Since this one is a basic NAS meant for home and very small offices, there is only a single 1Gb/s Ethernet slot for your network. The front panel is a plastic bezel with a blank face.The NAS is a simple 2-bay NAS drive with features that are great for home and very small businesses.We reviewed one such NAS from ASUSTOR. The NAS has a power consumption rated at max 16. The operating system is a web-based management system that supports ISO mounting and external optical disks too.4p port on the rear allows users to plug in a TV or monitor to enjoy multimedia. Simply plug in compatible and sufficient storage drives, configure it once Brushed stainless steel letter Signs and you are good to go.5-inch or 5.1 operating system, based on Linux and uses the EXT4 file system for the internal storage drives. NAS or network attached storage drives are easy to use and can be expanded as per your wish if your data is increasing. The rear features a large power button, two USB 3.
Other features that the 3202T supports via USB are Bluetooth dongles, printers, speakers, Wi-Fi dongles, mouse, keyboards, IR receivers and CD/DVD/Blu-Ray drives.4 watts in operation and as low as 0.. Spending on internet data each time is not wise and investing in a NAS would add to your benefit. The NAS also supports AES-NI hardware encryption to help keep your data safe. The rest can of the setup can be done using a simple software that one can install on the PC or if you can manage to hit the IP address for the NAS, you can use a conventional browser to start configuring it. External storages compatible are FAT32, NTFS, EXT3/4, HFS+ and exFAT. In short, you can carry all your data with you, wherever you are and all you need is a simple internet connection. The ASUSTOR NAS is beneficial for those who have a lot of data to store locally for faster access, especially those who have plenty of photos, music, movies and home videos.As for the media performance, you need to setup your device with media servers for music, videos or photos. Nevertheless, you will be able to use the NAS with best speeds suited for your work in either interface. However, these are not hot-swappable — which means — unlike conventional NAS units, you cannot unplug/replace hard drives when the NAS is powered on.17kg without hard drives.79 watts when in sleep mode. You can install an optional USB IR controller though and use a third-party remote controller to do the job for you.Once done, you can install various applications and packages (similar to apps on phones) and your NAS device will be ready to serve you on multiple platforms.0 ports, an HDMI port, an Ethernet port and a power jack. We prefer using Twonky or Plex servers as it has the best features out there.0 ports — one on front and two on the rear. The ASUSTOR NAS is available for Rs 39,483 without hard drives and comes with a 3-year warranty period excluding accessories. If you wish to add more drives, you can use expansion units and expand up to 14 hard drives, making the entire configuration a whopping 196TB.The AS3202T works on a Gigabit Ethernet port for a high-speed throughput requirement. Four LEDs up front denote the status for power, hard drive activity and network, and a USB 3. The NAS can do data transfers over the network at high speeds, provided you have a 1GB/s Ethernet card, switch and CAT6 cables running across your PCs. In short, you can use this NAS as a media player to stream movies, photos and music to your network devices, over the internet as well as to your television directly. For homes, a dual bay drive NAS is sufficient — simply pop in two 4TB hard drives and you can have a secure 4TB storage or an 8TB large tank. Unlike other NAS you cannot upgrade the network to higher speed ones because of the lack of a PCI-express expansion card slot. With the NAS, you can centrally store and share your data — be is documents, music, videos or photos, run a website or intranet, have a personal email server, or even run your entire home’s CCTV network. Rating: While a network storage device (NAS) is not easily found in homes, here’s one that can probably change that game. However, we cannot complain as this NAS is meant for home use and is not professional enterprise needs. Lastly, an HDMI 1. It stands 165mm tall, 102mm wide and 218mm deep and weighs 1. Install the respective packages on the NAS that you are comfortable to configure and use. The ASUSTOR AS3202T seems to be the perfect alternative to home-based cloud storage. Combined with high-speed NAS-ready hard drives, one can acquire read/write speeds of up to 112MB/s and 110MB/s respectively while using the redundant RAID 1.