ASUSTOR AS6404T 4-bay NAS Review

Storage/NAS by stefan @ 2017-08-03

With the AS6404T 4-bay NAS from ASUSTOR we are seeing an update to the Intel Celeron Apollo Lake J3455 Quad-Core 1.5GHz processor, which is paired with no less than 8GB of DDR3L RAM in order to handle plenty of multimedia content types, but for also being able to use even more application modules at the same time. We do also see an USB 3.0 Type C port in the back for connecting modern storage devices, support up to 10TB drives (for a total of 40TB in a single NAS) and dual LAN that can be used for both Link Aggregation and Failover. The LCD panel is easy to operate via the hardware buttons, we get an IR receiver so the NAS can be operated via a Media Center remote, but also audio output via S/PDIF or HDMI 2.0 output for enjoying 4K @ 60Hz.

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Conclusive Thoughts

With the AS6404T 4-bay NAS from ASUSTOR we are seeing an update to the Intel Celeron Apollo Lake J3455 Quad-Core 1.5GHz processor, which is paired with no less than 8GB of DDR3L RAM in order to handle plenty of multimedia content types, but for also being able to use even more application modules at the same time. We do also see an USB 3.0 Type C port in the back for connecting modern storage devices, support up to 10TB drives (for a total of 40TB in a single NAS) and dual LAN that can be used for both Link Aggregation and Failover. The LCD panel is easy to operate via the hardware buttons, we get an IR receiver so the NAS can be operated via a Media Center remote, but also audio output via S/PDIF or HDMI 2.0 output for enjoying 4K @ 60Hz.

 

ASUSTOR is not only about the hardware on the AS6404T, but also software; while the product now operates on ADM 2.7, the launch of ADM 3.0 is imminent in the middle of August; the GUI is easy to use, intuitive and features a ton of application modules we can work with. The installation of these is pretty straight forward and if prerequisites are needed, they will be installed automatically in order to save time. Also, we get plenty of apps to work with in the ASUSTOR Portal HDMI environment, that allows you to use the NAS without a PC as a middle-man. Here we can access Popcorn Time for watching our favorite movies/TV shows with subtitles, access the VMs even with video acceleration support thanks to VirtualBox, do office work with the help of LibreOffice, play our favorite game collection thanks to the included emulators and much….much more. The CPU does support hardware HEVC 4K 8-bit video decoding and also VP9 in order to enjoy the latest content in high resolution.

 

On a single LAN link, we can see the AS6404T maxing out the interface when transferring large files and only a small performance drop when using encrypted folders, thanks to the supported hardware encryption inside the Apollo Lake processor.

 

With the introduction of the WOW (Wake on WAN) in ADM 3.0, we can turn on the NAS from a large distance when we do need resources off it and keep it powered down the rest of the time, in order to save power. MyArchive is also another unique feature from ASUSTOR, which transforms NAS HDDs into removable storage archives for easy access and now encryption is also supported for these.

 

In case we need to monitor our environment with IP Cameras, we have the Surveillance Station application to our disposal, with a 4-camera free license, being able to support up to 36 cameras.

 

The ASUSTOR AS6404T NAS, as the model we have reviewed today can be found online for about 668 Euros, which is a good price considering the tons of features we are getting.

 

ASUSTOR AS6404T 4-bay NAS is Recommended for:

 

 

 

We would like to thank to ASUSTOR for making this review possible!

 

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