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#1 2009-10-06 13:33:51
- humpda
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- Registered: 2009-01-03
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Would you buy again?...some opinions please.
Hi
I am looking at buying a NAS. My needs are pretty simple....I would like it to stream to an xbox 360 avi/divx files, music and images as well as provide some external access when necessary. I would be looking at leaving the NAS on for long periods of time so my family can use it for streaming as opposed to a pc. The Dlink 313 seems to fit the bill for around $150 AUD. Are users finding it working reliably now with the XBOX 360? I would look at having a play with the funplug plugin....to see if I could install a torrent client (eg ctorrent) as the download manager seems pretty simple. The other option is twice as pricey...the 323. It costs $300 AUD, seems to do a bit more...eg has torrent client built in and supports dual HDD with faster processor/increased ram. Would users of the 313 purchase this NAS again, or am I better off looking at the 323?
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#2 2009-11-28 12:58:56
- ArcanuS_ME
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- From: Podgorica, Montenegro, Europe
- Registered: 2009-11-24
- Posts: 22
Re: Would you buy again?...some opinions please.
My first goal with DNS-313 was to transfer all my movies to it (~500GB of MP4, Divx, MKV) so all my flatmates can access it by streaming.
Since I'm not satisfied with included UPnP server I installed MediaTomb (it was incredibly easy) and now I'm really satisfied, because it does the job I wanted.
Cons are: Incredibly low speed I'm getting (~3000KBps) over FE connectio to Wi-Fi AP.
Unstable transfers (but I managed to override it transfering files over FTP protocol.
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#3 2009-11-28 13:00:01
- ArcanuS_ME
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- From: Podgorica, Montenegro, Europe
- Registered: 2009-11-24
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Re: Would you buy again?...some opinions please.
Oh, yea...
Nope, I would not buy DNS-313 again. Instead I would buy DNS-323 
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#4 2009-12-02 01:08:13
- rapo
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- Registered: 2009-05-29
- Posts: 14
Re: Would you buy again?...some opinions please.
DNS-313 is a low-budget NAS.
You get what you pay, but with the Fonz Fung Plug and/or Debian Lenny it gains a great value.
My transfer rate through cabled Ethernet is quite good after using the right MTU value.
I don't like the Dlink firmware: with the fonz fun plug installed I can't manage the Itune server and the UPnP AV server, but i don't miss them :-)) (I Hate ITunes and I'm using MediaTomb as Upnp Video Server)
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#5 2009-12-04 10:35:05
- Saracen
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- Registered: 2008-02-02
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Re: Would you buy again?...some opinions please.
No :-(
The transfer rate is poor and I'm forced to connect it via USB at least once a month to sort out the NTFS corruption.
It doesn't seem to work with most of the sync tools I've used, so I'm forced to use a fairly basic one and even then the drives can simply disappear from the network mid copy.
It used to be a cheap option from a known company but I think the designed out the reliability instead of the cost :-(
My next NAS will be a FreeNAS box.
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