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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-323 => Topic started by: feybios on March 24, 2011, 06:38:34 AM
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I am want to buy a HDD 3TB, DNS-323 support this size and if yes what model?
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As far as I know, the DNS-323 still only supports a max of 2TB.
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As far as I know, the DNS-323 still only supports a max of 2TB.
The DNS-323 does not support any drives above 2TB.
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OK, but . . .
- will the 323 *ever* support discs bigger than 2 TB?
- if not, and before I ditch my 323s,
has D-Link got a similar unit that will now, or in the future, support bigger discs than 2 TB?
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None of the NAS drives on the market today support >2TB HDDS, as far as I know. In theory, this may be addressed by a firmware update.
If this was critical for you, why did you buy it in the first place?
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QNAP definitely supports 3 tb hard drives from Seagate and Hitachi, this is on QNAP's supported list, not the users list. I would assume that Synology does as well.
Biscotte, get out of D-Link while you can, for not much more than D-Link, you get MUCH quicker transfer rates plus regular firmware updates and many more things from QNAP or Synology.
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Dosborne, klein,
I bought my first DNS-323s and populated them with 500 gig drives. Over time, I have upgraded these discs (put in bigger and bigger) as needed. They work well for what I want them for, with simple setup routine.
However, I am getting towards topping out on these, with over half of the discs up at 2 TB. Replacing say 1.5 with 2.0 TB will not solve my impending storage problems.
Choices include:
- bigger drives 2+tb
- more DNS-323 units or similar (I have five and with more units to backup to, the set up will get messy plus system will run out of drive letters)
- another manufacturer and bigger discs
Tried synology 210j. synology seems intent on mirroring everything, although there are options and cludges to get around this. Negatives include:
- incessant passwords and the like for my protection (!)
- took me a week to get two separate drives (almost) recognised
- setup routine programmed by a chimpanzee
- general awkwardness and
- no faster (OK marginal and my system backs up overnight anyway)
As Dlink was not mentioned on the 3TB supported list, it looks like Qnap research this weekend . . .
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As Dlink was not mentioned on the 3TB supported list, it looks like Qnap research this weekend . . .
The 2TB ceiling is very frustrating considering the ever increasing HDD capacities. Just last week I read that Samsung is releasing a 4TB HDD this year.
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Biscotte,
My first NAS was a 323 and it did the trick for a few months until i got sick of advertised features not working and the slowness(which is lake os research on my part)
I personally have 2 QNAP's and love them, never had any complaints, firmware updates approx every 2 months with everything running reliable and always new features added. I can't remember the last time
D-Link released a working firmware, everything is always beta. Have fun doing your research and hopefully you will become a happy QNAP customer. They are more then the Synology's but i think worth every penny:)
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According to "Dan from D-Link" there is no upper limit to storage volumes.
Of course he's selling the product, so may be over stating.
I presume it is a firmware limitation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaJnlqLcFbc