D-Link Unveils 2-Bay Network Storage Solution Offering Local and Cloud Capabilities for Home Users and Small Business Owners

Delivering Versatility, Performance and Remote Accessibility, the Cloud Storage 2000 is Ideal for Remote File Access and Management, Mobile Streaming and Backup

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Oct 23, 2012, 03:01 ET

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Expanding its portfolio of cloud-enabled products, D-Link today announced its latest ShareCenter^® 2-Bay Cloud Storage 2000 (DNS-320L), offering a centralized storage solution with remote sharing, streaming, and management capabilities. Delivering a complete home and small business cloud storage solution, the D-Link^® Cloud Storage 2000 enables users to remotely and locally download and upload files, delete files and folders from their storage device, and access files stored on their ShareCenter^® from any computer via the mydlink.com portal. Plus, with a free app for iPad^®, iPhone^® and Android™ devices, users can now easily view photos, and stream music and videos from their ShareCenter directly to mobile devices from anywhere in the world.

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"As the need for centralized storage has increased in today's digital home, D-Link continues to offer high-performance and versatile storage solutions," said Ken Loyd, director, consumer products, D-Link Systems, Inc. "Beyond providing a robust and secured storage solution, the Cloud Storage 2000 allows users to create their own personal cloud to locally and remotely access and manage files, store video recordings from a mydlink-enabled Cloud Camera and even stream music and video to a mobile device."

The Cloud Storage 2000 replaces D-Link's leading DNS-320 storage device and includes a faster CPU, Gigabit Ethernet port for high-speed data transfers and an intuitive hardware design supporting up to two 3.5-inch SATA hard drives[i]. The Cloud Storage 2000 supports multiple user streams simultaneously and does not require any tools for installation – providing a high performance user-friendly storage solution for today's digital home. For added protection, the Cloud Storage 2000 is equipped with RAID 1 technology to protect user's valuable files. Users can also backup their files using the secure Amazon S3 service to protect files in the event of a catastrophe.

In addition, the Cloud Storage 2000 features a brand new Photo Center which aggregates and organizes user's photos from their storage device, allowing administrators to create photo albums, view them with a slide show, and share photos with friends via emails, Cooliris and posts to your Picasa web album.

Additional Features:

mydlink.com Portal for Remote File Management over the Internet
mydlink^® Access – NAS Mobile App for Remote File Access and music, photos and video streaming
Multiple hard drive configurations – Standard, JBOD RAID 0 and RAID 1
High-Speed Gigabit Ethernet Connectivity
Built-in Web File Server and Secure FTP Server for File Access Over the Internet[ii]
DLNA^™ Server to Stream Music, Photos, and Video to Compatible Media Players[iii], including Boxee Box by D-Link, PlayStation^® 3 and Xbox^® 360
USB Port Supports USB Drives, USB Printers and UPS Monitoring
Supports PC Backup, Local Backup, Apple Time Machine Backup, USB Backup, Remote Backup, and Cloud Backup (via Amazon S3)
Auto Power Recovers and Power-off Scheduling
Automatic E-mail Notification of Device Status

Availability and Pricing
The Cloud Storage 2000 will be available for a retail price of $149.99 throughout the D-Link network of retail and e-tail outlets in North America.

About D-Link
D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for home, small business, mid- to large-sized enterprise environments, and service providers. An award-winning designer, developer, and manufacturer, D-Link implements and supports unified network solutions that integrate capabilities in switching, wireless, broadband, storage, IP Surveillance, and cloud-based network management. For more information visit www.dlink.com, or connect with D-Link on Facebook (www.facebook.com/dlink) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/dlink).

D-Link, ShareCenter, mydlink and the D-Link logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of D-Link Corporation or its subsidiaries. All other third-party marks mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright © 2012. D-Link. All Rights Reserved.

[i] Hard drive(s) not included. An internal 3.5" SATA drive is required to store or share your files. The internal SATA drives must be formatted before use. RAID 0 striping and RAID 1 mirroring require a minimum of two (2) SATA drives. To avoid data incompatibility in RAID 0 or RAID 1, use SATA drives with the same capacity and from the same manufacturer. Formatted drive capacity for RAID 1 operation is dependent on the drive capacity of the lowest-sized drive. May not work with older generation SATA drives. For a list of SATA drives that have been tested to work with the DNS-320L, visit http://support.dlink.com.

[ii] Use of an FTP Server over the Internet does not provide secure or encrypted transmissions, unless the end user enables SSL authentication in their FTP client.

[iii] D-Link cannot guarantee full compatibility or proper playback with all codecs. Playback compatibility depends on the codec support of the UPnP™ AV media player.

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