Asustor 3 Series & 6 Series App-Enabled NAS Products - Computex 2013
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2014-05-07
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Linus Tech tips coverage of computex 2013 is powered by Western Digital our
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trusted gaming gear partner is Corsair Vengeance and our trusted retail partner
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is nc.com we're at the ASUS store Booth
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here at computex 2013 and while you might not be familiar with ASUS store
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you're definitely familiar with their parent company if you watch this channel
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ASUS created this entirely new subsidiary of their business in order to
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address the very different needs that storage users have compared to the kinds
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of folks who buy performance graphics cards say for example so here at the
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show they're showing off the ASUS store 3 Series as well as the ASUS store 6
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Series so unique features of the three series include an IR receiver which you
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can clearly see right here on the 2bay version it's available in a 2bay and 3
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Bay version as well as check this out there is an HDMI output on the back of
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the unit that actually allows you to use it with boxy software they've got a demo
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running to my right over here and their AI remote app here we go as a media
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player which is pretty freaking cool and that's functionality that we haven't
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seen in an as before speaking of more functionality the six series which is
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available in anywhere from a two drive to an eight Drive configuration we've
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got the two and the four right here actually has expandable memory in
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addition to its dual core processor so ASUS store actually won a Best Choice
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Award here at computex 2013 for network attached storage data storage devices
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and there's a very very big reason for that come on on over here so
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expandability fine you expand your RAM fine you expand your connectivity now
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you can expand your functionality on the device CU you might go I've had nazes in
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the past and I've never needed to expand my RAM because they only do what they do
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with their App Central concept of being able to add functionality over time you
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can add things such as their FTP Explorer which is available now there's
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about 100 apps available at this time as well as their Dropbox app to increase
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functionality I'm going to show you one of the apps that is on this iPad right
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here it's called AI download and it's an easy way to here we go search and access
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things like Torrance set them up for download without ever actually
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interfacing through your computer now speaking of interfacing through your
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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
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watching from another region but speaking of not needing to use the
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computer they've actually added a spotlight search right here a search
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light that allows you to find things on the nas directly through the web UI
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rather than relying on simply navigating through the file explorer so the demo
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search that they did for us was music which brings up well music that is
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stored on your Naas server now speaking of not necessarily needing access to
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your desktop as well as improving functionality a su store has added an
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industry first so this is a search light type search functionality so it actually
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gives you suggestions for your search results as you go through the web UI
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itself not even requiring you to use the regular File Explorer on your computer
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this integrates nicely with their app functionality as well as their mobile
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concept so you can use the AI Master app right here to actually access your files
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as well as see the activity of your Nas and do things like backup and restore
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it's available for iPad as well as Android devices and when I say iPad I
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mean iOS of course now as you guys know we're here at the show powered by
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Western Digital so it'd be a real shame if I didn't tell you what would be the
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optimal drives for these Naas enclosures so anything from a 3 Series 2 or 4 Bay
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to a six- series 2 or 4 Bay is going to be a perfect pairing for a wd red Drive
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they have lower noise characteristics as well as lower power consumption compared
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to regular desktop drives making them perfect for these tight applications
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where they are going to be sandwiched right up against each other however the
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WD red is really optimal for anywhere from a 1 to five bay configuration so
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something like a six series six Bay or 8 bay which is also available is going to
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be a better fit for a wd SE they just launched these at the show they're
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optimal for greater than five Drive configurations all the way up to 24
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drives or Beyond because of their Enterprise grade heritage but they don't
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cost nearly as much as a wdr drive does
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which is their raid Edition drive so it makes for a nice balance if you don't
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need the ruggedness of an re but you need something that is more resistant to
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vibration from other drives because of a a larger multi-drive configuration
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compared to a wd red thanks for checking out our coverage of the ASUS store Booth
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