Thecus N2310 SOHO / Home NAS Server Reviewed

[stevech]

I just noticed the announcement of the N2310 two-drive-bay product.

A few minutes reading specs..
Good price point.
Good stylistic design
Software sounds good. I didn't see Airprint support (so iPAD, iPhone, MACs can print via the NAS to non-airprint printers on the LAN. I do that w/my Synology and it saved having to buy a new printer. Maybe that capability is there but not mentioned in spec. sheet.)

USB port on front panel is blank. Darn - you have to get to the back to plug in a drive or thumb drive. Or use a cabled hub.
Both rear ports are USB3-blue but one is actually USB2. No biggie.
No SD card slot - I use that on the Synology with an ever-present 32GB SD card for VVIP file backup. I don't use it for reading a card from a camera.

This looks good vs. the two-bay products from Synology & QNAP. But consider the above comments- and vs. the good price.
Quick scan - the N2310 isn't on the usual Internet tech sellers yet.

 

[stevech]

bump
no Thecus fans here?

 

[thiggins]

bump
no Thecus fans here?

Bump what, Steve? You post didn't look like it required a response.

 

[stevech]

you're right. I was kinda fishing for people who'd reply I have a similar one and love/hate it, or I've been looking at that.

 

[Butzi]

I have one

Hi Steve,

Like Tim, I was very impressed by the throughput of the N2310. It smokes the Marvell-based models, IMHO. Yet, as you point out, it is light on features. That's OK by me, personally I don't use a tenth of the features that are available on my QNAP.

you're right. I was kinda fishing for people who'd reply I have a similar one and love/hate it, or I've been looking at that.

 

[moosehead11]

Can anyone tell me if this NAS is any good for streaming media (mp4's, mkv's and music) to multiple devices?

Thanks

 

[stevech]

Yes.
Synology and QNAP are more popular for home users.
But each vendor has a web site with an on-line demo.

 

[moosehead11]

Thanks

I have seen that they have demo's just wasn't sure how well they would show off Streaming features. Do you know if it can handle Transcoding? I stream via my PS3 which doesn't support MKV. Not a big deal if it can't since i can just run it throuhg PS3mediaserver on my PC

NCIX in Canada has it on sale for about $130 so i am seriously considering if it compares well to other 2 bays

 

[stevech]

the low cost ones do transcode audio, but video is too much for all but the $$$ NASes, so people transocode on a hot PC/server.

 

[moosehead11]

Thanks

from my reading around i kind of thought that i would need to go up in price to get the video transcoding since it seems you need to find one with a
Atom processor for that. kind of narrowed my search down to either the Asustor 302T or the Thecus 5550 i was only really looking at a 2 bay but the 5550 is onsale for just over $400 so it seems like to good a deal to pass on