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Thecus N7700PRO: 10GbE NAS reviewed and rated

by Parm Mann on 16 July 2010, 10:08 4.0

Tags: N7700PRO, Thecus (4978.TWO)

Quick Link: HEXUS.net/qay5l

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Specification

Hardware

Item Spec
Processor Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Technology
SATA device 7xSATA for internal, 1xeSATA for external
System Memory 4GB DDR2 SDRAM
LAN Interface (PCI-e)
  • RJ-45x2 : 10/100/1000 BASE-TX Auto MDI/MDI-X
  • WOL supported
  • USB Interface USB 2.0 host port x4(Front x2, Back x2) (A Type)
    LCM Displays system status and information
    LED indicator
  • Power(Blue)
  • System Status : Busy (FW Upgrade)(Orange)
  • HDD1-7 Activity/Fail(Green/Red)
  • WAN (Link : Green; Activity : Green)
  • LAN (Link : Green; Activity :Green)
  • USB (Copy LED: Blue)
  • eSATA (Activity LED:Blue)
  • PCI-e x 8 slot 1 (supports 10GbE)
    Power supply 300W Power Supply support 2TB and above HDDx7
    Disk interface SATA x7 via backplane
    Thermal/Fan control
  • Thermal sensor on processor temperature
  • Temperature controlled system FAN speed
  • System fan monitoring
  • Buttons
  • Power button(Front, power down controlled by S/W)
  • LCM button (ENT,ESC,UP, DOWN)
  • RS232 1 (For UPS)
    Environment
  • Temperature : 5°C to 40°C
  • Humidity : 0 ~ 80 % R.H. (Non-condensing)
  • Dimension Tower Base

    Software

    RAID
    RAID modes RAID 0, 1, 5,6,10,JBOD
    Auto-rebuild Supported
    Hot-swap Supported
    Hot spare Supported
    SMART Info Supported
    SMART Test Supported
    On line RAID Migration Supported
    On line RAID Expansion Supported
    RAID Volume Encryption AES256bit
    Disk
    Power management Spins down while idle time setup
    Bad Block Scan Supported
    Roaming Supports roaming to other N7700PRO
    Network
    Configuration Fixed IP Address, Dynamic IP Address,
    IP sharing mode Can be enable/disabled
    Transport Protocols TCP/IP/Appletalk
    File Protocols SMB/CIFS, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, NFS v3, AFP
    Link Aggregation 802.3ad, load balance and fail over
    Data Access
    Client OS support
  • Windows 7/2000/XP/2003/Vista
  • UNIX/Linux
  • Mac OS 9 / X 
  • WebDisk Web-based file access
    FTP Build in FTP Server with bandwidth control  
    Secure FTP Build in secure FTP Server with  bandwidth control
    Download Manager (Module) HTTP / FTP / BT / eMule
    Printer Server (IPP)
  • Supports USB printers
  • Supports IPP various printers
  • Client can manage print tasks  (List/Delete) via Web user interface
  • Data Backup
    Client schedule incremental data backup FarStone Drive Clone PRO 5.0
    Client system Disaster Recovery FarStone Drive Clone PRO 5.0
    NAS Remote Replication Via Thecus proprietary Nsync
    USB device copy to N7700SAS Through LCM to control
    Snapshot Supported
    Bi-directional USB Copy (Module) Supported
    Block Level Access
    iSCSI Target Supports Microsoft/Mac/Linux Initiator
    iSCSI initiator For stackable with N5200/1U4500/N5500/N7700/N8800SAS and PRO
    iSCSI Thin Provisioning Virtual size adjustable up to 16TB
    Power management
    Schedule power on/off Supported
    Volume management
    Multiple RAID Supported
    Selectable file system Ext3 / XFS / ZFS
    Multimedia Support
    iTunes Server Supported File Types: AAC, MP3 w/ ID3 tag, WAV
    Photo Web Server
  • Supported File Types: GIF, JPG (JPEG), BMP, PNG
  • Supports EXIF display
  • Supports slide show
  • 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 14TB (XFS,ZFS) / 8TB (ext3) per volume
    Language Support Unicode Support
    Authorization (ACL) Read, Write or Deny options on individual users or groups for share 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 and Polish
    Utility Program
  • MS Windows Setup Wizard, supports Windows 7/2000/XP/2003/Vista
  • Mac setup Wizard (OSX only)
  • Email notification Sends system messages via Email to system administrator
    SNMP trap System information trap out
    Others
    Dual DOM Supported
    Web Disk Supported
    Recycled bin Supported
    Web Server (Module) Supported
    ISO Mount Supported
    User module Supported
    IP CAM surveillance (Module) Supports up to 20 IP CAM

    Thecus reckons "the N7700PRO is the most powerful NAS unit on the market", adding that it "offers unprecedented data performance". Let's put those claims to the test.