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Access your files from anywhere with D-Link's internet accessible network storage enclosure. The DNS-343 has a built in FTP server so you can log in anywhere you have an internet connection. Since it connects to your network with a Gigabit Ethernet connection you know your local network won't be the cause of slow data transfers.
Internally the enclosure has space for four 3.5" SATA hard drives of any currently available capacity. You can configure the drives for speed or data security. It supports of RAID 0, 1, 5, and JBOD that delivers a variety of data protection options
The UPnP AV media server streams data to any connected media devices or computers. That way all the media is stored in one place and you don't have to worry about copying the files to each system. There is also a print server so you can share one non-networked among all the users on the network without having to set up print sharing.
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D-Link DNS-343
- Pros: Easy setup, sleek, runs cool and silent, LED Screen, Gigabit NIC ( you would think is the standard but some manufacturer's still ship NAS's with 10/100 ), its a D-Link ( great quality and customer service ).
- Cons: The web interface takes a little getting used to, esp if you are going to set security settings.
- Other Thoughts: I got this to replace a dedicated file server at my house to cut down on heat and power, and this does a great job at it, upgradeable, overall this is a really great NAS enclosure. Again I will mention that the web interface takes some getting used to ( if youve used other D-Link's its about the same ), there are some little quarks in the webinterface, and again its a little odd to set up security settings.
Also a important note: This NAS runs a cut down version of a Linux Distro and will format a drive when you first install it, ( there is also a warning on paper in the box ), I knew about that when I bought it so it didnt affect me, just a heads up to those new to the NAS area.
- Pros: The D-Link DNS-343 is a nice looking device and feels well constructed. The ability to hold 4 drives and a TON of storage space. My two home built PC's are quieter than this device but it is not too bad in the noise department. Able to map drives and copies are running at 13MB for music transfers and 18MB for movie transfers.
- Cons: Call it lack of research but I have a number of issues with this device.
- Running Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x64 and am continually being prompted to install a driver for this device. Does not find one on the supplied CD. No documentation on why it is trying to load a driver. (Sent email to tech support and am awaiting a response)
- Owner manual is not posted online but is supplied on the CD. Could have aleviated some misunderstanding about this device.
- uPnP only works with D-Link products. This means Windows Media Player and Sonos system can only see music / videos via a drive mapping to the device.
- No expandable RAID options and any changes to RAID configuration requires a reformat of the existing set. I had hoped to even be able to use JBOD and expand with an additional two 1TB drives later on but will now just have to setup multiple volumes. Not too big a deal as I can use one for Backup purposes and the other for hosting.
- No SFTP support (aware prior to purchase)
- Other Thoughts: I will update my posting if D-Link is able to resolve the annoying device installation popup I continually am getting. Don't want to ignore it because it will then just show in my device manager as a failed device. Call it obsessive compulsive but I work to hard on my machine to have a brand new device appear as failed in device manager.
| Model | DNS-343 |
| Port RJ-45 | 1 x 10/100/1000M |
| Port USB | 1 x USB2.0 |
| HDD Interface | 4 x SATA |
| Form Factor | 4 Bay Enclosure |
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Not for an Active Directory Environment
- Pros: It is a network accessible drive without an entire computer.
- Cons: Although it is supposed to support Active Directory and has a specific ADS module it does not work very good. I need to manually stop and start the ADS module daily and it does not work with Windows 7 domain computers. The Windows 7 machine will keep prompting you for a username/password because the DNS-343 does not authenticate the computer properly. You can modify your security policy on Windows 7 specifically NTLM settings and it will work just fine but what a headache. After I had it working "just fine" I started receiving a call every day that the users can no longer connect to the share. This is worse than before the firmware upgrade but I did throw Windows 7 into the mix at the same time so I'm not 100% sure that the firmware upgrade is entirely to blame.
- Other Thoughts: In my environment I have 10 computers that access files on the network enclosure. It is a very light load. I would get complaints every few days that the user can't connect to the drive and I needed to remap the network share. I then updated to firmware 1.03 and ADS module 1.00. Now every single day I have to manually stop and restart the ADS module for the DNS-343 to be set up as a mapped drive. My problems all appear to be since this device is on a domain. I give up and I'm just going to use eSATA connected to my server and then just use the DNS-343 as a secondary backup. Hopefully D-Link will resolve the flaws with the current firmware.
Works great
- Pros: I've owned this device for nearly a year and have had positive experiences. It works well, provides good access times using RAID 5 (this isn't enterprise level gear, after all).
Recent firmware updates released by D-Link worked perfectly. Generally, I plugged this device in and haven't had any issues. I access information on it on a daily basis using a 3TB RAID.
I would recommend for good network storage option.
- Cons: None
A Disaster
- Pros: Cheap
- Cons: Unreliable
- Other Thoughts: I bought the DNS-343 on the strength of my generally good experience with the DNS-323. Unfortunately, the DNS 343 using EXT3 in a RAID5 turns out to be extremely unreliable. Any error in copying data to the device (e.g. network interruption, path too deep for its filesytem) caused the box to go into a busy state in which it would respond neither to the http based manager or the system halt button, at which point the only thing to do to get it out of the busy state was to pull the plug. On restart it would start resynchronizing the RAID array (despite the fact that auto resynch was disabled!). Here's a flash message for the developers at D-Link: rebuilding the disk array is not what journaling file systems are about! Given that the D-Link people don't seem to understand that, the forced resynchs took 24+ hours each & I've spent more time during my brief ownership of the device rebuilding the array than I have in using the box. This thing is a mess & is going in the trash tomorrow. Hello
| Model |
| Brand |
D-Link |
| Model |
DNS-343 |
| Spec |
| Standards |
IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab |
| Port RJ-45 |
1 x 10/100/1000M |
| Port USB |
1 x USB2.0 |
| HDD Interface |
4 x SATA |
| Management |
Internet Explorer v6 or other Java-enabled Browsers
5 Different Hard Drive Configurations
Scandisk
E-mail Alerts
Drive Quotas
Power Management |
| Form Factor |
4 Bay Enclosure |
| Capacity |
Diskless System |
| LEDs |
Power
LAN
HDD 1
HDD 2
HDD 3
HDD 4 |
| Power |
19V DC |
| Dimensions |
7.9" x 7.2" x 5.1" |
| Temperature |
0°C - 40 °C |
| Humidity |
90% Maximum (Non-condensing) |
| Features |
| Features |
Protection, Performance and flexibility
Simplified Management
USB Port Functionality
Secure Backup |
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Reviewed By: PC Gamer on 10/31/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
