THE NAS PRO 6-BAY 24TB

The all-black hard plastic enclosure of the NAS Pro 6-Bay may not feel as "durable" but it looks a lot more "professional" compared to other desktop NAS models. Size-wise the DP6 measures 218mm in depth, 174mm in width and 170mm in height and weighs less than 3Kg (without the drives).

For the fascia Seagate has used a nice glossy piece of plastic.

Two navigation buttons are placed on the top left corner of the fascia while on the left lower corner we find the on/off power button, one-touch backup button and a USB 3.0 port.

Seagate has placed their logo on the top left corner right next to a small LCD screen.

All 6 drive trays have push to release mechanisms as seen above.

As you can all see the drives that come preinstalled are not the NAS Enterprise ones i was expecting but the regular NAS models.

All of the trays feature tool-less mount for the drives (3.5" ones).

Almost all of the connectors are placed at the rear of the NAS but the 120mm fan by Noctua obviously steals the show.

The preinstalled capacity is also placed on a sticker found at the lower left of the rear right next to a Kensington lock.

On the other side we see the NAS OS rescue button (you can use it to reinstalled the OS from the NAS onto new drives), USB 3.0 port, USB 2.0 port, two RJ45 Ethernet ports and the power port.

Once you turn the NAS Pro 6-Bay on it will detect the drives and light up their LEDs along with the LEDs of the rest of the buttons.

The LCD screen is not just for show so through here you can see the RPM of the fan, temperature of the drives, capacity usage and much more.