Link aggregation gets the idea that you can achieve improved performance by transmitting several packets simultaneously down different links. But standard Ethernet link aggregation never chops up the packet and sends the bits over different links. Hence you won't get 25Gb no matter what with one client but 4 clients can use the full bandwidth of a single port (10 or 2.5Gb).
AS604T here from back in 2013 with atom processor and maxed 3 GB DDR3 it's not 4k compatible so I stay with 1080p and below I must mux subtitles out as well as eAC3 audio must be re-encoded as not playable with UpnP v2 the native DLNA player with smart devices. I bypassed HDMI and XBMC/KODI for better networking capabilities . Although this 4 bay unit can handle many things going on at once all over our home with several users the processor is not business class . My PC is an i7 definately Asustor can see the need in revamping their mobo's on their older models and increasing the soDIM slots or RAM potential for their ADM platform. I would also recommend 2" internal bi directional fans for cross air flow across both banks of HDD's because heat to stay under 98F / 36.6 C fans must run on high and are amazingly quiet Chassis are all solid constructed for sure but atom is really a cellphone CPU it's time to drop it and go core hyper threading i7 or i5 only. For the price of ten 4kn HDD's @ 16TB the cpu would be a nominal price increase 🤪
I just bought the asustor as6508t and look forward to setting it up once i finally get it in.. would you be able to test it with Plex and any other apps you suggest to get familiar with. I plan to mostly use it for Plex and maybe others when I learn more. I'm hoping for great hardware decoding and fast 10 gb speeds. Do you recommend needing more then 8gb ram and adding m.2 SSD. Thank you! This video convinced me about possible future proofing spending $1k for it.
Hi, I fell for it but reality is, you will never get close to 10Gb write speeds, I have one of these with an Asus 10Gbe nic and the most I can get is 350MB/sec..... spec: 10x Ironwolf 4TB, 2x Corsair Force 510 Nvme
hI rj, yOU WILL HAVE PROBABLY FOUND OUT BY NOW YOU WILL GET NO WHERE NEAR TO 10gIG WRITE SPEEDS, READ SPEEDS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE TO READ IT, YOU HAVE TO WRITE IT FIRST AND THESE ARE SLOW, WAY SLOW, IN FACT THE BEST YOU CAN HOPE FOR WITH 10 DRIVES IN RAID 5 IS AROUND 350 MB.....soz ,, i had caps lock on and cant be arsed to re-type it
Indeed, the Atom SoC would seem to be the problem there. A Celeron, i3 or i5 would have been a better option. Shame really, Everything else makes for an attractive bit of kit. Given the Atom SoC I’d rather go for the Asustor AS-7010T (i3 or i5). The deficit on the AS-7010T would be the lack of NVMe support.
Having to go back a generation, and losing the modern feature of multiple multi-gigabit connections, is just not worth it. I am in the market for an 8-10 bay Asustor unit to replace my AS6204T but have to hold off until they hopefully provide better options which I unfortunately do not see happening anytime soon.
Does the Atom support h.264 hardware transcoding like the Celeron? My primary use case is photo/video editing storage, but I still want to be able to run a Plex server without having to pre-encode "optimized" media.
you are the best ... always showing us new products
Link aggregation gets the idea that you can achieve improved performance by transmitting several packets simultaneously down different links. But standard Ethernet link aggregation never chops up the packet and sends the bits over different links. Hence you won't get 25Gb no matter what with one client but 4 clients can use the full bandwidth of a single port (10 or 2.5Gb).
AS604T here from back in 2013 with atom processor and maxed 3 GB DDR3 it's not 4k compatible so I stay with 1080p and below I must mux subtitles out as well as eAC3 audio must be re-encoded as not playable with UpnP v2 the native DLNA player with smart devices. I bypassed HDMI and XBMC/KODI for better networking capabilities . Although this 4 bay unit can handle many things going on at once all over our home with several users the processor is not business class . My PC is an i7 definately Asustor can see the need in revamping their mobo's on their older models and increasing the soDIM slots or RAM potential for their ADM platform. I would also recommend 2" internal bi directional fans for cross air flow across both banks of HDD's because heat to stay under 98F / 36.6 C fans must run on high and are amazingly quiet
Chassis are all solid constructed for sure but atom is really a cellphone CPU it's time to drop it and go core hyper threading i7 or i5 only. For the price of ten 4kn HDD's @ 16TB the cpu would be a nominal price increase 🤪
I just bought the asustor as6508t and look forward to setting it up once i finally get it in.. would you be able to test it with Plex and any other apps you suggest to get familiar with.
I plan to mostly use it for Plex and maybe others when I learn more. I'm hoping for great hardware decoding and fast 10 gb speeds.
Do you recommend needing more then 8gb ram and adding m.2 SSD.
Thank you! This video convinced me about possible future proofing spending $1k for it.
Hi, I fell for it but reality is, you will never get close to 10Gb write speeds, I have one of these with an Asus 10Gbe nic and the most I can get is 350MB/sec..... spec: 10x Ironwolf 4TB, 2x Corsair Force 510 Nvme
hI rj, yOU WILL HAVE PROBABLY FOUND OUT BY NOW YOU WILL GET NO WHERE NEAR TO 10gIG WRITE SPEEDS, READ SPEEDS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE TO READ IT, YOU HAVE TO WRITE IT FIRST AND THESE ARE SLOW, WAY SLOW, IN FACT THE BEST YOU CAN HOPE FOR WITH 10 DRIVES IN RAID 5 IS AROUND 350 MB.....soz ,, i had caps lock on and cant be arsed to re-type it
Indeed, the Atom SoC would seem to be the problem there. A Celeron, i3 or i5 would have been a better option. Shame really, Everything else makes for an attractive bit of kit. Given the Atom SoC I’d rather go for the Asustor AS-7010T (i3 or i5). The deficit on the AS-7010T would be the lack of NVMe support.
Having to go back a generation, and losing the modern feature of multiple multi-gigabit connections, is just not worth it. I am in the market for an 8-10 bay Asustor unit to replace my AS6204T but have to hold off until they hopefully provide better options which I unfortunately do not see happening anytime soon.
The biggest deficit is the $3000 price tag !!!
Can this run high quality video for plex? I'm looking 4k HDR with 7.1 surround sound. I was looking for a street test on this nas and couldn't find it
Does the Atom support h.264 hardware transcoding like the Celeron? My primary use case is photo/video editing storage, but I still want to be able to run a Plex server without having to pre-encode "optimized" media.
The Atom C3*** series of processors does not have the capability to hardware transcode.
Thank you for the review. Is any way tou can do a review of NAS Asustor for a home/small biz use?
nice review
Good NAS with 10bay+10G*2 for Creator
Agree the cpu is questionalble that alone stops technical people from buying