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™ Processor |
| 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 x4 (back x4) USB 3.0 host port x1 (front x1) |
| LCM Module | LCM display 4 buttons (ENTER, ESC, UP, DOWN) |
| SATA DOM | 1GB |
| HDMI Output | HDMI port (back x1) |
| VGA Output | VGA port (back x1) |
| Audio | MIC input, Line input, Audio output |
| Disk Interface | 5 x SATA for internal 1 x eSATA for external |
| Power Supply | 200W Power Supply |
| USB UPS | Supported |
| Thermal/Fan control | Thermal sensor on processor temperature System FAN speed controlled by temperature |
| System Clock | Battery-backed up system clock |
| Power Management | Auto power on after shutdown due to power loss |
| Buzzer | Adjustable frequency alarm |
| Buttons | Power button LCM button |
| Environment | Temperature: 5°C to 40°C Humidity: 0 ~ 80 % R.H. (Non-condensing) |
| Chassis | Tower Metal Chassis |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 230 x 190 x 240 (mm) |
| Certificates | CE/FCC/C-Tick/VCCI/BSMI RoHS WEEE VMware, Citrix |
2. Software Functions
| RAID | |
| RAID Modes | RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and JBOD |
| Auto-rebuild | Supported |
| Hot-swap | Supported |
| Hot Spare | Supported |
| Online RAID Migration | Supported |
| Online RAID Expansion | 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) |
| DVD Backup | Supported |
| 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 RAID | Supported |
| 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 (ACL) | “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 |
| Thecus-Disk™ | Manage files and folders on Thecus NAS, playback audio and video media, and view photos and documents |
| 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. |
| Cloud Backup | Dropbox, ElephantDrive, Amazon S3*, Acronis (via module) |
| Local Display | X-Window via HDMI output |
| Antivirus | McAfee (via module) |
*Available in Q2 2012.
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