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Thecus N5550 NAS Server Review

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Software features:

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 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 and Dynamic IP address
  • Transport Protocols: TCP/IP/Appletalk
  • File Protocols: SMC/CIFS, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, NFS v4, AFP
  • Link Aggregation: Load balance, 802.3ad, Balance-XOR, Balance- TLB, Balance-ALB
  • DDNS: Supported
  • SSH: Supported
  • UPnP: Supported
  • UPnP Port Forwarding: Supported
System Status
  • System Monitor: Monitoring CPU, memory, fan, 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, UNIX/Linux, Mac OS X
  • FTP: Built-in FTP server with bandwidth control
  • Secure FTP: Built-in secure FTP with bandwidth control
  • TFTP: Users can download and upload files with TFTP programs
  • Printer Server (IPP): Supports USB, IPP printers, client can manage print tasks via web UI
Data Backup
  • Client Incremental Data Backup: Arconis True Image (OEM version)
  • Client System Disaster Recovery: Arconis True Image (OEM version)
  • Client Side Backup Software: Thecus Backup Utility (Windows/Mac OS X)
  • Data Burn: Write and Read to ISO image to burn to optical disc or write to NAS
  • Mac OS X Time Machine: Supported
  • Data Guard: Remote Backup/Local Backup
Block Level Access
  • iSCSI Target/Initiator: Supports Microsoft/MacOS 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
  • Picazza Photo Server (via module): Supports GIF, JPG, BMP, PNG, EXIF display, and slide shows
  • Media Server: Supports uPnP AV streaming protocol
User Authentication
  • Local User: Supports built-in user accounts
  • Local Group: Supports built-in user groups
  • Windows ADS: Supported
  • LDAP: Supported
  • Access Guard: Supports Black & White list/IP Filter
Cloud Backup
  • Dropbox: Supported (via module)
  • ElephantDriver: Supported (via module)
  • Amazon S3: Supported
File System
  • Type: Journaling File System
  • Language Support: Unicode Support
  • Authorization (ACL): “Read”, “write”, or “deny” privileges to individual to users and group for 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: Windows/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)
  • T-Dashboard: Mobile monitory and administration (via module)
  • T-OnTheGo (Upload, download and stream multimedia
Data Security
  • Virus Scan: Supports McAfee (via module)
Capacity Expansion
  • Stackable: Can extend for 5 additional iSCSI volumes from other Thecus NAS
Others
  • Recycle Bin: Supported
  • Web Disk: Supported (via module)
  • Web Server: Supported (via module)
  • ISO Mount: Supported
  • IP Cam Surveillance: Supports up to 5 IP cameras (via module)
  • Auto Module Installation: Thecus module server automatically latest modules and updates via the user interface
  • Local Display X-Window via HDMI output

Looking at the long list of features that the Thecus N5550 supports, many of the SMB centric feature items are checked. These include iSCSI, multiple RAID level support, RAID migration and expansion, Disk hot swap and hot spare, User/Group ACL, backup and recovery, wide range of protocol support, and system monitoring. There are also alot of features that are not necessarily SMB centric, such as photo/video/streaming support, IP camera, and mobile device support. the Thecus N5550 has an impressive feature list, which should cover just about anyone looking for a fully capable NAS in this product/price range.

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