D-LINK Dns-323

[antok86]

im planning on buying a D-LINK Dns-323, those of you that have this device can you tell me a little bit about your experience with this device. i was reading mixed reviews about RAID 1 not actually working in the 1.4 firmware update. i plan on using it on RAID 1
thanks

 

[Waldorf]

im planning on buying a D-LINK Dns-323, those of you that have this device can you tell me a little bit about your experience with this device. i was reading mixed reviews about RAID 1 not actually working in the 1.4 firmware update. i plan on using it on RAID 1
thanks

I have seen numerous posts on RAID 1 not always working on rebuilds. However, you can pretty much check everyone that makes a RAID device and find cases where people's RAID failed to rebuild. There are people that just use rsync to keep their drives in sync everyday. If I had to do it again, I might go that same route just to be safe. I suggest you visit the site below and do some reading:

http://wiki.dns323.info/

I have been pretty happy with mine. The unit was too loud for me so I did remove the back and installed the funplug to lower the RPMs of the fan. It draws under 10W with both drives powered down.

 

[antok86]

im assuming rsync is on a hacked firmware and is a manual mirroring system?
also where di you buy yours?

 

[Waldorf]

im assuming rsync is on a hacked firmware and is a manual mirroring system?
also where di you buy yours?

Yes. You could use the Linux scheduler to rsync the contents of the disks. It isn't one of those systems that is constantly running and mirroring the information, you need to make it synch when you want. I use RAID1 on mine and I rsync the important folders to a laptop drive that I have plugged into the USB port.

I picked mine up at a local Fry's. They have them on sale from time-to-time for $139US.

 

[antok86]

how do i actually put the custom linux software i dont see the place to download on the wiki site.

 

[Waldorf]

how do i actually put the custom linux software i dont see the place to download on the wiki site.

Start here. Once you have the fun_plug installed. The forums on that site are really good to read. Not everything that is available is in the wiki, sometimes, people will post links to custom compiled binaries in the forums.

 

[antok86]

what is the odds of bricking this unit? waldorf are you using resync or just whatever came with the nas
thanks
EDIT: i also upgraded to 1.05

 

[Waldorf]

I know that the fun_plug worked on lower versions of firmware. You might want to check the forums to make sure it still works on 1.05. There really isn't too much risk in bricking the unit if you know your way around Linux or follow other people's tutorials.

I run my unit in RAID1. I downloaded a precomipled rsync executable from a link I found in the forums. I use that to occasionally rsync the contents of the unit to a notebook drive I have plugged into the USB port on the back. I also had to get some custom compiled module to allow me to plug a drive into the USB port on the back. The default USB port is only supposed to be for printers. Once again, I just followed instructions I found in the forums.