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Network Storage EonNAS Pro 500 Review

Everlasting practice proves that people are more inclined to buy products designed by well-known, established companies, and treat with certain mistrust towards start-up manufacturers. However, 'new' does not mean 'of poor quality'. Infotrend got little attention from the part of customers, but it still manages to produce high-quality and high-performance storage systems. Its latest development, network storage EonNAS Pro 500, deserves special attentions due to competitive facilities and attractive price.

Design Peculiarities

Network storage EonNAS Pro 500 is intended for the installation of five drives. This implies about the product's dimensions which equal to 17.5x24.5x22 cm without the cables. This model is distinguished by simple and strict design, as well as, a solid casing. The frontal panel is made of black dull plastic; the larger part of it is alloted for the drive bay which is covered by a lid. Each of the drive disk features a couple of activity indicators. The upper part of the panel contains a block with a matrix indicator, two dedicated buttons, four information LEDs, and Power button. The lower part contains USB 2.0 port. The top metallic panel is notable for the availability of an additional cooling system grid, while the rear panel goes with silver dull metallic lid and accommodates a couple of gigabit network ports, four USB 2.0 ports, a single eSATA and VGA port. One can find here also Clear button, network PSU slot, and main cooler grid.

EonNAS Pro 500 is delivered in a voluminous card-box that contains all basic info about the product. Its content embraces a power cable, screws for drives fixture, two network patch-codes, CD with documentation, user manual, TotalRecovery Pro application (backup process), and an applet for the search of the device through the network.

Framework and Layout

This network storage is based on a metallic frame which provides for the casing solidity. Internal framework is a bit complicated by a number of components, including, PCB, display controller, display board, backplate for the drives, and flash-memory plate with a firmware. All those components are connected by a large number of cables. The implemented power supply unit (made by Delta Electronics) features 250W power.

EonNAS Pro 500 is based on Intel Atom D525 processor and employs 4GB of DDR3 memory type. Firmware image storage is supported by 2GB flash-memory which is housed in four Samsung chips. This cache is connected to USB 2.0 port via SM325QF scheme. Network controllers are represented by Marvell 88E8059 chips; they are connected to PCI Express bus. This NAS operates under Solaris OS and employs ZFS file system. CPU and chipset are equipped with heatsinks. Upon the whole, the system is cooled down by 90 mm fan located on the rear panel. Its rotational speed is adjusted automatically, depending on the CPU temperature.

Settings

Right after the first NAS activation the user is able to adjust a few basic parameters: creating a disk array, permissible clients and general resources. More accurate device setup is realized via web-interface which is provided in several languages. It supports HTTPS protocol and employs an integrated information system. Menu section is rather comprehensive; its main page shows the data about a disk array, any detected errors and most frequently used links. The customer might scan the info concerning each installed winchester: model, firmware version, serial number, S.M.A.R.T. parameters, etc.

Disk array management differs a lot from traditional control templates. This is explained by the fact that the device employs ZFS system for file storage. There is a possibility to create various RAID configurations (0, 1, 5, 6), as well as a dedicated RAID-Z scheme. One of the peculiarities of the implemented template is that any configuration might be created momentarily. Each involved resource features multiple singular parameters, such as name, supported protocols, access rights, quote, compression and duplication options, WORM mode, encoding, and some others.

Access to files is fulfilled by means of NFS, iSCSI, CIFS, FTP protocols. Still, only FTP can boast the availability of additional settings. Server supports UTF-8 encoding and passive mode. There are also numerous system settings which provide for better efficiency and security of all stored data.
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  • 11 October 2012, 15:42
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