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Page 1 of 2   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. Because we live in a time of information revolution, it is no wonder that the hunger for digital information is inextinguishable.
Information revolution is closely associated with the development of computers, which in turn is closely linked with the development and quality of informations. Kilobytes became megabytes and gigabytes, yet even terabytes don't impress anybody anymore. On the other hand, and access to information has become more easier and faster. The Internet has made that information available at your fingertips, quick and easy. The problem that now arises is where to place and keep all this data.
A Digital Pantry
One way to solve the problem of storage is N4100PRO NAS Server by the company named Thecus. Acronym NAS means Network Attached Storage, a computer that is connected to the network and keeps the files. Thecus N4100PRO has room for four 3.5 "SATA hard drive, whose total capacity can be more than 4 TB. The device is packaged in black checkered body dominated by the blue information LCM module at the bottom front below which are placed the buttons for selection of information on the display or some basic settings of the device. It's a very nice detail that allows you to quickly see some important basic information such as IP addresses of servers or temperature. The discs are mounted in the front of the carriers are lockable and are covered by a net door. One USB 2.0 port, on/off switch and LED lights are also placed on the front side. On the rear there are two Gigabit LAN interface and two USB ports. Housing can be opened without tools, but there is no need for that unless for a hardware intervention.
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Server runs AMD Geode LX800 processor and has 256MB of DDR400 memory which is enough for the efficient and fast data transfer up to 35 MB/s, according to manufacturing specification. Thecus N4100PRO supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and JBOD, which means that it is able to satisfy all security and speed requirements. The the expansion of RAID functionality is also supported and allows greater flexibility in work because userscan add disks to increase their need for space. Because of two network cards, N4100PRO provides redundant network connection: if one interface is for any reason unavailable, the other takes all the work.
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Thecus N4100PRO can do many other useful tasks in the network. It's able to work as a print server, media server, iTunes server or photo server. It supports and works with the ISO image files, and can also perform the function of download manager (HTTP, FTP and Bit torrent) or FTP server. The functionality of the device can be further extended by installing various modules such as Web server module or IP cam module, so that the N4100PRO can become a server system or an IP video surveillance.
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