Asustor AS6104T 4-bay NAS Review

1. Introduction2. Asustor AS6104T - Packaging and Bundle3. Asustor AS6104T - Design4. Asustor AS6104T - ADM OS5. Testing Methodology6. CrystalDiskMark7. ATTO Disk Benchmark8. Intel NASPT9. IOMeter10. Real Life Testing11. Power12. Final Thoughts13. View All Pages

  

The Asustor AS6104T uses the latest 2.6.0 version of the ADM (Asustor Data Master) OS. Any NAS is only as good as its user interface and the ADM is one of the best around, graphically and feature rich and easy to navigate through.

Setting up the AS6104T is straightforward and takes no time at all; from loading the OS to being able to use the NAS took around 10 minutes although waiting for the disks to synchronize takes a good deal longer – around 5 hours for a RAID 1 volume using 4TB drives, for example.

   
The main ADM shows the major sections of the OS although maybe having some form of side menu as all the other section pages have might be handy to find what you need a bit quicker.

    

As for backing your data up ADM comes with a multitude of options; external backup,  FTP backup, one touch backup and backing up to the Cloud.

If you want apps, then the ADM has them in spades. The App Central menu shows any installed apps, all available apps and updates. Currently the apps menu runs to 15 pages with 12 apps per page, except the last one with only ten – giving you 178 to choose from.

MyArchive
Now this is a bit special. MyArchive allows hard drives to be used as removable drives so you can swap between different collections of data as and when you need it. If you are worried about data security the MyArchive drives now have AES 256-bit encryption support. The AS6104T has up to three bays reserved for these disks.

Asustor Portal
If you want people to use a NAS has the central hub for a home media collection then the software you provide must be able to do the job. The Asustor Portal comes pre loaded with Google Chrome, Chromium Web, Netflix and YouTube apps and it also supports Boxee, XBMC and Kodi.

Connect the AS6104T to a HDMI ready display and you can use it to watch videos or browse the internet without the need to fire up your PC.  Adding the URL-Pack gives even more streaming options.

ADM 2.6 Highlights

• Asustor Portal
• MyArchive
• Searchlight
• iSCI Lun Snapshots
• Cloud Backup
• Web-based file access.
• VPN server
• Built-in FTP server.
• BitTorrent client.
• Plex Media support.
• Mobile control and media streaming via  AiRemote and AiCast.

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