The best ASUSTOR NAS for most Australian homes is the Drivestor 4 Gen2 (AS1204T): four bays, 2.5GbE and 4K media playback at an entry-level price. Power users and creators should step up to the AS5402T or AS5404T (Celeron N5105, four M.2 NVMe slots, dual 2.5GbE, HDMI), and small businesses to the Lockerstor 4 Gen2+ (AS6704T v2) with dual 5GbE, or the Lockerstor 4 Gen3 (AS6804T) with AMD Ryzen, ECC DDR5, 10GbE and USB4. For silent all-SSD storage, choose a Flashstor.
Quick pick: home and family → AS1204T; Plex and gaming → AS5404T; office of 5–30 people → AS6704T v2; video editing → AS6804T or FS6806X. ARC IP Networks is a trusted ASUSTOR supplier in Australia, with genuine stock, the full ASUSTOR warranty and Australia-wide delivery.
ASUSTOR NAS range at a glance
ASUSTOR groups its NAS range by who it is for. These are the current models ARC IP Networks stocks in Australia, from home starters to all-flash units for editing suites.
| Model | In one line | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Drivestor 2 Gen2 AS1202T | 2 bays, ARM quad-core, 1 GB, 2.5GbE | Personal backups and a first family NAS |
| Drivestor 4 Gen2 AS1204T | 4 bays, ARM quad-core, 1 GB, 2.5GbE | Family photo library, home backups, 4K playback |
| Drivestor 2 Pro Gen2 AS3302T v2 | 2 bays, 2 GB RAM, 2.5GbE, takes 2.5-inch drives too | Personal cloud with a little more memory |
| Drivestor 4 Pro Gen2 AS3304T v2 | 4 bays, 2 GB RAM, 2.5GbE | Larger home libraries and home offices |
| AS5402T | 2 bays + 4 M.2 NVMe, Celeron N5105, dual 2.5GbE, HDMI | Creators and gamers who want SSD speed |
| AS5404T | 4 bays + 4 M.2 NVMe, Celeron N5105, dual 2.5GbE, HDMI | Plex servers and busy home studios |
| Lockerstor 2 Gen2+ AS6702T v2 | 2 bays + 4 M.2, dual 5GbE | Small offices that need speed in a small box |
| Lockerstor 4 Gen2+ AS6704T v2 | 4 bays + 4 M.2, dual 5GbE, PCIe slot for 10GbE | Small and medium businesses |
| Lockerstor 6 Gen2+ AS6706T v2 | 6 bays + 4 M.2, 8 GB, dual 5GbE, PCIe slot | Growing teams with more data |
| Lockerstor 4 Gen3 AS6804T | 4 bays + 4 M.2, AMD Ryzen, 16 GB DDR5 ECC, 2 x 10GbE + 2 x 5GbE, USB4 | Video teams, virtual machines, heavy workloads |
| Flashstor 12 Pro FS6712X | 12 M.2 NVMe SSD slots, 10GbE | Silent all-flash storage for studios |
| Flashstor 6 Gen2 FS6806X | 6 PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots, AMD Ryzen, 10GbE, USB4 | Fast all-flash for editors and creators |
Model positioning summarised from ASUSTOR's official product and specification pages.
ASUSTOR NAS specifications compared
Every figure below comes from ASUSTOR's official specification pages. Read and write speeds are ASUSTOR's own lab results (RAID level shown) and depend on drives, network and client computers.
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| Spec | AS1202T | AS1204T | AS3302T v2 | AS3304T v2 | AS5402T | AS5404T | AS6702T v2 | AS6704T v2 | AS6706T v2 | AS6804T | FS6712X | FS6806X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drive bays | 2 bays | 4 bays | 2 bays | 4 bays | 2 bays + 4 x M.2 | 4 bays + 4 x M.2 | 2 bays + 4 x M.2 | 4 bays + 4 x M.2 | 6 bays + 4 x M.2 | 4 bays + 4 x M.2 | 12 x M.2 SSD | 6 x M.2 SSD |
| Processor | Realtek RTD1619B | Realtek RTD1619B | Realtek RTD1619B | Realtek RTD1619B | Celeron N5105 | Celeron N5105 | Celeron N5105 | Celeron N5105 | Celeron N5105 | Ryzen V3C14 | Celeron N5105 | Ryzen V3C14 |
| CPU speed | 1.7 GHz | 1.7 GHz | 1.7 GHz | 1.7 GHz | 2.0 GHz, bursting to 2.9 GHz | 2.0 GHz, bursting to 2.9 GHz | 2.0 GHz, bursting to 2.9 GHz | 2.0 GHz, bursting to 2.9 GHz | 2.0 GHz, bursting to 2.9 GHz | 2.3 GHz, bursting to 3.8 GHz | 2.0 GHz, bursting to 2.9 GHz | 2.3 GHz, bursting to 3.8 GHz |
| Memory | 1GB DDR4 | 1GB DDR4 | 2GB DDR4 | 2GB DDR4 | 4GB DDR4 | 4GB DDR4 | 4GB DDR4 | 4GB DDR4 | 8GB DDR4 | 16GB DDR5 | 4GB DDR4 | 8GB DDR5 |
| Max memory | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | 16GB | 16GB | 16GB | 16GB | 16GB | 64GB | 16GB | 64GB |
| Network | 2.5GbE | 2.5GbE | 2.5GbE | 2.5GbE | Dual 2.5GbE | Dual 2.5GbE | Dual 5GbE | Dual 5GbE | Dual 5GbE | Dual 10GbE + Dual 5GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| 10GbE upgrade slot | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| HDMI | No | No | No | No | HDMI 2.0b | HDMI 2.0b | HDMI 2.0b | HDMI 2.0b | HDMI 2.0b | No | HDMI 2.0b, S/PDIF | No |
| Lab read / write (MB/s) | 209 / 189 (RAID 1) | 266 / 160 (RAID 5) | 283 / 280 (RAID 1) | 283 / 280 (RAID 5) | 576 / 566 (RAID 1) | 576 / 566 (RAID 5) | 837 / 754 (RAID 1) | 1,146 / 536 (RAID 5) | 992 / 557 (RAID 5) | 1,675 / 791 (RAID 5) | 1,181 / 1,027 (RAID 5) | 1,179 / 1,181 (RAID 5) |
| Warranty | 3 Years | 3 Years | 3 Years | 3 Years | 3 Years | 3 Years | 3 Years | 3 Years | 3 Years | 3 Years | 3 Years | 3 Years |
Source: ASUSTOR specifications for each model. "M.2" = M.2 2280 NVMe SSD slots.
Best ASUSTOR NAS for Australian homes: Drivestor Gen2 and Drivestor Pro Gen2
The Drivestor 2 Gen2 and Drivestor 4 Gen2 run a 1.7 GHz quad-core Realtek RTD1619B with 1 GB of DDR4 and a 2.5GbE port. That is enough for the jobs most households have: backing up every PC and phone, holding the family photo library, streaming to the TV and syncing with Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive. The 2.5GbE port works with any Gigabit switch you already own, and it moves files faster as soon as you add a 2.5GbE switch.
The Drivestor 2 Pro Gen2 and Drivestor 4 Pro Gen2 keep the same processor but double the memory to 2 GB and accept 2.5-inch drives as well as 3.5-inch, which suits a small home office running a few more apps at once.
Best ASUSTOR NAS for Plex, gaming and creators: AS5402T and AS5404T
The AS5402T and AS5404T combine hard-drive bays with four M.2 NVMe SSD slots, so you can keep bulk storage on hard drives and put the active projects, cache or game library on SSD. The Intel Celeron N5105 (2.0 GHz, bursting to 2.9 GHz) and 4 GB of DDR4 (up to 16 GB) handle Plex, Docker containers and several users at once, and dual 2.5GbE ports can be combined for more throughput. An HDMI 2.0b output lets the NAS play media straight to a TV.
Best ASUSTOR NAS for small and medium businesses: Lockerstor Gen2+ and Gen3
The Lockerstor Gen2+ range (2-bay, 4-bay and 6-bay) is the step up for offices. Two 5GbE ports work with SMB Multichannel on Windows for roughly double the single-port speed, four PCIe 3.0 M.2 slots add SSD cache, and the 4 and 6-bay models have a PCIe slot for a 10GbE card such as the AS-T10G3. ASUSTOR quotes 1,146 MB/s read and 536 MB/s write for the AS6704T v2 (RAID 5, SMB Multichannel across both 5GbE ports).
For heavier work, the Lockerstor 4 Gen3 (AS6804T) moves to an AMD Ryzen Embedded V3C14 (2.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz) with 16 GB of DDR5-4800 ECC memory, two 10GbE plus two 5GbE ports, PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots and two USB4 ports at 40 Gbps. ECC memory protects data in RAM from bit errors, which matters for databases, virtual machines and long-running file servers.
Best all-flash NAS: ASUSTOR Flashstor
Flashstor units hold M.2 NVMe SSDs only, with no spinning drives, so they are quiet enough for a desk or a studio. The Flashstor 12 Pro (FS6712X) takes twelve M.2 SSDs with a Celeron N5105 and 10GbE. The second-generation Flashstor 6 Gen2 (FS6806X) has six PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots, an AMD Ryzen Embedded V3C14, 8 GB of DDR5-4800 (ECC supported), 10GbE and two USB4 ports. ASUSTOR quotes 1,179 MB/s read and 1,181 MB/s write for the FS6806X (RAID 5, Windows sequential transfer over 10GbE).
NAS with drives included: ASUSTOR + Seagate bundles
ARC IP Networks also sells most of these models as bundles with a Seagate hard drive already included, so the NAS works on day one and you add drives later. The bundles use Seagate IronWolf 4, 8 or 10 TB NAS drives or a Seagate Exos X24 12 TB enterprise drive. Some 4 TB bundles cost about the same as the diskless unit.
| Drive in the bundle | Type | Speed / cache | Workload rating | Seagate warranty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IronWolf 4 TB (ST4000VN006) | NAS drive | 5400 RPM class, 256 MB | 180 TB/year | 3 years |
| IronWolf 8 TB (ST8000VN004) | NAS drive | 7200 RPM, 256 MB | 180 TB/year | 3 years |
| IronWolf 10 TB (ST10000VN000) | NAS drive | 7200 RPM, 256 MB | 180 TB/year | 3 years |
| Exos X24 12 TB (ST12000NM002H) | Enterprise drive | 7200 RPM, 512 MB | 550 TB/year | 5 years |
Source: Seagate product manuals. Example: AS6704T v2 with IronWolf 4 TB, AS5402T with IronWolf 4 TB.
Which ASUSTOR NAS for which Australian buyer
ARC IP Networks suggestions, based on the official specifications above.
| Buyer | Suggested model | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Family on the NBN backing up phones and PCs | AS1204T | Four bays for growth, 2.5GbE, 4K playback |
| Student or single user | AS1202T | Two bays, mirrored for safety |
| Photographer or videographer at home | AS5404T | SSD slots for active projects, HDMI, dual 2.5GbE |
| Plex household with a 4K library | AS5404T | Celeron N5105 and memory headroom for Plex |
| Trades or real estate office (5–15 staff) | AS6704T v2 | Dual 5GbE, snapshots, room for SSD cache |
| Accounting or law practice | AS6706T v2 | Six bays and 8 GB for years of client files |
| Video production or design studio | AS6804T or FS6806X | 10GbE, PCIe 4.0 SSD, USB4, ECC memory |
| Quiet desk or small studio | FS6712X | All-SSD, no spinning drives, 10GbE |
Works with Windows, macOS and your existing network
ASUSTOR NAS units run ADM, ASUSTOR's Linux-based operating system. ASUSTOR lists support for Windows 10 and 11, Windows Server, macOS, and UNIX, Linux and BSD clients, over SMB, AFP, NFS, FTP, WebDAV, Rsync and iSCSI. Apps such as Plex, Photo Gallery, Surveillance Center and Docker-based containers install from App Central. Pair your NAS with a UPS so ADM can shut down safely in a blackout: see our guide to the best UPS for a NAS.
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Live Australian pricing (inc. GST) and stock levels are on each product page.
Common questions
Straight answers from the ARC IP Networks team. Last reviewed October 2026.
For most homes, the ASUSTOR Drivestor 4 Gen2 (AS1204T): four bays, a 1.7 GHz quad-core processor, 2.5GbE and 4K media playback. Families that only need two drives can choose the Drivestor 2 Gen2 (AS1202T).
The AS5402T and AS5404T suit Plex well: an Intel Celeron N5105, 4 GB of DDR4 expandable to 16 GB, four M.2 NVMe slots and an HDMI 2.0b output. ASUSTOR lists Plex Media Server support, installed from App Central.
Drivestor is ASUSTOR's home range, Lockerstor is the business range with faster networking and M.2 SSD slots, and Flashstor is the all-flash range that holds only M.2 NVMe SSDs.
The Lockerstor 4 Gen2+ (AS6704T v2) suits most small offices: four bays, four M.2 slots, dual 5GbE with SMB Multichannel and a PCIe slot for a 10GbE card. For heavier workloads, the Lockerstor 4 Gen3 (AS6804T) adds AMD Ryzen, ECC DDR5, 10GbE and USB4.
The Lockerstor 4 Gen3 (AS6804T) has two 10GbE ports built in, and both Flashstor models have 10GbE. The Lockerstor 4 and 6 Gen2+ have a PCIe slot that accepts a 10GbE card such as the AS-T10G3.
Yes. ARC IP Networks sells ASUSTOR models bundled with a Seagate IronWolf 4, 8 or 10 TB NAS drive or a Seagate Exos X24 12 TB drive, so the NAS is ready on day one.
ASUSTOR lists a 3-year warranty for each NAS model in this guide. Bundled Seagate drives carry Seagate's own warranty: 3 years for IronWolf and 5 years for Exos X24.
Yes. ASUSTOR lists Windows 10 and 11, Windows Server, macOS and Linux clients, using SMB, AFP, NFS and other standard protocols.
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