It's finally here! ASUSTOR NAS devices with AMD Ryzen CPUs have finally launched! With four to ten drive bays; the Lockerstor Gen3 series arrives with both flexibility and performance. The Lockerstor Gen3 series is designed for extreme performance while maintaining extreme efficiency. In a first for ASUSTOR, the Lockerstor Gen3 features a Quad-Core AMD Ryzen Embedded SoC that boosts to 3.8 GHz. Take advantage of four to ten drive bays, and four M.2 slots for NVMe SSDs that use PCIe 4.0, dual 10GbE, dual 5GbE, and dual USB4. 16 GB of ECC DDR5-4800 memory that's expandable to 64 GB. This combination of powerful hardware is not only faster, but sets the new performance standard.

The AMD Ryzen V3C14 SoC is built on a 6 nm process for maximum performance and efficiency. At a 25 W maximum TDP, it achieves energy savings even when crunching high-performance tasks. All Lockerstor Gen3 devices are equipped with dual 10GbE and dual 5GbE network ports, with single-port 10 GbE read/write speeds reaching up to 1176 MB/s and 1018 MB/s, while SMB multi-channel performance using RAID 5 can reach up to 2005 MB/s and 1090 MB/s respectively.The Lockerstor Gen3 series all come with 16 GB of ECC DDR5-4800 memory. ECC can detect and correct memory errors, which enhances system stability and reliability, and significantly reduces the risk of data errors to ensure system stability in storage environments. Four M.2 slots for NVMe SSDs using PCIe 4.0 can be configured as storage or caching which helps you accelerate transfer rates to maximum levels, giving you both high capacity and high performance.

For connectivity not only does the dual 10-Gigabit Ethernet bring ultimate performance, but the dual USB4 ports at up to 40 Gbps bring high speeds and Thunderbolt device compatibility to enhance work efficiency and flexibility. USB4 ports connect to Thunderbolt devices like external hard drives or SSDs to take advantage of performance not seen over USB 3.2 ports. In addition, the all-new ADM 5 comes with the Lockerstor Gen3 series, which includes numerous optimizations to the user interface, security, and threat monitoring. This combination of hardware and software in the Lockerstor Gen3 series ensures that bottlenecks in NAS systems are a thing of the past.

Pricing and availability:

• AS6804T MSRP: $1,299
• AS6806T MSRP: $1,499

The Lockerstor 4 Gen3 and the Lockerstor 6 Gen3 are scheduled to be launched first. It is expected that the Lockerstor 8 Gen3 and Lockerstor 10 Gen3 will launch in the fourth quarter of 2024. More details to follow.

Key Specifications:
Networking:

• 2x 10GbE - Supports 100/1000/2500/10000
• 2x 5GbE - Supports 100/1000/2500/5000

Dual 10GbE features:

• Sequential read/write performance of up to 2005 MB/s and 1090 MB/s with RAID 5 using SMB multi-channel.

Dual 5GbE features:

• Sequential read/write performance of up to 1169 MB/s / 1089 MB/s with RAID 5 using SMB multi-channel.
• Supports Wake on LAN and Wake on WAN

Connectivity:

• 2x USB4 (Type-C) - Compatible with Thunderbolt devices
• 3x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (Type-A)

Maximum Hard Drive Capacity:

• 24 TB per bay

Maximum M.2 SSD Capacity:

• 8 TB per M.2 slot