4 Bay NAS with DAS via USB 3? Is this new QNAP NAS too good to be true?
I am sure that, like me, many of you have heard rumblings of the latest 2-Bay NAS from QNAP NAS technologies. Hot on the heals of their latest thunderbolt 2 NAS, they have announced their range of USB 3.0 DAS enabled NAS units. Yes, the QNAP TS-251A and TS-451A are two of the most interesting NAS’ as far as the home and SMB market released this year. It has often been a slight annoyance to a few that for all the data they store on their QNAP NAS device, that it is only truly accessible via the internet/network. The new TS-X51A range hopes to sort this out once and for all, and via the simple connection of USB 3.0 too. The TS-451A-2G features the following:
14nm Intel® Celeron® N3060 dual-core 1.6GHz processor, up to 2.48GHz (same as DS216+II)
2 or 4GB RAM (maximum of 8GB across two slots)
NAS and DAS? How does that work?
But I guess what you want to hear about is the key selling point – USB Direct Access. What we know so far:
• Connect a USB cable to the front of the NAS (slim USB 3.0 type Micro B)
• Connect other end to your PC or Mac via a standard USB Type A port
• Connect and access your device for the first time using QFinder Pro software (free)
• NAS can still be accessed in traditional NAS way whilst USB Direct Attached accessed is used
• Password and User account control can be applied or suspended as required for protection
• Native 4K and HD Transcoding – though cannot expect the same height in Plex Performance
Dual OS support like the X53A range
Read and Write through two LAN ports of 194.5MB/s Read and 211.88 MB/s Write
Remote control included
Windows and Mac compatible
VM supported
QvPC with the USB and HDMI ports
Surveillance over Network supported with 2 Camera licences included (Max x32)
The QNAP TS-451A-4G and TS-451A-2G are available to buy now from nascompares.com
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