Thecus N2560 2-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.
Specs
1. Hardware Platform
| Item | Spec |
| Processor | Intel® Atom™ SoC CE5335 (1.6GHz Dual Core) |
| System Memory | 2GB DDR3 |
| LAN Interface (PCI-e) | RJ-45×1: 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) |
| HDMI Output | HDMI port (back x1) |
| Audio Output | SPDIF (back x1) |
| Disk Interface | 2 x SATA for internal |
| Power Supply | 40W external power adaptor |
| Power Management | Auto power on after shutdown due to power loss |
| Buttons | Power button USB copy button Reset button |
| Environment | Temperature: 5°C to 40°C Humidity: 0 ~ 80 % R.H. (Non-condensing) |
| Chassis | 2bays Tower |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 166 x 114 x 210 (mm) |
| Weight | 2.4Kgs |
| Certificates | CE/FCC/C-Tick/VCCI/BSMI RoHS WEEE |
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 on 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, AFP |
| TCP/IP | IPV6 & IPV4 |
| DDNS | Supported |
| SSH | Supported |
| UPnP | Supported |
| UPnP Port forwarding | Supported |
| System status | |
| System Monitor | Monitoring CPU, memory, network utilization and protocols access user count |
| Syslog Management | Send syslog to assigned location Act as syslog server to receive log info from other systems |
| Data Access | |
| Client OS Support | Windows XP and after Windows Server 2003 and after Mac OS X |
| FTP | Built-in FTP server with bandwidth control |
| Secure FTP | Built-in secure FTP server with bandwidth control |
| Download Manager | BT Transmission |
| 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) |
| Data Burn | Create files to ISO image and burn to optical disc Create files to ISO image Read ISO image from optical disc and write to NAS |
| Mac OS X Time Machine | Supported |
| Data Guard | Remote Backup/Local Backup (iSCSI not supported for N2560) |
| Power Management | |
| Scheduled Power On/Off | Supported |
| Volume Management | |
| File System | EXT4 |
| Multimedia Support | |
| iTunes Server | Supports AAC, MP3 w/ID3 tag and WAV |
| Piczza!™ Photo Server (via module) | Supports GIF, JPG (JPEG), BMP and PNG Supports EXIF display Supports slide shows Right click to publish on social network like FB (Intelligent NAS) |
| 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 |
| Cloud Backup | |
| DropBox | Supported |
| ElephantDriver | Supported |
| Amazon S3 | 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, Portuguese, Turkish and Czech. |
| Utility Program (Intelligent NAS) | MS Windows Setup Wizard Supports Windows XP and after Windows Server 2003 and after Mac OS X Setup Wizard |
| Email Notifications | Sends system messages via email to the system administrator |
| DDNS | Support one free DDNS registration (ex. xxx.thecuslink.com) |
| UPnP and Port forwarding | Support auto setting in Intranet environment |
| 5 Minute Installation | Go through defined URL for auto install (Intelligent NAS) |
| Client Utility (Intelligent NAS) | 1. Auto flashback photo gallery 2. BT download 3. File manager 4. Piczza 5. WebDisk |
| Mobile Applications (iOS/Android) | |
| T-Dashboard | Mobile monitoring and administration (via module) |
| T-OnTheGo™ | Upload, download and stream multimedia |
| Data Security | |
| Virus Scan | Supports McAfee® |
| Local Display | |
| HDMI/Audio | * Supported |
| DVB-T | * Supported |
| Others | |
| Recycle Bin | Supported |
| Web Disk | Supported |
| UPS | Supported |
* Supported upon official firmware or application release of these features.
