Thecus Updates SMB NAS Line With Powerful N5810 5-bay Tower

Thecus has just updated its small business NAS line with a model derived from the N5810PRO released this past spring. Overall, both NASes are identical, with the new N5810 foregoing the built-in UPS protection. Given that, this particular NAS might not seem that interesting, but we happen to have a PRO model in the lab, so I guess this post can act as a bit of a primer.

Just like QNAP’s HS-251+, which we covered earlier, Thecus’ N5810 is powered by an Intel Celeron J1900, a 2GHz chip that can boost to 2.42GHz with Turbo. Unlike that QNAP NAS, Thecus’ N5810 includes an impressive 4GB of memory. If that’s not enough, it can be upgraded to 8GB after-the-fact – a great touch.

As a business NAS, the N5810 is packed to the gills with advanced features. It supports 7 modes of link aggregation and system failover; you could either connect the NAS to a PC with both Ethernet ports at once (boosting performance to 213MB/s read and 186MB/s write), or use the spare to link up with another Thecus NAS, either for more storage or added redundancy.

At the back, Thecus provides four USB ports, two each of 2.0 and 3.0, the dual Ethernet ports, an HDMI port, and even an audio out port. NASes are, in effect, computers, so this one can be plugged into a television or other display to be made use of in many different ways. Through Thecus’ app center, the Kodi media center software could be installed, for example.

In addition to that functionality, the N5810 supports Btrfs, and myriad business solutions, such as those from Citrix, VMware, Microsoft, and so forth. Included in the box is a copy of Acronis True Image for keeping regular backups of your PC, and there’s even an easy configurator for using the NAS as a VPN server.

Thecus says that its N5810 will hit the market later this month, and carries a $579 USD SRP.