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 |
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.