| Item | Spec |
| Processor | Intel Atom Processor D510 |
| System Memory | 1GB DDR2 SDRAM |
| LAN Interface | RJ-45x2:10/100/1000 BASE-TX Auto MDI/MDI-X |
| LCD Indicator | · HDD Power, Activity (Yellow) / Fail (Red) |
| · LAN_WAN Activity (Green) / |
| · USB_COPY_Busy (Blue) |
| · USB_COPY_ Fail (Red) |
| OLED Module | · 2.8” OLED display |
| · 4 buttons (ENTER, ESC, UP, DOWN) |
| · Multi-lingual supported |
| Power Supply | External power adapter 19V input (support 2TB and above HDDx4) |
| Disk Interface | SATA x4 for internal 2x eSATA for external |
| Expansion Slot | PCIe x1 |
| USB interface | USB 2.0 host port x6 (Front x2, Back x4) |
| Thermal/Fan control | · Thermal sensor on system and processor temperature |
| · System fan speed controlled by temperature |
| Real-time clock | Battery backup system clock |
| Buttons |
· Power button |
| · Reset to factory default button |
| Chassis | Metal chassis |
| Li-Ion battery | Built-in battery backup module (BBM) |
| Environment Temperature : 5°C to 40°C |
| Humidity : 0 ~ 80 % R.H. (Non-condensing) |
| RAID | |
| RAID Modes | RAID 0, 1, 5, 6,10, JBOD |
| Auto-Rebuild | Supported |
| Hot-Swap | Supported |
| Hot-Spare | Supported |
| Online RAID Migration | Supported |
| Online RAID Expansion | Supported |
| SMART Info | Supported |
| SMART Test | Supported |
| RAID Volume Encryption | AES 256bit |
| Disk | |
| Power Management | Spins down while idle time setup |
| Roaming | Supports roaming to other N4200 NAS |
| Bad Block Scan | Supported |
| Volume Management | |
| Multiple RAID | Supported |
| Selectable File Systems | Ext3/ XFS/ZFS |
| Network | |
| Configuration | Fixed IP address, dynamic IP address |
| IP sharing mode | Can be enable/disabled |
| Link Aggregation | 802.3ad, load balance, failover |
| Transport Protocols | TCP/IP, Appletalk |
| File Protocols | SMB/CIFS, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, NFS v3, AFP |
| Wireless LAN | 802.11b/g AP mode supported by USB Dongle |
| Data Access | |
| Client OS support | |
| · Windows 2000/7/XP/2003/Vista |
| · UNIX/Linux |
| · Mac OS 9 / X |
| WebDisk | Web-based file access |
| FTP | Built-in FTP server with bandwidth control |
| Download Manager (module) | HTTP / FTP / BT / eMule |
| Printer Server (IPP) | |
| · Support USB printers |
| · Support IPP various printers |
| · Client can manage print tasks (list/delete) via web user interface |
| Data Backup | |
| USB copy via OLED operation | Copy USB mass storage device contents to specified location to NAS |
| NAS data backup to external USB disk (module) | Incremental with schedule supported |
| Client schedule incremental | FarStone Drive Clone PRO 5.0 |
| Client system Disaster Recovery | FarStone Drive Clone PRO 5.0 |
| Battery Backup Module (BBM) | Contingency Power Battery Supply |
| NAS Remote Replication | Via Thecus proprietary Nsync |
| Snapshot | Supported |
| Block Level Access | |
| iSCSI Target | Supports Microsoft/Mac/Linux Initiator |
| iSCSI initiator | For stackable with N0503/N4100PRO/N4200/ N5200PRO/1U4500/N5500/N7700 series/N8800 series |
| iSCSI Thin Provisioning | Virtual size adjustable up to 16TB |
| Multimedia Support | |
| iTunes Server | Supported file types: AAC, MP3 w/ ID3 tag, WAV |
| Photo Web Server | |
| · Supported file types: GIF, JPG (JPEG), BMP, PNG |
| · Support EXIF display |
| · Support slide show |
| Media server | Support uPnP AV streaming protocol |
| User Authentication | |
| Local User | Supports built-in user accounts |
| Local Group | Supports built-in user groups |
| Windows NT/ADS | Supported |
| File System | |
| Type | Journaling file system |
| Capacity | 8TB |
| Language Support | Unicode Support |
| Authorization | Read, Write or Deny options on individual users or groups |
| Authorization (ACL) | Read, Write or Deny options on individual users or groups for share and sub-folder |
| Administration | |
| Multi-Lingual Web-based Administration | Web-based server management Interface Supports English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, , Russian and Polish. |
| Utility Program | |
| · MS Windows / Mac OSX Setup Wizard, supports multilingual |
| · Supports Windows 2000/7/XP/2003/Vista, Mac OSX backup utility |
| Email notification | Sends system messages via email to system administrator |
| Power management | |
| Schedule On/Off | Supported |
| Wake Up On Lan (WOL) | Supported |
| Auto Power On After Power Failure | Supported |
| Others | |
| Recycled bin | Supported |
| Dual DOM | Supported |
| Web Server + MySQL (module) | Supported |
| ISO Mount | Supported |
| Web Disk | Supported with remote access |
| User module | Supported |
| IP CAM Surveillance Server
(module) | Supports up to 20 IP CAM devices
|
The Thecus N4200 is a self-contained NAS unit. It is one of the first NAS servers I’ve seen with the new Intel Dual Core D510 Atom processors. This is the new low-voltage dual core processor Intel released late last year along with the N450 which is the single core version of this CPU. The N510 CPU is on the 45nm die process and has an Intel GMA3150 integrated into the CPU. The D510 runs at 1.66GHz and has 512KB of L2 cache and supports DDR2-800MHz memory.
A NAS Server like the N4200 has a Disk On Module or DOM containing all of the critical software to run the system. If the DOM stops working for any reason, the files on the NAS server could be inaccessible. The N4200 has Dual DOMs, meaning that if one fails the secondary DOM reprograms the primary DOM if it fails meaning your system has an added layer of protection if the primary DOM goes down. This is a great feature introduced by Thecus onto many of their NAS servers.
The N4200 has two displays as well, one LCD and one OLED. The LCD display displays critical system information including the hard disk and network status. The OLDED allows you to change a number of system settings such as WAN, LAN, Link Aggregation languages and more. One of the issues with a NAS is a sudden power outage causing data to be lost. The N4200 has a Battery Backup Module with a lithium-ion battery that saves all unwritten data to hard disks saving data and system integrity. The N4200 has combo SATA hard disk bays allowing both 3.5” and 2.5” drives to be installed.
