Ever willing to test a theory

Platform - DNS-323, firmware 1.04, 2x250GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 disks in a RAID1 configuration - ip address 10.0.0.1, subnet mask 255.0.0.0 - Dell Inspiron i600m, 1.6 GHz, 2GB RAM, 80GB disk, gigabit ethernet - ip address 10.0.0.2, subnet mask 255.0.0.0 - connected via gigabit ports on a NetGear FS728TS (sorry - I don't have a D-Link switch, but thems the breaks

Copying a gigabit file from the DNS-323 file takes just about 65 seconds, network monitor shows throughput at a consistent perhaps 13%, copying to the DNS-323 takes about 75 seconds, network monitor shows perhaps 11.5 maybe 12% - 120~130 mbps - a tad on the slow side, I can probably do better if I switched the laptop and used my IBM xSeries server, but that would mean taking the server off line, something that I'm not as willing to do - but based on previous tests, I'd expect 160~170 mbps.
Unfortunately I didn't have anything larger than 1GB on the system - so I tried a copy with 4x1GB files - it ran through flawlessly, so I'm pretty certain a >1GB file would transfer the same way - if you want me to create a >1GB file for test - do let me know.