Next we will look at installation: hardware then software. For our purposes, we will be dealing with 3.5″ hard drives rather than 2.5″ hard drives.

So, we will not be using the 2.5″ hard drive cage.

In recent times, at least with the 3.5″ drives, Thecus has moved from a cage style assembly to rails which to those of us who have simply spent too much time taking a screw driver to tiny, tiny screws (multiply that by four, and then by the number of drives) is a welcoming change. This switch in design has made the installation process entirely tool-less and a lot easier too! The rails simply snap in place where screws would usually be fitted, then the hard drives slide into place.

The drives, with the rails then simply slide into place connecting to the back plane.

To finish up the hardware side of things, simply plug in the power and connect the N050. Next, insert the included disk a computer to begin configuration.

The software will automatically detect the NAS. Hit next for network configuration settings.

From here, you can set various network settings and the administrative password.

The rest is setup through the web interface.

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