Asustor AS-604T 4-bay NAS Review

Chris Hadley / 11 years ago

NAS Features

In general, a NAS box is just like an external hard drive caddy that is attached to your network rather than by USB or even Firewire. Because of this we can find a whole host of other features and utilities bundled into them giving them the leading edge over the other options available on the market.

One key feature that we will point out from the extensive list below for this particular system, and one that we have not seen or used to date is the support for for RAID 50. For those who are not full familiar with how the RAID systems work when mixed together, RAID 50 is basically two 3 drive RAID 5 arrays that are then striped together to give the benefit of a RAID 5 parity array but with effectively with a speed boost. With this in mind we should expect to see this array type showing some good results in our NASPT suite when it gets put to the test.

Specs

Hardware Specifications

CPU: Intel® Atom™ 2.13 GHz Dual-Core Processor
Memory: 1GB SO-DIMM DDR3 (Expandable. Max. 3GB)
HDD: 2.5″ / 3.5″ SATA II/ III or SSD x 4¹
Expansion: USB 3.0 x 2, USB 2.0 x 4, eSATA x 2
Network: Gigabit Ethernet x 2
LCD Panel
Output: HDMI x 1
System Fan: 120mm x 1
Input Power Voltage: 100V to 240V AC
Certification: FCC, CE, VCCI, BSMI, C-TICK

Operation

Power Consumption: 33.2W (Operation); 26.2W (Disk Hibernation); 1.4W (Sleep Mode)
Noise Level: 22.3 dB(A)
Operation Temperature: 5°C~35°C (40°F~95°F)
Humidity: 5% to 95% RH

ASUSTOR Hightlight

System Migration
Cloud Connect
Dr.ASUSTOR
2-way Backup
Task Monitor

Eco-Friendly Design

System Sleep Mode (S3)
Auto-Standby for Both Internal and External Disks
Auto Fan Control
LED Night Mode
Power Schedule: On, Off, Restart, and Sleep

Size and Weight

Size: 185.5(H) x 170(W) x 230(D) mm
Weight: 3.5 kg / 7.72 lb

Software & Features

Operating System

ADM 1.0 Onwards
Built-in App Central for Various Apps

Supported OS

Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2012
Mac OS X 10.6 Onwards
UNIX, Linux, and BSD

Supported Languages

Deutsch, English, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Русский, 日本語, 한글, 简体中文, 繁體中文, Česká, Polski

Supported Browsers

Internet Explorer 9 Onwards
FireFox
Chrome
Safari

Network Protocols

CIFS/SMB, AFP, NFS, FTP, WebDAV, Rsync, SSH, SFTP, iSCSI, HTTP, HTTPS

File System

Internal Disk: EXT4
External Disk: FAT32, NTFS, EXT3, EXT4, HFS+

Storage Management

Support Multiple Volumes with Spare Disks
Volume Type: Single disk, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10
Support for Online RAID Level Migration
Support for Online RAID Capacity Expansion

iSCSI

Maximum Targets: 256
Maximum LUNs: 256
Target Masking
LUN Mapping
ISO File Mounting
Supports MPIO & MCS
Persistent (SCSI-3) Reservations

Disk Management

Scheduled Bad Block Scans
Scheduled S.M.A.R.T Scans

Network

TCP/IP (IPv4 & IPv6)
Link Aggregation: Supports 802.3ad and Six Other Modes for Load Balancing and/or Network Failover
Jumbo Frame (MTU)
VLAN
Cloud Connect
Wireless Network²
DDNS and EZ-Router

Backup Solutions

Rsync (Remote Sync) Backup
Cloud Backup
FTP Backup
External Backup
One Touch Backup

System Administration

Log Type: System Log, Connection Log, File Access Log
Real-time Online User Monitor
Real-time System Monitor
Network Recycle Bin
User Quota
Virtual Drive (ISO Mounting, Maximum 16)
UPS Support

Access Control

Maximum Number of Users: 4096
Maximum Number of Groups: 512
Maximum Number of Shared Folders: 512
Maximum Number of Concurrent Connections: 512
Supports Windows Active Directory

Security

AES 256-Bit Folder Encryption
Firewall: Prevent Unauthorized Access
Network Defender: Prevent Network Attacks
Alert Notifications: E-mail, SMS
Encrypted Connections: HTTPS, FTP over SSL/TLS, SSH, SFTP, Rsync over SSH

Featured Apps

File Explorer

Web-based File Management
ISO File Mounting
Share Links

Surveillance Center

Live Monitoring (4 Free Channels)
Multiple Channel Playback with Audio
Supported Browsers: Internet Explorer, Chrome, FireFox (Windows only)
Event Notification

UPnP Media Server

Supports PS3 and other Digital Media Player Capable Devices
Supports On-The-Fly Transcoding for Most RAW Images and Audio(OGG, FLAC)
Supported Image Formats: BMP, GIF, ICO, JPG, PNG, PSD, TIF, RAW Image³ (3FR, ARW, CR2, CRW, DCR, DNG, ERF, KDC, MEF, MOS, MRW, NEF, NRW, ORF, PEF, RAF, RAW, RW2, SR2, X3F)
Supported Audio Formats: 3GP, AAC, AC3, AIFC, AIFF, AMR, APE, AU, AWB, FLAC1, M4A, M4R, MP2, MP3, OGG Vorbis1, PCM, WAV, WMA
Supported Video Formats: 3GP, 3G2, ASF, AVI, DAT, FLV, ISO, M2T, M2V, M2TS, M4V, MKV, MPv4, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, MTS, MOV, QT, SWF, TP, TRP, TS, VOB, WMV, RMVB, VDR, MPE

FTP Explorer

Directory Structure View with Drag & Drop Transfers
Task Monitor
Stopping of Transmission Task & Resumption of Connection
Encrypted Connections: Explicit over TLS, Implicit over TLS
FTP Site Manager
Bandwidth Control
Maximum Simultaneous Transfer Control

VPN Client

Supported VPN Protocols: PPTP, OpenVPN
Transmission Package Monitor
PPTP Authentication: PAP, CHAP, MS CHAP, MS CHAP2
PPTP Encryption: No MPPE, MPPE (40, 128 bit), Maximum MPPE (128 bit)
OpenVPN Port Control
OpenVPN Link Compression

iTunes Server

For iTunes on Mac & Windows
Supports AirPlay
Supports iOS Remote Pairing
Supported Audio Formats: AIF⁴, M4A (AAC & Apple Loseless), M4P, M4R, MP3, WAV⁴
Supported Video Formats: M4V, MOV, MP4
Supported Playlist Formats: M3U, WPL

Download Center

Supports BT(Torrent & Magnet Link), HTTP and FTP Downloads
Torrent Search
Choose Files Before a BT Task Starts
Customizable Download Schedule
Bandwidth Control
RSS Subscription and Automatic Downloading (Broadcatching)
ASUSTOR Download Assistant for Windows & Mac
AiDownload for iOS & Android

Boxee / XBMC (Beta) ⁵

Play All Media Content Stored on NAS
Video Output via HDMI
TV Shows, Movies, Apps and More
ASUSTOR Customized Features
AiRemote Mobile App

SoundsGood

Import Personal/Public Music Collection
Personal/Public Music Collection Permission Control
Playlist Editor
ID3 Tag Editor
Local Speaker Support: HDMI, USB, Audio Jack
Supported Audio Formats for Browser: MP3, WAV, Ogg
Supported Audio Formats for Transcoding Through Browser: AAC, AIFF, Flac, Apple lossless, WMA
Supported Audio Formats for Local Speaker: MP3, WAV, Ogg, AAC, AIFF, Flac, Apple lossless, WMA
ASUS DAC Support

Note:
¹ Hard disks not included.
² USB Wi-Fi dongle not included.
³ You must first enable real time transcoding for these files in order to play them.
⁴ Metadata (e.g. title) may not be able to displayed in iTunes.
⁵ Currently, Boxee is only available on the 6 series while XBMC is only available on the 3 series.