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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
TS-435XeU - -
HS-264
TS-431XeU - -

LATEST PRICE LIST

TS-435XeU829.44 GBP1056.45 USD
HS-264542 GBP
TS-431XeU649 GBP

BEST FOR Virtualisation

NAS CPU Cores Threads Speed (GHz) Docker/VM Score ECC
TS-435XeU Marvell OCTEON TX2™ CN9130 ARMv8 Cortex-... 4 4 2.2 Docker 700 NO /4 GB DDR4 SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 4GB)
HS-264 Intel® Celeron® N5095 4-core/4-thread p... 4 4 2 (MAX:2.9) Docker/VM 4036 NO /8 GB DDR4, not expandable
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)

BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA

NAS GPU Base_GHz/Max Codec FPS Transcoding Plex
TS-435XeU / 0
HS-264 Intel® UHD Graphics 450/750 H.264 60 2160 2160p
TS-431XeU / 0

BEST FOR FILE STORAGE

NAS BAYS Bandwidth HDD storage expansion Drive mixing File System
TS-435XeU 4 HDD 25Gbit (4 ports combined) 88TB EXT4
HS-264 2 HDD 5Gbit (2 ports combined) 44TB EXT4
TS-431XeU 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 Google Microsoft encryption
TS-435XeU folder face HDD/volume /folder
HS-264 folder face HDD/volume /folder
TS-431XeU folder face HDD/volume /folder

BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING

NAS MAX LAN speed Ports transcoding PCIe NVMe
TS-435XeU 10Gbit 2 x 10GbE SFP+ 2 x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3 x1 slots
HS-264 2.5Gbit Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x2
TS-431XeU 10Gbit 1 x 10GbE SFP+

BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)

NAS HDMI QVM transcoding AI
TS-435XeU
HS-264 2 x HDMI 2.0 (up to resolution 3840 x 2160 @ 60Hz)
TS-431XeU

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS Virtual switch Docker/VM HDMI S/PDIF / AUX
TS-435XeU Docker
HS-264 Docker/VM 2 x HDMI 2.0 (up to resolution 3840 x 2160 @ 60Hz)
TS-431XeU Docker

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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE

Brand Model TW USA UK Released
Qnap TS-435XeU 2022-03
Qnap HS-264 2022-01
Qnap TS-431XeU 2020-07

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RELATED REVIEWS

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


8.6
PROS
👍🏻DSM 7/7.1 (and DSM7.2 Around the corner) still continues to be an absolute tour-de-force of NAS Software
👍🏻This latest generation expandable 4-Bay arriving with a 10G Upgrade Option is fantastic
👍🏻ECC Memory Support and scalability to 32GB is completely unparallel at this price point
👍🏻The design of the DS923+ NAS still continues to be market-leading
👍🏻The New CPU architecture allows great PCIe3 bandwidth to be afforded to the rest of the hardware, inside and out
👍🏻Low Noise, Low Physical Impact and Intelligent Automatic Power Use Adjustment Settings
👍🏻Increased Support for macOS in Synology Drive and Active Backup Suite (DSM 7.2)
👍🏻Synology C2 Cloud Services, 1st Party Backup/Sync Tools and Collaboration Suite App = Complete 1st Party Eco-system that can rival Office365 and Google Workspace
👍🏻PCIe Gen 3 M.2 NVMe SSD Support as Storage Pools!!! FINALLY!
👍🏻Tremendously User-Friendly!!!
CONS
👎🏻The AMD Emb.Ryzen instead of a Intel Celeron (with Integrated Graphics) will be a dealbreaker for alot of users
👎🏻The default 1GbE ports that the system arrives with are tremendously dated
👎🏻The USB ports on the system are older gen USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gb/s) and their support/usability have been quite pared back in recent DSM releases
👎🏻The continued moves by Synology to prioritize 1st party hardware and software services may put some users off
👎🏻Plex Support on the Synology DS923+ is still great for native playback, client-side handling and client devices with relevant multimedia licenses in place, but if server-side media conversions are needed - this system will struggle in comparison with the DS920+ before it

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


8.0
PROS
👍🏻The Silent NAS series has always been impressive and unique
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👍🏻Very unique and discreet at just 4.1cm in height
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👍🏻8x Included Camera Licenses
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👍🏻Includes Anti-virus, Firewall Tool, VPN client tools, Malware Remover, network manager and Security Councilor Tool
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👍🏻3 Different Container/VM tools that also feature image download centers
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👍🏻10Gb/s (1,000MB/s) USB Ports will be incredibly useful
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👍🏻Large range of expansion options in the TR/TL series in 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 Bays
CONS
👎🏻Comes across as a less impressive package than the HS-453DX (though the HS-264 is $200 less)
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👎🏻Sustained high power use makes the top panel noticeably hot
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👎🏻8GB of Memory Max, despite the CPU and other 64 series QNAP’s supporting upto 16GB


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TS-435XeU829.44 GBP1056.45 USD
HS-264542 GBP
TS-431XeU649 GBP
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