Benchmark Reviews takes a look at the Thecus N5550 NAS Network Storage Server

The Thecus N5550 uses one of the newest Intel Atom Dual-Core CPUs, ticking over at 1.86 GHz, and 2 GB of DDR3-1066 system memory to drive the internals. Two Gigabit Ethernet network ports are standard, with no expansion capability for additional Network Interface Cards (NIC). Five SATA 3Gb/s drive bays offer single disk, JBOD, and RAID 0/1/5/6/10 configurations. The capability for hot spares is available with any of the disk configurations. Thecus employs a single 1 GB flash memory module to store firmware and applications on the N5550 motherboard. This Disk-On-Memory (DOM) acts like the system drive, yet it takes up very little space and uses almost no power.

Benchmark Reviews has tested quite a few NAS products, ranging from the QNAP TS-119 NAS single-disk offering made for home users, to the Goliath QNAP TS-879U-RP 8-Bay NAS for the storage needs of large businesses. We've recently tested the NETGEAR ReadyNAS NV+ v2 NAS servers, which falls in the middle between those two extremes. Let's see how this 5-bay device compares to its competitors.

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