Thecus Announcing 5-Bay N5550 NAS

Thecus Technology Corp. releases the 5-bay N5550 server with link aggregation, LCM display, USB 3.0, multi RAID functions, etc.

Intel Atom CPU: silent power
Intel Atom CPUs are designed to work without fans. This will reduce NAS noise and power consumption.

Associated with large amounts of DDR3, Atom CPUs will provide better performance.

It offers multi-users environment, web hosting, backup, data encryption, application serving, heavy RAID computations, and HD multimedia streaming, thanks to multi-tasking.

McAfee antivirus
The N5550 NAS is McAfee antivirus embedded meaning that users can have confidence that their data will be protected.

USB 3.0
Thecus started integrating USB 3.0 more than one year ago, enabling this fast protocol on most storage devices by embedding a PCI-e slot. Future NAS will equip at least one port for USB 3.0 transfer rates of 10 times faster than USB 2.0.

HDMI, VGA and Audio out
After installing the proper module, plug a screen by the use of HDMI output, you don’t need a computer anymore to check on your NAS. Local display via HDMI makes things more convenient, directly attach keyboard and mouse to start data management.

The N5550 also supports VGA output for attaching traditional televisions, projectors and monitors. It makes this 5-bay NAS convenient to display presentation or media files when HDMI is not on hand.

Users can attach speakers directly to the N5550 NAS to play audio files.

Specifications:

• Intel Atom Processor
• 2GB of DDR3
• USB 3.0
• HDMI output
• LCM Display