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Today we are checking out a network attached storage device from Thecus which offers something that is rare amongst NAS products. The N7510 offers small business and home users massive storage capabilities on a budget by using lower-end hardware that is typically found in smaller 2-bay devices...
The N7510 isn’t actually a new product, it has been on the market for over a year now, so normally we wouldn't review a product that has been around for this long.
However even today the N7510 has little competition, with the cheapest 6-bay NAS devices costing $800 plus while larger 8-bay models cost $900 plus. Therefore at a little shy of $700 the N7510 appears to be a real bargain for a 7-bay device There are very few quality NAS devices that can be purchased at a cost of just $100 per bay, so what else does the N7510 have on offer? Surprisingly quite a lot, around the back users will find a pair of gigabit network ports, HDMI output, VGA output, four USB 2.0 ports with a pair of USB 3.0’s on the front, MIC input, line input, audio output and an eSATA port. Inside there is an Intel Atom dual-core processor clocked at 2.13GHz along with 2GB of DDR3 memory and a 1GB SATA DOM for the operating system. Powering the processor along with the seven hard drives is an internal 300 watt power supply. Being that the N7510 can support up to seven hard drives it is quite big, measuring 320mm tall x 210mm wide x 270mm deep. Furthermore as it is largely made from steel the unit weighs 10.42kgs, which means once there is seven hard drives installed it is going to weigh about as much as a bag of cement.
The supported RAID modes include RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and JBOD, while features such as auto-rebuild, hot-swap, hot spare, online RAID migration and expansion are supported. Additionally those wanting to encrypt their RAID volume can do so using AES256bit. Given that the N7510 has been out and about for some time now we are not going to include our usual in-depth analysis on the setup/configuration and operating system. That said, there probably isn’t much need to either, since none of the software has changed since we reviewed the N6850 last year. This means the ThecusOS 5.0 operating system is still being used, while installation is taken care of by the 3 year old Setup Wizard. |
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Raven |
Posted on: 03/26/2014 08:19 PM
Not a bad deal. Stupid that its not much different to that super expensive N6850 enterprise tower thing. |
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Gibbly |
Posted on: 03/27/2014 03:21 AM
Looks average and Thecus aren't busy enough when it comes to the GUI. I have one of their older 2-bay models and I am looking to expand... not sure this is it though. |
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IP Only |
Posted on: 04/05/2014 08:52 PM
Probably not that important but it is fugly. |