Moving at the rear we find the USB 3.0 port, RJ45 Ethernet Port and the DC in. The company logo and the power activity LED are placed at the lower front. Since the Apollo Cloud 2 Duo is a dual bay NAS we placed it right next to the recently reviewed AS6302T by ASUSTOR for size comparison purposes.Īn intake port placed at the top of the Apollo Cloud 2 Duo allows air to enter the interior (in turn hot air leaves the interior from the base of the NAS). Measuring 213mm in height, 123mm in width and 137mm in length the glossy white housing of the Apollo Cloud 2 Duo is not that much larger compared to the one of its predecessor.
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Inside the box Promise Technology has placed the Apollo Cloud 2 Duo NAS, power adapter with two tips (EU/UK), RJ45 Ethernet Cable, app download paper and a quick start guide. The NAS is placed inside a formed piece of blue foam (the rest of the bundle is located inside a small cardboard box). Listed on the left side of the box are some of the features of the Apollo Cloud 2 Duo in 6 languages.Īt the rear we find all the available product uses showcased with the help of two images (the IP camera recording feature was introduced after the product arrived to our lab and so it's not listed here). The specifications and bundle contents are placed on the left side of the box in 2 languages. The Apollo Cloud 2 Duo arrived inside a white box that has a large product picture at the front right next to a smartphone running the compatible app. Just like its predecessor the Apollo Cloud Duo offers several features including quick camera roll backup (allows the end user to instantly backup pictures and videos from a smartphone and/or tablet with the swipe of a finger), location based & facial recognition photo albums (helps catalog your photos either by GeoTagging or by identifying people in them), time machine support (lets you backup multiple Mac's to the same Apollo and also supports incremental time machine backups over the Internet), Cloud sync (backup all your data to the Apollo from Google Drive and Dropbox) and IP camera recording (from up to 2 IP cameras - unfortunately compatibility is currently limited to just 12 models by Amcrest, AXIS, Instar, WansView and D-Link). Under the hood Promise Technology has placed a dual-core Marvell ARM v7 Cortex-A9 CPU (clocked at 1GHz) which they have paired with 1GB of LPDDR3 RAM, two 3.5" hard disk drives (2x4TB in our model - hot swappable for quick removal) which can be configured both in RAID0 (all 8TB are used as storage) and RAID1 (4TB storage space with the other 4TB used as a mirrored backup), single USB 3.0 port and an RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet port. For more information, visit: Just like with the single HDD Apollo Cloud 4TB NAS the dual HDD Apollo Cloud 2 Duo 8TB (also available with 2x2TB hard disk drives) is aimed towards home users looking for an easy to use model primarily for file sharing purposes (both local and remote/Cloud - supports sharing of files to up to 40 people). Promise’s highly experienced sales and engineering teams are strategically located throughout the Americas, EMEA, and JAPAC regions to provide unparalleled services and support to its customers around the globe. From personal cloud appliances to scalable enterprise IT Infrastructure, blazingly fast post-production tools, video security solutions, and hyperconverged systems, Promise adapts its products to meet the real-world challenges customers face every day. Promise creates innovative solutions tailored to the unique needs of the IoT, Cloud, IT, Rich Media and Surveillance markets. Promise Technology is a recognized global leader with 30 years of experience in the storage industry. Because however most NAS models in the market by manufacturers like QNAP, ASUSTOR, Thecus and Synology require a good level of knowledge to setup and use others like Promise Technology do their best to cater to the needs of casual consumers and after testing their Apollo Cloud 4TB NAS today with us we have their latest Apollo Cloud 2 Duo 8TB model. 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.
As we've already pointed out numerous times in reviews posted both 20 several studies project that by the year 2020 most households (at least in both the USA and EU) will have at least one NAS (network attached storage) device installed.
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