Thecus N2560 Review

N2560 is a departure in design from what we are used to seeing from Thecus, but it still bears many similarities to other products in direct competition.  It has a front, a back, some sides, and a top and bottom.

Up front, Thecus has abandoned the drive caddies and gone with a direct insert system assisted by two plastic drive rails.  These plastic rails are installed directly on your HDD by simply snapping into place.  For release, just press the button marked “PRESS”.  Keeping the tradition alive, the NAS features Power and Reset buttons along with indicators for activity. If I had it my way, I would completely do away with the rails and gone with a system more similar to that of Drobo, completely tool free.

The sole USB 3.0 port resides here as well.

The top and bottom of the NAS are plain and have only slots for airflow, while the back homes the single 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, the HDMI port, an SPDIF, 2x USB 2.0 ports, the K-Lock Security Slot, and the power connection for the external power brick.  Cooling is handled by a single 80mm ADDA AD0812DB-A76GL (20.5 CFM, 15dBA, 1600RPM) fan mounted around back which pulls fresh air through the enclosure.