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LATEST PRICE LIST

TS-873A	999 GBP
TS-h886	140.66 GBP	185.62 USD

BEST FOR Virtualisation

NAS	CPU	Cores	Threads	Speed (GHz)	Docker/VM	Score	ECC
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)
TS-h886	Intel® Xeon® D-1622 quad-core 2.6 GHz processor (b...	4	8	2.6 (MAX:3.2)	Docker/VM	6205	ECC /16 GB UDIMM DDR4 ECC (2 x 8 GB)

BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA

NAS	GPU	Base_GHz/Max	Codec	FPS	Transcoding	Plex
TS-873A		/			0	1080p
TS-h886		/			0	1080p

BEST FOR FILE STORAGE

NAS	BAYS	Bandwidth	HDD storage	expansion	Drive mixing	File System
TS-873A	8 HDD	5Gbit (2 ports combined)	176TB	✓		EXT4
TS-h886	6 HDD	10Gbit (4 ports combined)	132TB	✓		ZFS/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-873A	folder		face	✓	✓	HDD/volume /folder
TS-h886	folder		face	✓	✓	HDD/volume /folder

BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING

NAS	MAX LAN speed	Ports	transcoding	PCIe	NVMe
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
TS-h886	2.5Gbit			Slot 1: PCIe Gen3 x8 Slot 2: PCIe Gen3 x8	2 x M.2 2280/22110 NVMe Gen3 x4 slots

BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)

NAS	HDMI	QVM	transcoding	AI
TS-873A	pcie	✓		✓
TS-h886				✓

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS	Virtual switch	Docker/VM	HDMI	S/PDIF / AUX
TS-873A	✓	Docker/VM	pcie
TS-h886	✓	Docker/VM

LATEST VIDEOS RELATED

AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE

Brand	Model	TW	USA	UK	Released
Qnap	TS-873A	•	•	•	2021-02
Qnap	TS-h886	•	•	•	2020-07

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SOFTWARE - 8/10

HARDWARE - 7/10

PERFORMANCE - 8/10

PRICE - 7/10

VALUE - 8/10

7.6

PROS

👍🏻ZFS or EXT4 Setup Choice
👍🏻2.5Gbe LAN Ports
👍🏻8 Surveillance Camera Licences
👍🏻NVMe SSD Bays for Storage/Cache
👍🏻2x PCIe Gen3 x4 slot
👍🏻Virtualization Support is unparalleled
👍🏻DDR4 Memory up to an impressive 64GB
👍🏻10Gb/s USB 3.2 Gen 2
👍🏻10 min Windows and/or Ubuntu VM install (included)
👍🏻Hugely Expandable
👍🏻Quite compact for a rackmount

CONS

👎🏻8GB doesn’t allow inline De-Deuplication
👎🏻Lacks HDMI
👎🏻the NVMe Bays are PCIe Gen 3×1

LATEST PRICE LIST

TS-873A	999 GBP
TS-h886	140.66 GBP	185.62 USD

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