Asustor AS6204RS and AS6204RD Rackmount NAS

Asustor, Inc. launches two brand rackmount NAS models powered by Braswell processors.

These models are the single power supply AS6204RS and dual power supply AS6204RD. Both come with core specifications and a variety of expansion interfaces allowing for unparalleled agility and seamless integration in demanding enterprise environments. The four high speed Ethernet ports also allow businesses to flexibly deploy network traffic providing stable access performance. Furthermore, the AS6204RS and AS6204RD have passed HDD compatibility testing, and support the largest HDDs on the market (10TB), allowing businesses to create 40TB high capacity storage spaces.

The AS6204 and AS6204RD come built-in with the ADM OS, which features a simplified GUI for any first-time user. It provides a variety of management tools for enterprise including seamless integration with Windows AD account management, batch account creation and importation, support for Windows ACL 13 types of file permissions, two-way backup with mission mode, event notifications, system self-checkup tools and iSCSI snapshots. These tools help to simplify daily system management while increasing productivity.

“With regards to software, Asustor provides the simplified ADM OS. With regards to hardware, Asustor’s efforts are apparent in the attention to detail that we put into crafting each device,” said Johnny Chen, product manager, Asustor. “For example, most enterprise server rooms contain multiple servers. When IT staff goes in to perform maintenance on particular device it may be difficult to locate the device quickly. Asustor’s AiMaster mobile NAS management app features the Find Me function which causes the NAS to beep and flash its lights, making it easy to find. Also, each rackmount NAS also features a dedicated service light on the back of the device. This light becomes activated after pushing a button on the front panel and helps guide IT staff to locate the correct device.“

Under RAID-5 configurations, transfer performance on the AS6204RS and AS6204RD is able to approach the maximum throughput of Ethernet with read and write speeds of over 307MB/s and 357MB/s (Link Aggregation, iSCSI/RAID-5), providing stable multi-user access and multitasking. Additionally, all data and connections can be protected via features such as RAID data protection, 256-bit data encryption, firewall, network defender, HTTPS connections, two-step verification mechanism, and antivirus.

Key features:

• Celeron 1.6GHz quad-core processor (automatic overclocking to 2.24GHz)

• RAID-5 read speed of up to 307MB/s and write speed of up to 35 MB/s (Link aggregation, iSCSI)

• Supports Intel AES-NI hardware encryption engine

• Built-in dual-channel 4GB SO-DIMM DDR3L memory (expandable up to 8GB, 4GBx2)

• 4xGbE ports

• 4xUSB 3.0 (5GB/s) port

• 1xHDMI 1.4b port

• 1xRS-232 com port

• Supports RAID volume management: Single, JBOD, RAID-0/1/5/6/10, RAID-0/1/5/6/10+hot spare

• Supports hot swappable HDDs

• Disk tray locks

• LED service light

• Supports large capacity HDDs (10TB)

• Smart fan temperature control

• AS6204RD features dual power supplies

Key software specs for ADM 2.6:

• Cross-platform file access (Windows, Mac, Unix-Like Oss)

• Virtualization support: Citrix, Hyper-V, VMware (NFS)

• Scheduled and automatic iSCSI LUN snapshots

• VM support with VirtualBox (firm’s Portal and ADM Web interface)

• Backup solutions (public cloud, local device, PC, mobile devices)

• Integrates Windows AD, Windows ACL permissions and batch importation of accounts

• SNMP Network Management Protocol support

• DHCP

• Instant system event notifications (email, SMS or push notification)

• Supports three-step system migration

• Supports online capacity expansion and RAID level migration

• Supports N-1 MyArchive HDDs with encryption and binding of USB devices as encryption keys

• Added file system support for MyArchive (EXT4, NTFS, HFS+) increases compatibility of MyArchive disks.

• Remote access via cloud connect technology

• App Central app repository features variety of apps for multimedia, business productivity and more.

• Surveillance Center supports up to 25 camera channels

All NAS feature three-year warranty.