TESTING METHODOLOGY – TEST RESULTS

   Since some of the NAS servers/devices we have tested in the past are no longer in our possession (naturally) we will keep performing the exact same testing methodology we did in the past for as long as possible in order to provide accurate comparison results. So as always we will be using a single Seagate Constellation ES.2 3TB SATA III hard disk drive with the unit at hand (just like with all of the NAS servers) and perform several upload/download tests with a single 10.9GB file. Tests are repeated a total of 4 times after which we record the average numbers (from the 4 peak ones) into our charts. Finally the network device used is the same Netgear DGN3500 Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem/Router we always use when performing tests on NAS servers.

FILE TRANSFER TEST

A single 10.9GB file was uploaded and downloaded to and from all the NAS units in this test. With speeds reaching almost 88MB/s in read and almost 83MB/s in write the N2560 is amongst the fastest 2-Bay NAS Servers we've ever used (however we did expect it to be slightly faster than that).

TEMPERATURES

Keeping the power supply outside of the chassis proved to be very beneficial to the drive inside since it never went over 30 degrees Celsius.

POWER CONSUMPTION

18W while in idle and 26 while at load with a single drive is certainly not what Thecus claims in their specs sheet but still we've seen worse in the past.

NOISE LEVELS

If the N2560 excels in something that's its noise levels since we never recorded anything over 43dBA.