This was a upgrade from an AS6104T. In terms of hardware specification per dollar, its hard to beat the AS5304T. The only area where there could possibly be a complaint is a lack of slots for SSDs to improve network storage performance.

As advertised by ASUSTOR, swapping drives from one unit to another resulted in all my settings and data being carried over without any issue. Since I'm not utilizing the 2.5 Gbe capability yet, there was no obvious improvement in network file handling performance over the AS6104T. For streaming or providing internet services, I suspect the AS5304T would do better than the AS6104T.

Overall, its a great product so far. I'll be interested to see how much wired and wireless file speeds improve when I eventually switch to a router with 2.5 Gbe.

April 4, 2020 UPDATE:

I finally implemented multi-gigabit hardware on my network, and as hoped, the AS5304T provides substantially improved large file performance in 2.5 gbe mode. Small file performance is about the same, but that was expected. This is definitely a very capable NAS.

I've been debating a purpose made NAS for a while and even built a DIY one from some old PC parts and new hard drives within the last year. When that started to fail, I decided it was time to bite the bullet, spend the money and buy a dedicated NAS. My first look was a well-known competitor whose products I've used before in a professional environment, but their similar product was more expensive. The Asustor unit was a better value and I believe will meet all of my needs.

Install was pretty easy, other than I had a small hiccup during initial volume creation which required me to do a factory reset. After that things went pretty smooth. The initialization of 3x4TB RAID 5 took quite a while (almost a full 24 hrs) though that was probably made worse because I was already trying to copy data to the NAS while it was still initializing (which is allowed, but not good for performance).

I'm not sure how well it would do hosting many of the apps that are available, but as a NAS storage device it performs very well for my needs.

Bought this unit after doing loads of research into a new Plex server for all my movies. I had been prev using my Desktop PC combined with normal external HDD's, as the server host, which had worked great for many years. I wanted to make the switch to a NAS system and take the load off my main PC and that was expedited by the failure of a 8tb external HDD and losing ALL my content.

Found this unit while comparing different brands. This brand was brought up multiple times on different websites as the best Cost alternative to name branded NAS systems. I chose the 4 bay configuration as I wanted the ability to expand the storage capacity as the plex library would grow. I installed a single Seagate Ironwolf 5600 6tb NAS HDD ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085Z4P89R?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details ) and also while setting up installed a second DIMM or ram ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019FRDKWI?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details )

After that was all done and installed it was time to setup the NAS system and configure it. Downloaded the ACC Control software to my main PC for the setup and access. Issue came with the install of the ACC software. I would get an HTTP / FTP error when the software would goto download prerequisites for ACC, which turned out to only be Net-frameworks X86. Manually installed that, and re-ran the install of ACC Control and it installed perfectly. Next was to open up ACC and initialize the NAS. It saw the new stick or ram and HDD installed and setup the NAS and I was ready to poke around the UI. Once ACC is open you will see the NAS detected on the network and you just double click it and it will open a web UI for navigation. Setting up plex was super simple, with just opening the APP downloaded, search for Plex, Download / Install and set up your server. I didnt aggregate the dual 2.5GBe lan ports as i wasnt sure if my ISP moden supported that, so I ran both the included Lan cables to the back of my main modem.

Running this on just my home network, the machine barely even broke a sweat streaming a 1080 with 5.1 ATMOS. CPU stayed under 10% most times, Ram less that 8% and bandwidth was chuggin along at AVG 23 MB/s. I have not tested streaming with a 4k resolution movie yet. I will update when I do with data for CPU / Ram / Bandwidth.

If you are looking for a decent in home NAS for a plex system, I feel this one is a great alternative to the ALOT more expensive Named branded one. The UI is easy to navigate and was super easy to set up also.

We have multiple computers in the household. Storage was becoming and issue and it was upgrade each machine or find a central storage device for the whole network.

After much research, reading reviews, and watching YouTube videos I decided to get this Asustore NAS. I had the option to just roll my own NAS with the hardware that I have around the house but I was looking for a plug and play solution.

I loaded it with four 4TB Ironwolf drives and set it to RAID 5. The setup was easy. Setting the individual accounts up was a snap. Now each person in the house has a place where they can store their music, pictures, and whatever else with ease.

The apps that can be loaded surprised me. I did not expect them to be as useful as they turned out.

It is a VERY low power (as in very little electricity) AND quiet device that I have yet to overload even with multiple people sending to and pulling from the device.

So far I have absolutely no regrets in the purchase and find new ways to use it. Since it is essentially a low power PC you can expand on its capabilities in unexpected ways..

For the money I am incredibly satisfied.

I had purchased this NAS to replace the older Asustor NAS I had (AS5004T). I was able to remove the existing disks and placed them right into the new one. Booted it up, performed and update on the system and all of my original content was still there. Thought it was great and seems to be faster than the previous one. I do however wish there was a migration process between different types of NAS's so disks could be inter changeable for purpose of information transfers.