GB harddrives mirroring each other for backup. When i bought a Mac decided to use it as my time machine backup. Changed it from mirroring to RAID0. It took some work to get it all setup, but that was because of the time machine settings, not because of the NAS. It made a little rattling noise when i first got it, but found out it was because of where i had it sitting.......was kind of uneven. Once i adjusted that it was fine. It's very easy to setup and use.
 
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I ordered DNS-323 along with 2x 1.5 TB drives. Turns out that the unit that was shipped to me didnt have the latest firmware update. Without that firmware update, the unit will NOT recognize the 1.5TB drives and will not work with it. It took me a little to get the firmware & then update it. Apart from that the product is working great and performing pretty well. Oh, one other thing - file/drive sharing configuration, especially when you want different permissions on different directories is a bit dense. Once you figure out, it works fine. Overall, still a good value for money.
 
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Had mine for abut two years now and it's a relatively silent little work horse. Did not set-up a raid scenario, I just mirror one 500 GB drive against the other with batch jobs that initiate from the individual PC's at home. Rarely requires a re-boot, and wakes-up fairly quickly. Feeds pics, video, and audio perfectly to all PC's across a 100MB wired LAN, however I am having some trouble getting it to play well with DNLA devices. Unit is relatively inexpensive for what it does. Setup was intuitive, and BIOS updates painless (however some updates require reformatting of the drives). As a print server it's flawless. This unit is very underrated. Highly recommend it.
 
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I've heard nothing but good reviews and it's abosulutely true. It's simply awesome!
 
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After upgrading the firmware this unit practically installs itself. I wish this was out ten years ago when all I did was reload windows and a zillion patches to get my system operating again, this almost takes the fun out of hosing your system. The Memeo software is not the greatest, a lot of better software out there
 
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D-Link DNS-323 2-Bay SATA Network Storage Enclosure is a simple way to back up all your storage needs. There are some things you will need to know. If you are only installing one hard drive, be sure to place it in the right bay. The reason will become apparent if you ever add the second hard drive at a later time. Your modem lights and the D-link lights will continue to blink if volume 1 is not in the right bay. Secondly,the ftp server is a good way to share files with family and friends. Remember that if you are behind a router, that your family or friends will use your wan ip address and you will use your internal ip address to access the ftp server. All in all, D-link storage enclosure is worth the money and works right out of the box with simple instructions.
 
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One of my portable USB/NAS hard-disk failed and I lost over a year worth of priceless pictures and videos of my kids and family. I vowed to never let this happen again. I've been searching for a NAS storage with RAID-1 (mirroring) capability for months and settled with this D-Link DNS-323. This product is stylish, very small, quiet, very easy to setup, and not very pricey. I recommend you to update it to the latest firmware from D-Link before setting up RAID-1. Overall, I'm very happy with it. It's money well-spent.
 
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This was a no-brainer to set up. Open the case,drop in the drives,plug it in to power and network and turn it on. XP machines found the new hardware. Used the install disk to format and set up for RAID 1...About 10 minutes total time!. Backup software (Mimeo) is not needed and there is much better out there in the real world as freeware.
 
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Had some initial setup problems, but I have been able to work those out and it's been working fine now. The only issue that bothers me is if there are videos in the folder you are pointing the iTunes server to, it will choke sometimes and require a restart to resurrect the web UI. I would defiantly recommend this to anyone. It's hackable to... :)
 
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Installation was straightforward. I installed two Western Digital 500Gb Caviar drives, and was able to configure it for Raid 1 (mirroring). The device was found on the network and the web interface was easy to navigate to set up the NAS box. I have this box working as a network drive and doing backups of critical data from my PC with the provided Memeo software. The one issue I had was getting the print server to work. However, there is a Wiki on this product (do a google search on DNS 323) that had a working process to get the printer server working. I have not used this product as a media center or FTP server so I can't comment on that.
 
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I tried using the HP MV20XX series and was shocked to find that it was dependent on the drive they sent out with the unit. Mirroring was pointless because if the drive they sent failed you still couldn't get to your data. Sent back to Buy.com (no problems) and ordered this one. Saved $100 and it runs as a NAS should (regardless of the drives you put in) - have had it running non-stop for about a month and no problems. Speed and reliability is great; I highly recommend it.
 
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fast in writing files, no software installation is required. But, have a few problems: 1) make files with name of foreign characteristics unrecognizable 2) the FTP users set up is intuitive and hard to use
 
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Didn't feeling like dropping a ton of cash but wanted something that I could upgrade with and this fit the bill perfectly. Added a 500MB drive and when I fill it up, I will add another. Linked with 2 computers, one using XP and one with VISTA. Both recognize it and can access it. Haven't had it long enough to take advantage of some of the other features but it was easy to setup out of the box.
 
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I purchased this item with 2 500GB HDs to have a simple Mirrored drive for the digital pictures and movies of my son. Currently i've only got about 60GB of picures so i was surpised to find that i could create 2 volumes on the device 1 250GB mirrored and then the rest (500GB) spanned. This was a bonus for me as i have a very large MP3 collection that i needed space for but didn't want to "waste" Hard drives by having it protected with mirroring (I don't care if i loose it). There are only two things i would change on this NAS. 1. The front cover does not lock. I've picked it up to move it and it's fallen off. 2. The way shares are done you have to map to a folder inside a share not just the share itself. Ex: \\dns323\volume_1\shared instead of just \\dns323\shared More of a preference for me but i like the drives easier to read on my computer. Overall it works great.
 
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The DNS-323 NAS is the best small 2 drive NAS I have ever seen. The initial firmware was buggy but DLink quickly updated it and no problems since. Love it!!!
 
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My first mistake was not following directions to the letter. They said to use Internet Explorer to connect to the device; I used Firefox. After struggling for a while, I tried it with MSIE - and it worked fine. Wouldn't think the choice of browser would keep me from formatting a hard drive. However, once it was formatted and I could get to the main control panel, I was able to update firmware with the latest version from the DLink site. It shipped with version 1.01; 1.02 has the comment "Improved web-interface performance with Firefox browser"... Installing the drives was interesting too. I bought a pair of Seagate 160GB SATA drives, which happened to be the sleek new 0.8"-tall drives, instead of the standard 1"-tall we're all used to. The DNS323 drive bays were expecting standard thickness drives, so they flop around a bit until the cover is back on. Once it was set up and formatted, I was able to push files to it quickly across my 10/100 network switch, averaging about 7.6Mbytes/second. It also can send out status emails periodically, great for remotely-administered setups with clueless users. I'm planning to try the built-in FTP server as well, but haven't done that yet. It may not be cheaper than using a leftover PC with linux as a RAID fileserver, but where time is money, and space counts, this thing is a winner. Real gearheads can play with modifying the system - check out http://forum.dsmg600.info/
 
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I'm pretty happy with the box but it's not very easy to map this as a drive. The included easy search utility doesn't see it, and I've needed to download Network Magic in order for it to be seen on the network. I use my NAS hooked up to a DLink router and with 2 500GB Samsung drives in RAID1 configuration.
 
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Cheap .Easy to setup. Very noisy.
 
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Update your firmware right away. There are a bunch of fixes in the new firmware. I have it running with 2 x 500GB mirrored together. Not issues copying over 200GB of data to it. Works great so far.
 
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