Thecus N7700
A seven bay bring your own drive system, the N7700 is one of the newer models from Thecus. Intended largely for use by enterprises, the N7700 has more than enough power to manage seven drives.
For a more detailed analysis of the N7700's features and performance, plus a full hardware listing, please scroll down.
Overall, the performance of the N7700 is quite high when using a gigabit connection. Independent testing of write speeds ranged from the mid 50's to the low 70's in MB/s, depending on the RAID configuration of the NAS at the time, while read speeds measured consistently around 60 MB/s regardless of configuration.
As with most multiple drive NAS systems, the N7700 has a strong focus on RAID capacity. This is where the N7700 naturally excels, having not only a large variety of RAID options supported, but also some of the most robust automated RAID expansion than most of the other arrays available on the market today. Not only are RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, and JBOD configurations all available, but RAID expansion and migration are both supported as well, allowing additional drives to be added to the array for automatic integration.
Hardware specifications follow, taken from the Thecus website.
| Item |
Spec |
| SATA device |
7xSATA for internal, 1xeSATA for external |
| LAN Interface (PCI-e) |
RJ-45x2 : 10/100/1000 BASE-TX Auto MDI/MDI-X WOL supported |
| Expansion slot (PCI-e*1) |
1 |
| USB Interface |
USB 2.0 host port x4(Front x2, Back x2) (A Type) |
| LCD Module |
Displays system status and information |
| LED indicator |
Power(Blue)
Status : System Busy/Fail(Blink Orange/ Blink Red)
HDD1-7 Activity/Fail(Orange/Red)
WAN (Link : Green; Activity : Orange)
LAN (Link : Green; Activity : Orange)
USB (Copy LED: Blue)
eSATA (Activity LED:Blue)
|
| Power supply |
300W Power Supply |
| Disk interface |
SATA I/II x7 via backplane |
| Thermal/Fan control |
Thermal sensor for HDD and processor temperature
Temperature controlled system FAN speed
|
| Real-time clock |
Battery backup system clock (Schedule on/off support) |
| Buttons |
Power button(Front, power down controlled by S/W)
LCM button (ENT,ESC,UP, DOWN)
|
| RS232 |
1 (For UPS) |
| Environment |
Temperature : 5°C to 40°C
Humidity : 0 ~ 80 % R.H. (Non-condensing)
|
| Dimension |
Tower Base |
| Power Consumption |
Standby mode: 95W
Full Loading: 158W with 1.5TB Seagate * 7 HDD installed
|
| Sound Pressure Level |
Without HDD: 34.8 dB(A)
With HDD: 34.5 dB (A) with 1.5TB Seagate * 7 HDD installed
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$1,129.00
