--- title: Recommended 2-Bay NAS date: 2010-01-19 00:00:01 permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2010/01/19/recommended-2-bay-nas/ author: Lester Chan excerpt: "I bought my D-Link DNS-323 at Comex 2008 on 1st September, and three days ago it died, just a year and three months on, after its one-year warranty lapsed. Argh! I wrote to D-Link anyway to try my luck." categories: - Blog - Network - Storage tags: - 2-Bay - 3-Bay - D-Link - DiskStation - DNS-323 - DS210j - N3200 Pro - NAS - NetGear - Qnap - ReadyNAS - RMA - spoilt - Thecus --- I purchased my [D-Link DNS-323](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2008/09/01/d-link-dns-323-wall-e/) on the 1st September 2008 during Comex 2008. 3 days ago, my DNS-323 decided to give up on me, just after 1 year and 3 months! The warranty for the DNS-323 is only 1 year so my warranty had just ended! Argh! I thought I might try my luck, I wrote in to D-Link saying I am a blogger blah blah blah and a huge fan of D-Link, spending [S$519 worth of D-Link products during IT Show 2009](https://lesterchan.net/blog/2009/03/13/it-show-2009-hoot/) and to see if out of goodwill, they can RMA for me. But if it fails, at lest I tried and time to hoot a new NAS. Here is what happen: - I found my DNS-323 switched off and immediately power it back on. - Works normally after powering it on, but after an hour, the DNS-323 disconnect itself from the network. - I tried powering it off and on again by pressing on the power button but to no avail. - I have to manually plug out the power cable and plug in back in again and press the power button to power it on. - Works normally again, but as usual, after an hour, it disconnect itself from the network again. - Power button still does not work, have to manually plug out and in the power cable to reboot it. - This time round, the power LED light blinks non-stop after booting up - I tried hard reset, swapping the harddisks, removing the harddisks, all could not work, the power light continue to blink. - I seek help from my friend, [Andy](https://www.shadowandy.net/), who is an expert with D-Link products, tried some of his method but still could not get the DNS-323 to hard reset While waiting for D-Link to reply me, I did some research on 2-Bay NAS and have narrowed down to the following 4 choices which is within my budget. **SYNOLOGY Disk Station DS210j** [![White Synology 2-bay NAS unit](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6064/6118940115_cd15692dc9_o.jpg)](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6064/6118940115_cd15692dc9_o.jpg "White Synology 2-bay NAS unit") Price: **S$408** Official Link: SYNOLOGY Disk Station DS210j **QNAP TS-210** [![White QNAP 2-bay NAS unit](https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6063/6118940167_72811f64c1_o.gif)](https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6063/6118940167_72811f64c1_o.gif "White QNAP 2-bay NAS unit") Price: **S$514** Official Link: QNAP TS-210 ## NetGear ReadyNAS Duo (Diskless) Price: **S$429** Official Link: NetGear ReadyNAS Duo (Diskless) ## Thecus N3200 Pro Price: **S$499** Official Link: Thecus N3200 Pro Note: *This is 3-Bay NAS, but I included it because it is within my budget.*The purpose of me using a NAS is to share files within my home network and to use it as a BitTorrent machine. I also backed up my files on it, so I will definitely run RAID1 with it. Any recommendations on which one I should settle for eventually? Please leave a comment. Thanks a lot!