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 |
✓ |
- |
- | ✓ | | ✓ | | | ✓ | | | | ✓ | | | | | ✓ | | |
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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) |
BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA
| NAS |
GPU |
Base_GHz/Max |
Codec |
FPS |
Transcoding |
Plex |
| TS-h1677XU-RP |
|
/ |
|
|
0 |
4320p |
| TS-431X3 |
|
/ |
|
|
0 |
|
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 |
*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-h1677XU-RP |
folder |
|
face |
✓ |
✓ |
HDD/volume /folder |
| TS-431X3 |
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+ |
|
|
|
BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)
| NAS |
HDMI |
QVM |
transcoding |
AI |
| TS-h1677XU-RP |
|
|
|
✓ |
| TS-431X3 |
|
|
|
✓ |
BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI
| NAS |
Virtual switch |
Docker/VM |
HDMI |
S/PDIF / AUX |
| TS-h1677XU-RP |
✓ |
Docker/VM |
|
|
| TS-431X3 |
✓ |
Docker |
|
|
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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE
| Brand |
Model |
TW |
USA |
UK |
Released |
| Qnap |
TS-h1677XU-RP |
• |
• |
• |
2021-04 |
| Qnap |
TS-431X3 |
• |
• |
• |
2020-07 |
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