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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-323 => Topic started by: Just Another Joe on November 14, 2018, 04:24:00 PM
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Hello, World. I have not used my D-Link DNS-323 NAS in several years, as it just can't compare to my Synology NAS's.
The DNS-323 is a small, light-weight (at least without drives) Linux box. Has anyone had any thoughts about other uses that it could be put to, besides as a NAS?
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You can use it as a file server or media streaming server. I use my NAS for file storage, some back up and one drive has media files on it for streaming.
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Those are the things I use my Synology boxes for; typical NAS type things. I was wondering if the D-Link could be repurposed for some other use, eg. as a Linux box for some purpose, perhaps even without any drives--or does it have to have at least one drive for the Linux system?
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Not sure if thats possible.
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To change its function from a NAS box to something else requires either third party applications loaded on top of the existing firmware or you would have to write a completely new firmware to support what you want to do.
You also need to remember this is a low power ARM processor based box, unlike the Intel powered Synology boxes.
I have to admit that I have has my 4 DNS-323 boxes since they first became available running 24/7/365 in a cupboard in my home office. 2 of them backup documents the other 2 backup my photos. The only thing that would make me consider changing then would be a small lightweight box that had hardware RAID rather than the standard software RAID of all small and SOHO NAS boxes.
As an aside you might consider donating your unused DNS-323 box to a small charity that could use it.
Sorry this isn't much help to you.
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Hi Ivan, that's good information. And yes, I think my DNS-323 will be sold/donated.