D-Link Systems ShareCenter 2-Bay USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure DNS-325 Black

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Product Feature

• The perfect way to store and share your documents, music, videos, and photos with anyone on your network
• Included backup software allows users to protect important files by scheduling automatic backups on set timeline.
• With a faster processor than the DNS-320, this ShareCenter model is better equipped to support multiple users streaming content simultaneously.
• Share a USB printer over the network between all the computers in your house
• Designed for streaming with application support for Logitech Squeeze Center, Photo Gallery, Audio Streamer and Blog.
• 2-bay enclosure ideal for DIY customers wanting to use/source their own disk drive(s).
• Insert up to two 3.5" SATA disk drives without any tools or attaching any cables
• Support for RAID 1 (mirroring) to protect against data loss in the event of a disk drive failure
• Supports up to 4TB storage capacity using 2TB disk drives

Product Description

D-Link� �s DNS-325 ShareCenter 2-Bay Network Storage device is the perfect way to store, share and stream documents, music, videos, and photos with anyone on your network. The DNS-325 allows you to insert your own disk drives and can support up to 4TB of storage capacity. Equipped with four different hard drive modes, Jumbo Frames support, Gigabit connectivity, a variety of built-in servers like a USB Print server, Peer-to-Peer downloader, UPnP AV media servers, FTP and Web File server, and an easy to use management interface, the DNS-325, is a secure and reliable storage solution perfect for any home network.

D-Link Systems ShareCenter 2-Bay USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure DNS-325 Black Review

My wife and I have started digitizing a lot of audio and VHS tapes, and scanning gazillions of photos for our genealogy. I needed a LOT of storage that would be safe and secure. More importantly, I didn't want to fill our personal PC hard drives up with difficult-to-replace files. Hard drive failures happen all the time. I had never owned or used any kind of network storage before, so I did a lot of online research and settled on the DNS-325. The reasons were primarily the ease with which I could plop in the hard drives, configure them to RAID-1 (mirrored backup) and conveniently give everyone in my house access over our network. Previous versions of this unit (ex: DNS-320) seemed to get pretty consistently good reviews. I opted for the DNS-325 over other versions, primarily because of the increased performance and faster processor. I have also owned a number of D-Link products over the years, and have always been happy with their quality and performance. So far, the DNS-325 hasn't disappointed.

Installation was a piece of cake. I bought two 3TB hard drives, installed them in the ShareCenter in a matter of seconds, plugged in the ethernet cable and power cable, and from a pc connected to the LAN, ran the installation program on the supplied DVD. After deciding on RAID-1 configuration, it formatted the drives and I went through the other menu options configuring it the way I wanted. I physically located the unit next to my cable modem and router...in our basement.

Then came a surprise. From my connected PC, I discovered that the 3TB hard drives only had 785MB of available storage! I went to D-Link forums and discovered that the firmware version it came with (1.01) did NOT support 3TB hard drives, but the latest version that you can download (1.02) does support them. So I promptly downloaded the new version, and after logging into the DNS-325 over the LAN, was able to upgrade the firmware. I then went to go to the Disk Management menu, and hit the "Set RAID type and Re-Format" button. It promptly reformatted the drives to the full 3TB mirrored configuration. Then, I mapped the ShareCenter as my drive Z: and was off and running.

One thing to consider, is how you set the DNS-325's sleep mode. I have mine set up to shut down the hard drives after 30 mins of inactivity. If I access it after that, it takes about 10 secs for the hard drives to spin up. At that point access is as rapid as any other hard drive.

I did not configure any of the optional applications, nor have I set it up for any kind of remote access, beyond our home network. So I can't evaluate any of those features.

Bottom line, this is a quality unit, provides excellent capabilities and seems to be money well spent.

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