In general a NAS box is just 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.
1. Hardware Platform
| Item | Spec |
| Processor | Intel® Atom™ D2700 |
| System Memory | 2GB DDR3 |
| LAN Interface | RJ-45×2: 10/100/1000 BASE-TX Auto MDI/MDI-X WOL supported |
| USB Interface | USB 2.0 host port x2 (back x2) USB 3.0 host port x1 (front x1) |
| SATA DOM | 1GB |
| HDMI Output | HDMI port (back x1) |
| VGA Output | VGA port (back x1) |
| Disk Interface | 2 x SATA for internal 1 x eSATA for external |
| Power Supply | External power adaptor |
| Thermal/Fan control | Thermal sensor on processor temperature System FAN speed controlled by temperature |
| Power Management | Auto power on after shutdown due to power loss |
| Card Reader | Support SD/SDHC/MMC |
| Buttons | Power button USB copy button |
| Environment | Temperature: 5°C to 40°C Humidity: 0 ~ 80 % R.H. (Non-condensing) |
| Chassis | Tower Metal Chassis |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 163.8 x 115.4 x 217.6 (mm) |
| Certificates | CE/FCC/C-Tick/VCCI/BSMI RoHS WEEE VMware, Citrix |
2. Software Functions
| RAID | |
| RAID Modes | RAID 0, 1 and JBOD |
| Auto-rebuild | Supported |
| Hot-swap | Supported |
| RAID Volume Encryption | AES256bit |
| Disk | |
| Power Management | Available spin-down while idle setting |
| Bad Block Scanning | Supported |
| SMART Info | Supported |
| SMART Test | Supported |
| Disk Roaming | Supports volume-based roaming to other Thecus NAS |
| Network | |
| Configuration | Fixed IP address, dynamic IP address |
| Transport Protocols | TCP/IP/AppleTalk |
| File Protocols | SMB/CIFS, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, NFS v4, AFP |
| Link Aggregation | Load balance, Failover, 802.3ad, Balance-XOR, Balance-TLB, Balance-ALB |
| TCP/IP | IPV4 |
| Data Access | |
| Client OS Support | Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/ 7 UNIX/Linux Mac OS X |
| FTP | Built-in FTP server with bandwidth control |
| Secure FTP | Built-in secure FTP server with bandwidth control |
| TFTP | Users can download and upload files with TFTP programs |
| Download Manager | BT download (via Transmission module) HTTP/FTP/BT/eMule (via DLM module) NZB download (via NZB module) |
| Printer Server (IPP) | Supports USB printers Supports a wide range of IPP printers Client can manage print tasks (list/delete) via web user interface |
| Data Backup | |
| Client Incremental Data Backup | Acronis True Image (OEM version) |
| Client System Disaster Recovery | Acronis True Image (OEM version) |
| Client Side Backup Software | Thecus Backup Utility (Windows/Mac OS X) |
| Rsync Backup | Rsync replicates data between two systems (via Rsync module) |
| Mac OS X Time Machine | Supported |
| Block Level Access | |
| iSCSI Target/Initiator | Supports Microsoft/Mac OS X/Linux initiators and Thecus NAS targets |
| iSCSI Thin Provisioning | Supported |
| MPIO | Supported |
| MCS | Supported |
| Clustering | Supported |
| SCSI3 Persistent Group Reservation | Supported |
| Power Management | |
| Scheduled Power On/Off | Supported |
| Volume Management | |
| Multiple File System Selectable | EXT3/EXT4/XFS |
| Multimedia Support | |
| iTunes Server | Supports AAC, MP3 w/ID3 tag and WAV |
| Piczza!™ Web Server (via module) | Supports GIF, JPG (JPEG), BMP and PNG Supports EXIF display Supports slide shows |
| Media Server | Supports uPnP AV streaming protocol (via Twonkymedia module) |
| User Authentication | |
| Local User | Supports built-in user accounts |
| Local Group | Supports built-in user groups |
| Windows ADS | Supported |
| File System | |
| Type | Journaling File System |
| Language Support | Unicode Support |
| Authorization | “Read”, “write”, or “deny” privileges to individual users or groups in folders and sub-folders |
| User Quota | Supported |
| Administration | |
| User Interface | Web-based user interface supports English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish and Portuguese. |
| Utility Program | MS Windows Setup Wizard Supports Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 Mac OS X Setup Wizard |
| Email Notifications | Sends system messages via email to the system administrator |
| SNMP Trap | System information trap out |
| Mobile Applications (iOS/Android) | |
| Thecus Dashboard | Mobile monitoring and administration (via module) |
| ThecusShare™ | Uploading, downloading, and streaming multimedia |
| Others | |
| Recycle Bin | Supported |
| Web Disk | Supported (via module) |
| Web Server | Supported (via module) |
| ISO Mount | Supported |
| User/System Module | Supported |
| IP Cam Surveillance | Supports up to 5 IP cameras (via module) |
| Auto Module Installation | Thecus’s module server automatically provides the latest modules and updates through the user interface. |
Singularity 6, the studio behind the cozy MMO Palia, has laid off 36 employees. This…
For the longest time Call of Duty has been Activision's cash cow bringing in all…
Your gaming world, more lifelike than ever before. Packing in 1.7 times the pixel density…
DimensionsLength30.5 mmWidth24.4 mmColourPrimary ColourBlackStorage PortsM.2 PCIe 4.0 x42SATA 6G (internal)4LightingLightingYesLighting ColourRGBInternal PortsCPU Power Supply1x 4-Pin,…
LightingLightingYesAdditional ContentsUSB soundcard includedNoHeadphone DriversDriver TypeNeodymium-MagnetHeadphone SpecificationsHeadphone typeIn-EarMax. Headphone Frequency20000 HzColourPrimary ColourBlackConnectivityConnection TypeBluetooth, WirelessMicrophone SpecificationsMax.…
Pre-built gaming PC for elite tier gaming and high-quality streaming Cherry-picked hardware and hand-built by…