Thecus N5200 - fastest NAS available

[egd]

So I'm also looking for a wired solution - can possibly route a CAT5e through the wall/floor downstairs - otherwise it will be the PowerPlug type of using the electrical wires.

I've bought two ethernet over power adapters and have to say it's a great solution - it just works and throughput is more than enough

[andyman_sf]

I'm not sure if anybody here even cares but I managed to create my own firmware for the N5200 to allow for ssh access on their latest firmware (ver 1.00.05). In 1.00.05 they disabled ssh. I also created a user account called toor with a password of 123456 so you can login via ssh. Enjoy! I don't know about most of you but I've been trying to get into this array for the last 2 months! To be able to copy directly from one array to another is extremely powerful! can we say rsync via ssh! Also with ssh access I now have a super cheap linux box to do other simple stuff with now!

Be careful though. Use this file at your own risk and don't mess up your data. If you don't know much about busybox, logical volume manager, or linux software raid, you probably should avoid logging in so you don't mess up your raid array. A firmware re-flash may not recover your array if you mess it up.

[egd]

I'm not sure if anybody here even cares but I managed to create my own firmware for the N5200 to allow for ssh access on their latest firmware (ver 1.00.05). In 1.00.05 they disabled ssh.

Off topic question, have you managed to get slimserver running on your 5200?

[Pellicle]

SlimServer is now up on the Thecus N5200. See details on the wiki below.
http://onbeat.dk/thecus/index.php/N5...le:_SLIMSERVER

[Pellicle]

Just to update this thread on current status and my experience over the last couple of months.

The n5200 has been performing very well since version 2.00.01 of the SS module was installed. All functionality is present and performing well.

Scanning, plugins (Time Date Weather, web interface, album art browsing all work with no observed problems.

The responsiveness of both the web and SB interfaces is excellent including browsing with album art.

Firmware updates continue to be regularly released by Thecus with a major upgrade to version 2.00 in early beta. I have not looked at this and currently have good results.

The issues of access to the system thru SSH have been resolved and in fact there is a growing base of add in modules to enhance and customize the capabilities of the N5200 including PERL and Ss modules.

Thecus is releasing the n5200 Pro with a upgrade to a 1.5MHz Pentium M low voltage processor and other enhancements. I have no input on whether any changes have been made which might cause issues with SS installation.

Support from Thecus is not great, but the user forums are a good support group and are active and helpful. However, there does seem to be an effort to improve support from Thecus directly. I have not had a need for direct support so this is from the pulse of the forum.

[JJZolx]

The n5200 has been performing very well since version 2.00.01 of the SS module was installed. All functionality is present and performing well.

How open is the Thecus platform? You mention "version 2.00.01 of the SS module". Does that mean Thecus or someone else is releasing regular SlimServer packages that must to be installed to run SlimServer, or can you keep SlimServer updated to the latest nightlies if you wish? What about plugins?

[Pellicle]

How open is the Thecus platform? You mention "version 2.00.01 of the SS module". Does that mean Thecus or someone else is releasing regular SlimServer packages that must to be installed to run SlimServer, or can you keep SlimServer updated to the latest nightlies if you wish? What about plugins?

Good question. The nightlies cannot be used directly. The SS package needs to be packaged with some changes in configuration to fit in the n5200 module frame work. This is not very hard but is additional work and required Linux knowledge. There is documentation of how to do this in general in the Thecus Wiki. If you are a nighly junkie this takes a bit more work but I think once you uinderstand and have set up the module it can be done very quickly by recycling previous installation module and just replacing modified items.

http://onbeat.dk/thecus/index.php/N5...le_Development

Currently, other than the module framework which Thecus has implemented the work is done by users. Once the module is set up it is a 5 minute at most exercise to load SS. Addition of plugins is done thru SSH again a module you can install to gain a higher level of access to the system.