![]() ![]() At the end of the day the Apollo Cloud 4TB may not offer something new and it’s certainly not a feature-rich NAS but it was never ment to be that, it was designed to simplify secure sharing of files among friends and family and if that's exactly what you want from one such device we strongly recommend giving it a shot. This manual comes under the category Not categorized and has been rated by 1 people. So how much will the Apollo Cloud 4TB NAS by Promise set you back? Well currently you can find it for USD249 inside the USA ( ) and for 320Euros inside the EU ( .uk) a price which after taking into account the cost of the 4TB Toshiba surveillance drive inside is really not half bad. View the manual for the Promise Technology Apollo Cloud here, for free. ![]() Just remember that streaming media may take longer than expected especially if the Apollo Cloud 4TB does so to more than just 1 person simultaneously. This may sound as bit extreme to some people (especially the ones who are not aware of the benefits of owning one) but NAS devices have risen a lot in popularity in the last 2 years (sales numbers clearly show this) not only between professionals but also home users. Easy to share An owner can invite up to nine members to share the Apollo Cloud. Easy to use Set up takes only minutes, and Apollo is accessible from any device with the Apollo Cloud App. As for the mobile apps well they are pretty basic and user friendly like the Apollo Utility but once again judging by the target audience of the Apollo Cloud 4TB that’s not really a bad thing. Apollo Cloud features: Small device, huge capacity - 4TB of storage space with no recurring fees. We found the 8TB review model could be bought for as little as £167.42 in the UK and. Unfortunately since the Apollo Utility doesn’t have a drive monitor feature we don’t know just how high HDD temperatures got during our tests. elsewhere the start point for this range is 4TB, with 6TB. Another great feature is that the Apollo Cloud 4TB is completely inaudible at all times due to a passive cooling system so aside the sounds made by the Toshiba HDD when the device boots up or is in use you really don’t have to worry about noise. Promise Technology has designed its Apollo Cloud products to be simple and easy to use right out of the box, so customers do not need to have networking experience to get their personal. I was also very glad to see that Promise Technology also updates the firmware of the NAS very regularly (they did 3 times in the 10 days we used the device) and that not only allows them to address specific bugs but also to enable/add new features. That means that you're not getting a feature-rich NAS server like the ones we usually get to test but rather a file sharing device (pretty much like the ones we've tested from Seagate in the past) which is compact, easy to use (a lot like many online Cloud services), sports 4TB of space right out of the box and uses just up to 13W at load. Since the 25th of June 2015 for 10GbE tests we’ll be using a Netgear ProSafe XS712T 10G Smart Switch and an Intel XT540-AT2 10GbE PCIe card (10GbE compatible NAS cards will be provided from each company and stated in each review).After working on the Apollo Cloud 4TB NAS for roughly 10 days it’s very clear that Promise Technology took a more “basic” approach when designing the Apollo Cloud 4TB. Good Performance Compact Size Easy To Use Interface. Users-0 Reviews 73 0 100 6: The editors liked. ![]() The network device used for 1GbE tests is the same Netgear D7800 Gigabit VDSL Modem/Router we’ve been using lately when performing tests on NAS servers. Scroll down and see all reviews for Promise Technology Apollo. Tests are repeated a total of 4 times after which we record the average numbers (from the 4 peak ones) into our charts. However as always we will be using up to six Seagate Constellation ES.3 4TB SATA III hard disk drive(s) with 3.5” compatible units and up to two (for now) Enterprise Capacity 2.5 HDD V3 2TB SATA III HDDs with 2.5” compatible units to perform several upload/download tests with 10.9GB (Single) and 40,8GB (RAID) files. ![]() However since our real-life tests are not enough for some people we also decided to throw in ATTO and Crystal Disk Mark to cover the more demanding users. Apollo from 4TB Cloud 2 DUO from Promise Ethernet cable A power supply and a kit of plugs. Originally we had decided that since some of the NAS servers/devices we've tested in the past are no longer in our possession (naturally) we would keep performing the exact same testing methodology we did in the past for as long as possible in order to provide accurate comparison results. PROMISE - 2 TB Apollo Personal Cloud Storage I Secure & Private I Office Cloud Storage with Worldwide Access I Cloud Storage for Mac or PC & up to 10 Members I incl. ![]()
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