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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
TVS-h674T ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓ⓘⓘ✓✓✓✓ⓘⓘ✓✓✓✓✓
TVS-h1688X ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ⓘⓘ✓✓✓✓
TVS-h1288X ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ⓘⓘ✓✓✓✓

LATEST PRICE LIST

TVS-h674T2399 GBP2399 USD
TVS-h1688X3837.62 GBP3175 USD
TVS-h1288X2849.04 GBP2818.99 USD

BEST FOR Virtualisation

NAS CPU Cores Threads Speed (GHz) Docker/VM Score ECC
TVS-h674T Intel Core™ i5-12400 6-core/12-thread Processor, burst up to 4.4 GHz 6 12 2.5 (MAX:4.4) Docker/VM 19495 NO /32 GB DDR4 SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 16 GB)
TVS-h1688X Intel® Xeon® W-1250 6-core 3.3 GHz processor (boos... 6 12 3.3 (MAX:4.7) Docker/VM 13646 ECC /32GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM DDR4 (2 x 16 GB)
TVS-h1288X Intel® Xeon® W-1250 6-core 3.3 GHz processor (boos... 6 12 3.3 (MAX:4.7) Docker/VM 13646 ECC /16 GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM DDR4 (2 x 8 GB)

BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA

NAS GPU Base_GHz/Max Codec FPS Transcoding Plex
TVS-h674T Intel UHD Graphics 730 300/1.4 H.264 60 4320 4320p
TVS-h1688X Intel® UHD Graphics P630 350/1.2GHZ H.264 60 2160 2160p
TVS-h1288X Intel® UHD Graphics P630 350/1.2GHZ H.264 60 2160 2160p

BEST FOR FILE STORAGE

NAS BAYS Bandwidth HDD storage expansion Drive mixing File System
TVS-h674T 6 HDD 5Gbit (2 ports combined) 132TB ✓ ZFS/EXT4
TVS-h1688X 12 HDD 30Gbit (6 ports combined) 264TB ✓ ZFS/EXT4
TVS-h1288X 8 HDD 30Gbit (6 ports combined) 176TB ✓ 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
TVS-h674T folder face ✓ ✓ HDD/volume /folder
TVS-h1688X folder face ✓ ✓ HDD/volume /folder
TVS-h1288X folder face ✓ ✓ HDD/volume /folder

BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING

NAS MAX LAN speed Ports transcoding PCIe NVMe
TVS-h674T 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
TVS-h1688X 10Gbit 2X RJ45pcie ✓ PCIe-Slot =3 Slot 1: PCIe Gen3 x8 Slot 2: PCIe Gen3 x4 Slot 3: PCIe Gen3 x4 2 x M.2 22110/2280 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 slots
TVS-h1288X 10Gbit 2X RJ45pcie ✓ PCIe-Slot =3 Slot 1: PCIe Gen3 x8 Slot 2: PCIe Gen3 x4 Slot 3: PCIe Gen3 x4 2 x M.2 22110/2280 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 slots

BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)

NAS HDMI QVM transcoding AI
TVS-h674T 1, HDMI™ 1.4b (up to 4096 x 2160 @ 30Hz) ✓ ✓ ✓
TVS-h1688X 1, HDMI™ 1.4b (up to 4096 x 2160 @ 30Hz) ✓ ✓ ✓
TVS-h1288X 1, HDMI™ 1.4b (up to 4096 x 2160 @ 30Hz) ✓ ✓ ✓

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS Virtual switch Docker/VM HDMI S/PDIF / AUX
TVS-h674T ✓ Docker/VM 1, HDMI™ 1.4b (up to 4096 x 2160 @ 30Hz)
TVS-h1688X ✓ Docker/VM 1, HDMI™ 1.4b (up to 4096 x 2160 @ 30Hz)
TVS-h1288X ✓ Docker/VM 1, HDMI™ 1.4b (up to 4096 x 2160 @ 30Hz)

LATEST VIDEOS RELATED


AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE

Brand Model TW USA UK Released
Qnap TVS-h674T • • • 2023-09
Qnap TVS-h1688X • • • 2020-09
Qnap TVS-h1288X • • • 2020-09

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RELATED REVIEWS

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


9.0
PROS
👍🏻10Gb/TB3 Support
👍🏻2.5Gbe LAN Ports
👍🏻6 Core GPU enabled Xeon with over 15,000 CPUBenchmark Score
👍🏻3 Tier Storage System
👍🏻ZFS File System
👍🏻PCIe Gen3 x8 and 3×4
👍🏻Virtualization
👍🏻Thunderbolt is Optional – many will appreciate the choice (upto 4 ports)
👍🏻Larger 22110 NVMe Gen3 x4 Support
👍🏻Upto 128GB ECC DDR4 Memory
👍🏻5x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gb/s
👍🏻10 min Windows and/or Ubuntu VM install (included)
👍🏻Expandable (TR-106T and TR-1082T soon)
CONS
👎🏻Quite expensive
👎🏻HDMI is 1.4b (30FPS 4K)
👎🏻Shame we haven’t got 4/6 Bay options as found in TVS-682/882
👎🏻Surveillance Software versions and licenses are a bit confusing
👎🏻Noise/power levels are comparable to a small rackmount

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


8.4
PROS
👍🏻10Gb/TB3 Support
👍🏻2.5Gbe LAN Ports
👍🏻6 Core GPU enabled Xeon with over 15,000 CPUBenchmark Score
👍🏻3 Tier Storage System
👍🏻ZFS File System
👍🏻PCIe Gen3 x8 and 3×4
👍🏻Virtualization
👍🏻Thunderbolt is Optional – many will appreciate the choice (upto 4 ports)
👍🏻Larger 22110 NVMe Gen3 x4 Support
👍🏻Upto 128GB ECC DDR4 Memory
👍🏻5x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gb/s
👍🏻10 min Windows and/or Ubuntu VM install (included)
👍🏻Expandable (TR-106T and TR-1082T soon)
CONS
👎🏻Quite expensive
👎🏻HDMI is 1.4b (30FPS 4K)
👎🏻Shame we haven’t got 4/6 Bay options as found in TVS-682/882
👎🏻Surveillance Software versions and licenses are a bit confusing
👎🏻Noise/power levels are comparable to a small rackmount


LATEST PRICE LIST

TVS-h674T2399 GBP2399 USD
TVS-h1688X3837.62 GBP3175 USD
TVS-h1288X2849.04 GBP2818.99 USD
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