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Located at the backside we can see the two ventilation holes, the unit is very silent I must say, and it will regulate fan RPM  depending on temperature and or configurable fan preference. You can configure power saving and fan options in the software suite. There are quite few connection options including USB 3.0 (four at the back, one in the front). 

• Intel Celeron 1.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor (Automatic Overclocking to 2.24GHz)
• Read Speed of up to 398+ MB/s and Write Speed of up to 355+ MB/s Under Link Aggregation and RAID 5 Configurations
• 4 GB Built-in Dual-Channel DDR3L High Speed Memory (Expandable up to 8 GB, 4 GB x2)
• 4 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports
• Front of Device: 1 x SuperSpeed USB 3.0 (5 GB/s) Port
• Back of Device: 2 x SuperSpeed USB 3.0 (5 GB/s) Ports, 2 x USB 2.0 Ports, 2 x eSATA Ports
• 1 x HDMI 1.4b Port
• 1 x S/PDIF Audio Output Port
• Infrared Receiver

The unit sports four Gigabit Ethernet ports that can be teamed as well as a HDMI connector. All the way up top you even can find a SPDIF output for audio as yes this unit could function as home media center as well (KODI is supported). It even comes with an infra red received compatible with an optional media remote control form ASUSTOR.

At the front side, you can see a USB 3.0 connector on the lower left. There are also LED indicators for the operational status of of the NAS. There is also an IR sensor as you can use this unit as media center PC and purchase an optional remote control. You can also connect a wireless keyboard or mouse to the USB ports. 
  

 
To the top left you'll find the power button and two status LEDs. If the NAS is in sleep mode it's orange, when enabled and active green etc. 
  

 
The top right button can be used to navigate the NAS menu, easy for quick access but otherwise we'd recommend you to use the web interface of course. To the left of it is an LCD display, we'll show you that later on.

Yes pop four eight 8 TB HDDs in there and you'll have a 64 TB NAS cluster. It's a daunting  looking storage unit alright, but the looks alone need some serious hardware, and as such this unit is powered by a quad-core Celeron that is plenty fast to host many applications and fast IO delivery. It looks good with the dark design. The unit is capable of read speeds of over 112 MB/s and write speeds of over 110 MB/s. And with link aggregation you can triple that number. If you like to take it up a notch, a hardware encryption engine also features read speeds of over 112 MB/s and write speeds of 80 MB/s for encrypted data providing an optimal combination of file security and system performance.

Here you are looking at the bottom, the unit rests on four rubber feet to prevent resonating noises from the HDDs. Also to the front you can see a mesh, which is the air intake. The unit is incredibly silent BTW, the only thing that makes noise (in its default setup) will be the HDDs.