When talking about the term "NAS storage", most people's first impression is that it is professional. The extended description is that it requires certain network technology or computer operation skills. However, everyone knows that today's NAS storage devices have already evolved to be easy to operate and easy to use. And its function is so powerful that its use is no longer limited to the single function of file storage.
Take ORICO’s newly launched MetaBox Pro HS200 as an example. In addition to providing regular network storage support, it can also provide hard-decrypted 4K external network smooth playback services, 2.5GbE network port link aggregation, and Docker function support. Wait, in order to give everyone a deeper understanding of the current NAS products, the author specially made an evaluation experience sharing for ORICO NAS MetaBox Pro HS200. Next, let us take a look at how many ways to play NAS storage devices today. Rich and powerful.
In terms of appearance design, the ORICO NAS MetaBox Pro HS200 has a very sleek design. The body adopts a one-piece molding process, and the all-aluminum alloy material is quite sincere. The front cover is made of PC material, and has also been treated with a frosted process and printed on it. There is ORICO and its logo, and the cover uses a magnetic design. Regarding this design, I was wondering if it would be possible to launch some peripherals to dress it up, such as Piggy?
After taking off the front cover, you can directly see the two hard drive bays of the device. The author prepared the Toshiba NAS hard drive N300 series for this NAS. You can tell from the name of the hard drive that this thing is dedicated. Let me talk about it here. , if you want to obtain a stable, efficient, smooth and secure storage experience, I think professional things should be left to professional "hard drives".
Speaking of Toshiba NAS hard drive N300 series, I think there are several factors that should be shared with you. First of all, it uses CMR technology. From a professional perspective, "it will form a protective gap between the tracks to prevent data from being overwritten repeatedly!" It can be understood from the literal meaning that data will not be overwritten, so Data storage is relatively safe. At the same time, precisely because data will not be overwritten, the stability of hard disk operation and the security of data storage will also be improved.
In addition, as a dedicated NAS hard drive, the Toshiba N300 series supports 7×24 hours of continuous operation, which is incomparable to ordinary mechanical hard drives . In addition, there is another small detail that I need to tell you. Ordinary mechanical hard drives generally only have a 1- or 2-year warranty, while Toshiba NAS hard drive N300 series provides a 3-year warranty. I believe this news will be useful to everyone. It's a little surprise.
In terms of hard disk reading and writing performance, I used ATTO Disk Benchmark and CrystalDiskMark to conduct reading and writing tests on it. It can be seen that its reading and writing speed can be maintained at around 265MB/S. This reading and writing performance is excellent for a mechanical hard disk. It's a highway.
In addition, the author would like to make some additional explanations here. The Toshiba NAS hard drive N300 series is also equipped with an RV sensor and an impact sensor. If the device encounters sudden vibration or other situations while running, it can also automatically stop reading and writing to ensure Data Security.
Regarding hard drive capacity selection, Toshiba NAS hard drive N300 series covers 4TB-16TB capacity space, and ORICO NAS MetaBox Pro HS200 happens to support this capacity range, so the final choice depends on you. If you want more entertainment support at home, such as sharing film and television resources, then I personally think it is better to prepare two large-capacity NAS hard drives.
After looking at the hard disk part, let’s take a look at the interface support of ORICO NAS MetaBox Pro HS200. From left to right are the DC power interface, 2.5GbE network port, USB3.0 interface and Reset reset button; above the interface panel There is also a large-area heat dissipation grille and an ultra-quiet fan. We don’t need to worry about the heat dissipation of the device during operation.
By the way, the body of the ORICO NAS MetaBox Pro HS200 also has a hidden secret. In addition to the MetaBox Pro printing, there is also Weline and its logo printed on the front. In fact, this alludes to the alliance between ORICO and Weline. You must know this This NAS mainly relies on the App provided by Weline in terms of multi-platform operation.
In addition, here are some hardware configurations that we cannot see intuitively. For example, it uses Intel Gemini Lake Refresh chip, 4GB DDR4 2400MHz memory and 8GB eMMC flash memory.
Now that we have a certain understanding of the hardware information of ORICO NAS MetaBox Pro HS200, let’s take a look at its performance in terms of software function support. Download and install the Weline App, and bind the device according to the instructions. The hard drive needs to be formatted for the first time. During this process, we need to manually type in the words "Confirm Format" to complete the operation. With this protection design, we don't have to at all. Worried about misoperation when children play with mobile phones. Because I chose the dual-bay NAS version, the RAID mode only supports LVM, 0, and 1. If you have more needs, you can choose the five-bay version.
In terms of function settings, Weline has set up "My Space", "Public Space" and "Group Space". We can directly understand the first two functions as private space and open space, while most home users use group space. Not used.
In addition, the App also clearly categorizes pictures, videos, audios and documents to facilitate our search during practical applications. The uploading and downloading of
files are very convenient; in addition, in order to facilitate our viewing, Weline also supports online preview. I would like to mention a special mention here. The author specially tested the online video viewing, and the progress was pulled multiple times during the viewing process. bar operation, and there was no lag during the entire operation.
In addition to regular uploads and downloads, Weline also supports file sharing, safes, external storage, offline downloads, deduplication, hard drive self-test and other extended functions. However, I think it is suitable for some friends who "love to tinker" with new things. , DNLA, Samba, Time Machine, Docker may be what they are more concerned about.
By the way, there is another backup function that I think I should talk to you about. ORICO NAS MetaBox Pro HS200 supports photo album backup and address book backup. This function is also suitable for the situation of insufficient mobile phone space I mentioned earlier.
In addition, the Android version of Weline also supports WeChat backup, and we hope that the iOS version will also support the same function in the future.
As for the experience of Weline on the PC, I think there is no need to repeat it, because in terms of functional scalability, it is not as rich as the mobile version, and other functions are similar. We only need to know that ORICO NAS MetaBox Pro HS200 supports so many function on it.
At the end of the test, I also used a laptop, mobile phone and smart TV to conduct multi-device and multi-platform simultaneous online operations. The entire operating experience was very smooth. In addition, regarding file sharing and simultaneous use of multiple platforms, if you do not want to download Weline, you can directly use the DNLA function, so that you can build a public space and build a home entertainment network. Even if you do not have solid network technology, you can easily do so with one click Done.
I don’t know if any friends have noticed that the author has never mentioned the process of network configuration during the sharing process. Some friends may think that I forgot to share. Here I want to solemnly state that it is not that I don’t share, but ORICO NAS MetaBox Pro HS200 does not need to do that at all. We only need to connect the Internet cable to the device, and the rest is left to SDVN technology! Okay, I will share my experience with ORICO NAS MetaBox Pro HS200 with you here. After reading the above content, are you amazed by the power of current technology?
