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Title: help me decide...321 vs 323
Post by: davidyal on August 26, 2009, 12:57:22 PM: I'm sure this has been discussed over and over again....

I'm a Windows user a need a solution to backup and store files on my home network. I'd like to buy the 321 since it is ~ $50 less than the 323. However, I've read reviews that besides the feature differences there are stability and firmware differences between the two which make the 321 less stable.

Is there a consensus on how to decide 321 vs 323?
Title: Re: help me decide...321 vs 323
Post by: nickOfTime on August 26, 2009, 10:11:29 PM: I have a 323 and two 321's. If you need the print server, get the 323, otherwise get the 321.
Title: Re: help me decide...321 vs 323
Post by: mig on August 27, 2009, 12:17:57 AM: The DNS-323 is approximately twice a fast (network transfer speed) as the DNS-321.
Title: Re: help me decide...321 vs 323
Post by: nickOfTime on August 27, 2009, 08:07:55 AM: Quote from: mig on August 27, 2009, 12:17:57 AM
The DNS-323 is approximately twice a fast (network transfer speed) as the DNS-321.

I've never noticed any difference, let alone twice as fast. If anything you should consider both to be slow.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30521/75/1/4/
Title: Re: help me decide...321 vs 323
Post by: mig on August 27, 2009, 09:42:55 AM: My mistake, the DNS-323 is approximately 50% faster (~16MBytes/sec)
to the DSN-321 (~11MBytes/sec). And I agree, these are not considered
"fast" network transfer speeds.
Title: Re: help me decide...321 vs 323
Post by: nickOfTime on August 27, 2009, 11:05:39 PM: Quote from: mig on August 27, 2009, 09:42:55 AM
My mistake, the DNS-323 is approximately 50% faster (~16MBytes/sec)
to the DSN-321 (~11MBytes/sec). And I agree, these are not considered
"fast" network transfer speeds.

The only time I experience such a difference is when I run something on the DNS that is CPU-bound (e.g. compression), as the 323's CPU is about 25% faster than the 321's.
Title: Re: help me decide...321 vs 323
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on August 29, 2009, 02:26:01 PM: Personally, I'm now sorry I didn't get another DNS-323 instead of the DNS-321 that I recently got. When I went to add permissions to the DNS-321 I discovered that you can't make some folders have anonymous access while keeping others private like you can on the DNS-323. There's a long running thread that discusses this, and even though it was stated several times it would be fixed, it's still broken! :(

My advice? Get the DNS-323.
Title: Re: help me decide...321 vs 323
Post by: ECF on September 01, 2009, 11:54:05 AM: Quote from: gunrunnerjohn on August 29, 2009, 02:26:01 PM
Personally, I'm now sorry I didn't get another DNS-323 instead of the DNS-321 that I recently got. When I went to add permissions to the DNS-321 I discovered that you can't make some folders have anonymous access while keeping others private like you can on the DNS-323. There's a long running thread that discusses this, and even though it was stated several times it would be fixed, it's still broken! :(

My advice? Get the DNS-323.

The beta firmware and next firmware release will fix this issue you are now sorry about.
Title: Re: help me decide...321 vs 323
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on September 02, 2009, 05:24:40 AM: Quote from: ECF on September 01, 2009, 11:54:05 AM
The beta firmware and next firmware release will fix this issue you are now sorry about.
Be still my heart! Are you saying that anonymous shares will be back, even if you have password protected shares? That would be great, since they also broke that on the DNS-323 with the latest firmware beta as well! Maybe you could lean across the aisle and ask them to fix that for the DNS-323 as well. :)