Over All Rating Reviews :
Initially I bought a Western Digital Mybook 2TB World Edition NAS. I was very dissapointed with the speed and the overly complex setup using third party limited edition software for access. Even though I bought it deeply discounted it was not usable so a waste of money. It performed so poorly I can't bring myself to sell it to someone else.
I then bought two 1.5tb SATA drives and started looking for a NAS case. I received an add for the DNS321 from another on-line retailer and after shopping bought here. I have owned some D-link products in the past and been happy and after reading a couple of reviews got my credit card out and ordered.
The product is great. It is really easy to use and setup. The front slides up to reveal two slide in bays. I inserted and seated the drives into the bays (no cables or connectors to worry about, the drives seat themselves into rear connectors when you slide them in.) I attached the DNS321 power supply, connected it to my router, and used the software to find it from my PC. The software searches your local network for the device and only needs to be used once. I asigned it a drive letter and was up and running.
Initial software configuration was easy. I chose RAID 0 for speed and capacity, although other options are available. Formating took a long time, but that has nothing to do with the DNS321, 3tb is a lot of formatting. When formatting was complete it was time for the real test, speed.
I dragged about 400gb of media files onto the drive and was pleasantly suprised at the speed of transfer. This thing is exactly, and maybe a little better than what I was hoping for. I now have all of my home's PCs and my media center attached to it and can share my mixed media files. I have not tried it's network capabilities, as I have no reason to access files remotely, so I can't speak to how well that part of the device works.
It is compact and attractive. The blue indicator lights against the black case give it an appealing glow on the shelf next to the router. It has been running in my house for more than a month with no problems.
Although I have been using computers since the late 70's and would consider myself expert in some areas, networking has always been a weak spot for me. This device was really easy to setup and I think anyone but a complete beginner would be able to use it with no problem. I would recommend this to anyone looking for home NAS.
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