D-Link DNS 343 - NAS server
Manufacturer: D-Link Part number: DNS-343
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- This Network Storage Enclosure provides small businesses with a central network point to store, share and back up valuable files. With 5 hard drive modes available including RAID0/1/5 and Active Directory support, this enclosure is ideal for server deployment in offices. The DNS-343 accommodates up to four 3.5" SATA hard drives of any capacity (HD not included). ... Read more
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1 stars
Completely Unreliable! Firmware renders it useless!
by dvmonger on April 4, 2010
Pros: There is nothing to like about this product, as it doesn't work.
Cons: D-Link's poorly written firmware often renders the product completely useless. Also, some very important and basic features like the included "remote backup" (i.e. back up to an identical DNS-343 on your LAN) don't work!
Summary: I bought a DNS-343 for my office and spent nearly 10 weeks trying to get it to work correctly, before finally deciding to sell it and buy a Netgear ReadyNAS ...
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Summary: I bought a DNS-343 for my office and spent nearly 10 weeks trying to get it to work correctly, before finally deciding to sell it and buy a Netgear ReadyNAS NV for nearly the same price from Fry's (when you factor in the included drives.) The biggest problem with the DNS-343 is its firmware which often renders the product completely useless. The firmware version that came with the product wouldn't allow me to format drives over 1TB. Once I upgraded the firmware, the unit would crash anytime time I tried to transfer large files to it. Finally, DLink fixed that problem with a beta version of the firmware, which I had to wait weeks for. So finally once they had worked out the firmware (or so I thought) I tried to perform a remote backup (an included feature) to an identical DNS-343 that I had bought to backup the first one. Even this feature failed under the best possible conditions! Terrible firmware, terrible product documentation. If you need a simple, reliable NAS for a business or home definitely do not buy this product. I spent weeks and weeks while I was setting up a small company trying to get this product to work. Buy a Netgear ReadyNas NV instead, seriously.
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8 stars
Good product but D-Link needs better QC for Firmware.
by kfbg on January 11, 2012
Pros: Supports RAID 5 at a relatively low cost. AD integration available as a free download that works! quotas can be set for users and/or groups.
Cons: Buggy Firmware! Latest rev erroneously report fan can't rotate when it can and does at startup. No command line access. Not very speedy.
Summary: Reliable backup device offering many ways to access your data: SMB, NFS, FTP, UPNP, iTunes.
Summary: Reliable backup device offering many ways to access your data: SMB, NFS, FTP, UPNP, iTunes.
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7 stars
Great Interface. Feature packed. But unstable.
by hiroki_san on May 17, 2009
Pros: 4 Drive bays expandable up to 16 TB.
Easy setup with software.
Informative OLED display.
Many different drive configurations (RAID 0, 1, 5 JBOD).
Internal fan keeps drives cool, and fan is relatively quiet.
Cons: Print server is very unstable and becomes virtually useless because of the stability issues.
Windows often has trouble detecting in Windows Networks w/o D-Link software.
Depending on router can take enormous amounts of bandwidth when transferring.
Summary: The product was easy to setup initially with an easy to follow setup guide; however, after a period of time printers connected to the USB port seem to just not ...
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Summary: The product was easy to setup initially with an easy to follow setup guide; however, after a period of time printers connected to the USB port seem to just not work. The web interface indicates no problems, and even clearing the print queue, and power flushing everything doesn't help. Then all of a sudden after you have spent 30-40 minutes on the phone waiting for a d-link tech rep and 10 more minutes going through things you've already tried with the rep the print server comes back to life. and then the next day you repeat. That is really the only gripe I have with this NAS drive. Everything else is great.
4 Bay NAS drive with up to 16 TB really future proofs this product (at least for a couple months ^_~). The product is really feature packed: itunes server, ftp server, advanced user settings with groups and the ability to set quotas for each user/group.
The only other thing that bugs me about this product is how it eats up bandwidth when you are transferring files onto a drive. This may be dependent on your router; however, I have a 2wire router from my ISP (Telus) and everytime I backup files to the DNS-343 it takes all the bandwidth on the network and doesn't allow any other computer/device to utilise any bandwidth. Also transfer speeds over 802.11g on a Dell Inspiron 640m maxes at about 2.4 MB/s , and 100 Mbps LAN at about 10 MB/s, not as fast as I'd like. Other computers on my network have gotten up to 20 MB/s using Windows Vista; however, the bandwidth eating problem is still there.
So if you are looking for a network drive and are not in need of a print server, and you are the only one using the network or don't do big backups then this product is quite good overall.
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1 stars
crashes on raid5, runs linux, file transfer slow
by benzothegreat on November 16, 2009
Pros: the unit is well built (seemingly), and portable
Cons: crashes on raid5
slow file reading/writing speeds
Summary: For $100 less you could build your own server machine and run your own software.
Crashes on R5 builds - every week or so it would stop responding, meaning I ...
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Summary: For $100 less you could build your own server machine and run your own software.
Crashes on R5 builds - every week or so it would stop responding, meaning I would have to turn it off at the power point and turn it back on - resulting in a R5 rebuild (took about 8 hours). This is problem known to dlink across all their DNS 343s.
The fastest this ever went was 10MB/s for both read and write - pathetic speeds.
Runs a flavour of linux, so ACLs and system/hidden files (eg thumbs.db, desktop.ini) are visible.
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- Manufacturer: D-Link
- Part number: DNS-343
- Description: This Network Storage Enclosure provides small businesses with a central network point to store, share and back up valuable files. With 5 hard drive modes available including RAID0/1/5 and Active Directory support, this enclosure is ideal for server deployment in offices. The DNS-343 accommodates up to four 3.5" SATA hard drives of any capacity (HD not included). Tools or cables are not required for setup. Simply slide the front cover, insert the drives and slide the front cover back. The DNS-343 includes a USB port, for print server functionality or the monitoring of an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) unit. It features Gigabit Ethernet connectivity with support for Jumbo frames. Its smart fans adopt a lower speed when the temperature drops below 49 °C; the drives are also able to enter a hibernation state. A built-in OLED screen updates you on drive quotes, server status, and other integral system information in real time.
General
- Packaged Quantity 1
- Device Type NAS server
- Host Connectivity Gigabit Ethernet
- Installed Devices / Modules Qty 0 (installed) / 4 (max)
- Width 5.1 in
- Depth 7.2 in
- Height 7.9 in
- Weight 2.7 lbs
- Built-in Devices Print server,
Display Storage Controller
- Type 1 x RAID - Integrated
- Controller Interface Type Serial ATA-150
- Supported Devices Hard drive
- Max Storage Devices Qty 4
- RAID Level RAID 1,
RAID 5,
JBOD,
RAID 0 Hard Drive
- Type Standard - 3.5" x 1/3H
Hard Drive (2nd)
- Type None
Optical Storage
- Type None
Optical Storage (2nd)
- Type None
Storage Removable
- Type None
Video
- Video Output None
Networking
- Type Network adapter - Integrated
- Data Link Protocol Ethernet ,
Gigabit Ethernet ,
Fast Ethernet - Features iTunes server,
Jumbo Frames support,
E-mail alert,
Print server - Compliant Standards IEEE 802.3ab,
IEEE 802.3u,
IEEE 802.3 Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Bays 4 (total) / 4 (free) x Internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
- Interfaces 1 x Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45,
1 x USB - 4 pin USB Type A Miscellaneous
- Cables Included 1 x Network cable
- Compliant Standards FCC
Power
- Power Device Power adapter - External
Software / System Requirements
- Software Included Drivers & Utilities
- OS Required Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4,
Microsoft Windows XP SP2,
Microsoft Windows Vista Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature 32 °F
- Max Operating Temperature 131 °F
- Humidity Range Operating 5 - 90%
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