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The upgrading of the NAS industry has been very stable in performance and has been slowly improving without mistakes in the past, from J3455, J4125, N5105, N6005 to the latest N305, it has always been one liter a year, and the appearance is a change of soup without changing the medicine.
However, after entering the game, Polar Space has broken the convention, and its upgrade strategy has been the fastest and most radical in the industry since the birth of the brand, such as the latest N305, such as the latest AMD Ryzen (Ryzen) 7 5825U and AMD Ryzen (Ryzen) 5 5625U, which are the first to be adopted by Polar Space, and others will follow up.
And there has never been a place like Polar Space that is so full of ideas and creativity, daring to be bold and innovative, why can't there be a WiFi version of NAS, I want to make a Q2C, why can't NAS be carried around, such as T2?
T2 Hardware + Features Introduction
Polar Space T2 Portable Data Magic Box is really one of the most creative NAS I've ever seen, its appearance size is the same as that of a mobile phone, very small and lightweight, even if you carry it around, it's very simple. Its processor uses Rockchip RK3568, dual M.2 2280 NVMe SSD bays, generally speaking, many gamers can buy two 2TB SSDs to form a 4TB capacity NAS.
Rockchip RK3568 performance is very good, the processor is consistent with Polar Space Q2C, it is a high-end positioning of the general-purpose SOC, using 22nm process technology, integrated 4-core ARM architecture A55 processor and Mali G52 2EE graphics processor, support 4K decoding and 1080P encoding. RK3568 supports various types of peripheral interfaces such as SATA/PCIE/USB3.0, and has a built-in independent NPU, which can be used for lightweight AI applications. RK3568 supports Android 11 and linux. Compared with the Realtek RTD1296 processor, which is the most common NAS solution in the previous system, it has a 50% increase in CPU performance and a 90% increase in GPU performance.
The T2 portable data magic box has 4GB DDR4 memory, 1 2.5GbE network port, 1 USB3.0 interface, supports SD/TF card, 1 Type-C (USB3.2 Gen1) interface, and 1 Type-A (USB3.2 Gen1) interface.
Inside the outer package, there is also a silicone protective case, a PD fast charging head and fast charging cable, remote control, accessory bag, HDMI cable, network cable, and SSD mounting screws and screwdrivers.
Its installation is extremely simple, you only need to remove the back screws to see the 2 hard disk bays, and you can install it directly.
After a period of actual use, I found that this polar space T2 portable data magic box new product is really practical and easy to use, so what are its easy points? First of all, I need to summarize its functions, so as to facilitate viewing and understanding:
1. All-solid-state NAS - dual M.2 slots, silent operation, compact body, easy to carry.
2. U disk mode - it can be directly inserted into a computer/mobile phone and turned into a U disk, and the capacity of the U disk area can be flexibly set.
3. 4K Blu-ray player - it comes with a remote control, small and lightweight, no pressure to carry, plug in the hotel TV to watch Blu-ray high-definition movies, 4K, Blu-ray, HDR, subtitles, audio track adjustment freely
4. WiFi/AP - WiFi6 access to the Internet, get rid of the shackles of network cables, and soon launch AP mode, high-speed access without network [still in development and testing, follow-up OTA upgrade support]
5. SD/TF read and write - support SD/TF (self-configured card holder) card directly read, write, insert and read, travel shooting without pressure to insert the card, you can copy the backup data [at present, the SD card can be used as a U disk, automatic backup follow-up OTA upgrade support]
6. Power supply of power bank - ordinary power bank can make T2 run for several hours, camping, traveling, outdoor, ultra-large capacity data, really carry
Isn't it shocking to implement so many features in such a small box?
What Are the T2 Application Scenarios?
Okay, let's get back to the topic of "NAS" again, what is NAS?
NAS is network-attached storage, which in short, is a storage device with network capabilities. Before that, NAS was a black box, stacked in the corners of the room, connected to the power cable, and never looked at it all year round.
But the emergence of Polar Space T2 has changed this single situation, the emergence of Polar Space T2 is of great significance, very different, it completely changes the conventional sense of NAS form, and at the same time gives it more functions and application scenarios, which also leads to a thing, it can really replace the mobile hard disk, and it can be used as a Blu-ray player.
At present, there are the following scenarios that I personally think are very suitable:
1. Video team shooting, teamwork artifact
This is absolutely the dream of DIT (digital imaging engineers), how to quickly process the huge data material after the video team shoots outside? This link needs to involve rough cutting, fine editing, special effects, packaging, subtitles, etc., and according to the different division of labor, multiple people need to collaborate at the same time, then a T2 is enough to meet most of the needs.
2. Business trips
On a business trip, the call of personal work data, whether in the company or in the hotel, only need to plug in the NAS, turn on the AP mode to use, can also be used as a U disk, in addition, in the hotel through HDMI connected to the TV can be used as a Blu-ray player, anytime and anywhere to enjoy 4K movies.
3. Travel
During the trip, the photos taken by the camera can be imported into the T2 anytime and anywhere through the SD card, just plug in the power bank. In addition, in the hotel during the trip, you can also connect the TV through HDMI as a Blu-ray player, and enjoy 4K movies anytime and anywhere. Finally, it can also turn on AP mode, everyone can connect, some people in the car want to read comics, some people can read e-books, some people watch movies, some can take pictures to retouch, etc.
4. Company summary PPT
You can also use it as a USB flash drive to open your profile anytime, anywhere.
Of course, the above is just a part of my personal thoughts, and there are many more waiting for you to discover.
What are the advantages of T2?
The biggest advantage of Polar Space T2 is 3 points: U disk mode, HDMI desktop and AP mode, which is also the most innovative part of T2, which is worth talking about carefully.
1. U disk mode
The first is USB flash drive mode, in which the NAS can be used as a USB flash drive and can be connected to a computer or mobile phone. The advantage of this method is that the NAS can be used as a USB flash drive, which is very convenient for both carrying and reading and writing speeds, and can save the effort of carrying a portable hard disk.
If you want to use the USB flash drive mode, you need to complete the registration and create the storage pool, and then go to System Settings - USB flash drive mode.
Since the USB flash drive mode is created virtually by software, the file processing efficiency (upload and download, mobile copying, etc.) will be slightly worse than that of the real USB flash drive, but the actual sequential read speed of 363MB/s and the sequential write speed of 137MB/s are also sufficient.
This mode is very new in NAS, but there are some points to be aware of:
1. The U disk mode needs to be connected to the power supply at the same time, and cannot be connected by a separate data cable.
2. The capacity delineated by the U disk mode will be displayed and used as an ordinary external U disk in the personal space of Polar Space.
3. Once the U disk is inserted into the computer, the U disk cannot be used in the personal space. After the computer is safely ejected and the data cable is unplugged, the personal space will be automatically restored to the USB flash drive.
4. Frequent plugging and unplugging of data cables may cause the computer to fail to recognize the USB flash drive. At this time, you can restart Polar Space after plugging the data cable into the computer
5. Support EXFAT, NTFS. The exFAT format is compatible with Windows computers and Apple Mac computers, but exFAT cannot expand the capacity of the USB flash drive without loss. After NTFS creates a USB flash drive, it can expand the capacity of the USB flash drive without loss. But NTFS is read-only on Apple computers.
2. HDMI desktop
After connecting the T2 to the power source, connect it to the TV via the HDMI cable.
After the remote control is paired, it can play video, support HDR, 4K and other high-definition video playback, and currently only support audio track and subtitle switching.
However,In the future, more player functions like TV,It will also be upgraded and launched one after another。 This feature is also very worth looking forward to, isn't it fragrant to move the Blu-ray hard disk player?
3. AP mode
This mode is also one of the things I'm looking forward to the most, it only needs to connect the power bank to turn into a NAS that can transmit signals, as long as you connect to its wireless WiFi, you can access its content to your heart's content. And it can be visited by multiple people at the same time, which means that if a family goes on a trip collectively, Dad downloads all the comics, movies, and books, and carries one with him, which can solve the entertainment needs of the family during the trip.
How good is the polar space system?
Next, let's talk about the T2 system.
First of all, the T2 is a complete NAS, and it has all the features that a NAS should have, and it is very easy to use!
Polar Space has always been known for its system, its system is completely based on user needs, it is well-known in the industry for being easy to use, and its features are very good, such as Pole Film and Television, Pole Music, Pole Reading, Pole Comics, Pole Album, Documents and Versions, Docker and remote control.
The following points, if you want to buy players, please learn more about them:
1. Polar Space is often hacked "sweeping", which is completely nonsense, according to the relevant national laws and regulations, and according to different regulations, such as the Personal Information Protection Law, the Data Protection Directive, etc., NAS equipment or systems need to meet specific personal data protection requirements to ensure that the user's personal data is legally and safely processed in the process of collection, storage and processing. Please see, the user's personal data is protected.
In addition, the cost of sweeping the disk is very high, and it requires a huge amount of money to build a server, and no NAS manufacturer in China is willing to pay for this thing, unless a department forces pressure, but no such thing has happened now.
Finally, the user agreement and other requirements are the same for all NAS manufacturers in China, including Synology and QNAP.
2. Regarding the problem of running away, in fact, Extreme Space has long supported local offline accounts. To put it simply, from registration to use, it is completely carried out on the user's device, and you can create an account and use the polar space in a completely closed LAN exchange. In addition, when the new product was released in October, Polar Space also announced the completion of the B round of financing, and there was no shortage of funds.
3. The latest version of the system, Polar Space finally supports the function of multiple storage pools, currently supports ZDR, RAID1, RAID5, each disk array can freely combine each hard disk, and can also form multiple storage pools at the same time!
4. Extreme Space has recently successfully cooperated with Alibaba Cloud Disk, and it can be said that it has completely opened up the network disk backup link, walking in front of all brands of NAS. Polar Space now supports Baidu network disk, Tianyi cloud disk, Ali cloud disk backup, 3-2-1 backup rule is improved again!
5. Support more platforms - Apple TV, Android phone/Pad, Apple phone/iPad, Windows computer, Mac computer, computer/mobile phone browser, Android smart TV, Apple TV, WeChat applet, HDMI desktop are available.
6. Extreme Film and Television - Except for Android, all others have supported Dolby Vision. Full support for HDR videos. Batch processing of matching, mismatched classification, professional filtering of video and audio dimensions, intelligent content recommendation based on personal video and audio library, summary of content by actor dimension, seen tags, reverse order of lists, and multi-style lists.
7. Extreme Album - Original Material Backup, Backup Album Restoration, Mobile Phone Space Release, Wonderful Moments, Map Mode, Reconstruct Timeline, Improve Large Picture Browsing, Timeline is Faster and More Stable, Large Picture Page Turning is Smoother, and the Process of Loading from Thumbnail to Original Image is Smoother.
8. Documents and versions - document synchronization is accelerated, Windows supports local synchronization status, file management supports multi-window opening, the number of users in the team space can be expanded by 100%, encrypted sharing, encrypted folders, sharing to designated accounts,
9、Extreme Music——Intelligent analysis of audio files,Album、Singer、Genre automatic sorting and classification,And manual correction and editing of file information;Added intelligent recommendation,You can recommend some content in the music library according to your preferences;You can also conduct multi-dimensional search,Song title、File name、Singer、Song list, etc. can be searched for content;There are more intimate functions such as,Equalizer、Offline listening、Projection playback、Timed playback、Random/loop、Share playback、Support CUE。
10. Extreme Reading - Extreme Reading supports mainstream book formats such as mobi, epub, pdf, and txt. Table of Contents Positioning, Font Size Setting, Page Turning Mode, Brightness Setting, Lock Screen Time, Reading History, Offline Reading, Text Spacing, Auto Page Turning, Body Background, Bookshelf Collection
11. Pole Comics - Personal Comic Library. Images, PDFs, archives, epubs, and mobi files are supported. It has most of the functions of local comic reading, including multi-terminal playback records, direct reading of compressed packages, support for Japanese comic mode, quick browsing of catalogs, editing comic information, support for categorized libraries, horizontal/vertical screen adaptation, custom tiling, password book management, background customization, lock screen/brightness settings, and cache cleaning
12. Docker - 1) The official GUI supports macvlan creation, 2) One-click call to the core graphics card, 3) Read the default configuration of the image, which is convenient for rapid deployment of containers. 4) The first manufacturer to have a built-in tutorial. 5) Support to display container occupancy, which is convenient for users to identify container configuration problems. 6) Support migration between different storage pools, especially SSDs can run quietly. 7) It is convenient to call various external devices as mapping directories, U disks, SMB directories. In the future, the official will release more advanced permissions
13. Remote control - remote access (currently exclusive, and also supports mobile phones, and supports 100 collections) 1) You can also use docker containers on the external network without public IP. 2) It can also be used on the mobile phone, and the router or downloader configuration can be adjusted. 3) Combined with the browser container, it can realize remote Internet access, and some users use this function to bypass the network management control to fish. 4) Some ports are sensitive and do not want to be opened, so they can be replaced by remote access, and Polar Space provides security access guarantee.
summary
Polar Space T2 is the most innovative NAS I have seen so far, it is a milestone reform, opening up a new path in the NAS field, I guess there will be many manufacturers to follow up the development of portable NAS, and it is also a desirable way to replace portable hard drives. In terms of its actual experience, its basic NAS functions are as good as ever, and it is hard to imagine that NAS can be as portable as a mobile phone, and the functional experience is not left behind. But its innovative features such as HDMI desktop and AP mode are still being polished, these two functions together with the U disk mode can be described as its blockbuster, I believe it will meet you soon, and then witness its god moment.