Product Overview; Introduction - D-Link ShareCenter Pulse DNS-320 User Manual

Section 1 - Product Overview
The D-Link ShareCenter Pulse DNS-320 2-Bay Network Storage, when used with internal SATA drives, enables you to share
documents, iles, and digital media such as music, photos, and video with everyone on the home or oice network. Remotely
accessing iles 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 speciic users or groups. When
coniguring the ShareCenter Pulse, you can create users and groups and assign them to folders with either read or read/
write permissions. This is ideal for an oice environment with employee-speciic sensitive data or for the home where you
can ensure your children will only have access to age appropriate material. The ShareCenter Pulse 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 Pulse for safekeeping. Then, enjoy the beneits of the
built-in DLNA Certiied™ media server as you stream digital content to compatible media players (such as the D-Link's Boxee
Box). This feature is highly convenient as it allows you to turn of a computer that would normally be needed for the same
function.
The availability of four diferent hard drive modes (Standard, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1) allows you to choose the coniguration
best suited to your needs. Standard mode creates two separately accessible hard drives. JBOD combines both drives in linear
fashion for maximum space eiciency. RAID 0 combines both drives in a 'striped' coniguration, 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 conigured as RAID 1, the unafected 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 Pulse to return to its full protection.
1 Hard Drive(s) not included.
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.
D-Link ShareCenter Pulse DNS-320 User Manual

Product Overview

Introduction

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