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Chapter 6: Tips and Tricks
USB and eSATA Storage Expansion
The N5500 supports external USB hard disks through its five USB ports. Once a USB
hard disk has successfully mounted, the entire volume will be linked automatically
to the default USB HDD folder. The N5500 supports up to 5 USB external storage
devices. All file names on the USB disk volume are case sensitive.
The N5500 also supports eSATA hard disks with its eSATA port.
Before attaching an eSATA or USB disk drive to N5500, you have to partition and
format it on a desktop computer or a notebook first. The attached device will be
located at \\192.168.1.100\usbhdd\sdf1 where 192.168.1.100 means the IP
address of N5500 and sdf1 stands for the first partition on disk #6, the eSATA or
USB disk drive. If it is an NTFS partition, NAS users can open or copy files from
\\192.168.1.100\usbhdd\sdf1 but cannot add new files or modify existing files.
USB
Storage
FAT32
Partition
NTFS
Partition
Read OK OK
Write OK -
If you want to write to an USB storage device, the file system must be FAT32.
NOTE
Adding a Spare Disk
With a RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, or RAID 10 volume, you can add a spare disk after
the initial RAID is setup. To add a spare disk, follow the steps below:
1. On the RAID Configuration Screen, tick the checkbox of the hard disk you
wish to designate as a spare disk.
2. Click Add Spare. The disk will be configured as a spare disk. The system
automatically rebuilds the spare disk when one of the disks in the RAID set
fails.
Remote Administration
You can set up your N5500 for remote administration. With remote administration,
you can access your N5500 over the Internet, even if your N5500 is behind a router.
This is especially useful if you are traveling and suddenly need a file from your
N5500.
Setting up remote administration is a three-part process, and will require the
following equipment:
Thecus N5500 NAS device
Cable / DSL Router with Dynamic DNS support
Home PC
Internet Connection
Router setup will differ slightly depending on router used. For this example,
we will use the Asus WL500g because it has support for Dynamic DNS.
Contact your router hardware vendor for setup help.
NOTE
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Thecus N5500 Specifications

General IconGeneral
RAID levels0, 1, 5, 6, 10, JBOD
Storage drive size3.5 \
Hot-swap drive baysYes
Storage drive capacity- GB
Supported file systemsEXT3, XFS, ZFS
Storage drive interfaceSerial ATA
Total installed storage capacity0 TB
Maximum supported storage capacity10 TB
Number of storage drives installed0
Number of storage drives supported5
Flash memory128 MB
Internal memory1 GB
Internal memory typeDDR2
Processor frequency1.86 GHz
Supported network protocolsTCP/IP, CIFS/SMB, AFP, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, FTP-SSL/TLS
USB 2.0 ports quantity6
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports2
Dimensions (WxDxH)190 x 240 x 230 mm
Management platformLinux
Compatible operating systemsWindows 7/2000/XP/2003/Vista UNIX/Linux Mac OS 9 / X
Operating temperature (T-T)5 - 40 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)0 - 80 %
Power supply unit (PSU) capacity200 W
Weight and Dimensions IconWeight and Dimensions
Weight7200 g

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