Conclusion

The Asustor AS-604 is an extremely powerful and versatile Network Attached Storage system. Because the AS-604 basically is a normal PC, the station provides more than enough performance to run even under full load and multiple client access at the same time. Furthermore this device is capable of hitting the borders set of the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, when you take a closer look at sequential throughputs.

Since the AS-604 runs a modified Linux-based system, many features from known Linux distributions are available. An example is SSH access (Secure Shell) which is set up in a breeze. Furthermore, it has very good tools to set up a secure firewall. In addition, we want to point out again how enormous the variety of services with Asustor is. And Asustor even managed to shoehorn all this into an easy and efficient web interface. Furthermore you see that the manufacturer has been thinking a lot about how to make it easy, even for beginners to setup this device. Their App concept for example is simply great and it's hard to find an easier way to install additional software or services on a NAS.

If you are looking for an efficient and extremely versatile NAS, with enough power for basically everything a NAS must do, we highly recommend the Asustor AS-604. Furthermore we want to underline how easy to use this unit is.

The Asustor AS-604 is available in Switzerland for about CHF 721.- (est. EUR 601.-)

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Page 2 - Preview	Page 6 - Test Setup
Page 3 - Specifications	Page 7 - Test Results
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Author: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch