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| Brand: | D-Link |
| Item Height : | 25 millimetres |
| Item Width: | 25 millimetres |
Technical Details
- 2-bay Network Attached Storage for 3.5" SATA drives
- Gigabit connectivity for fast transmission speeds
- UPnP Media Server to stream media content to media players including Boxee Box
- Built-in BitTorrent client to download directly from the Internet without a PC
- D-Link Green™: energy-saving design
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The ShareCenter Pulse Network Storage devices enable users to share documents and media content such as photos, music and videos on a home network or over the Internet. File access is easy and straightforward with the built-in web file server, which allows you to browse and download your stored files over the Internet.The ShareCenter Pulse has a Gigabit port for the fastest connectivity possible to your home network through your router. RAID 1 technology ensures that your valuable data will not be lost by mirroring the contents of one hard drive onto the other, so if one drive files, your data is still safe.Its built-in UPnP media server will stream the media content in your ShareCenter Pulse to any compatible media player - such as the PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, and D-Link Boxee Box - over your local network. ShareCenter Pulse allows for multiple simultaneous streams, so you can watch a movie on your entertainment center while someone else listens to music streamed into their computer.The confidentiality and integrity of files is guaranteed as you can give rights to specific users or groups and assign them to folders with specific read/write permissions. This function is ideal for the home, where children's access can be restricted to only age-appropriate materials, while ensuring that nobody can delete your files by accident.The DNS-320 ShareCenter Pulse is part of D-Link Green, D-Link's program for providing eco-friendly alternatives without compromising performance: if the hard drives are not used in a configurable period of time, or data is not being transmitted, the ShareCenter Pulse will enter stand-by mode to save power. Also, the silent fan will adapt its speed depending on the hard drives temperature.
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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful
Well after investigating into many different NAS devices or solutions, I decided to go for the Dlink, mainly due to price, but also after hearing some good reviews of their previous models.
Firstly, Delivery was fine - I opted for 2 Samsung F3 1TB disk drives along with the Dlink chassis, all of which were well packaged and easily opened.
Opening the boxes I was pleasantly suprised - a nice small unit (not much bigger than the 2 disks side-by-side that looked the part, although it's more "plasticy" than it looks in the pictures.
Simple installation - pop the two drives in through the top of the unit, plug in and power up. Supplied CD detects the device on your network, and walks you through the setup. Only issues I came across were 1) The DynDNS wouldn't detect my account, although it instantly worked after the setup completed, and I can't seem to be able to rename the volume, it defaults to "volume_1". Once all powered up, the device is virtually silent, although after some use the fans become louder, but still nothing other than a small hum, probably amplified as it's sat on a wooden shelf in my front room.
I set it up in RAID 1 for fault tolerance, with 1TB disks I hope 1TB is enough storage for me. That said, this device does support up to 4TB, although I'm not sure if that 4TB in RAID1 or JBOD etc.
The web interface is easy to use, and took me seconds to figure my way around it (I never read manuals) and it's all set up and accessible by FTP and HTTP over the internet using my DynDNS account.
My PS3 instantly found the media server once I enabled it, as did my iTunes install on my laptop, again after enabling the feature.
Speedwise, all seems ok for me as a home user, I've not had it long so time will tell I suppose.
I am disappointed that I cannot set it to auto switch-on at a set time - it's got the auto switch-off feature, but I'd like it accessible from same 4pm-11pm when I'm home from work, and not leave it running all night. Maybe in a later firmware release...?
Dlinks support website doesn't seem to work on IE8 - I registered to check for new firmware, but never managed to login. Not sure on this one yet.
Finally, it comes packaged with TotalRecoveryPro, which allows for automated system backups, or directories etc. Should prove useful to ensure my laptop is backed up regularly. This seems to allow a full backup or incremental too, so not going to hog all of that valuable disk space :)
So overall, I'm pretty happy. At ~£150 for the whole setup, it was cheaper than a mini-server, but better quality than some of the other rubbish I've seen out there. And with the RAID ability, a nice-to-have protection for all those pictures, documents and music files :)
Pro's
Nice sleek, attractive unit
Easy to set up
Near silent in operation
Good price
Cons
No ability to change partition/volume name (default is volume_1)
No auto startup (it does have an auto shutdown though)
Firstly, Delivery was fine - I opted for 2 Samsung F3 1TB disk drives along with the Dlink chassis, all of which were well packaged and easily opened.
Opening the boxes I was pleasantly suprised - a nice small unit (not much bigger than the 2 disks side-by-side that looked the part, although it's more "plasticy" than it looks in the pictures.
Simple installation - pop the two drives in through the top of the unit, plug in and power up. Supplied CD detects the device on your network, and walks you through the setup. Only issues I came across were 1) The DynDNS wouldn't detect my account, although it instantly worked after the setup completed, and I can't seem to be able to rename the volume, it defaults to "volume_1". Once all powered up, the device is virtually silent, although after some use the fans become louder, but still nothing other than a small hum, probably amplified as it's sat on a wooden shelf in my front room.
I set it up in RAID 1 for fault tolerance, with 1TB disks I hope 1TB is enough storage for me. That said, this device does support up to 4TB, although I'm not sure if that 4TB in RAID1 or JBOD etc.
The web interface is easy to use, and took me seconds to figure my way around it (I never read manuals) and it's all set up and accessible by FTP and HTTP over the internet using my DynDNS account.
My PS3 instantly found the media server once I enabled it, as did my iTunes install on my laptop, again after enabling the feature.
Speedwise, all seems ok for me as a home user, I've not had it long so time will tell I suppose.
I am disappointed that I cannot set it to auto switch-on at a set time - it's got the auto switch-off feature, but I'd like it accessible from same 4pm-11pm when I'm home from work, and not leave it running all night. Maybe in a later firmware release...?
Dlinks support website doesn't seem to work on IE8 - I registered to check for new firmware, but never managed to login. Not sure on this one yet.
Finally, it comes packaged with TotalRecoveryPro, which allows for automated system backups, or directories etc. Should prove useful to ensure my laptop is backed up regularly. This seems to allow a full backup or incremental too, so not going to hog all of that valuable disk space :)
So overall, I'm pretty happy. At ~£150 for the whole setup, it was cheaper than a mini-server, but better quality than some of the other rubbish I've seen out there. And with the RAID ability, a nice-to-have protection for all those pictures, documents and music files :)
Pro's
Nice sleek, attractive unit
Easy to set up
Near silent in operation
Good price
Cons
No ability to change partition/volume name (default is volume_1)
No auto startup (it does have an auto shutdown though)
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
I've owned this NAS system for just over a week and thought I would share some of my findings on it so far:
Running via a 10/100Mbit router with Seagate 2TB 5900Rpm green drive (also bought from amazon). Firmware updated to 2.00.
Although the D-Link support site doesn't show it, there is an updated firmware - follow their link to their firmware 'archive' and you'll go to the ftp server where you will see a 25Mb update file for v2.00.
Pros:
Very good price and as always, Amazon delivered quickly.
Looks smart and inconspicuous.
Reasonably intuitive setup and decently featured for a budget drive.
Very easy to configure, albeit basic, RAID.
Decent basic power management for HDDs.
HDD installation is easy.
Almost instant setup.
NAS and HDD combo is very quiet & the NAS fan is efficient at maintaining a low HDD temp.
Cons:
It is very plasticy and has a cheap fell, and the piano black exterior scratches instantly.
Ropey firmware/software (see below).
UPnp server has issues - when i transferred all my media to the drive, it hung the NAS after a few minutes whilst it tries to automatically rebuild the AV server library - very annoying after several factory resets to find this was the issue. Have removed all music files and use it for video only.
iTunes server has issues - again, got stuck in a continuous loop of library building with a large amount of music files. Have turned it off and will not likely turn it back on.
Like most server file systems, drives need to formatted to EXT3 as they're installed, so don't pre-load the HDD prior to installation.
FTP security is very basic.
As of yet I have not tried the AFP or NFS services so can't comment. Use the UPnp with a games console and stream media to several locations at once with no interruptions. I've managed full 100Mbit transfers to the device and I'm sure a gigabit router would be very useful.
Overall a very good basic NAS setup and am overall happy with it thus far. Dropped a star for the server issues which may be rectified in time.
Running via a 10/100Mbit router with Seagate 2TB 5900Rpm green drive (also bought from amazon). Firmware updated to 2.00.
Although the D-Link support site doesn't show it, there is an updated firmware - follow their link to their firmware 'archive' and you'll go to the ftp server where you will see a 25Mb update file for v2.00.
Pros:
Very good price and as always, Amazon delivered quickly.
Looks smart and inconspicuous.
Reasonably intuitive setup and decently featured for a budget drive.
Very easy to configure, albeit basic, RAID.
Decent basic power management for HDDs.
HDD installation is easy.
Almost instant setup.
NAS and HDD combo is very quiet & the NAS fan is efficient at maintaining a low HDD temp.
Cons:
It is very plasticy and has a cheap fell, and the piano black exterior scratches instantly.
Ropey firmware/software (see below).
UPnp server has issues - when i transferred all my media to the drive, it hung the NAS after a few minutes whilst it tries to automatically rebuild the AV server library - very annoying after several factory resets to find this was the issue. Have removed all music files and use it for video only.
iTunes server has issues - again, got stuck in a continuous loop of library building with a large amount of music files. Have turned it off and will not likely turn it back on.
Like most server file systems, drives need to formatted to EXT3 as they're installed, so don't pre-load the HDD prior to installation.
FTP security is very basic.
As of yet I have not tried the AFP or NFS services so can't comment. Use the UPnp with a games console and stream media to several locations at once with no interruptions. I've managed full 100Mbit transfers to the device and I'm sure a gigabit router would be very useful.
Overall a very good basic NAS setup and am overall happy with it thus far. Dropped a star for the server issues which may be rectified in time.
59 of 61 people found the following review helpful
I looked around for various NAS storage devices, and while some unknown brands seemed ok I have come to learn with experience that when it comes to spending more than £10 on devices you best get a BRAND name product. This is no exception, and proved to be a good choice. The Case is cheap plastic but the thing works well so far.
Also if you're going to rely on this for RAID 1 (mirroring ) no doubt you need it because you want your data duplicated to a second drive and this is what it does in the background invisibly . The quick setup runs like a charm so I am happy with that. I did a test comparing the speed of a 600mb file from an INTERNAL drive to a USB drive and then again from INTERNAL drive to the D-Link NAS and while it was 3 times slower than USB2, that was only because my hub is 100mb so if I get a 1000mb HUB it should be faster or at least the same speed as USB 2 . More than happy at its current speed . I Have watched a HI Def Film (Avatar 4 GIGS ) over the network with no lag or glitches .NOTE ,it took 10 mins to this copy 4 GIG Film to the NAS. Watched it on a Pentium 4 single core Laptop and was as responsive as USB2 when moving the slider , FFWD film etc in Windows media player. NAS box is almost silent . I have not tried out or worked out all the other features yet like FTP or DYDNS. I only want it as a central Hard drive for my home computers.
Was pleased that the wizard when setting up the RAID it clearly shows the drive side LEFT and RIGHT side and shows their respective serial numbers. This is very helpful if one drive fails and you need to be 100% sure you have removed the correct drive. I did a screen capture and printed this out for reference .
Linksys provide a FREE DDYNS service that is available from the setup wizard. Ideal if you want to link the storage to your domain or website and you ISP constantly changes it's IP address each month (MOST none business ISPs)
Al in all a good little unit for central sharing of photos , docs, Films ,applications
Pro's
Easy to setup
realiable so far
Lots of extra funky feature like Itunes, Boxee FTP etc
Cons:
Discovered that the power saver feature really needs to be disabled as when you copy files to it for more than 1hr (all my collection of films) it goes into power save mode and thus the windows copy cancels out with only half the job job done.
I find it amazing that DLink did not have some simple firmware monitoring that keeps the NAS Awake when your still usinig it. Maybe there might be a firmware update that might fix this but for now I will just set it to use power all day long.
A site that has done some good graphical thoughput tests here...
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Also if you're going to rely on this for RAID 1 (mirroring ) no doubt you need it because you want your data duplicated to a second drive and this is what it does in the background invisibly . The quick setup runs like a charm so I am happy with that. I did a test comparing the speed of a 600mb file from an INTERNAL drive to a USB drive and then again from INTERNAL drive to the D-Link NAS and while it was 3 times slower than USB2, that was only because my hub is 100mb so if I get a 1000mb HUB it should be faster or at least the same speed as USB 2 . More than happy at its current speed . I Have watched a HI Def Film (Avatar 4 GIGS ) over the network with no lag or glitches .NOTE ,it took 10 mins to this copy 4 GIG Film to the NAS. Watched it on a Pentium 4 single core Laptop and was as responsive as USB2 when moving the slider , FFWD film etc in Windows media player. NAS box is almost silent . I have not tried out or worked out all the other features yet like FTP or DYDNS. I only want it as a central Hard drive for my home computers.
Was pleased that the wizard when setting up the RAID it clearly shows the drive side LEFT and RIGHT side and shows their respective serial numbers. This is very helpful if one drive fails and you need to be 100% sure you have removed the correct drive. I did a screen capture and printed this out for reference .
Linksys provide a FREE DDYNS service that is available from the setup wizard. Ideal if you want to link the storage to your domain or website and you ISP constantly changes it's IP address each month (MOST none business ISPs)
Al in all a good little unit for central sharing of photos , docs, Films ,applications
Pro's
Easy to setup
realiable so far
Lots of extra funky feature like Itunes, Boxee FTP etc
Cons:
Discovered that the power saver feature really needs to be disabled as when you copy files to it for more than 1hr (all my collection of films) it goes into power save mode and thus the windows copy cancels out with only half the job job done.
I find it amazing that DLink did not have some simple firmware monitoring that keeps the NAS Awake when your still usinig it. Maybe there might be a firmware update that might fix this but for now I will just set it to use power all day long.
A site that has done some good graphical thoughput tests here...
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