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-h1677XU-RP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| TS-431X3 | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
| HS-453DX | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
LATEST PRICE LIST
| TS-h1677XU-RP | 229.79 GBP | |
| TS-431X3 | 1052.38 GBP | 559 USD |
| HS-453DX | 879.11 GBP | 739 USD |
BEST FOR Virtualisation
| NAS | CPU | Cores | Threads | Speed (GHz) | Docker/VM | Score | ECC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TS-h1677XU-RP | AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700X 8-core/16-thread 3.6 GHz proces... | 8 | 16 | 3.6 (MAX:4.4) | Docker/VM | 22649 | NO /32 GB DDR4 UDIMM DDR4 (2 x 16GB) |
| TS-431X3 | AnnapurnaLabs, an Amazon company Alpine AL-314, 4-c... | 4 | 4 | 1.7 | Docker | 400 | NO /4 GB SODIMM DDR3 (1 x 4 GB) |
| HS-453DX | Intel® Celeron® J4115 quad-core 1.8 GHz processor ... | 4 | 4 | 1.8 (MAX:2.5) | Docker/VM | 3186 | NO /8 GB SO-DIMM DDR4 (2 x 4 GB) |
BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA
| NAS | GPU | Base_GHz/Max | Codec | FPS | Transcoding | Plex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TS-h1677XU-RP | / | 0 | 4320p | |||
| TS-431X3 | / | 0 | ||||
| HS-453DX | Intel® UHD Graphics 600 | 250/750 | H.264 | 60 | 2160 | 1080p |
BEST FOR FILE STORAGE
| NAS | BAYS | Bandwidth | HDD storage | expansion | Drive mixing | File System |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TS-h1677XU-RP | 16 HDD | 22Gbit (4 ports combined) | 352TB | ✓ | ZFS/EXT4 | |
| TS-431X3 | 4 HDD | 11Gbit (2 ports combined) | 88TB | ✓ | EXT4 | |
| HS-453DX | 2 HDD | 11Gbit (2 ports combined) | 44TB | ✓ | 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 | Microsoft | encryption | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TS-h1677XU-RP | folder | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder | |
| TS-431X3 | folder | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder | |
| HS-453DX | folder | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder |
BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING
| NAS | MAX LAN speed | Ports | transcoding | PCIe | NVMe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TS-h1677XU-RP | 10Gbit | 2 x 10GbE SFP+ | Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x4 Slot 2: PCIe Gen 3 x8 or PCIe Gen 3 x4* Slot 3: PCIe Gen 3 x4 Slot 4: PCIe Gen 3 x8 or PCIe Gen 3 x4** | ||
| TS-431X3 | 10Gbit | 1 x 10GbE SFP+ | |||
| HS-453DX | 10Gbit | 1X RJ45 | ✓ | 2 x M.2 2280 SATA 6Gb/s slots |
BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)
| NAS | HDMI | QVM | transcoding | AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TS-h1677XU-RP | ✓ | |||
| TS-431X3 | ✓ | |||
| HS-453DX | 2, HDMI™ 2.0 (up to resolution 3840 x 2160 @ 60Hz) + HDMI 1.4b (up to 3840 x 2160 @ 30Hz) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI
| NAS | Virtual switch | Docker/VM | HDMI | S/PDIF / AUX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TS-h1677XU-RP | ✓ | Docker/VM | ||
| TS-431X3 | ✓ | Docker | ||
| HS-453DX | ✓ | Docker/VM | 2, HDMI™ 2.0 (up to resolution 3840 x 2160 @ 60Hz) + HDMI 1.4b (up to 3840 x 2160 @ 30Hz) |
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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE
| Brand | Model | TW | USA | UK | Released |
| Qnap | TS-h1677XU-RP | • | • | • | 2021-04 |
| Qnap | TS-431X3 | • | • | • | 2020-07 |
| Qnap | HS-453DX | • | • | • | 2020-07 |
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