I'm planning to get a NAS (SATA HDD) for my BT download movie and FTP server, and a lot of my friends recommend me D-Link DNS-323 NAS. D-Link DNS-323 have good review in SmallNetBuilders.com, you may refer to below link for further information.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/29671/75/
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/o...nas/Itemid,190/





Lately i saw their promotion flyer on DNS-323, D-Link is selling @RM499 per unit (without HDD), and can support BT client too ... Price so tempting ...

Any comment ?

isn't it cheaper to just use an old pc? a discarded or unwanted pc's make faster and better storage server and bt client

lol old PC ah ? how old PC you are referring to ? Anyway NAS appliances is better for files sharing purposes (coz i have a few desktop and notebook at home) ...

you can use an old pc and convert it to NAS server. There are one opensource program for this based on free-bsd (monowall).

http://www.freenas.org/

I agree with lucifah and azmihamzah. It would be learning experience for you.

Please do keep us up to date if you do decide to use an old PC as a NAS. You can even use it as a router!

Mind to tell where you can get it at RM499 ? Thanks.

hehe .. actually i knew this from lowyat retailers .. I don't have its flyers ... but you may refer to below links from lowyat news

http://www.lowyat.net/v2/latest/d-link-unv...nclosure-2.html

Any shops in Penang selling this ? Looks like the unit itself is running Linux as well.

RM499? I got it for GBP 150 from Amazon UK last month
Yeah basically it runs on Linux. You can even put a torrent client or set up a uPnP streaming server.


More info here -> http://wiki.dns323.info/

Another similar device is QNAP TS-209. It has more built-in applications than the 323.

It's just a matter of preference. I bought the 323 because I'm only have a laptop and like to move around so a standalone device is more convenient for me. Whatever it is, using an old PC is cheaper and more scalable

you might want to check out the NSLU2 from linksys. its cheaper and the possibilities are just endless

http://www.nslu2-linux.org

i have 2 of them:
1st: 2 X 250gb HDD running unslung firmware
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itunes server (firefly) - serves mp3 to any pc connected to my network via itunes
upnp server (ushare) - serves movies/mp3/pics to my media center pc in the living room, SLA5520i philips wifi hifi in my room, digitial photo album that i made from an old laptop hanging in my living room and my friend's ps3 (his unit is in front of mine)
torrent downloader (enhanced-ctorrent)
ftp server (vsftpd)
ssh (openssh)

2nd: 1 X 500gb HDD running debian (2nd usb port with usb-ethernet adapter)
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transparent proxy to cache all my traffic (squid)
backup my data from 1st NSLU2 and from all computers on my network (rsync & rsnapshot)
webserver for my online photoalbum and online calendar (mysql & php via fastcgi)
ntp server (openntp)
rss downloader (tiny rss)

i will totally agree with others that using an old pc will be cheaper and more flexible. freenas is one of the popular choices for this, ebox platform is also good (http://ebox-platform.com/features). but if you want something that you can leave running forever without having to worry about electric bills soaring then a true NAS appliance is still the way to go. hope this helps, cheers!

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This box also can do BT download.




Also can get at Penang... PM me than I give you the name...



This post has been edited by denhock: Nov 6 2007, 12:43 AM

I got this Dlink DNS 323 for RM470 last 2 month.. Paired it with Seagate 500GB SATA.

But facing a few problem from the start.. The DNS 323 hang after transfering files into/from the DNS 323..

Let say.. I after I transfer 2GB-3GB of files, the DNS will hang(lost network connection) and I need to swith off & off the DNS 323 to make it running again..

I suspect, the DNS 323 was faulty from the start.. Will send for RMA soon.

Oh?

Mine one don't have this issue woo...
It is running fine until now...

info

Yes, I just RMA and hopefully to get it back in 4-6 weeks.

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Added on December 25, 2007, 8:45 pmQNAP TS 209 a bit expensive i think..

This post has been edited by maiself: Dec 25 2007, 08:45 PM

I just bought 1 from Section 14 Digital Mall.

RM429. Quite worth the money at least it can protect your value data.

By the way, you mentioned can support BT client, how to do that?

Went to Digital Mall today and got the unit for RM429, the guy told me the price was RM469 but I saw their flyer showing it on sale at RM429, so the manager let me have it at that price too. TA philips for the headup.

Great !!! then now we can share share the tips on how to hack this box.

So Far I have did:

1. installed Fun_Plug
2. installed telnet
3. installed MLDonkey torrent client, but having startup issue, still fixing...

Next to install:
1. lighttpd

Telnet to the box and put mlnet.sh (to the startup dir)
then chmod 777 to the files...

The next time it reboot it will be start automatically

Good luck.

Than can consider TS-100 or TS-101 or TS-109.... all support BT, QRAID-1, telnet ready.


This post has been edited by denhock: Jan 19 2008, 12:03 AM