Thecus N7510: 7-Bay NAS

A new 7-bay NAS is available from Thecus Technology Corp., adding a tower to the Vision series.

Equipped with an Intel Atom processor, 2GB of DDR3 RAM, HDMI output and offering data protection with the McAfee antivirus, this NAS will offer power and storage capacity. With the 2-bay N2800, 4-bay N4800 and N4510U and the 5-bay N5550, the new 7-bay N7510 completes its Vision series of Intel Atom NAS.

Highlights of N7510:

• HDMI Output
• Increased Performance
• McAfee Antivirus Protection
• Data Burn
• Solid Security
• Featuring USB 3.0
• Running on ThecusOS 5.0
• 2 LAN with Link Aggregation Support
• Fanless Motherboard and System Fan Redundancy
• VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Hyper-V Compliance

Intel Atom CPU: silent power and energy saving
As with the N5550 and N4800, it is equipped with Intel Atom CPU. As they are more energy efficient and are design to work without a fan, their energy consumption and associated cost are reduced. This will reduce NAS noise and power consumption.

With the Atom processor, multi-tasking is something you won’t have to worry about. It offers multi-users environment (+64), web hosting, backup, data encryption, application serving, RAID computations (mode 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, JBOD and up to 3 multiple RAID mode supported), and HD multimedia streaming.

Free threat protection with McAfee antivirus
As of early 2012, Thecus embeds their NAS with the added protection offered by the antivirus McAfee. As the NAS can serve many clients, threat can come for anywhere. Scheduling McAfee to scan data will give peace of mind.

ThecusOS 5.0
The N7510 will have the newly ThecusOS 5.0 preinstalled. It is the key piece that will unlock and efficient and advanced NAS on the market. This means that users will be able to access more functions with their Thecus NAS. Two of these functions are Data Burn and Data Guard. With Data Burn, the users have the possibility to backup their data by burning them onto a CD, DVD or Blu-ray disc. By plugging a disc burner to their NAS thru the available USB ports and managing the burning process.
 
Back-up options don’t stop there.
Also included in the new ThecusOS 5.0 is a backup solution, Data Guard. The software provides both local and remote backup. Currently, data is backed up across RAID volumes, external USB drives, and eSATA. In addition, it uses technology to sync data across the network to other NAS and servers.

Additionally, users will also be able to take advantage of the cloud for their backup solution. With support of the Amazon S3 cloud backup services, they will have one more option to keep their data safe.

Multimedia playback and direct NAS access with HDMI
Handling multimedia and accessing your NAS has become a simple process. With the HDMI output located in the back of the N7510, you can directly connect to an HD TV screen and start monitoring your NAS without the use of a computer. Using the local display module, a keyboard and a mouse plugged through the many USB ports, the user has the power to access the NAS UI, play HD video, display pictures or listen to their music, all of this with a big TV screen. For small installations and/or mobile users, these features are designed to lower the TCO of the network architecture.

Specifications:

• Intel Atom Processor
• 2GB of DDR3
• SATA II/III interface
• USB 3.0 x2
• LCM Display
• eSATA port
• 7-bay 3.5"/2.5" HDD compatible
• HDMI output
• RAID-0, -1, -5, -6, -10, -50, JBOD (up to 3 multiple RAID modes)
• McAfee antivirus protection

"Powered by an Intel Atom processor, the N7510 has the highest value for a 7-bay NAS on the market today," said Florence Shih, Thecus Technology GM. "Let’s just say that if there was an Olympic for NAS, the N7510 would most certainly come back with gold."