Mono Price NAS

[Keoki619]

I see MonoPrice introduced an inexpensive NAS on their website (also on Amazon): 4-Bay NAS Enclosure, up to 16TB (4 x 4TB) with RAID, DLNA, and FTP

CPU AMCC APM82181 1GHz
RAM 512MB (DDR-2)
Hard Drive Support 4x 3.5" SATA 6.0Gbps (SATA III)
RAID Level RAID 0, 1, 5, JBOD
Host Interface 2x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet(1 for Hub)
Expansion Ports 3x USB2.0 (for Pen Drive & Printer)
Supported Protocols Samba, AFP, NFS, FTP, HTTP, iSCSI
Supported Operating Systems Windows, Mac, Linux
Security SSH
File System (Internal HDD) Ext4
File System (External USB) NTFS, XFS, FAT32, FAT16, Ext2, Ext3, Ext4
Networking IPv4, DHCP Client, UPnP, Bonjour
Supports Hard Drive S.M.A.R.T. Yes
Supports Windows Active Directory Client Yes
Supports iSCSI Yes
Personal Cloud Server Syncbox
Mobile Access Apps iOS, Android
Multilingual Support Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English
Korean, German, Russian
Multimedia Server iTunes®, UPnP
Supports Apple Time Machine Yes
Download Station Bitorrent
Printer Server Yes
Maximum Users 1024
Supports User Quotas Yes
Maximum Groups 256
Online Firmware Update Yes
NAS Discovery Tool Yes (Windows Only)
LED Indicator Data access, Alarm, Power on
Hardware Monitor System Temperature, Fan
Cooling Fan 1x 80mm, 2400 rpm
Buzzer Yes
Power Supply 100 ~ 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 150W
LCM Monitor System Information
Dimensions 8.3" x 4.9" x (212 x 125 x 168 mm)
Weight 8.2 lbs. (3.7 Kg)

Pricing seems very attractive. Has anyone any thoughts on this NAS, or feedback on its quality or feature set?

 

[kevnich2]

Price is comparable to synology though, and they are much more tried and tested and probably have much better support and feature set.

 

[CubanlB]

My experiences with slower arm CPUs in NAS units have never been very good. I would agree that at a similar price point you could get a much better know and tested model.