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[JaCe]

Hi all

I have done a lot of research and am keen to step into the world of NAS especially after reading many reviews. I've been comparing the DNS-327L both with the more expensive Synology type ones, as well as the cheaper WD Cloud/Seagate Central options. Partially I'm keen on DLink as I'm very invested in MyDLink products already (routers, IPcams). I'm not too worried about media streaming but it's more of a backup and IP cam; which shouldn't be an issue as my Speedtest results for my home broadband are consistently in the 250Mbps+ range up/down with unlimited data.

My goals are:
1. Upload/download data to the drive remotely via the web interface
2. Upload/download data to the drive remotely via Windows Explorer/Mac OS Finder
3. Able to record/playback video from the IP cams - nonstop recording but with an ability to fast forward to action/motion
4. Able to record/playback video from the IP cams via iPhone over 4G
5. Back up the NAS to my OneDrive or DropBox particularly of the IPcam data

I think #1 is possible using the free DLink DDNS service which I intend to map to my domain name. This is important to me though as it means I'd be able to upload/download on PCs which don't have any client software installed such as my work PC which doesn't allow third party software.

#2 is important as well but I'm not sure if it will be easy to do but am not sure if it's easy to do compared to say the WD/Seagate alternatives... this is important because some software like FBackup would work best if it could just create a mirror to a normal drive.

#3/#4 - self explanatory; and from reading the DNS-327L manual it sounds like it can do most of this except I cannot use my iPhone to watch live or recorded video remotely. Hopefully there is some way to do this because I saw on a pamphlet in a store that such a feature for iPhone was coming soon to the DNS-320L but am not sure how old that poster/comparison chart was.

#5 - this would be amazing as I have a 1TB OneDrive account and it would be great to have an easy offsite backup. I also have about 50gb in my DropBox which should help hold just a couple of days worth of IPcam video files too if needed.

Any thoughts/advice from the community?

(on another note, I read that only Seagate supports uploading/downloading from the web UI whereas WD requires you to use the local client to map the drive).

[FurryNutz]

What region are you located?
What model D-Link router do you currently have now?
What ISP service do you have? Dsl or cable?
What ISP Speeds UP and Down do you have?

[JaCe]

What region are you located?
What model D-Link router do you currently have now?
What ISP service do you have? Dsl or cable?
What ISP Speeds UP and Down do you have?

Singapore (Asia Pacific) - but I intend to move back to Australia in a year's time.
D-Link DIR-868L (provided by my ISP)
Fibre internet, <5ms ping, consistent 300Mbps/300Mbps over ethernet (but back in Aus I only had 110Mbps/2.8Mbps so... probably won't be accessing remotely/streaming too often when I move back!).

[FurryNutz]

I recommend that you contact Australia's regional support office and inquired and this information and support. Some regions don't support HW bought from out side other regions. If your router is provided by your ISP then they will be responsible for support of the router.

Good Luck.

[JaCe]

Thanks for all your help. I ended up deciding to just avoid the trouble and go with a more powerful NAS since there is currently a big convention/expo in Singapore for IT stuff until the end of the weekend (they love their expos/conventions here!). The DNS-327L was discounted down to S$159 (about 24% off RRP here!) but once you added the dual hard drives in (which strangely enough seem to be cheaper in Aus than here) it came out to be about $60 difference to a basic Synology 2 bay model (about 10%) so I ended up going with that. It isn't as nicely integrated with mydlink obviously but so far so good... pity I still can't seem to find an easy way to upload the footage from my cameras to my OneDrive!

[FurryNutz]

You might review the DNS-345. I like mine.

Good Luck.

[JaCe]

I actually did look for DNS-345 as I figured it would have a few more features than the 327 but unfortunately it's not locally available (well, it wasn't easily locally available) so I thought I'd play it safe.

[FurryNutz]

What other DNS is available in your region?