Asustor AS5202T Nimbustor 2 2-bay NAS Review

We tested the peak power consumption of a NAS at the wall during a run of CrystalDiskMark 5.0.2 as this version of the benchmark runs the read and write benchmark suites separately so it's easier to monitor what power the device is using during each function.

The Intel Celeron J4005 processor that powers the AS5202T has a TDP of 10W, so the system is quite frugal when it comes to power. Asustor's official power ratings for the NAS are 17W in normal operation and 10.5W with the disks in hibernation, these figures are taken using WD Red 6TB drives.  We use WD 6TB Red drives to test with but our active read/write figures are taken when the NAS is being pushed very hard during the running of the CrystalDiskMark benchmark, so can be looked at as worst case scenario.

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