$300 for this; $250 for 2x 500G HDDs & I have my TB for 800 - roughly?

I'd rather get that Western Digital 1TB book-thingie for $550; or Buffalo 1TB for $500; seems like a better buy.

Definately shut down spending on "G" tho. Viva TB!

does it also make toast?

I just set up a network HD enclosure and it beats leaving a machine on just to share a common drive.
(Ximeta NetDisk, but my needs are small.)

I like how it doubles as a print server too, but most don't seem to be able to handle multifunction printers yet.

I'd also say Ximeta has a more interesting and affordable product if you don't care about user concurrency and linux (unless they fixed those limitations recently). I use a network HD enclosure from Argosys / Triton that also has FTP support but doesn't have USB ports. It works fine. It's limited to 400GB on a FAT32 partition.

$229.99 on D-Links website, wondering if you even looked.

Does it support standard protocols or must I install some POS software to access the disk over the network? (i.e., can I use Windows Sharing/CIFS?).

That's why the Netgear stunk - you need software to use it.

I'd still prefer the Thecus N2100. Way cooler, more features, better price. If you're in the market for a RAID 0 or 1 NAS, get the Thecus and have yourself an itunes server with it.

I second the Thecus Recommendation. I just picked one up and it runles. the iTunes server feature is SO cool! I use it with a Sonos system.

You do realize that the product manual for the DNS-323 also states that it is an iTunes server (Page 34). Oddly though, the site itself doesn't make a mention of it.

The Thecus N2100 looks like a nice unit but is only available in Asia and Australia so it's of limited interest to most of the world.