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N8900 Full-Featured 2U Rackmount NAS Server

• 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i3
• Ultra-Fast SATA III and SAS 6G
• USB 3.0 Connectivity
• HDMI Connectivity
• 10GbE Ready
• 24TB Storage for Enterprise Tasks

Overview

Thecus already has an 8 bay rackmount NAS, the N8200XXX featuring a quick Intel® Atom™ processor and providing a very good value. This product fills an important niche in the market and provides users with an excellently priced large storage NAS. Before this, Thecus was already known for innovative and powerful appliances such as the N8800SAS with SAS support and heavy-loaded hardware. With the N8900, they’ve decided to go one step further in performance and provide a state of the art NAS device for the most demanding users: USB3.0, HDMI output, and 10Gb Ethernet compatibility are only some of the key features included. Let’s have a closer look.

Powerful Hardware for Superior Performance

As part of the latest generation of leading CPUs on the market, the Intel® Core™ i3-2120 processor integrates 2 cores at 3.3GHz to match the N8900’s no less than 8GB of DDR3 memory. Fast RAID operations, multitasking, reactive virtualized environments, application serving, and more; anything your business needs.

To maximize your data safety, the N8900 benefits from a unique Thecus feature: Dual DOM design. The DOM (Disk On Module) is the equivalent of the BIOS on a computer: if it fails or gets corrupted for any reason, all your data can be lost forever. Thanks to Thecus Dual DOM design, there is a second DOM ready to replace or reprogram the first one. In this way, Thecus has reduced DOM failures by 67%!

A Design Focused on Flexibility

The N8900 also embeds what’s best for connectivity: two USB 3.0 ports, audio output/input, and an HDMI connection. Those will also give users even more possibilities when writing their own modules thanks to the brand new Thecus software developer kit.

In addition, the N8900 is built with several free PCI-e extension slots (one 4-lane and two 8-lane slots), which can be used for virtually everything. For instance, you can decide to add more USB 3.0 or eSATA slots. For companies with higher-end needs, you can choose to install a 10Gb Ethernet adapter, allowing you to use either traditional fiber or high-performance/low-cost base-T cables!

Speaking of flexibility, the N8900 is compatible with every common (and not so common) file system: Ext3, Ext4, and XFS. There are also 6 modes of link aggregation supported to maximize performance. Coupled with 6G SAS hard disks, the final results can’t be wrong!

 

 

 

 

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Features

• 10GbE Ready
  High-end data centers often need a level of speed that today’s average Internet cannot provide. This Thecus NAS is 10Gb Ethernet ready to satisfy the toughest needs of today and tomorrow.
  
   

• USB 3.0 Connectivity
  The next generation of connectivity is here with speeds 10x faster than USB 2.0. Whether connecting digital cameras and smart phones, backing up large external hard drives, or extending the capacity of your NAS, USB 3.0 will make sure it's done in no time at up to 5 Gbit/s. Backwards compatibility adds the connectivity of a world full of USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices to get the best combination of speed and universal access.

• Acronis True Image
  Thecus brings the best to the table with Acronis’s advanced backup software. Back up all your data with One-click Protection or pick and choose only your most important files. Acronis sports a slick interface, user-friendly design, and comprehensive features to keep your data safe.

• Dual DOM
  A Disk On Module (DOM) contains all of the system's critical software. If it stops working for any reason, your system firmware could be inaccessible - or worse. With Thecus®' unique Dual DOM (OS Redundancy) design, a secondary DOM automatically reprograms the primary DOM if it fails, meaning your data is always safe and accessible.

• Multiple RAID
  When it comes to data management, Thecus NAS truly let you have it your way. Create multiple RAID volumes each supporting different RAID modes including RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10,50, 60 and JBOD for your own balance of performance and data protection. Should a hard drive malfunction occur, changing one is simple thanks to online RAID migration and expansion, hot spare, and auto rebuild.

• Multiple File Systems
  Support for multiple file systems including Ext3, EXT4, and XFS, gives Thecus NAS flexibility to handle many different types of environments. Users can simultaneously use different file systems across multiple RAID volumes to get the best of each one.
  
   

• iSCSI Thin-Provisioning
  Get the most out of your storage space with the extreme speed of iSCSI and the efficiency of iSCSI thin provisioning. Connect through iSCSI for the fastest data transfer speeds available and make wasted disk space a thing of the past with thin provisioning's flexible storage functionality.

• iOS/Android Connectivity
  In the modern world, nothing is as important as reaching your data from anywhere. With ThecusShare and the Thecus Dashboard, you can manage your NAS, and upload to and download/stream from your NAS using an iOS or Android device on the go.

• Rsync
  Backing up your data is very necessary, and everyone has specific needs when it comes to storage. Thecus’s Rsync functionality gives users great flexibility with remote backup capability, a flexible scheduler, and the stability of Linux-based transfer.

• User Quotas
  Divide the massive storage of a Thecus NAS among multiple users. Whether there are two users or 100, user quotas make it easy to divvy up and manage disk space.
  
   

• PCI-e slot
  Thecus NAS products are ready for a number of emerging technologies. Through the built in PCI-e slot, business users can add a 10G Ethernet Adaptor for lighting fast transfer speeds, or a USB 3.0 Adaptor Card to enjoy next-generation connectivity.

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Specifications

Specs

1.Hardware Platform

Item	Spec
Processor	Intel® Core™ i3-2120
System Memory	8GB DDR3 SDRAM
LAN Interface (PCI-e)	RJ-45x3: Intel 82574L 10/100/1000 BASE-TX Auto MDI/MDI-X WOL supported
USB Interface	USB 2.0 host port x6 (front x2, back x4) (Type A) USB 3.0 host port x2 (back x2)
LED Indicator	Power: (Blue) System busy: (Yellow) System alert: Redundant power or system fan failure (Red) HDD 1-8 Activity/Fail (Green/Red)
OLED	Displays system status and information (Multilingual)
HDMI Output	HDMI port (Back x1)
Audio	MIC input, Line input, Audio output
SAS/SATA controller (HBA), PCI-e (8-lane)	LSI 2008 HBA card supports 6G SAS/SATA (x8)
Disk interface	8 x SATA for internal 1 x eSATA for external
Power Supply	Redundant power supply 500W or more (80plus)
PCI-e Slots	8-lane (x3), One is used by SAS HBA 4-lane (x1) 1-lane (x1) used by CU30N (USB 3.0)
Thermal/Fan Control	Thermal sensor on processor temperature CPU Fan control System Fan control
System Fan	Hot swappable (x2)
Buttons	Power button(Front, shutdown controlled by user interface) LCM button (ENT, ESC, UP, DOWN) System reset button Locator button
RS232	1 (For UPS)
Environment	Temperature: 5°C to 40°C Humidity: 0 ~ 80 % R.H. (Non-condensing)
Chassis	2U Rack mount
Dimensions (HxWxD)	87 x 437.5 x 595 (mm)


2. Software Functions

RAID
RAID Modes	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 and JBOD
Auto-rebuild	Supported
Hot-swap	Supported
Dedicated Hot Spare	Supported
Global Hot Spare	Supported
Online RAID Migration	Supported
Online RAID Expansion	Supported
RAID Volume Encryption	AES256bit
Disk
Power Management	Available spin-down while idle setting
Bad Block Scanning	Supported
SMART Info	Supported
SMART Test	Supported
Disk Roaming	Supports volume-based roaming to other N8900
Network
Configuration	Fixed IP address, dynamic IP address
IP sharing mode	Can be enable/disabled
Transport Protocols	TCP/IP/AppleTalk
File Protocols	SMB/CIFS, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, NFS v4, AFP
Link Aggregation	Load balance, Failover, 802.3ad,  Balance-XOR, Balance-TLB, Balance-ALB
Data Access
Client OS Support	Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 UNIX/Linux Mac OS 9/X
FTP	Build-in FTP server with bandwidth control
Secure FTP	Build-in secure FTP Server with  bandwidth control
Download Manager	HTTP/FTP/BitTorrent/eMule (via DLM2 module)
Printer Server (IPP)	Supports USB printers Supports a wide range of IPP printers Client can manage print tasks  (list/delete) via web user interface
Data Backup
Client Schedule Incremental Data Backup	Acronis True image(OEM version)
Client System Disaster Recovery	Acronis True image(OEM version)
Single Volume Remote Replication	Incremental or synchronized (via Rsync module)
USB device copy to NAS	Controlled through LCM
Bi-directional USB copy	Supported (via USB Copy module)
MAC time machine	Supported
Block Level Access
iSCSI Target/Initiator	Supports Microsoft/Mac OS X/Linux initiators and Thecus NAS targets
iSCSI Thin Provisioning	Configurable to virtual size 16TB
MPIO	Supported
MCS	Supported
Clustering	Supported
SCSI3 persistent group reservation	Supported
Power management
Scheduled Power On/Off	Supported
Volume management
Multiple RAID	Supported
Multiple File System Selectable	EXT3/EXT4/XFS
Multimedia Support
iTunes Server	Supports AAC, MP3 w/ ID3 tag and WAV
Media Server	Support uPnP AV streaming protocol
User Authentication
Local User	Supports built-in user accounts
Local Group	Supports built-in user groups
Windows ADS	Supported
File System
Type	Journaling File System
Capacity	24TB (XFS)/16TB (EXT4)/8TB (EXT3) per volume
Language Support	Unicode Support
Authorization (ACL)	“Read”, “write”, or “deny” privileges to individual users or groups in folders and sub-folders
User Quota	Supported
Administration
User Interface	Web-based user interface supports English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish and Portuguese
Utility Program	MS Windows Setup Wizard, Supports Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 Mac OS X Setup Wizard
Email Notifications	Sends system messages via e-mail to the system administrator
SNMP Trap	System information trap out
Others
Dual DOM	Supported
Recycle Bin	Supported
Web Server	Supported (via module)
ISO Mount	Supported
User Module	Supported
IP Cam Surveillance	Supports up to 10 IP cameras (via module)

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