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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-462
TS-433 - -
TS-432PXU-RP - -
TS-432PXU - -
TS-431XeU - -

LATEST PRICE LIST

TS-462349 GBP
TS-433374.45 GBP586.77 USD
TS-432PXU-RP939 USD
TS-432PXU896.4 GBP939 USD
TS-431XeU649 GBP

BEST FOR Virtualisation

NAS CPU Cores Threads Speed (GHz) Docker/VM Score ECC
TS-462 Intel® Celeron® N4505 2-core/2-thread processor, ... 2 2 2 (MAX:2.9) Docker/VM 2378 NO /2 GB DDR4 SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 2 GB)
TS-433 ARM 4-core Cortex-A55 2.0GHz processor 4 4 2 Docker 694 NO /4 GB DDR4, not expandable
TS-432PXU-RP AnnapurnaLabs Alpine AL-324 64-bit ARM® Cortex-A57 ... 4 4 1.7 Docker 400 NO /2 GB UDIMM DDR4 (1 x 2 GB)
TS-432PXU AnnapurnaLabs Alpine AL-324 64-bit ARM® Cortex-A57 ... 4 4 1.7 Docker 400 NO /2 GB UDIMM DDR4 (1 x 2 GB)
TS-431XeU AnnapurnaLabs Alpine AL-314 32-bit ARM® Cortex-A15... 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-462 Intel® UHD Graphics 450/750 H.264, H.265 60 2160 2160p
TS-433 / H.264 30 1080 720p
TS-432PXU-RP / 0
TS-432PXU / 0
TS-431XeU / 0

BEST FOR FILE STORAGE

NAS BAYS Bandwidth HDD storage expansion Drive mixing File System
TS-462 4 HDD 3.5Gbit (2 ports combined) 88TB EXT4
TS-433 4 HDD 3.5Gbit (2 ports combined) 88TB EXT4
TS-432PXU-RP 4 HDD 25Gbit (4 ports combined) 88TB EXT4
TS-432PXU 4 HDD 25Gbit (4 ports combined) 88TB EXT4
TS-431XeU 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-462 folder face HDD/volume /folder
TS-433 folder face HDD/volume /folder
TS-432PXU-RP folder face HDD/volume /folder
TS-432PXU folder face HDD/volume /folder
TS-431XeU folder face HDD/volume /folder

BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING

NAS MAX LAN speed Ports transcoding PCIe NVMe
TS-462 2.5Gbit Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x2 2 x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3 x1
TS-433 2.5Gbit
TS-432PXU-RP 10Gbit 2 x 10GbE SFP+ Slot 1: PCIe Gen 2 x2
TS-432PXU 10Gbit 2 x 10GbE SFP+ Slot 1: PCIe Gen 2 x2
TS-431XeU 10Gbit 1 x 10GbE SFP+

BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)

NAS HDMI QVM transcoding AI
TS-462 1, HDMI™ 2.1 (up to 4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz)
TS-433
TS-432PXU-RP
TS-432PXU
TS-431XeU

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS Virtual switch Docker/VM HDMI S/PDIF / AUX
TS-462 Docker/VM 1, HDMI™ 2.1 (up to 4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz)
TS-433 Docker
TS-432PXU-RP Docker
TS-432PXU Docker
TS-431XeU Docker

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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE

Brand Model TW USA UK Released
Qnap TS-462 2022-07
Qnap TS-433 2022-05
Qnap TS-432PXU-RP 2020-08
Qnap TS-432PXU 2020-08
Qnap TS-431XeU 2020-07

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RELATED REVIEWS

SOFTWARE - 9/10
HARDWARE - 8/10
PERFORMANCE - 9/10
PRICE - 6/10
VALUE - 7/10


7.8
PROS
👍🏻Incredible Surveillance Monitoring Options
👍🏻Real-Time AI Camera recording saves hundreds of man-hours
👍🏻Internal GTX1650 Graphics Card means this new system can process up to 6 AI tasks, rather than the 4x in the DVA3219
👍🏻8 Camera Licenses included (worth around £300)
👍🏻BTRFS and SHR Support
👍🏻Upto 32GB DDR4 Memory Support
👍🏻Dual Surveillance Station and DSM Support
👍🏻4 LAN Ports for LAG
👍🏻Can be used for VMs, PLEX and rest of the Synology App Collection
👍🏻Great Surveillance Person/Thing tracking
👍🏻Intelligent Motion Tracking
👍🏻Intelligent Counting and Border Control
👍🏻Additional Deep Video Analysis Options
CONS
👎🏻Graphics Card features HDMI/DVI Ports on the card, but they are not available on the DVA3221
👎🏻Quite expensive for a 4-Bay NAS
👎🏻No Keyboard Video Mouse (KVM) support
👎🏻The CPU is a little disappointing
👎🏻Arguably only a marginal increase on the DVA3219

SOFTWARE - 8/10
HARDWARE - 8/10
PERFORMANCE - 8/10
PRICE - 7/10
VALUE - 8/10


7.8
PROS
👍🏻Very compact chassis design, despite large storage potential
👍🏻A BIG jump in hardware and scale from the QNAP TS-451D
👍🏻Easily one of the most hardware-packed SMB/Mid-range 2-Bay on the market
👍🏻HDMI 2.1 Support is fantastically future-proof!
👍🏻m.2 NVMe SSD Bays AND a PCIe Upgrade Slot (no need to choose one upgrade path)
👍🏻8x Included Camera Licenses
👍🏻Includes Anti-virus, Firewall Tool, VPN client tools, Malware Remover, network manager and Security Councilor Tool
👍🏻3 Different Container/VM tools that also feature image download centers
👍🏻10Gb/s (1,000MB/s) USB Ports will be incredibly useful
👍🏻Large range of expansion options in the TR/TL series in 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 Bays
CONS
👎🏻The PCIe Slot is PCIe 3x2 and the M.2 SSD Bays are PCIe 3x1 (likely limitations of all this H/W on a Celeron+chipset
👎🏻HD Station application needs more updates by the brand
👎🏻Base 2GB Memory is quite small!
👎🏻Software can be a little inconsistent under excessive use and features a steeper learning curve than Synology


LATEST PRICE LIST

TS-462349 GBP
TS-433374.45 GBP586.77 USD
TS-432PXU-RP939 USD
TS-432PXU896.4 GBP939 USD
TS-431XeU649 GBP
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