Thecus N2200

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Pros:

Low power usage, Reasonable performance, Low price, Plenty of features, Compact, Support for Wifi dongle
Hotswappable drives, Multiple media servers
Easy to use and setup, Can use both 3.5” and 2.5” hard drive, Quiet, Well made, Small and looks nice, Fairly fast transfers, Expandable storage via USB

Cons:

External power adapter, Can't upgrade a single disk into a RAID 1 array, Web interface pauses a lot to load, Few options for advanced users
Slow, Limited NAS backup options, Need to run Windows / Mac OS X utility to install OS

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Last revision on June 2, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Low power usage, Reasonable performance, Low price, Plenty of features, Compact, Support for Wifi dongle
Hotswappable drives, Multiple media servers
Easy to use and setup, Can use both 3.5” and 2.5” hard drive, Quiet, Well made, Small and looks nice, Fairly fast transfers, Expandable storage via USB

Reviewers Didn't Like

External power adapter, Can't upgrade a single disk into a RAID 1 array, Web interface pauses a lot to load, Few options for advanced users
Slow, Limited NAS backup options, Need to run Windows / Mac OS X utility to install OS
Slow interface, No eSATA ports

Expert reviews and ratings

Thecus' N2200 is a reasonably good NAS, but some of its features need refinement and it's too expensive at this price....

By Expert Reviews on May 06, 2010

The N2200 is an attractively priced NAS which still performs at acceptable levels. This is specially true for the intended market, which likely has many small files (office documents, holiday pictures, etc) instead of huge files. Being both compact...

By techPowerUp! on March 01, 2010

The Thecus N2200 is a great little home NAS box, but it can be used for a small business as well if need be. It's a great addition to any network really, it's feature rich, it's easy to setup and use as well. The small size of it allows you...

By DragonSteelMods on December 20, 2009

Coming to the end of our article let's wrap up. With the Thecus N2200 you'll get a slick looking home NAS solution which offers some handy options like power saving, IP security camera server, quick backup station, and many more. It can easily...

By MadShrimps on July 07, 2010

Looking at the price comparison website Froogle, I was able to gather that the Thecus can be bought for around $200-250. This price is about the range that you would expect for a 2-bay home NAS. I was impressed with the hardware overall and gave a...

By DigitalReviews on February 14, 2010

Two bay BYOD NAS with RAID 0, 1 and JBOD support, focused on home...

By SmallNetBuilder on December 22, 2009

Bien que le N2200 fasse parti de la dernière génération de NAS 2 baies du marché, on a l'impression d'avoir fait un retour dans la passé avec des performances d'un autre âge. Le N2200 a pris sa place dans la...

By 59Hardware on January 25, 2010