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

8.0

PROS

Exceptional CPU choice for the Scale/Tier
8GB of DDR4 Memory
2.5GbE (x2) Ports on Day 1
Two USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gb/s) Ports!
2x M.2 NVMe Slots alongside those 4x SATA Bays for Storage (Caching, Tiered Storage or standalone Pools)
Includes VM, Surveillance (8 licenses and upto 32 Cams), Backup, Sync, Multimedia, SaaS sync/migration and office tools (some with added AI services)
3-Year Warranty (Can be extended)
VERY Compact, low-impact design
Supports 1-2x Expansions
20TB and 22TB Confirmed Compatibility

CONS

Memory Cannot be Upgraded
M.2 NVMe SSD Slots are Gen 3 x2
Chassis is still a little dated looking

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

7.8

PROS

Very compact chassis design, despite large storage potential
A BIG jump in hardware and scale from the QNAP TS-251D
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
Fixed 4GB of memory will annoy some users
The QuTS ZFS Platform is not available
Software can be a little inconsistent under excessive use and features a steeper learning curve than Synology