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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-323 => Topic started by: jamieburchell on December 05, 2010, 04:13:59 PM
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Just wondering if anyone has one and if it's really that much different to the 323 in terms of features and performance. I.e would there be any point upgrading from a 323?
The 320 is going for £69 in the UK vs. £86 for a 323.
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I have found three or four references to the new 320 and 325. Google "dns-320".
http://www.shadowandy.net/2010/11/d-link-dns-320-layman-speed-test.htm
http://khampung.com/released-d-link-sharecenter-dns-320-dns-325-with-aluminum-frame/
Both have just two drive bays but more and faster memory. It looks like there will be more software features supported. Time will tell.
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After we have had NO support for over a year are you going to trust D-Link for any support on this product. I sure would not waste any money on them and hope that you will get support.
Terry
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After we have had NO support for over a year are you going to trust D-Link for any support on this product. I sure would not waste any money on them and hope that you will get support.
Terry
I'll have to agree with Terry here. Waiting for firmware updates is not a fun process and it seems like no one really know what's going on over there. There's just selling the products with no real customer support.
Get a synology drive. When they update their software, it seems to apply to an entire range or class of nas. They also have a nifty ip camera app....
Gary
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Not everyone wants bells and whistles. My 323 does its job as network storage and media streaming. Was just wondering if performance was much better with the new model. £69 is certainly attractive, I paid over £100 for my 323 2 years ago.
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Speed is slightly better than the 323
http://www.shadowandy.net/2010/11/d-link-dns-320-layman-speed-test.htm
Not worth upgrading IMHO. D-Link's track record on support is spotty, would rather try my odds at the casino than count on firmware fixes.
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Not everyone wants bells and whistles. My 323 does its job as network storage and media streaming. Was just wondering if performance was much better with the new model. £69 is certainly attractive, I paid over £100 for my 323 2 years ago.
My experience, I use two Seagate LP drives in raid is that there is some performance improvement. However I haven't ever got results frequently posted for both DNS-323 or DNS-320 including from normal 7200 drives previously used in 323.
Some indication as follows:-
Write 14.5MBs or ~12% Network Utilisation Windows taskman.
Only slightly faster on 320 at 14.9MBs
Read on 323 16.5MBs or ~15% Network Utilisation Windows taskman.
Read on 320 22MBs or ~23% Network Utilisation Windows taskman.
I do find 323 can vary a bit and often utilisation is around 9% perhaps a function of slower CPU.
320 is obviously a cheaper case though not overly so and looks more like bookshelf speaker. Functionality has be spruced up and a few extra niceties added including power on after power failure.
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its a good out of the box drive but unfortunately the ajaxlorer software that is bundled is an incomplete product. once mapped into windows / ubuntu it works fiine over LAN but due to the bundles software full control over the net is much harder work than it should be
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IS ANY ONE HAVE IDEA HOW TO INSTALL MORE PAKAGES LIKE ISCSI