Thecus 5TB Network Storage Black N5200BR_5100 Leaflet

The N5200 supports external USB hard disks through its three USB ports. Once a 
USB hard disk has successfully mounted, the entire volume will be copied 

automatically to the default USB HDD folder. The N5200 supports up to 6 USB 
external storage devices. All file names on the USB disk volume are case sensitive. 

 
The N5200 also supports eSATA hard disks with its eSATA port. 

 
Before attaching an eSATA or USB disk drive to N5200, you have to partition and 

format it on a desktop computer or a notebook first. The attached device will be 
located at \\192.168.1.100\usbhdd\sdf1 where 192.168.1.100 means the IP 
address of N5200 and sdf1 stands for the first partition on disk #6, the eSATA or 
USB disk drive. If it is an NTFS partition, NAS users can open or copy files from 
\\192.168.1.100\usbhdd\sdf1

 but cannot add new files or modify existing files.  

 

If you want to write to an USB storage device, the file system must be 
FAT32. 
 

 

 

 

 
 

70 

 

Read OK 

OK 

 

Write OK 

- 

 

 

With a RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, or RAID 10 volume, you can add a spare disk 

after the initial RAID is setup. To add a spare disk, follow the steps below: 
 

1.  On the RAID Configuration Screen, tick the checkbox of the hard disk 

you wish to designate as a spare disk. 

 
2.  Click Add Spare. The disk will be configured as a spare disk. The system 

automatically rebuilds the spare disk when one of the disks in the RAID set 
fails.  

 

N5200 can operate in dual mode. When connecting to a regular USB disk or 
thumb drive, N5200 is acting as USB host. When connecting to a PC thru its USB 
Type B connector on the back panel, N5200 can act as a USB disk. This feature 

allows user to transfer files without using network connection. 
 

When you create RAID, you can assign a portion of space on the RAID to be used 
as USB disk. When connecting N5200 to a PC using the supplied USB A to B cable, 

the PC will recognize this space as an unformatted disk. At this point, the PC can 
format this portion of disk and create file system on it. Since this disk is created 

on the RAID, it will be protected by the RAID level you select. 
 

 

When RAID is removed or damaged, all the data on the Target USB 
device will be deleted.