I did a quick search and found nothing on this.
I'm currently going to be buying one in the next couple of hours. I'm looking at ( D-Link DNS-320, 2-Bay ShareCenter, as I like the 2-bay feature. Its going to be used primarily as a Picture backup system (my wife takes hundreds of pictures a day of your 7mnth daughter), and maybe to store my laptop backups.
I will be running it off a Linksys e4200. The nice thing about this NAS, is that it offers a Print Server. I currently use software (SX Virtual Link) to do this (USB printer plugged into router, this software finds the printer on the network and allows you to connect/disconnect from it).
I also like the fact that its 2-bay.
I'll write up a quick review after I get it running later on tonight. I'm just shocked no one on this forum (Networking/Wireless) has posted anything on NAS.
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You didn't buy it, did you?
If you didn't- please don't.
It uses 800MHz CPU, 128MB RAM and genuine crap D-Link software.
I considered it before I bought my new NAS, researched it and that's not a good NAS. -
Only considering it because its cheap. Looking for something under $120.
What did you get?
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I bought two one-disk Zyxels NSA310 for $100 total. This deal is not available now but there's another good one.
Amazon sells a two-disk Zyxel NSA320 for $89.
Compare it to DNS-320 and you'll end up with a bigger fan on Zyxel (it's quieter) three USB ports instead of one (D-Link has USB on the front only) and far better firmware on ZyXEL.
And that is before we start with hardware: D-Link uses 800MHz Marvell CPU and 128MB RAM, Zyxel uses 1200MHz CPU and 512MB RAM- that translates not only into faster transfers on a Zyxel but it also means you can use all features together. If you run a downloader (i.e. a torrent) and stream a video from a D-Link it will run out of RAM.
Also firmware on Zyxel is not only decent but it's being developed (see here for a translation from German on planned features in an incoming 4.60 firmware) -
I found a couple of Zy's but wasn't to sure.
Always better to have more ram. Thanks for the heads up D
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I had a DNS-321 for a little while. File transfer speeds were underwhelming, and I sometimes I would get lag when streaming a 1080p video to my laptop. There were some very interesting Linux-based tweaks and extra program you could run on it though that made it do more things than a NAS. Also, during the time that I was using the DNS-321 I was also using a DIR-655, which was... not a good router.
Ending up just using an old desktop and stuffing it with disks. The DNS-321 has been sitting on my desk gathering dust for a year. -
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Newegg has the NSA310 for 70 bux right now, I just snagged one to play with and put Debian on. Will report back.
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I think I'm going to get they Zyxel NSA320 Just read a bunch of reviews and it seems like its worth the money.
I just have to see if newegg.ca has it for the same price or local vendor as I can't get amazon.com to ship to me.
1 question though does the NSA320 have a print server on it and will it work nicely with the Linksys E4200??
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Yes to both questions- does have a print-server and will work with E4200.
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Sucks I can't get the Zyxel NSA320 for $80.
Thinking of:
Zyxel NSA325.
Synology DiskStation DS213 ($314 CAD)
or
QNAP TS-219P II
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The Qnap TS 219P II won't let you down.
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ALLurGroceries Vegan Vermin Super Moderator
From time to time you can find the NSA310 $10 cheaper than I got it on ebay through both newegg and buy.com.
Debian HOWTO is here: General NAS-Central Forums • View topic - Debian Squeeze/Wheezy on NSA-310
Pics of the serial header here: http://ixrv.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/flashing-your-nsa310-with-debian_08.html
wiki with tons of info (in german): http://linuxwiki.de/ZYXEL NSA-310
I used a nokia USB cable chopped in this manner: http://buffalo.nas-central.org/index.php/Use_a_Nokia_Serial_Cable_on_an_ARM9_Linkstation
NAS (Network Attached Storage)
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