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2022-11-03

Fighting Energy Inflation with ASUSTOR

Taipei, Taiwan 3 November 2022 – With soaring energy prices in Europe and high inflation in North America, it is imperative to be more efficient to save money and reduce expenses. Your ASUSTOR NAS combined with excellent hardware and efficient software design consumes less power, saving money. ADM ensures that your ASUSTOR NAS is not only power efficient when you’re using it, but further lower power usage when taking advantage of ASUSTOR features.
 
 
S3 Sleep
ASUSTOR NAS begins its commitment to power savings by introducing the world's first network storage devices ten years ago to support S3 sleep mode and immediate wake-up upon request. When idle for a period of time, your NAS will automatically enter system sleep mode which saves you energy and money while keeping your data easily accessible.
 
 
Wake on LAN and Wake on WAN
Wake on LAN makes it easy to wake up a sleeping or powered-off NAS in the same network environment as the NAS while Wake on WAN makes it easy to access data from outside the home and office without configuring ports on the connected router.
Wake on LAN and Wake on WAN do not require special equipment to use. Use ASUSTOR’s apps for phones and tablets to wake up your NAS while EZ Connect for Windows brings this functionality to PC. When your NAS is off, it is not only less vulnerable to malware and attacks but continues to save power while keeping your data easily accessible and equally safe.
 
 
Power Scheduling, HDD Hibernation and LED Settings
Want to save even more power? Schedule your NAS to automatically shut down on times you know the NAS will not be in use and power itself back on when needed. For example, shutting down or hibernating at 11:00 pm on weekdays and keeping it off throughout the weekend helps save power. After the shutdown is executed, the complete power saving mode is entered, which greatly saves power.
Taking the newly released Lockerstor Gen2 series as an example. Compared with 24 hour use, changing the scheduler to turn off the NAS for 16 hours a day, saving 67% of its total daily power usage. Assuming €0.60/kWh, keeping the NAS off for an average of 16 hours a day can help save up to €170 per year, although your mileage may vary. In addition to saving power, scheduling your NAS to turn off can help prolong the service life of hard drives, reduce the probability of attacks, reducing the risks of data loss. In addition, even if the NAS is powered on, ADM can intelligently turn off hard drives to save power and longevity. Want to squeeze even more power savings? ADM gives you control over LED brightness to save even more power.
 
 
MyArchive – Save Power with Infrequently Used Data
If you have data taking up space that you don’t use frequently, use MyArchive instead of adding new hard drives to your NAS or PC. MyArchive drives, when disconnected use no power, saving the power that would otherwise be used. 
 
 
Environmentally Friendly and Cool
ASUSTOR's mid-to-high-end NAS are all designed with metal casings and trays to help dissipate heat. This extra heat dissipation reduces the burden of the fan to enable ADM to balance between power, noise output and temperature.
 
 
80 Plus: Amazing Efficiency
The Lockerstor 12R Pro and 16R Pro use high-end server grade 80 Plus Platinum power supplies to ensure maximum efficiency while the all-new Lockerstor 6 Gen2, Lockerstor 8, Lockerstor 10 and Lockerstor 10 Pro all come with 80 Plus Bronze power supplies to ensure that your NAS uses only the power it needs while eliminating inefficient heat generation. 80 Plus Platinum brings up to 94% power efficiency while 80 Plus Bronze brings up to 85% efficiency. 80 Plus helps you save money and be environmentally friendly.
 
 
For more information, please visit: https://www.asustor.com/
 
 
About ASUSTOR Inc.
Founded in 2011, ASUSTOR Inc. was established via direct investment from ASUSTeK Computer Inc. The ASUSTOR brand name was created as a portmanteau of “ASUS” and “Storage”. ASUSTOR is a leading innovator and provider of private cloud storage (network attached storage) and video surveillance (network video recorder) solutions, also specializing in the development and integration of related firmware, hardware and applications. We are devoted to providing the world with unparalleled user experiences and the most complete set of network storage solutions possible.
Media Contact: marketing@asustor.com