Thecus Brings Out 2- and 4-Bay NAS for Consumers and SMBS
With 2.13GHz Intel Atom CPU and HDMI and USB 3.0 output
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on January 24, 2012 at 3:02 pmThecus Technology Corp. the N2800, the successor of the N2200XXX.
N2800
Keeping the SD card reader and LED design, the N2800 has been tweaked after user’s demands.
It is be one of the first Intel Atom N2700 based NAS and multimedia oriented. You can connect it to the TV of the living room to play HD content and/or use it as a backup center for a couple of computers in your small office.
On its side the N4800 has 2GB of DDR3 RAM. This NAS is for SMBs in need of centralized storage, application serving, and top-notch response time within multi-user environments. For the more demanding users, the N4800 will also have its use at home.
USB 3.0: from optional to mandatory
Thecus already launched NAS compatible with USB 3.0 for early adopters. Now that the technology has matured and more USB 3.0 devices exist on the market, it is embedded by default. The N2800 has one USB 3.0 port, which are at least 10 times faster than USB 2.0.
3rd generation Intel Atom CPU
New Intel Atom CPUs are designed to work without fans. This will reduce noise and power consumption of the NAS. Associated with amounts of DDR3, those Atom will provide better performance. Reaching the limits of Gigabit bandwidth on a ‘small NAS’ is already possible, thanks to the N2200XXX. It gives you also multi-users environment, web hosting, backup, data encryption, application serving, RAID computations and HD multimedia streaming, thanksto multi-tasking.
HDMI output
After installing the proper module, plug a screen on HDMI output, a mouse and keyboard on USB ports. You don’t need computer anymore to check on your NAS. You can for instance directly watch videos or browse Internet from your NAS to your compatible device. For small installations and/or mobile users, this feature is designed to lower the TCO of the network architecture.
Specifications of N2800
- Intel Atom 3rd Generation at 2.13GHz
- 2GB of DDR3
- USB 3.0 port
- HDMI output
- SD/SDHC/MMC card reader
Specifications of N4800
- Intel Atom 3rd Generation at 2.13GHz
- 2GB of DDR3
- USB 3.0 port x2
- Backup Battery Mini-UPS
- HDMI output
- OLED Screen