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ASUSTOR AS6404T 4-bay NAS Review

Storage/NAS by stefan @ 2017-08-03

With the AS6404T 4-bay NAS from ASUSTOR we are seeing an update to the Intel Celeron Apollo Lake J3455 Quad-Core 1.5GHz processor, which is paired with no less than 8GB of DDR3L RAM in order to handle plenty of multimedia content types, but for also being able to use even more application modules at the same time. We do also see an USB 3.0 Type C port in the back for connecting modern storage devices, support up to 10TB drives (for a total of 40TB in a single NAS) and dual LAN that can be used for both Link Aggregation and Failover. The LCD panel is easy to operate via the hardware buttons, we get an IR receiver so the NAS can be operated via a Media Center remote, but also audio output via S/PDIF or HDMI 2.0 output for enjoying 4K @ 60Hz.

ASUSTOR MyArchive

As mentioned before, by using the ASUSTOR proprietary MyArchive feature, the drives formatted this way (starting from the second bay of the NAS) can be formatted EXT4, NTFS or HFS+, EXT4 encryption being currently possible and can be treated as removable storage anytime when needed, for moving from NAS to NAS or to a PC (on SATA or USB enclosure). Thanks to the plug-and-play feature of MyArchive mode, it is easy to use with the Surveillance Center application; video can be recorded to a MyArchive volume, when it fills up it can be ejected for replacement or storage and if we need to view again some old footage we can always mount the drive back in any free bay and playback the content.

The drives which we would like to become MyArchive volumes can be set up via Volume Setup Wizard:

Only one drive can be chosen at a time for creation:

EXT4 format also supports encryption, the other partition formats will be soon available for encryption soon:

A summary screen will be displayed before the settings are performed:

After the volumes are created, they will show up with a different pictogram in Storage Manager and we can also eject them at will:

Each MyArchive volume is seen as a separate shared folder, for easy management:

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