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Easy to setup. Nice UI. Aesthetically pleasing unit. 2.5 gig NIC. Not much taller than the drives themselves.

Easy to install.

Easy to upgrade memory took sodimm ddr4 3200 16 gig. Qnap went to soldered on memory on new machines suppossedly due to a ram shortage so now you can not upgrade their ram so this was a HUGE no no for me. I was a Qnap lover, but a friend has a older version of this and I thought i'd give em a try. Software looks almost identical to a Qnap so was easy for me to get in and go. 2x2.5 gb networking. it does transfer very quickly. 4X Gen 3 m.2 (NOTE THESE GET HOT). I used heat sinks for all 4 and have had zero problems. It's worth a few bucks to toss heat sinks on em. if your only going to cache boost with em get small cheapies they run much cooler. Took a few tries to get the setup I wanted with my raid and SSD caching. This was a neck and neck with Qnap ts464. its cheaper and does the same stuff, but you can upgrade the ram. I have both this and the Qnap ts464 this is my favorite. This thing for Plex is a beast! transcodes multiple streams like a champ.

Great product -Synology 10Gb

Asustor made expanding their NAS servers as easy as possible. Insert drives, connect power and USB, configure through ADM, done. I was not expecting the performance of drives in the expansion unit to match those in the main NAS itself. When connected to an AS6202T, there was absolutely no difference in throughput for equivalent drives in the expansion unit in either JBOD or RAID 1 operation. This was with both network adapters connected and either a single workstation hammering the NAS through a 10GbE link or multiple machines active at once. When I connected the AS6004U expansion unit to an AS6210T having quad 1GbE adapters enabled, I again saw no difference in transfer speeds in JBOD or RAID 1 mode vs. drives in the main enclosure, but there was a measurable (10-30%) reduction in speed accessing a RAID 10 array of 7200K drives. Not bad performance - Asustor is making the most of their USB 3 connection. The expansion itself unit stays quiet even under load when the fan is set to Auto. Swapping the expander between NAS head units was possible, although ADM complained and maintaining existing arrays takes work. If you are only connecting to a single NAS, that's a non-issue.

- Very easy set up but you must download the software from manufactures site. - Overall very simple to use once you figure it out. - Excellent for first time users or people on a budget. - 2.5 GbE allows very fast transfer if you have a 2.5GbE network.

- 12 NVME slots to fill up for a serious highspeed NAS for your network - Stick with NVME drives of same make/model/size and you'll be happy Update: Received it last week and FINALLY am glad I got it. The storage on this is FAST! Worth it completely. Of course, you will have to play the pick-you-poison RAID storage level of comfort. I went with RAID 5 using 12 4TB Crucial P3+ NVMe drives. Out of the TOTAL 48TB of REAL storage I ended up with RAID 5 total storage of 39.98 TB with a fault tolerance of being able to lose one drive while still being able to work. Good enough for me! I would also STRONGLY suggest you make sure you're connecting to a 10GB Ethernet connection to truly enjoy the speed too.

Seems pretty straight forward to get set up. Lots of instructions w videos if needed. Company seems easy to deal with so far... Don't have any concerns at present. Great unit for first timer