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trusted gaming gear partner is Corsair Vengeance and our trusted retail partner
is nc.com we're at the ASUS store Booth
here at computex 2013 and while you might not be familiar with ASUS store
you're definitely familiar with their parent company if you watch this channel
ASUS created this entirely new subsidiary of their business in order to
address the very different needs that storage users have compared to the kinds
of folks who buy performance graphics cards say for example so here at the
show they're showing off the ASUS store 3 Series as well as the ASUS store 6
Series so unique features of the three series include an IR receiver which you
can clearly see right here on the 2bay version it's available in a 2bay and 3
Bay version as well as check this out there is an HDMI output on the back of
the unit that actually allows you to use it with boxy software they've got a demo
running to my right over here and their AI remote app here we go as a media
player which is pretty freaking cool and that's functionality that we haven't
seen in an as before speaking of more functionality the six series which is
available in anywhere from a two drive to an eight Drive configuration we've
got the two and the four right here actually has expandable memory in
addition to its dual core processor so ASUS store actually won a Best Choice
Award here at computex 2013 for network attached storage data storage devices
and there's a very very big reason for that come on on over here so
expandability fine you expand your RAM fine you expand your connectivity now
you can expand your functionality on the device CU you might go I've had nazes in
the past and I've never needed to expand my RAM because they only do what they do
with their App Central concept of being able to add functionality over time you
can add things such as their FTP Explorer which is available now there's
about 100 apps available at this time as well as their Dropbox app to increase
functionality I'm going to show you one of the apps that is on this iPad right
here it's called AI download and it's an easy way to here we go search and access
things like Torrance set them up for download without ever actually
interfacing through your computer now speaking of interfacing through your
computer guys the software is in beta right now so don't worry too much about the language barrier if you're if you're
watching from another region but speaking of not needing to use the
computer they've actually added a spotlight search right here a search
light that allows you to find things on the nas directly through the web UI
rather than relying on simply navigating through the file explorer so the demo
search that they did for us was music which brings up well music that is
stored on your Naas server now speaking of not necessarily needing access to
your desktop as well as improving functionality a su store has added an
industry first so this is a search light type search functionality so it actually
gives you suggestions for your search results as you go through the web UI
itself not even requiring you to use the regular File Explorer on your computer
this integrates nicely with their app functionality as well as their mobile
concept so you can use the AI Master app right here to actually access your files
as well as see the activity of your Nas and do things like backup and restore
it's available for iPad as well as Android devices and when I say iPad I
mean iOS of course now as you guys know we're here at the show powered by
Western Digital so it'd be a real shame if I didn't tell you what would be the
optimal drives for these Naas enclosures so anything from a 3 Series 2 or 4 Bay
to a six- series 2 or 4 Bay is going to be a perfect pairing for a wd red Drive
they have lower noise characteristics as well as lower power consumption compared
to regular desktop drives making them perfect for these tight applications
where they are going to be sandwiched right up against each other however the
WD red is really optimal for anywhere from a 1 to five bay configuration so
something like a six series six Bay or 8 bay which is also available is going to
be a better fit for a wd SE they just launched these at the show they're
optimal for greater than five Drive configurations all the way up to 24
drives or Beyond because of their Enterprise grade heritage but they don't
cost nearly as much as a wdr drive does
which is their raid Edition drive so it makes for a nice balance if you don't
need the ruggedness of an re but you need something that is more resistant to
vibration from other drives because of a a larger multi-drive configuration
compared to a wd red thanks for checking out our coverage of the ASUS store Booth
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