GENERAL NAS FEATURE COMPARISON
| NAS |
Plex (local 4K) |
Plex HD (remote) |
Plex 4K (remote) |
BACKUP (MS/GOOGLE OFFICE) |
BACKUP (BAREBONE) |
PHOTOS (OBJECT AI) |
VIDEO EDITING (4K) |
VIDEO EDITING (8K) |
DOCKER |
VIRTUAL MACHINES |
PC MODE (QVM) |
2.5GbE |
10GbE |
25GbE |
Thunderbolt |
NVMe |
Pcie |
Expansion |
HDMI |
Drive Mixing |
| TS-h686 |
✓ |
- |
- | ✓ | | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | |
| TS-431KX |
✓ |
- |
- | ✓ | | ✓ | | | ✓ | | | | ✓ | | | | | ✓ | | |
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BEST FOR Virtualisation
| NAS |
CPU |
Cores |
Threads |
Speed (GHz) |
Docker/VM |
Score |
ECC |
| TS-h686 |
Intel® Xeon® D-1602 dual-core 2.5 GHz processor (b... |
2 |
4 |
2.5 (MAX:3.2) |
Docker/VM |
2459 |
ECC /8 GB UDIMM DDR4 ECC (2 x 4 GB) |
| TS-431KX |
AnnapurnaLabs, an Amazon company Alpine AL-214, 4-c... |
4 |
4 |
1.7 |
Docker |
400 |
NO /2 GB SODIMM DDR3 (1 x 2 GB) |
BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA
| NAS |
GPU |
Base_GHz/Max |
Codec |
FPS |
Transcoding |
Plex |
| TS-h686 |
|
/ |
|
|
0 |
720p |
| TS-431KX |
|
/ |
|
|
0 |
|
BEST FOR FILE STORAGE
| NAS |
BAYS |
Bandwidth |
HDD storage |
expansion |
Drive mixing |
File System |
| TS-h686 |
4 HDD |
10Gbit (4 ports combined) |
88TB |
✓ |
|
ZFS/EXT4 |
| TS-431KX |
4 HDD |
12Gbit (3 ports combined) |
88TB |
✓ |
|
EXT4 |
*All NAS support multiple RAID/ volume groups, if you want to mix different size drive on non supported model.
BEST FOR BACKUP
| NAS |
Level |
HA |
AI |
Google |
Microsoft |
encryption |
| TS-h686 |
folder |
|
face |
✓ |
✓ |
HDD/volume /folder |
| TS-431KX |
folder |
|
face |
✓ |
✓ |
HDD/volume /folder |
BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING
| NAS |
MAX LAN speed |
Ports |
transcoding |
PCIe |
NVMe |
| TS-h686 |
2.5Gbit |
|
|
Slot 1: PCIe Gen3 x8
Slot 2: PCIe Gen3 x8 |
2 x M.2 2280/22110 NVMe Gen3 x4 slots |
| TS-431KX |
10Gbit |
1 x 10GbE SFP+ |
|
|
|
BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)
| NAS |
HDMI |
QVM |
transcoding |
AI |
| TS-h686 |
|
|
|
✓ |
| TS-431KX |
|
|
|
✓ |
BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI
| NAS |
Virtual switch |
Docker/VM |
HDMI |
S/PDIF / AUX |
| TS-h686 |
✓ |
Docker/VM |
|
|
| TS-431KX |
✓ |
Docker |
|
|
LATEST VIDEOS RELATED
AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE
| Brand |
Model |
TW |
USA |
UK |
Released |
| Qnap |
TS-h686 |
• |
|
• |
2020-07 |
| Qnap |
TS-431KX |
• |
• |
• |
2020-07 |
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