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Some of you may remember me asking back in March if anyone had any NAS recommendations. I finally came across a solution that I think is going to serve me well. I picked up a D-Link DNS-323 NAS
One of the reasons I chose the D-Link was because of it’s RAID options. It offers RAID-0, RAID-1, and JBOD. I am currently using RAID-1, which is just disk mirroring. This way if/when one drive fails, the other just takes over and since it’s a mirror of the other disk, all data is safe and secure. This does not protect me if I happen to accidentally delete some files, as the mirrored disk will have those same files removed. To combat this, I’m thinking of buying another DNS-323
In regards to setup and install, it was very easy and straightforward. D-Link provided a “Quick-Install” guide that walked me through it. Basically, you insert both your drives into the enclosure, connect the network and power cables and power it on. No tools are necessary for drive installation or removal. Once the unit is powered on, you can use the included D-Link Easy Search utility which will find the DHCP IP address that unit was assigned. From there, you open a browser and connect to the NAS via the web interface. Basically, set up just consists of choosing which RAID option you would like (if any) and formatting the drives. Once that was done, the unit was ready to be accessed from any Windows PC via a standard shared drive.
I’ve had the NAS for a week now and I have to say I’ve been very happy with it so far. I would definitely highly recommend this NAS enclosure and the drives of your choice to anyone. It’s definitely a much more budget friendly NAS when compared to other similar products like the NetGear ReadyNAS or any of the Buffalo TerraStation’s.
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July 13th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
How are permissions handled? Can you use AD or Windows permissions?
July 16th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Basically, the permissions are handled by a built in User and Group management tool. You can’t do Windows permissions really since this is a Linux based file system that is simply running Samba to make itself accessible to Windows users.
It doesn’t offer the option to authenticate against AD either. Of course, for less than $400 for a NAS, what do you expect? This unit is perfect for home and small office use where user security won’t be of much concern.