Thecus N2520 User Manual

N2520

Experience the Revolution

Thecus® developed a unique way to
access your NAS without the need to
go through web browsers. The client

utility is better known as “Intelligent NAS,” it’s a utility
that is packaged in the N2520 to oer ease of use. This powerful
utility will directly be installed on your computer and
auto-Samba your NAS, thus automatically gives you access to
designated folders.

Have easy access to your NAS via
Dynamic DNS (DDNS), this allows
users to allocate and access their NAS

les via the internet remotely. Since IP digits are often dicult
to remember, domain names are utilized to make NAS manage­ment much more convenient. When the IP address is changed,
the DDNS server will automatically adjust the IP address to make
sure that remote access is always available. In short, DDNS
provides convenient remote internet access to your Thecus®
N2520 by utilizing domain names instead of IP digits.

Make your NAS into the ultimate
multimedia hub! The N2520’s HDMI

output allows you to connect your NAS
directly to your TV for device management, and even HD video
playback. Don’t force yourself to watch movies on that tiny little
computer screen anymore, take it to the living room!

the Auto Flashback Photo Gallery.
When the user utilizes the client utility,

they will be presented with a feature of
photos from the past, hence ashback. For example, if the
current date is “Feb xx, xxxx,” Auto Flashback Gallery will
automatically display photos of the same date but dierent year.
If a photo of that date is absent, other photos will simply take its
place.

In the modern world, nothing is as

important as reaching your data from

anywhere. With T-OnTheGo and the

Thecus Dashboard, you can manage

your NAS, and upload to and download/stream from your

NAS using an iOS or Android device on the go.

Thecus’ innovative hardware helps prevent failures. But

sometimes you have to protect the

NAS against itself. Adding an antivirus

to the already comprehensive
software bundle will provide the necessary software protection
by scanning the les on your NAS and defending it against
possible threats. McAfee is the world’s largest dedicated security
technology company and shares Thecus’ spirit of dedication and
quality. By establishing a strong partnership with them, Thecus
will allow users the benet of McAfee’s powerful software on
their NAS entirely for free.

The private and public clouds meet

with Thecus’ new DropBox, Amazon S3

DropBox/ElephantDrive/Amazon S3

RAID at home and an additional level of protection in the
Cloud. Just drag and drop les into the folder on your NAS and
access them on any computer or mobile device with DropBox,
Amazon S3 or ElephantDrive.

A new feature that Thecus® has integrated in the N2520 model is

and ElephantDrive cloud backup
functionality! Guard your data with

Data Guard backup solution is the

ultimate software as it provides both
local and remote parts. Currently, data

is backed up across RAID volumes,
external USB drives, and eSATA. In addition, Data Guard uses
innovative technology to sync data across the network to other
NAS and servers. More importantly, Thecus® Data Guard is the
total backup solution which makes managing NAS user-friendly
and convenient.

www.Thecus.com

N2520

Hardware Platform

Specications

Processor

• Intel® Atom™ SoC CE5315 Dual Core 1.2GHz

System Memory

•1GB DDR3

LAN Interface (PCI-e)

•RJ-45x1: 10/100/1000 BASE-TX Auto
MDI/MDI-X

•WOL supported

USB Interface

•USB 2.0 host port x2 (back x2)

•USB 3.0 host port x1 (front x1)

HDMI Output

•HDMI port (back x1)

Audio Output

•SPDIF (back x1)

Disk Interface

•2 x SATA for internal

Power Supply

•40W external power adaptor

Power Management

•Auto power on after shutdown due to power
loss

Buttons

•Power button

•USB copy button

•Reset button

Environment

•Temperature: 5°C to 40°C

•Humidity: 0 ~ 80 % R.H. (Non-condensing)

Chassis

•2bays Tower

Dimensions (HxWxD)

•166 x 114 x 210 (mm)

Certicates

•CE/FCC/C-Tick/VCCI/BSMI

•RoHS

•WEEE

Software Functions

RAID

•RAID Modes: RAID 0, 1 and JBOD

•Auto-rebuild: Supported

•Hot-swap: Supported

•RAID Volume Encryption: AES256bit

Disk

•Power Management:
Available spin-down while idle setting

•Bad Block Scanning: Supported

•SMART Info: Supported

•SMART Test: Supported

•Disk Roaming: Supports volume-based roaming to other

Thecus NAS

Network

•Conguration: Fixed IP address, dynamic IP address

•Transport Protocols: TCP/IP, AppleTalk

•File Protocols: SMB/CIFS, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, AFP

•TCP/IP: IPV6 & IPV4

•DDNS: Supported

•SSH: Supported

•UPnP: Supported

•UPnP Port forwarding: Supported

System Status

•System Monitor: Monitoring CPU, memory, network
utilization and protocols access user count

•Syslog Management:

1. Send syslog to assigned location

2. Act as syslog server to receive log info from other
systems

Data Access

•Client OS Support :
Windows XP and after
Windows Server 2003 and after
Mac OS X

•FTP: Built-in FTP server with bandwidth control

•Secure FTP: Built-in secure FTP server with bandwidth

control

•Download Manager: BT Transmission

•Printer Server (IPP):

1. Supports USB printers

2. Supports a wide range of IPP printers

3. Client can manage print tasks (list/delete) via web user
interface

LED Indicators

USB Copy Button

Power Button
USB 3.0 Port

Data Backup

•Client Incremental Data Backup:
Acronis True Image (OEM version)

•Client System Disaster Recovery:
Acronis True Image (OEM version)

•Data Burn:

1. Create files to ISO image and burn to optical disc

2. Create files to ISO image

3. Read ISO image from optical disc and write to NAS

•Mac OS X Time Machine: Supported

•Data Guard: Remote Backup/Local Backup

(iSCSi not supported for N2520)

Power Management

•Scheduled Power On/O: Supported

Volume Management

•File System: EXT4

Multimedia Support

•iTunes Server: Supports AAC, MP3 w/ID3 tag and WAV

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•Piczza!

1. Supports GIF, JPG (JPEG), BMP, PNG

2. Support EXIF display

3. Support slide show

4. Right click to publish on social network like FB
(Intelligent NAS)

•Media Server: Supports uPnP AV streaming protocol
(via Twonkymedia server)

User Authentication

•Local User: Supports built-in user accounts

•Local Group: Supports built-in user groups

Cloud Backup

•DropBox: Supported

•ElephantDriver: Supported

•Amazon S3: Supported

File System

•Type: Journaling File System

•Language Support: Unicode Support

•Authorization (ACL): “Read”, “write”, or “deny” privileges to

individual users or groups in folders and sub-folders

•User Quota: Supported

Administration

•User Interface: Web-based user interface supports
English, Traditional Chinese, Simplied Chinese, Japanese,
Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish,
Portuguese, Turkish and Czech

Photo Server (via module):

SPDIF

HDMI Port

USB 2.0 Ports

LAN Port

•Utility Program (Intelligent NAS):
MS Windows Setup Wizard
Supports Windows XP and after
Windows Server 2003 and after
Mac OS X Setup Wizard

•Email Notications: Sends system messages via email to
the system administrator

•DDNS: Support one free DDNS registration
(ex. xxx.thecuslink.com)

•UPnP and Port forwarding:
Support auto setting in Intranet environment

•Zero Installation:
Go through dened URL for auto install (Intelligent NAS)

•Client Utility (Intelligent NAS):

1. Auto ashback photo gallery

2. BT download

3. File manager

4. Piczza

5. WebDisk

Mobile Applications (iOS/Android)

•Thecus Dashboard:
Mobile monitoring and administration (via module)

•T-OnTheGo
Upload, download and stream multimedia

Data Security

•Virus Scan: Supports McAfee®

Local Display

•HDMI/Audio: Supported

•DVB-T: Supported

Others

•Recycling Bin: Supported

•Web Disk: Supported

•UPS: Supported

Retail/Reseller Information

*Design and specifications are subject to change without prior notice.

TM

(iOS):

www.Thecus.com

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