D-link ShareCenter (DNS-325) (DNS325) Network Storage Server

D-Link DNS-325 2-Bay ShareCenter Network Storage with USB Printer Port and Streaming Apps for Home Media

D-Link s DNS-325 ShareCenter 2-Bay Network Storage device with Streaming Apps is the perfect way to store, share and stream documents, music, videos, and photos with anyone on your network. The DNS-325 allows you to insert your own disk drives and can support up to 4TB of storage capacity. Equipped with four different hard drive modes, Jumbo Frames support, Gigabit connectivity, a variety of built-in servers like a USB Print server, Peer-to-Peer downloader, UPnP AV media servers, FTP and Web File server, an easy to use management interface, and support for add-on applications such as Photo Center, Audio Streamer, Logitech Squeeze Center support and Blog, the DNS-325, is a secure and reliable storage solution perfect for streaming home media.The D-Link Easy UtilityThe D-Link Easy Utility allows you to easily locate this ShareCenter device from anywhere on the network. Once it is located, you can use the utility to map the drive so it will appear in My Computer on your PC. Easy PeasyNot quite the handyman? That s ok. You can insert hard drives without using any tools or attaching any cables. The Power of GigabitThis ShareCenter device comes with a 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet port, giving you blazing fast speeds so you can back up and access your stuff without the wait. Be CoolThere s no overheating in this device s future. It comes with a quiet built-in fan to keep things nice and cool. Hard Drive 101 3.5 SATA Hard Drives3.5 SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives can be found easily right here on Amazon.com! As long as the hard drives you purchase are 3.5 SATA drives, they will work with your ShareCenter Device. The Right Capacity for YouHard drives come in a variety of storage capacities, generally ranging from 1TB to 2TB. Think of everything you want to store and back up on your ShareCenter device, including music, videos, photos and documents to decide on the best size for you: The Right Number of Drives for You You want to use your ShareCenter device for extra space to store your digital content and to share that content with all of the computers on your network.You want to store and share content over your network, but you also want to take advantage of RAID 1 technology (mirroring) to ensure that if one of the drives crashes, your content is still safe.You want to store and share content over your network using RAID 5 technology because it provides the most capacity efficient data protection while delivering reliable data recovery in the case of hard drive failure. Share ShareCenter Connects to Your Home NetworkOne of the biggest misconceptions about ShareCenter devices is that they are simply external hard drives. Sure, they protect your stuff in case your hard drive crashes. And yeah, they allow you to back up your digital content so you can save space on your computer. But unlike external hard drives, ShareCenter devices connect to your home network instead of to a single computer, which means they can go far above and beyond the limits of an average external hard drive.table border= 0 cellpadding