One of the big challenges with 12x M.2 NVMe SSDs is that the drives each need to connect to the system via at least a PCIe x1 link. With 12 drives, plus 2-4 PCIe lanes usually reserved for the 10Gbase-T NIC, that is a lot to ask of the Intel N5105 with only 8 PCIe lanes total. Asustor is using ASMedia ASM2806 PCIe switches and ASM1480 PCIe mux devices to help tame the PCIe needs in this system. The ASM2806 switches were not present on the FS6706T version since it only had six drives. Asustor FS6712X NAS ASMedia Switch Chips Als Speicher setze ich 3x Crucial P3 4TB, damit habe ich also 12TB, wobei eine als Parity Drive einsetze, daher habe ich ca. 8TB als nutzbaren Speicher mit 2,5gbit Anbindung. Once I rebooted (removing the install USB), TrueNAS completed its setup process and booted right up!

Can’t hot swap drives: Better for speed and silence, but if one fails you need to power down the system to replace it. In our testing, we just two Crucial P3 NVMe drives, although we’d contest it doesn’t matter what drives are used since the limitations on performance are defined by the network connections and not the speed of the M.2 drives.The asking price might appear high, but it is in line with what a twelve-drive NAS SATA device might cost.

Using this approach, four users can get all the available bandwidth over their 2.5GbE LAN ports for both reading and writing data. Even if the NAS only has a single NVMe drive installed, this would work well, and the clients shouldn’t be aware of the demands of each other. We really wanted to make this quiet.” Really. If by quiet you mean to some extent noisy, you succeeded. You didn’t. You did otherwise. Strange, but true. In doing so, as vouchsafed, you defeated one of the purposes of an SSD NAS. The distinguishing purpose presumably being to follow through silent (not quiet) solid state disks with a silent (not quiet) solid state chassis. You know. Silent storage. Instead of quiet (to some extent noisy) storage. The design of the Asustor FS6712X Flashstor 12 Pro NAS is both unique and slightly unconventional. The rhombus-shaped enclosure, constructed mainly of plastic, sets it apart from traditional NAS devices. While some may find the design to be a matter of personal taste, others may appreciate the visual interest it brings to the table. One peculiar aspect of the design is the location of the power button. It is positioned on the right side of the unit, which can make it challenging to locate from above. This placement is not the most intuitive and may cause initial confusion for users. On a positive note, when the NAS is powered on, the side of the chassis lights up in a vibrant red, adding a cool visual element to the device. The two heatsinks above cover the Marvell AQtion 10Gbase-T 10GbE NIC controller as well as the CPU. This system is powered by the Intel N5105 which is a quad-core Jasper Lake CPU that we have seen many times on fanless edge devices at STH.The efficient global search function allows for searches by keywords followed by the execution of more detailed searches for the purpose of finding categories of movies, TV shows, home movies and parameters such as actors, director, year, genre, writer and title The Asustor FS6712X Flashstor 12 Pro NAS offers a range of ports and connections, both typical and unique to NAS devices. At the rear of the unit, you’ll find the standard power and USB ports that are commonly found on NAS units. However, the FS6712X goes beyond the ordinary by providing additional ports typically associated with desktop computers. These include an HDMI port and an S/PDIF port, catering to users who seek media distribution and high-quality digital audio output. On the market for a new NAS and was thinking about future-proofing the setup. I think some limitations on this machine are in effect to serve a specific niche crowd (the traveler who wants to take their NAS with them). Now I understand that this is why they decided to go for M.2 NVMe drives, I realize now they did not select the M.2 for the performance but to keep the case small. Initially, I wanted this device for its power, but the more I think about it I realize that I’m not the intended audience. Before we get too far in this review, we have a video review going into both the Asustor Flashstor FS6712X (12x M.2 and 10Gbase-T) as well as the Flashstor FS6706T (6x M.2 and 2x 2.5GbE.) You can find that here: