Asustor Flashstor 12 Pro FS6712X - 12 Bay Pure M.2 SSD NAS Network Storage En...

I'm able to consistently saturate the 10Gbe both R/W with 6x TeamGroup MP34 4TB NVMe drives on BTRFS Raid5. ADM works fine and easy to use. All services (SMB, NFS, AFP, etc.) are perfectly working with 0 downtime. I have it placed in my rack in a high-ambient temp area and drives never go over 42C. I purchased the heat sink kit from Asustor separately to make it easier to manage heat under load while manually setting the fan speed to High in ADM. It's been rock solid the past few weeks and consistently giving me top speeds and I haven't filled the array yet. Definitely enjoying the low power consumption as well. What really impresses me is the random seek being so fast as you would expect from NVMe. This is a pretty unique product that I passed over at first glance, but after more research and actual use I'm finding it being a centerpiece of the homelab giving me fast IO for a pretty good price. NVMe speeds, 10Gbe, low-power consumption, small form factor, intel processor, upgradable ram and quiet all at a pretty good price point with the added benefits of better random seek. I struggle to compare to any commodity gear that has all these features for that price. Really excited to see what other devices this inspires with the NVMe prices falling, but for now this is a solid & fast NAS.

Update: Virtual Box is included and works great, just got Windows Server 2022 installed as a VM without issue. Upgraded to 5 stars Absolutely silent, and works as intended with all of the 8 Samsung 980 Pro NVME drives and 4 990 Pro drives/modules. The ASUSTOR software is very nice, I was able to replace my Plex, Docker, and several other applications PC installs with the ASUSTOR-based versions. ESXi 8.0u2 had no issues using the ASUSTOR as an iSCSI NAS datastore. The entire device weighs a little bit more than 1 typical hard drive so it's easy to take along while traveling for conventions. For me, it's the perfect NAS, highly recommended

So I ran 2x MD1200's at home for 60tb or so in RAID0, however power was becoming an issue with all the power outages in my area. Was able to purchase this with 12x 4tb NVME drives (156$ each). I also purchased the additional RAM to bump it from 4gb to 16gb. Currently running an Emby Server, PiHole and Torrent app on them without any issues. Seems like the CPU in there can handle it, at least single 4K streams that it needs to re-encode because of audio or subtitles adds a little lag. I highly recommend just installing TrueNas Scale on this machine and running it to it's full potential. I didn't use much of the original interface, and according to tech support it's supported to do. The only down side is you're running TrueNas Scale off the USB bootable drive so YMMV. I get close to 10gb speeds when sending files over to it in a ZFS0 or Raid0 configuration. I'm not worried about the data on there as I can easily re-download what's on there and it's not a primary back up device. Using an APC 1500VA battery backup it stays up for about 1-2 hours so I can still stream from it during a power outage and it puts off less heat. The only thing I wish was that NVME SSD's at 8tb came down in price.

I'm just using this for storage, so can't report on apps & other features, i.e. security cam system. CPU temp runs a bit warm at idle for being just a Celeron system, would be nicer to see lower temps. Screwless installation for SSD drives is very nice, makes overall maintenance & service to this unit a breeze. RAM easily upgradeable to 16GB. Wake-on-LAN works for turning the unit on, but not for turning it off. (ASUSTOR Control Center application needs some kinks ironed-out) Small footprint, silent, & for now it works at desired speeds. Recommend raising unit additional 1/2" to 1" with isolation pads to provide better ventilation (case feet very short). This unit needs to breathe, I see why they designed the case without 100% right-angles form; they wanted to make sure it could expel heat even if crammed in a tight cabinet space. Good unit that serves its purpose, but a bit pricey for the hardware & design. Hopefully this design will become more refined over time & we will see price drop a bit.

Configuration: Flashstor 12 5x TEAMGROUP MP34 4TB (yields 14.77 TB in RAID 5) Crucial 16GB DDR3 memory upgrade First, the configuration I have above works. The Asustor compatibility website is pretty limited on which ssds they confirm will work, but I saw a youtube video where someone had used the teamgroup mp34s without issue and another one where they used the crucial memory up to 16GB. There are also some reports of problems upgrading the memory to 34, so I stayed with just 16 which is what it officially supports. Second, installation and setup was super simple. You remove just a handful of screws and slide the top and bottom off easily. The ssd installation is as simple as they should all be with this style, and the memory installation was completely uneventful. Getting everything setup without connecting any kind of monitor or keyboard also worked flawlessly. I did use some Asustor 'Control Center' program on my computer to discover it on the network, but honestly I don't think this is needed, but if you did go that way it works just fine. Finally, the NAS itself has been performing perfectly. Despite being hidden in a fairly cramped cabinet, drive temperatures have been steady in the low 40s C with the system temperature reported in the low 50s C. I've had no issues with speed and everything has been running non-stop with no issues. I suppose all of that is expected, but what is great about this NAS in particular is that it is almost completely silent, and it is small and sleek disappear into a cabinet. I opted for the 12 over the 6 primarily for future disk expansion as/when SSDs drop in price even further. I've seen others say that CPU is a bit under-powered, but I've had no issues with transcoding which is about as demanding as I've thrown at it. My own, mild, complaint would be ADM, the NAS OS, which is a bit less seamless in a few cases. For instance, I found it actually easier to setup some apps directly through docker-compose (using portainer's version of that) than to install them through their app 'store'. Interacting with it through the browser is also not as smooth as with a local OS or even a remote desktop experience. But I would consider these super negligible issues compared with how much I like the rest of the product. Would I buy it again? Instantly!

This is a great NAS, it’s fast. It has a 10GB network port. I wish it was SFP+. My complaint, iSCSI does not work even though it’s offered as a service. For this reason alone, I have to give it 3 stars. I have a ticket opened with Asus and hopefully they will fix this. I created several datastores via iSCSI and while everything initially appears to work, over time files become corrupt and disk errors occur. I have replicated this with multiple memory and drive configurations. Typically corruption occurs overnight and I have confirmed with sfc /scannow which is successful on the first run and then fails repeatedly after time. Also system logs show continual disk errors occur for no reason. The workaround for me is I am using NFS shares which are fine. I would prefer iSCSI but for now the speed of this NAS makes it usable enough to keep it at this point. So buyer beware, if you plan to use iSCSI it is not working for now. That is the sole reason I purchased this NAS, to use with VMware. I will update my score if Asus fixes iSCSI.

Easy to set up, super fast and a great price. Been using this for 6 months or so with no issues.

Good luck tried putting os on it with 1 m.2 2280 during install unit died no power no life. I can not return this! now I bought it long ago and just now getting to use device or not use it it is just a brick spent $763.09 and did not ever see this work its my fault I just could not get to the build as I have been building off grid setup on property panels batteries so on! This is by far just trash in a box i have old Chinese knock off game systems that still work this didn't last even a install! again no power just dead! I am still in shock my last Nas system I setup was Synology 2 Bay NAS DiskStation DS220+ had zero issues just wanted to upgrade it has been running since December 31, 2020 and still is running! quality is horrid build quality is stupid cheap. Value for money zero!

Appareil défectueux expédié (à mes frais !) en Hongrie il y a un semaine. Aucun nouvelle depuis ! Instructions de retour contradictoires. Le colis se trouve à présent à Budapest où, bien entendu, ils ne savent qu'en faire ! Pour un matériel de plus de 1000 euros + frais d'achat de NVME et de mémoire, c'est très, très décevant ! La solution la plus simple à ce problème serait de m'envoyer un nouvel appareil QUI FONCTIONNE !

Best flash NAS you can buy for the price, especially if you grab it on a sale. I've never had Asustor NAS, so coming from Synology GUI to Asustor was a breeze. Its a very similar GUI, albeit a bit more clunky. Inital setup is very quick and easy. It has a single 10GBaseT (UTP RJ45) network outlet, but auto negotiates to the speed of your network device, 1000/10000. It only has 4GB RAM so I have upgraded it to 16GB. I'm mainly using this as a Plex server, storing my Movies & TV and steaming 4K from it. Running RAID 5 BTRFS across 8x Gen4 4TB SSDs - Power consumption is small, idle is 26.7W, and copying a large 130GB 4K movie file is around 38W - with the file copying across at 893MB/sec. Moving the file from PC to FS6712X was copying across at 530MB/sec. Temps of my unit & SSDs are also respectable with CPU@ 60 Celsius & SSDs around 42 Celsius (27 Celsius in room) while copying the 4K movie I am very happy with the flash NAS - it is also whisper quiet, no hard drive vibrations and very little fan noise.

Funciono como debe Le puse 2 diferentes marcas diferentes de nvme Kingston Acer Al principio le puse 6 nvme de la marca kingston en raid 5 le transferi mi información de otro almacenamiento que tengo a los pocos días compré 5 nvme acer y ya tenía un nvme acer así que le agregué los otros 6 más y en el administrador del raid lo actualicé y ahora tengo 40 tb de almacenamiento disponible Precaución cuando hagas el raid espérate hasta que esté creado ya que lo tengas creado ahora si instalas las aplicaciones que vas a usar Crea los usuarios Crea tus carpeta Transfiere tus datos Si estoy considerando comprar más ram y los disipadores para los nvme 4 gb de ram no es suficiente Amazon deberia de darte el combo de memoria y disipadores pero bueno es algo para el futuro

FS6712XとFS6707Tの両方を 10GBのLAN環境でメモリ16GB、2TBのSSD6本と12本のRAID5で利用しています。 FS6707T LAGRound‐Robinで利用なのでSEQ読出しは600MB/sで書込みは300MB/sでます。 こっちに10GBのLAN搭載されていればベストバランスかも知れません。 FS6712X SEQ読み書きは1200MB/sでます。 M.2はGen3でもGen4でも低発熱チップのSSDの選択を強く推奨します。 筐体が樹脂なので放熱性能は低いです。（下部にファンが付いるので上段のSSDは冷やせません） ※読み書き中は60℃を超えるSSDが12本も入っているので、これは仕方ないです。 ADMという基本OSの更新ありますがアプリは1～2年以上更新が無いものがほとんどです。 同期系のアプリ、DataSyncとEzSyncなど便利そうなアプリはありますが ファイルが大量にあるとエラー吐きまくるので改善して欲しいです。 他社製品のようにアプリでいろいろやりたい場合は残念な結果になるのでお勧めできません。 特に自動同期して利用するBackUp用途には不向きです。 もう少し更新頻度上げて、アプリの同期処理など頑張って改善して欲しいところです。 HDDの騒音が無く、薄くて軽くて、LAN環境に合わせた速度が出るのが最大の利点です。 USB3.2Gen2のポートが両機種とも2つあり2本ずつUSB3.2接続して外部機器として利用います。 こちらもシーケンシャル1200Mb/sで利用でき、ネットワークドライブ登録も可能です。 同期でエラーや不具合が多く利便性は低い製品なのでお勧めはできません。 2.5GBまでのLAN環境ならHDDで良いと思います。 Asusの子会社なのでもう少し頑張って欲しいです。 ※加筆 2024/9/26にADM更新と一緒にDataSync他、多くのアプリ更新きました 同期がどうなるかは様子見中です → 1週間エラーでずっと同期中でしたが止まりました 対応が早かったので星一つ追加です 2024/10/11 SMBバックアップの次回のスケジュールが延々と過去日です。 いまのところ、本来の目的であるバックアップ用途には不向きな製品です。 星一つマイナスです。

Finally a NAS which is quiet enough to have in the living room. Installation is very quick and easy. Amazing with 10gbe Ethernet!