MinimServer on Asustor

[Briain]

Hi Folks

I have just been looking at the Asustor AS-302T and 602T and I note that the prices are extremely low when compared to the equivalent specification Qnap models. I also note that all their optional packagers are pretty much up to date (versions of JRE and Mono, etc) whereas Qnap seem to be making absolutely no attempts to update many of their packages, so it looks like an excellent choice of unit. Has anyone else made a similar move from Qnap to Asustor and wishes to make any comments on these devices (I am not at all familiar with them)? I would guess that being a new company, the packages within the NAS firmware will also be pretty much up to date, so that does make it rather an attractive unit to consider.

I am not planning any immediate move for myself, but I do have to advise a good friend (actually a Linn dealer) on his next NAS purchase (he's struggling with his ageing D-Link DNS-323 and wonky Twonky) and as well as their ludicrously high prices, I am also getting a tad disappointed with Qnap's lack of progress on updating their antiquated QPKG packages and system files; heck, at these prices, I might even eventually be tempted by a 302T (with a couple of big disks in RAID 1) to replace my own TS-659 (which has a stack of 1 TB enterprise disks in RAID 6).

Bri