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-431XeU | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
TS-431X3 | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
TS-431X | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
LATEST PRICE LIST
TS-431XeU | 802.17 GBP | 520 USD |
TS-431X3 | 674.45 GBP | 990.97 USD |
TS-431X | 802.17 GBP | 520 USD |
BEST FOR Virtualisation
NAS | CPU | Cores | Threads | Speed (GHz) | Docker/VM | Score | ECC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS-431XeU | AnnapurnaLabs Alpine AL-314 32-bit ARM® Cortex-A15... | 4 | 4 | 1.7 | Docker | 400 | NO /2 GB SODIMM DDR3 (1 x 2 GB) |
TS-431X3 | AnnapurnaLabs, an Amazon company Alpine AL-314, 4-c... | 4 | 4 | 1.7 | Docker | 400 | NO /4 GB SODIMM DDR3 (1 x 4 GB) |
TS-431X | Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-212 2-core 1.7 GHz | 2 | 2 | 1.7 | Docker | 400 | NO /2 GB SODIMM DDR3 (1 x 2 GB) |
BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA
NAS | GPU | Base_GHz/Max | Codec | FPS | Transcoding | Plex |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS-431XeU | / | 0 | ||||
TS-431X3 | / | 0 | ||||
TS-431X | / | 0 |
BEST FOR FILE STORAGE
NAS | BAYS | Bandwidth | HDD storage | expansion | Drive mixing | File System |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS-431XeU | 4 HDD | 12Gbit (3 ports combined) | 88TB | ✓ | EXT4 | |
TS-431X3 | 4 HDD | 11Gbit (2 ports combined) | 88TB | ✓ | EXT4 | |
TS-431X | 4 HDD | 12Gbit (3 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-431XeU | folder | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder | |
TS-431X3 | folder | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder | |
TS-431X | folder | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder |
BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING
NAS | MAX LAN speed | Ports | transcoding | PCIe | NVMe |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS-431XeU | 10Gbit | 1 x 10GbE SFP+ | |||
TS-431X3 | 10Gbit | 1 x 10GbE SFP+ | |||
TS-431X | 10Gbit | 1 x 10GbE SFP+ |
BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)
NAS | HDMI | QVM | transcoding | AI |
---|---|---|---|---|
TS-431XeU | ✓ | |||
TS-431X3 | ✓ | |||
TS-431X | ✓ |
BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI
NAS | Virtual switch | Docker/VM | HDMI | S/PDIF / AUX |
---|---|---|---|---|
TS-431XeU | ✓ | Docker | ||
TS-431X3 | ✓ | Docker | ||
TS-431X | ✓ | Docker |
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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE
Brand | Model | TW | USA | UK | Released |
Qnap | TS-431XeU | • | • | 2020-07 | |
Qnap | TS-431X3 | • | 2020-07 | ||
Qnap | TS-431X | • | • | • | 2020-07 |
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TS-431XeU | 802.17 GBP | 520 USD |
TS-431X3 | 674.45 GBP | 990.97 USD |
TS-431X | 802.17 GBP | 520 USD |
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