Originally Posted by steele 
Will there be a spindown function added, if so I would keep hold of the unit.
Just to clear things up here too: Thecus is not only simply not willing to provide the advertised spindown feature but has actively deceived their customers in advertising the feature:
In the meantime I have asked for implementation of the spindown feature which had been advertised by Thecus and my dealer. The dealer asked Thecus and they told they had never planned to provide a spindown for the N299 which is reserved for the more expensive models. They also said the N299 would have to be developed from the ground for implementation of spindown because of memory limitations etc. What a bull**** and of course Thecus knows better.
We already have professional NAS running exceeding the abilties of any Thecus model (the N299 was only planned for use at my home office) and I am going to ensure that no Thecus product will ever come near to us or anyone I can speak to.
Any proposals for another similar device which keeps its promises (QNAP, Synology, what else)?
Bye
Peter