The ASUSTOR Flashstor 6 FS6706T NAS storage system comes equipped with 4 GB of fast and efficient DDR4-2933 RAM, which provides a significant boost to the device’s performance. DDR4 memory technology is the latest innovation in RAM technology, and it brings several advantages over older generations of memory. This will take a few minutes, but once it's complete, consider storing that ADM .img file somewhere safe so you can re-image the eMMC if you ever need to. Optional, but recommended - Disable eMMC If you flip one over, you can see the lone fan that's directly under the M.2 NVMe slots (and pushes air through slots in the PCB across a massive heatsink covering the CPU): This change of mind return policy is in addition to, and does not affect your rights under the Australian Consumer Law including any rights you may have in respect of faulty items. Before powering up, we need to add M.2 NVMe drives, requiring the disassembly of the FS6712X to install M.2 NVMe drives. And depending on how many you wish to install will dictate how many screws and panels need to be removed.

The Flashstor 12 Pro has a much greater potential capacity by a factor of three. Alternatively, the Flashstor 6 is cheaper than the TBS-464 and has the potential for more capacity. Although, QNAP does include 8GB of RAM by default. There is no limit to the number of drives that RAID 5 can use, incidentally. But if you use all twelve slots and sacrifice one drive capacity for parity, if a drive dies, any further failures from within the other eleven will cause the loss of all data. Warum das der Hersteller nicht als Standart macht... Ohne das anpassen der Einstellung liegt das NAS bei ca. 15W+.

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The ASUSTOR Flashstor 6 FS6706T device offers a flexible drive configuration to meet different storage needs, including 6x M.2 NVMe drive slots. When we hear of an Intel N5105 quad-core NAS, one may think that the box is small. It is actually bigger than one might think. The sole USB 3 port on the front of the box should give some sense of just how large this is. Asustor FS6706T Front One of the notable strengths of the software is the wide range of Asustor-approved apps available. Users can take advantage of various applications for tasks such as media distribution and presentation, thanks to the FS6712X’s capability to directly output 4K video through the HDMI port and the Asustor Portal interface. The inclusion of an S/PDIF port further enhances the device’s ability to cater to high-quality digital audio needs. Additionally, ADM supports multiple internal and external file systems, including Btrfs, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+, and ExFAT. This flexibility allows users to work with various file systems and ensures compatibility with different storage devices and operating systems. I want to live with my NAS, not to have to listen to it when I require to hear a pin drop. A little more commitment to acoustic performance could easily have resulted in a silent Flashstor. Misanthropic marketing motivated by the boundless wonder of public imagination supposes why produce something good and well-engineered straight off the bat when you can sell it again, and again, and again. To the tune of a waltz. Boot the box with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse plugged in, and press F2 once the TianoCore splash screen appears

However, there is a significant mismatch between the PCIe lanes offered by the platform, the bandwidth potential of the NVMe storage and that available to distribute services over the network. The reason I devided on one of these is they are almost silent and use barely any power. In sleep mode they make no noise at all and use literally nothing (less than 1 watt). But the main reason is they wake up from sleep in less than 2 seconds vs my Synology NAS which takes sone 40+ seconds to wake all the drives up and come to life.

The ASUSTOR Flashstor 6 FS6706T is a high-end storage device that offers advanced features and specifications that set it apart from other options in the market. It is powered by a powerful 10 nm Quad-Core Intel Celeron N5105 Processor that enables it to handle demanding tasks such as video editing and data storage with ease. Storage Management – BTRFS Support, as well as EXT4 for the traditionalist, Multiple Snapshot storage and browsing for recovery, a large number of ISCSI and LUN target creation, fast-acting SSD caching use. Remember that those M.2 NVMe SSD Bays can be used as both raw Pools and Caching

The 12-bay unit has an extra heatsink over the 10 Gbps NIC chip, while the 6-bay unit uses two 2.5 Gbps Realtek RTL8125GB NICs.If you want to install more than six or upgrade the RAM, a further three screws allow the topside of the FS6712X to be removed.

From what we can ascertain, there isn’t any good reason why this product has a rhombus cross-section, but it brings some visual interest to what would otherwise be remarkably plain. There it is again. That word. Quiet. Which means a degree of noisy as opposed to silent, which still means no noise. When the Flashtor NAS is up and running, it’s tiddly built-in fan is up and running. The ball bearing noise can be heard distinctly and penetratingly across the room. This is not to mention the rushing sound of air. Asustor has almost succeeded with that, although the fan is rather small. In fact the airflow can only be heard if one waves the entire NAS to one’s ear or, equally, places one’s ear really quite close to it. Based on this calculation, we may be wrong, but our guess is that each of the M.2 slots gets a single PCIe 2.0 slot or half a PCIe 3.0 allocation of bandwidth. As already mentioned, it has 2 x Superfast 2.5-Gigabit Ethernet ports that allow for high-speed data transfer, making it an ideal solution for businesses and individuals who prioritize speed and efficiency.

Reverting to ADM

Can’t hot swap drives: Better for speed and silence, but if one fails you need to power down the system to replace it. Finding the power on button was initially a challenge, as it’s on the right side where the angle of that face obscures it from being easily seen from above. On the rear, we get two sets of features. One set is the dual 2.5GbE ports, power, and so forth that are typical of NAS units. The others are HDMI, S/PDIF, and so forth which are found more in desktops. Asustor FS6706T Rear IO Highly desirable, a silent domestic NAS device is a simple and clear objective concept. A design goal. Not a missed target. Not an Asustor. Not even a Flashstor. Not yet, anyway. To this day, the only silent NAS is a NONAS.