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.
Item | Spec |
Processor | Intel® Atom™ Processor D525 |
System Memory | 1 GB DDR-3 SDRAM |
LAN Interface | RJ-45×2 : 10/100/1000 BASE-TX Auto MDI/MDI-X |
LCD indicator |
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OLED Module |
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Power Supply | External power adapter 19V input (support 2TB and above HDDx4 ) |
Disk Interface | SATA x4 for internal, 2x eSATA for external |
Expansion Slot | PCI-e x1 |
USB Interface | USB 2.0 host port x6(Front x2, Back x4) (A Type) |
Thermal/Fan control |
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Real-time clock | Battery backup system clock |
Buttons |
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Chassis | Metal chassis |
Lithium-ion Battery | Built-in battery backup module (Mini-UPS) |
Environment |
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Software Functions
RAID | |
RAID Modes | RAID 0, 1, 5, 6,10, JBOD |
Auto-Rebuild | Supported |
Hot-Swap | Supported |
Hot Spare | Supported |
Online RAID Migration | Supported |
Online RAID Expansion | Supported |
SMART Info | Supported |
SMART Test | Supported |
RAID Volume Encryption | AES 256bit |
Disk | |
Power Management | Configurable automatic drive spin down |
Roaming | Supports roaming to other N4200PRO NAS |
Bad Block Scan | Supported |
Volume Management | |
Multiple RAID | Supported |
Selectable File Systems | Ext3/ XFS/ZFS |
Network | |
Configuration | Fixed IP address, dynamic IP address |
IP sharing mode | Can be enabled/disabled |
Link Aggregation | 802.3ad, load balance, failover, Balance-XOR, Balance-TLB, Balance-ALB |
Transport Protocols | TCP/IP, AppleTalk |
File Protocols | SMB/CIFS, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, NFS v3, AFP |
Data Access | |
Client OS support |
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WebDisk | Web-based file access |
FTP | Built-in FTP server with bandwidth control |
Secure FTP | Built-in Secure FTP server with bandwidth control |
Download Manager (module) | HTTP / FTP / BT / eMule / NZB |
Printer Server (IPP) |
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TFTP Server | Users can download and upload files with TFTP programs. |
Data Backup | |
USB copy via OLED operation | Copy USB mass storage device contents to specified locations on NAS |
NAS data backup to external USB disk (module) | Incremental with schedule supported |
Client schedule incremental | Acronis True Image (OEM version) |
Client system Disaster Recovery | Acronis True Image (OEM version) |
Battery Backup Module (Mini-UPS) | Contingency Battery Power Supply |
NAS Remote Replication | Via Thecus proprietary Nsync |
NAS Remote Replication (module) | Via Rsync to replicate data between two systems. |
Snapshot | Supported |
Mac Time Machine | Supported |
Bi-directional USB Copy (Module) | Supported |
Block Level Access | |
iSCSI Target | Supports Microsoft/Mac/Linux Initiator |
iSCSI initiator | For stackable with N4200/ N4200Eco/N4200PRO/ N5200PRO/1U4600/N5500/N7700 series/N8800 series |
iSCSI Thin Provisioning | Virtual size adjustable up to 16TB |
Multimedia Support | |
iTunes Server | Supported file types: AAC, MP3 w/ ID3 tag, WAV |
Photo Web Server |
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Media server | Supports uPnP AV streaming protocol |
User Authentication | |
Local User | Supports built-in user accounts |
Local Group | Supports built-in user groups |
Windows NT/ADS | Supported |
File System | |
Type | Journaling file system |
Capacity | Multi-terabyte |
Language Support | Unicode Support |
Authorization | Read, Write or Deny options on individual users or groups |
Authorization (ACL) | Read, Write or Deny options on individual users or groups for shared and sub-folders |
Administration | |
Multi-Lingual Web-based Administration | Web-based server management interface supports English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish and Portuguese. |
Utility Program |
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Email notification | Sends system messages via email to system administrator |
SNMP Management | Supported |
Power management | |
Scheduled On/Off | Supported |
Wake-On-LAN (WOL) | Supported |
Auto Power On After Power Failure | Supported |
Others | |
Recycle bin | Supported |
Dual DOM | Supported |
Web Server + MySQL (module) | Supported |
ISO Mount | Supported |
Web Disk | Supported with remote access |
Auto Module Installation | If Thecus IP storage is capable of connecting to the Internet, then it will automatically link to Thecus’s official website and list available modules. |
IP CAM Surveillance Server (module) |
Supports up to 5 IP CAM |
Supported Web Browsers |
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