D-Link DNS-343 Network Storage Adapter

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Overview:
The D-Link 4-Bay Network Storage Enclosure (DNS-343) is the perfect way to store, share, and safeguard your documents, music, videos, and photos.

With the D-Link tool-less installation, you can easily insert up to 4 SATA drives1 without any tools or attaching any cables. Plus, the DNS-343 is a scalable solution, allowing you to start off with one SATA hard disk drive (HDD) and add up to 3 more as you grow.

Specifications:
D-Link DNS-343 Network Storage Adapter

with built-in usb printer server , for 4 x SATA HD with raid0/1/5

OLED Display Screen, 1 gigabit utp + 1 usb port for extra USB external HDD

USB flash drive or USB printer , built-in FTP server to access files over the Internet

More Product Info:

Only: R4820 Incl

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[quik]

Looks like a great product, but for that price you might as well buy a PC and RAID controller

[nic777]

I assume this has windows file sharing out the box so you can use it on a LAN?

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I assume this has windows file sharing out the box so you can use it on a LAN?

That's correct,

WHAT THIS PRODUCT DOES
The 4-Bay Network Storage Enclosure (DNS-343) enables you to store and access your documents, music, photos, and videos across the network and on the Internet so family members, friends, or employees can access them. You can use this device to stream music, photos, and videos to UPnP™ AV compatible network media players.

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Please Note:
Hard drive(s) not included.

[quik]

Could you maybe give some usefull information on this product besides quoting from the marketing gibberish?

Have you physically tested it?
What's the real throughput like?
Is the setup user friendly, or will customers require a technician to setup the device?
Do you know if this product suffers from similar processing constraints to the WD Worldbook devices?

Not trying to be rude or anything, but there aren't many reviews on this device yet so hard to tell if it's good or not. You're going to have alot of unhappy clients if this device doesn't stand up to all the claims the marketing ghouls throw at us.

[TechMall]

Could you maybe give some usefull information on this product besides quoting from the marketing gibberish?

Have you physically tested it?
What's the real throughput like?
Is the setup user friendly, or will customers require a technician to setup the device?
Do you know if this product suffers from similar processing constraints to the WD Worldbook devices?

Not trying to be rude or anything, but there aren't many reviews on this device yet so hard to tell if it's good or not. You're going to have alot of unhappy clients if this device doesn't stand up to all the claims the marketing ghouls throw at us.

This device is new on the SA Market.

Here you will find a Review on the D-Link DNS-343

Regards

[quik]

Yeah thanks, already read that review...

This is pretty much exactly what I'm talking about:

During speed testing, the DNS-343 didn't perform as well as we had hoped. Copying 1.2GB of files to and from the device took 2 minutes, fifty-two seconds, and seven minutes, thirty-five seconds, respectively. The to/from times for 3.2GB of data were eight minutes, fifty-eight seconds, and twenty minutes, fifty-two seconds, respectively. These speeds are by no means debilitating, but they are slower than most other NAS devices the Test Center has evaluated.

This is a problem with all the current low-end chip based NAS devices, they put in useless and expensive features such as OLED displays but neglect the core of the device, namely it's processing capability. The Gigabit LAN interface on this device is pretty much useless, but is put in to make the specifications look good.

One user making use of this device would probably consider the slow transfer rates mildy inconvenient, but what happens when a small office with say five users try and access data from this device? (Which seems to be the intended market, seeing as the price is a bit steep for home use) I can gaurantee you there's going to be alot of frustration and dissatisfaction.

My recommendation would be to rather get a small PC with dedicated RAID controller if you were looking at setting up a small and relatively low cost NAS device.