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-464U-RP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
TS-464U | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
TS-473A | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ |
LATEST PRICE LIST
TS-464U-RP | 1447.38 GBP | 1278.62 USD |
TS-464U | 1447.38 GBP | 1278.62 USD |
TS-473A | 785 GBP | 725 USD |
BEST FOR Virtualisation
NAS | CPU | Cores | Threads | Speed (GHz) | Docker/VM | Score | ECC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS-464U-RP | Intel® Celeron® N5095 4-core/4-thread p... | 4 | 4 | 2 (MAX:2.9) | Docker/VM | 4036 | NO /4 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 (1 x 4 GB) |
TS-464U | Intel® Celeron® N5095 4-core/4-thread p... | 4 | 4 | 2 (MAX:2.9) | Docker/VM | 4036 | NO /4 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 (1 x 4 GB) |
TS-473A | AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1500B quad-core 2.2 GHz proce... | 4 | 8 | 2.2 | Docker/VM | 4584 | NO /8 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 (1 x 8 GB) |
BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA
NAS | GPU | Base_GHz/Max | Codec | FPS | Transcoding | Plex |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS-464U-RP | Intel® UHD Graphics | 450/750 | H.264 | 60 | 2160 | 2160p |
TS-464U | Intel® UHD Graphics | 450/750 | H.264 | 60 | 2160 | 2160p |
TS-473A | / | 0 | 1080p |
BEST FOR FILE STORAGE
NAS | BAYS | Bandwidth | HDD storage | expansion | Drive mixing | File System |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS-464U-RP | 4 HDD | 5Gbit (2 ports combined) | 88TB | ✓ | EXT4 | |
TS-464U | 4 HDD | 5Gbit (2 ports combined) | 88TB | ✓ | EXT4 | |
TS-473A | 4 HDD | 5Gbit (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 | Microsoft | encryption | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS-464U-RP | folder | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder | |
TS-464U | folder | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder | |
TS-473A | folder | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder |
BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING
NAS | MAX LAN speed | Ports | transcoding | PCIe | NVMe |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS-464U-RP | 2.5Gbit | ✓ | Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x2 | ||
TS-464U | 2.5Gbit | ✓ | Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x2 | ||
TS-473A | 2.5Gbit | PCIe-Slot =2 Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x4 Slot 2: PCIe Gen 3 x4 | 2 x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 x1 slots |
BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)
NAS | HDMI | QVM | transcoding | AI |
---|---|---|---|---|
TS-464U-RP | 1, HDMI™ 1.4b | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
TS-464U | 1, HDMI™ 1.4b | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
TS-473A | pcie | ✓ | ✓ |
BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI
NAS | Virtual switch | Docker/VM | HDMI | S/PDIF / AUX |
---|---|---|---|---|
TS-464U-RP | ✓ | Docker/VM | 1, HDMI™ 1.4b | |
TS-464U | ✓ | Docker/VM | 1, HDMI™ 1.4b | |
TS-473A | ✓ | Docker/VM | pcie |
LATEST VIDEOS RELATED
AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE
Brand | Model | TW | USA | UK | Released |
Qnap | TS-464U-RP | • | • | • | 2021-12 |
Qnap | TS-464U | • | • | • | 2021-12 |
Qnap | TS-473A | • | • | • | 2021-02 |
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TS-473A | 785 GBP | 725 USD |
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