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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TVS-h874T | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
TS-873A | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ |
LATEST PRICE LIST
TVS-h874T | 3799 GBP | 2899 USD |
TS-873A | 1255.97 GBP | 1049 USD |
BEST FOR Virtualisation
NAS | CPU | Cores | Threads | Speed (GHz) | Docker/VM | Score | ECC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TVS-h874T | Intel Core™ i7-12700K 12-core (8P+4E) /20-thread Processor | 12 | 20 | 3.6 (MAX:5) | Docker/VM | 34748 | NO /32 GB DDR4 SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 16 GB) |
TS-873A | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TVS-h874T | Intel® UHD Graphics 770 | 300/1.5 | H.264 | 60 | 4320 | 4320p |
TS-873A | / | 0 | 1080p |
BEST FOR FILE STORAGE
NAS | BAYS | Bandwidth | HDD storage | expansion | Drive mixing | File System |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TVS-h874T | 8 HDD | 5Gbit (2 ports combined) | 176TB | ✓ | ZFS/EXT4 | |
TS-873A | 8 HDD | 5Gbit (2 ports combined) | 176TB | ✓ | 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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TVS-h874T | folder | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder | |
TS-873A | folder | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder |
BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING
NAS | MAX LAN speed | Ports | transcoding | PCIe | NVMe |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TVS-h874T | 2.5Gbit | dual Thunderbolt 4 ports (Type-C) | ✓ | dual PCIe 2 Slot 1: PCIe Gen 4 x16 Slot 2: PCIe Gen 4 x4 Slot 2 is preinstalled | dual M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4 x4 |
TS-873A | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
TVS-h874T | 1, HDMI™ 1.4b (up to 4096 x 2160 @ 30Hz) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
TS-873A | pcie | ✓ | ✓ |
BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI
NAS | Virtual switch | Docker/VM | HDMI | S/PDIF / AUX |
---|---|---|---|---|
TVS-h874T | ✓ | Docker/VM | 1, HDMI™ 1.4b (up to 4096 x 2160 @ 30Hz) | |
TS-873A | ✓ | Docker/VM | pcie |
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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE
Brand | Model | TW | USA | UK | Released |
Qnap | TVS-h874T | • | • | • | 2023-09 |
Qnap | TS-873A | • | • | • | 2021-02 |
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