Personally is a studio made at home, usually engaged in graphic design, every day and every month is producing a large number of pictures to Party A, in order to facilitate the customer's view, into a Tieweima F4-423, has been using very good, but with the remaining storage space is decreasing, then engage in a NAS, into the recent popularity of quite high polar space NAS Z4 (hereinafter referred to as polar space), the use is also quite experienced, to share with you, promote the progress of manufacturers, but also to friends as a reference.
The earliest choice of Tieweima is to know that it is a very good brand, committed to the storage industry for more than ten years, but also best-selling overseas, low-key tonality I like very much, although there are other foreign brands on the market, but the cost performance is not high, and how to say that it is also necessary to support domestic production, after buying back found that it is also good, after all, 20 years of accumulation is not a joke.
Compared with Tieweima, Extreme Space is a young brand, and the momentum on the Internet has been very strong in recent years, so I started one later.
1. Appearance contrast
The appearance of Tieweima is pure silver, as a lady is still not very interested in this hard appearance, but the material of aluminum alloy, heat dissipation is quite excellent.
And the appearance of the polar space Z4 won the red dot award, the design is a lot of money, but this appearance, how to look and a large camera like, after a long time to know, the horn Carla gray nose tip is difficult to take care of, I think the accessory should send another brush.
In terms of interface, Tieweima, one more HDMI high-definition interface, a USB interface, although not used much, but after all, one more is also good.
2. Hard disk installation
It is worth mentioning that neither need to tighten the screws, you can directly use this tool-free installation, the hard disk is fixed with rubber nails, the shock absorption effect of both is good, the design of the extreme space has also taken a little thought, make it into one, but the plastic feels slightly soft when broken.
Tieweima is equipped with some disposable mounting strips, which are also very simple and convenient to install, and very firm. After talking about installation, let's talk about installation registration.
3. System installation
may mention NAS, many people do not know much, some people feel that the installation opportunity is more complicated, and some people, will feel that it can be used directly to open, in fact, both are somewhat one-sided, let's understand the installation of NAS.
So why does NAS need to be installed, because the general system and hard disk are separate, we need to install the system into our own hard disk to achieve the use of NAS functionality, which is actually the same as the computer principle.
Before installing the machine, Extreme Space first needs to register an account, and when registering an account, it is found that there is a pain point, that is, only mobile phone APP registration, hoping to carry out simple registration operations through the PC in the future.
Then open the phone, there are more texts, you can understand by yourself, and you need to connect to the device before you can start the registration operation.
Finally, the registration is successful, it is half done, and then follow the steps to install the system. The installation of the system is not so difficult.
Similarly, the installation of Tieweima's machine also needs to be registered, but you can enter the account number on the PC side, and the installation steps are put together. THE ENTIRE INSTALLATION PROCESS OF TIEWEIMA IS SIMILAR TO THE INSTALLATION OF PIRATED WINDOWS, AND THE NEXT STEP IS OK WHEN YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES, WHICH IS RELATIVELY SIMPLE.
4. UI setting comparison
Let's take a look at the UI of these two and whether it is in line with the operating habits of the public.
First look at the polar space, the logical rules of this file storage need to be slightly improved, after saving, you need to pull to the end to see the new folder, he put the new folder below the picture, video.
In fact, I have also witnessed the upgrade of its UI, the overall UI of TOS5 adopts the most popular page style, more concise and elegant, the icons use a lightweight packaging format optimized for web pages, and some options are reformatted and laid out, which is more in line with your aesthetics and usage habits.
The new icon-based resource dashboard provides a comprehensive and intuitive grasp of your TNAS operating status in real time: system load, CPU and memory usage, network traffic, disk I/O, device temperature, storage, processes, online users, occupied ports,
System resource usage is clear at a glance, even going back up to 30 days.
Secondly, in terms of file management, it is basically the same as our commonly used Windows file management system, so the learning cost is relatively low. At the same time, it also supports preview and editing of a variety of file formats, such as office software such as Word and Excel, documents in Adobe format, audio and video, etc.
For different users, some "additional functions" have also been actively added, such as automatic power on incoming calls. For example, because the NAS needs to be online all the time, but the company will occasionally have a power outage, then we turn on this function, and after the call, it can be automatically turned on.
In general, Tieweima, it is quite intimate, more in line with the public habits in terms of basic functions, and provides additional support for a small number of users with unique needs.
5. Backup comparison
Everyone also pays great attention to the security of NAS, that is, in the backup, Extreme Space has Mac backup, network disk backup, etc. in terms of backup, and network disk backup also provides three kinds of cloud disks.
In addition to the above three backups, there is also an infrequently used Sky Wing cloud disk.
On the other hand, Tieweima, it provides 9 different postures of backup, and each backup provides unlimited possibilities, take the cloud disk backup just mentioned, and Tieweima's CloudSync alone provides more than a dozen kinds of two-way synchronization of cloud disks, which shows its professionalism.
After all, it is in line with international standards, in addition to a certain cloud disk and Alibaba cloud disk, it also provides internationally famous cloud disks such as Amazon, which is convenient for different groups of people at home and abroad to use.
Of course, if you don't like a complex backup system, there are also relatively simple U disk backups, we specifically find a U disk for simple operations, you can become a backup disk.
And as a professional product, Tieweima has also developed some practical and professional backup systems for users, such as TerraSync Server, which can realize synchronization between various platforms and devices, such as TNAS and TNAS, TNAS and Windows computers, TNAS and macOS computers, and create data synchronization between devices!
This software is very useful in teamwork, we can divide labor and collaborate through the configuration of team folders, help the whole team to complete a task synchronously, and ensure the efficiency of team work.
This self-developed synchronization tool TerraSync can help enterprise users achieve multi-user and multi-terminal data synchronization, for example, large enterprise users, there are different branches, but hope to achieve coordinated office through its own NAS is very helpful.
6. Comparison of other functions
Let's take a look at the application of Polar Space, the main interface is still very good, quite refreshing, and there are many functions included.
It may be that in order to allow us to have more functions, just like mobile phones, a lot of accessories that are not too practical have been added, such as this notepad, I use a computer or mobile phone's notepad is not fragrant?
Extreme music, audiobooks and forums and even polar classrooms, this person has their own aspirations, if you like to listen to songs or listen to audiobooks in the NAS, you can use it, I usually don't use much, don't do too much evaluation for the time being.
There is also Extreme Film and Television, I thought it would be a special function to directly identify movies in the NAS, but I didn't expect it to be added manually, so its usefulness is not very large.
What really makes me feel useful is Xunlei Download, which can download movies offline, and the synchronization function of Baidu network disk, which is more practical.
Tieweima, there is no special movie area, but the movie is also the same can be opened directly, directly saved to a folder is OK.
In terms of software, it is not virtual, it is directly in line with overseas standards, and many applications are also very professional.
Let's first choose a simple one, for example, this qBittorrent, of course, Tieweima and Extreme Space also provide the function of Xunlei download, but Xunlei is sometimes a bit bt, either limited resources or because it did not rush the member, the download speed is very slow, then at this time one more download method, there is more insurance.
For example, in the application of Tieweima, it also provides a variety of tools, such as iSCSI Manager, we can use this software to create multiple iSCSI targets and LUNs to do custom personalized configuration, so as to meet our storage space needs in different virtualization environments.
With iSCSIManager, you can easily meet your data storage and simple capacity expansion needs.
In addition, Tieweima also provides a variety of practical software Surveillance Manager, such as special software for home camera monitoring, such as programmers, in general, from the usability and functionality to be rich and professional.
7. Summary and summary
So let's summarize, both look average in terms of appearance, as girls prefer smaller things, but the extreme space, which is difficult to take care of for a long time, is still slightly insufficient.
In terms of function, the polar space function is more consumer-grade, and Tieweima has many professional applications, and the two are not at the same latitude.
What is even more distant is the security, Tieweima provides N kinds of security measures, including many self-developed security backup software, which is very NICE.
In terms of user experience, Extreme Space can also be optimized in registration and connection, in addition, there is no way to set permissions for multiple users, so it is not suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, but ordinary users play 6 on mobile phones do not have to care about these.
In general, for personal use, both are fine, but if you want a more professional NAS, you know how to choose!