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ASUSTOR AS1004T 4-bay NAS Review

Storage/NAS by stefan @ 2015-11-22

AS1004T NAS takes part of the latest ASUSTOR server series meant for home use, which does sport a Marvell ARMADA-385 1GHz Dual-Core processor, is paired with just 512MB of RAM and can house up to four drives. The chassis has been completely redesigned and in order to access the drives, we will have to completely remove the cover; unlike the previous NASes we have tested from the same company, this unit lacks trays and only 3.5’’ drives are supported for installation. Because of the utilized ARMADA-385 SoC, the overall power consumption is very low, while the four bays are cooled by a single 120mm fan located in the back. We can connect more devices to the NAS, but be aware that only two extra USB ports (3.0) are available with the server.

A Closer Look Part II

The power supply was manufactured by Delta Electronics and on the output it can deliver 12V at 7.5A:

A Quick Installation Guide is also offered in multiple languages:

Besides the foam material we have mentioned before, ASUSTOR considered that the server should be further protected inside a transparent plastic bag:

The tower design resembles a bit the proven chassis from Synology which they have used for quite some time now, but with the controls on the left side:

Initially, the frontal area is covered by a thin plastic film:

After its removal, we will uncover the stylish diamond-plate finished cover design:

On the top left side, we will get to see the Power LED, System Status LED, Network Activity LED but also the HDD Activity LED indicator:

Further down we will get to see an USB 3.0 port but also something which would look as an IR sensor placeholder, which is more than likely not functional since it would be useless without a HDMI port:

All four HDD bays are cooled by a single 120mm fan located in the back:

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