D-Link ShareCenter DNS-325 User Manual

1D-Link ShareCenter DNS-325 User Manual
Section 1 - Product Overview
The D-Link ShareCenter™ DNS-325 2-Bay Network Storage, when used with internal SATA drives
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, enables you to share
documents, les, and digital media such as music, photos, and video with everyone on the home or oce network. Remotely
accessing les through the Internet is also possible with the built-in FTP server, Web File server and WebDAV protocol. Whether
you are allowing access locally or over the Internet, keep data safe by only giving rights to specic users or groups. When
conguring the ShareCenter
™, you can create users and groups and assign them to folders with either read or read/write
permissions. This is ideal for an oce environment with employee-specic sensitive data or for the home where you can
ensure your children will only have access to age appropriate material. The ShareCenter
™ will be available to any computer
(PC, MAC, or Linux-based) on your network, without the need to install any software on the computer.
Back up your music, photo, and video collections to the ShareCenter
™ for safekeeping. Then, enjoy the benets of the built-in
DLNA Certied™ media server as you stream digital content to compatible media players
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(such as the D-Link’s Boxee Box).
This feature is highly convenient as it allows you to turn o a computer that would normally be needed for the same function.
The availability of four dierent hard drive modes (Standard, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1) allows you to choose the conguration
best suited to your needs. Standard mode creates two separately accessible hard drives. JBOD combines both drives in linear
fashion for maximum space eciency. RAID 0 combines both drives in a ‘striped’ conguration, which provides the highest
performance when using a Gigabit Ethernet connection. RAID 1 causes the drives to mirror each other, providing maximum
protection. If one drive fails while congured as RAID 1, the unaected drive continues to function as a single drive until the
failed drive is replaced. The new drive will then be re-mirrored, allowing the ShareCenter
™ to return to its full protection.
To further enhance your ShareCenter’s
™ capabilities you can expand the applications available with the ShareCenter™ by using
the Add-On feature which allows you to add supported software applications. These applications can add over the web audio
streaming, le and media sharing and even blogging capability to your ShareCenter
™.
Introduction
2. D-Link cannot guarantee full compatibility or proper playback with all codecs. Playback capability depends on the codec support of the UPnP AV™ media player
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1. Hard Drive(s) not included
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Product Overview

D-Link ShareCenter DNS-325 Specifications

General

Brand	D-Link
Model	ShareCenter DNS-325
Category	Network Hardware
Language	English