Testseek.com have collected 24 expert reviews of the Origin Storage Thecus N4100 Pro and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Origin Storage Thecus N4100 Pro.
February 2009
(79%)
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The editors liked
Hotswappable drives
NFS
AFP support
ITunes
UPnP AV
Print servers
HTTP/FTP/BT Download client
Fast
Flexible
Affordable
Perfect for the digitalized home
Easy to configure
Stable performance
Lots of features
Quiet operation
Backup software included
Improved / refined features when compared to Thecus N3200
Compact
Attractively styled enclosure
Well designed and well made
Front panel display provides a variety of useful information
Extensive list of capabilities and configuration options
Capable of RAID 0
1
5
And JBOD
Connect extra storage devices via USB
Dual Gigabit LAN connections
Extra features such as built-in print server
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Small Compact Unit
Easy to Setup
Easy to Use
Quiet
Supports RAID 5
6
10 for Data Redundancy
Supports multiple OSs
Can support up to 4TB
Feature Laden for SMB Owner or Home User
Dual Gigabit NICs with Failover Protection
Internal power supply
Many features
Expandable via modules
Low power usage
The editors didn't like
User Interface still a bit rough
Unbalanced write and read speed
Cant upgrade relatively small RAM w/o violating warranty
Software could use some work
Takes approximately a minute to boot up
Oneway USB copy
Initial configuration seems like it could be easier
Not completely tool-less
Documentation is a bit weak
Can be scheduled to turn off
But does not have inactivity "sleep" mode
About $400
And you still have to buy the drives to put inside it
Thecus Backup Utility Could Still Use Some Improvement
No eSTAT Support
Slow write performance
Front display and buttons could have more functionality
Abstract: Since he became conscious being, man has collected and kept various stuff. First, those were material things like food, land, gold or money, and how the man became more modern and educated, information has become the most valuable and most wanted good....
The new NAS from Thecus is based on a rather fast x86 platform that delivers good performance in tests of reading and writing data over LAN. It cannot match the best NASes (which are two times as expensive), but is a good device anyway.Unfortunately, I...
These days it's not just larger businesses which have very important data they need secure but all of us have vital information on our computers and many of us it isn't out of the question to even have terabytes of data full of libraries of information...
Internal power supply, Many features, Expandable via modules, Low power usage
Slow write performance, Front display and buttons could have more functionality
The Thecus N4100 Pro is supposed to be a budget model. Hence the performance isnt on par with the more expensive units. While read performance is good, write performance suffers a lot. That being said the N4100 Pro does offer all the features more exp...
Thecus spent a lot of time making the N4100PRO easy to set up and use for even the most novice of users. The need for a NAS server for the Home business or even for the family that wants to share a lot of files between themselves or Music has never bee...
Improved / refined features when compared to Thecus N3200, Compact, attractively styled enclosure, Well designed and well made, Front panel display provides a variety of useful information, Extensive list of capabilities and configuration options, Capable of RAID 0, 1, 5, and JBOD, Connect extra storage devices via USB, Dual Gigabit LAN connections, Extra features such as built-in print server, i
Initial configuration seems like it could be easier, Not completely tool-less, Documentation is a bit weak, Can be scheduled to turn off, but does not have inactivity "sleep" mode, About $400, and you still have to buy the drives to put inside it
Thecus has focused their business on network attached storage devices, and they definitely know what they are doing. The N4100PRO is well built, attractively styled, fairly easy to configure, and installing drives is simple. Testing shows that it is c...
Fast, Flexible, Affordable, Perfect for the digitalized home
Software could use some work
We started this review comparing the N5200 Pro with the N4100 Pro, and appropriately, that is how we will end things off. The N4100 Pro sits nicely in the middle of Thecus network attached storage options. It is vast improvement upon the original N410...
Small Compact Unit, Easy to Setup, Easy to Use, Quiet, Supports RAID 5, 6, 10 for Data Redundancy, Supports multiple OSs, Can support up to 4TB, Feature Laden for SMB Owner or Home User, Dual Gigabit NICs with Failover Protection
Thecus Backup Utility Could Still Use Some Improvement, No eSTAT Support
Sleeping worry free can make all the difference in getting a good nights rest. Knowing that your files are well protected and secure can, in some small part, help to make that worry free state a reality to many a small business owner or even the home...
Easy to configure, Fast, stable performance, Lots of features, Quiet operation, Backup software included
Takes approximately a minute to boot up, Oneway USB copy
Once again, Thecus has shown us an impressive product with the N4100 Pro. The setup process from start to finish was easy enough for a novice, but there are many additional features that advanced users will enjoy tweaking as well. The convenient fron...
