Thecus N4100EVO review: four bays for a good price

Specifications and performance

General
Brand	Thecus
Product name	N4100evo
Product code	N4100EVO
Details	Product info
Connections
USB interface for PC
USB interface for peripherals	2
LAN 1	1000 Mbit/s
LAN 2	1000 Mbit/s
Integrated switch (ports)
eSATA connector	0
Wireless LAN
USB ports front (total)	1
USB ports back (total)	1
USB 3.0 front	0
USB 3.0 back	0
RAID
RAID 0
RAID 0 (2 disk stripe)
RAID 0 (4 disk stripe)
RAID 1 (mirror)
RAID 0 + 1
RAID 5
RAID 5 (3 disks)
RAID 5 (3 disks + spare)
RAID 5 (4 disks)
RAID 6
Linear
Buttons
Reset
USB sync
USB eject
Power
Fan
LEDs / Display
Power
Status
Error
Capacity
USB activity
LAN activity
HDD activity
Hard disks
Maxiumum amount of harddisks	4
Number of pre-installed hard drives	0
Total capacity included hard drives	0 GB
Disk 1 - Interface	Serial ATA
Hard drives size	2.5 and/or 3.5 inch
Specifications
Depth	19.2 cm
Width	16.5 cm
Height	22.6 cm
Tested firmware	1.04.00.44
Kensington lock
Print server
Web admin
User authentication
User groups authentication
Share password authetication
Read-only access
FTP server
FTP server with anonymous login
Seperate users for FTP
UPnP compatible
HTTP folders
DHCP server
Active Directory Support
Apple file server
iTunes server
uPnP AV (DLNA) server
NDAS / Zetera (direct disk access)
Mionet
Multimedia Server
FTP/HTTP Download
Torrent Client
Software	Acronis True Image Personal
Active cooling (fan)
2011-2012 Benchmarks - Gigabit LAN
Intel NASPT - HD Video Playback - 1-disk	52.9 MB/s
Intel NASPT - 2x HD Playback - 1-disk	52.9 MB/s
Intel NASPT - 4x HD Playback - 1-disk	51.9 MB/s
Intel NASPT - HD Video Record - 1-disk	38.4 MB/s
Intel NASPT - HD Playback and Record - 1-disk	41.4 MB/s
Intel NASPT - Content Creation - 1-disk	4.4 MB/s
Intel NASPT - Office Productivity - 1-disk	34.5 MB/s
Intel NASPT - File copy to NAS - 1-disk	38.8 MB/s
Intel NASPT - File copy from NAS - 1-disk	49.4 MB/s
Intel NASPT - Dir copy to NAS - 1-disk	6.5 MB/s
Intel NASPT - Dir copy from NAS - 1-disk	11.7 MB/s
Intel NASPT - Photo Album - 1-disk	9.9 MB/s
Intel NASPT - Average throughput - 1-disk	52.964 MB/s
Intel NASPT - HD Video Playback - 4-disk RAID 5	50.6 MB/s
Intel NASPT - 2x HD Playback - 4-disk RAID 5	53.5 MB/s
Intel NASPT - 4x HD Playback - 4-disk RAID 5	51.3 MB/s
Intel NASPT - HD Video Record - 4-disk RAID 5	26.2 MB/s
Intel NASPT - HD Playback and Record - 4-disk RAID 5	29.7 MB/s
Intel NASPT - Content Creation - 4-disk RAID 5	2.7 MB/s
Intel NASPT - Office Productivity - 4-disk RAID 5	28.7 MB/s
Intel NASPT - File copy to NAS - 4-disk RAID 5	27.1 MB/s
Intel NASPT - File copy from NAS - 4-disk RAID 5	48 MB/s
Intel NASPT - Dir copy to NAS - 4-disk RAID 5	2.9 MB/s
Intel NASPT - Dir copy from NAS - 4-disk RAID 5	9.6 MB/s
Intel NASPT - Photo Album - 4-disk RAID 5	8.9 MB/s
Intel NASPT - Average throughput - 4-disk RAID 5	50.664 MB/s
NAS Perf. Tester 1.2 - 1-disk write	25.15 MB
NAS Perf. Tester 1.2 - 1-disk read	47.52 MB/s
NAS Perf. Tester 1.2 - 4-disk RAID 5 write	18.17 MB/s
NAS Perf. Tester 1.2 - 4-disk RAID 5 read	46.33 MB/s
2011-2012 Benchmarks - 2x Gigabit LAN
NAS Perf. Tester 1.2 - 4-disk RAID 5 LAN 1 write	9.09 MB/s
NAS Perf. Tester 1.2 - 4-disk RAID 5 LAN 2 write	11.66 MB/s
NAS Perf. Tester 1.2 - 4-disk RAID 5 LAN 1 read	37.32 MB/s
NAS Perf. Tester 1.2 - 4-disk RAID 5 LAN 2 read	28.9 MB/s
NAS Perf. Tester 1.2 - 4-disk RAID 5 total write	20.75 MB/s
NAS Perf. Tester 1.2 - 4-disk RAID 5 total read	66.22 MB/s
Power consumption
Power consumption - Idle (disk spinning) 1x WD5000AAKX	31.6 W
Power Consumption - Active 1x WD5000AAKX	35.2 W
Power consumption - Idle (disks spinning) 4x WD5000AAKX (RAI	45 W
Power Consumption - Active 4x WD5000AAKX (RAID 5)	56 W