DSM-G600, DNS-3xx and NSA-220 Hack Forum

1 - I can't tell you what the limits are, but >4GB is not going to be an issue, I've had files exceeding 65GB without a problem.

2 - 2 x 1TB drives, no problem - you do need to use the latest firmware though.

3 - Yes - you will need to format the drives when you first install them.

Hello,

1 - I confirm what fordem says, i've files over 5Gb, and never any problem.
2 - i have 2x1.5TB(RAID1) (Spinpoint F2 Ecogreen S-ATA - 1500 Go - 32 Mo), firmware 1.7. It's an old fw and it's working perfectly  ^^
3 - Yep... to first transfer all of your data, my advice is: Transfer your files using ffp and usb disk support ^^ http://dns323.kood.org/howto:external_drive

I've made it using FTP, and it was... very very long ^^ (my network is... err, "de la merde" in french ^^) (a piece of crap in english)

Blah blah blah Lots of posts already on units that cost double the DNS323 have more features.

I second Biscotte's opinion. I have a friend's Synology 210j here with me. It blows the DNS 323 in matters of performance, features etc.  The cost is not exactly 2x of the 323. more like 1.5x. Look at the total cost of buying:

DNS 323 + 2x2TB drives: 164.99$ (Amazon.com) + 2x100 = 364.99$

Synology 210j + 2x2TB drives: 199$ (Amazon.com) + 2x100 = 399$

http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-DNS-323-Ne … B000GK8LVE

http://www.amazon.com/Synology-DiskStat … amp;sr=8-1

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?nam … e&c=CJ


In percentage terms the synology is only (100x(399.99 - 364.99))/364.99  = 9.58%. Just about 10% more expensive, but much much better performance and features. I tried the DSM 3.0 release. Very polished and reliable and good support for external hard drives. Has a GUI that lets the user initiate rsync backups to the USB hard drive. One can argue with a little command line expertise and effort, it can be done on the DNS 323. But what about the ones who don't want to spend time tinkering around with the NAS and just want something that works? Go get the Synology NAS. Thats my two cents!

vishnumrao wrote:

But what about the ones who don't want to spend time tinkering around with the NAS and just want something that works? Go get the Synology NAS. Thats my two cents!

But what about us that don't mind tinkering around to get what we want?
Can the Synology NAS run Perl, Phython, s2cmd (Amazon S3 backups), subversion?

vishnumrao wrote:

Amazon S3 is built in to the NAS firmware by default. SSH and telnet are also available. Just login to the admin and enable telnet and ssh access.

Subversion: http://forum.synology.com/wiki/index.ph … Subversion

Python perl etc: http://www.mertymade.com/syno/

Synology's NAS's run Linux too. So that makes them hackable too.

Sounds good, thanks for the information.  Then again the price is on the threshold where I might just buy an Atom based computer (pieces put together by me), and then I don't have to rely on any one company for support.

Voine wrote:

So I finally made the purchase

DNS 323 - 164.99
(2) - Seagate Barracuda 7200 1.5 TB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 32MB Cache - 84.78 each

How has the performance/reliability of the Barracuda's been for you?  I'm looking at getting a pair of Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS 2T.

Any input would be appreciated.

Joe

Last edited by tanstaafl1963 (2010-11-28 17:31:42)