Asustor AS65 / AS66 Lockerstor NAS Gen1

Das Asustor Lockerstor AS6602T bietet zwei 2,5-Gigabit-LAN-Anschlüsse und zwei M.2-SSD-Steckplätze, die nicht nur als Cache dienen, sondern auch das Volume selbst enthalten können. In Verbindung mit dem Quad-Core-Celeron und LAG können mehr als 500 MB/s erzielt werden. Überzeugende Soft- und Hardware sorgen für eine Empfehlung.

With an impressive set of specs, plenty of NAS enthusiasts are going to be keen on owning one of these. It effectively leapfrogs the glacial increments of other brands and unashamedly aims to be the best Synology alternative.

The Asustor Lockerstor 4 (AS6604T) is a high-performing, expensive 4-bay NAS that operates quietly. It packs capable hardware, including a highly efficient Intel Celeron CPU and two 2.5 Gbit Ethernet ports. It can also take two fast NVMe The Asustor Lockerstor 4 (AS6604T) is a high-performing, expensive 4-bay NAS that operates quietly. It packs capable hardware, including a highly efficient Intel Celeron CPU and two 2.5 Gbit Ethernet ports. It can also take two fast NVMe drives for caching.

The Asustor Lockerstor 4 | AS6604T NAS easily sits is my top 3 NAS units for this year. It has an SoC that is plenty powerful with its four cores. Accumulated, you can house six storage units. Four SATA3 units and two M.2. NVMe units. We feel that the Lockerstor 4 should have gotten a faster ethernet jack though as the performance of NVMe SSDs is limited this way. My advise to ASUSTor is this; I would have preferred a single gigabit and then at least a single 5-gigabit or preferred 10-gigabit jack to take full advantage of the NVMe storage units and even SATA3 SSDs. Other than that, we can hardly complain even slightly, though. You will need to weigh in one factor, you'll need a Multi-GigE ethernet infrastructure, meaning your switch and client-side PC, for example, needs at least that 2.5 GigE Compatibility. And the 10 Gigabit switches with a good number of ports are hard to find, and if you find them; they are very expensive. I never understood that NAS manufacturers do not take advantage of that situation, bundle or offer energy-friendly 10 Gigabit switches based on an interesting price, that would certainly boost NAS sales to new heights, as the performance these units can offer these days can be fantastic (if you have that fast LAN infrastructure). For now, you can then enjoy a performance in that 250~300 MB/sec range over your LAN with this specific NAS. Again, it is easily one of my favorite NAS units this year thanks to a powerful SoC, the 2.5 GigE jacks, dual M.2. slots HDMI and an incredibly versatile software suite that Asustor offers. Paired with three years warranty, we can highly recommend it.