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-432PXU-RP | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
TS-432PXU | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
TS-431X | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
LATEST PRICE LIST
TS-432PXU-RP | ||
TS-432PXU | 659 USD | |
TS-431X |
BEST FOR Virtualisation
NAS | CPU | Cores | Threads | Speed (GHz) | Docker/VM | Score | ECC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS-432PXU-RP | AnnapurnaLabs Alpine AL-324 64-bit ARM® Cortex-A57 ... | 4 | 4 | 1.7 | Docker | 400 | NO /2 GB UDIMM DDR4 (1 x 2 GB) |
TS-432PXU | AnnapurnaLabs Alpine AL-324 64-bit ARM® Cortex-A57 ... | 4 | 4 | 1.7 | Docker | 400 | NO /2 GB UDIMM DDR4 (1 x 2 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-432PXU-RP | / | 0 | ||||
TS-432PXU | / | 0 | ||||
TS-431X | / | 0 |
BEST FOR FILE STORAGE
NAS | BAYS | Bandwidth | HDD storage | expansion | Drive mixing | File System |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS-432PXU-RP | 4 HDD | 25Gbit (4 ports combined) | 88TB | ✓ | EXT4 | |
TS-432PXU | 4 HDD | 25Gbit (4 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-432PXU-RP | folder | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder | |
TS-432PXU | 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-432PXU-RP | 10Gbit | 2 x 10GbE SFP+ | Slot 1: PCIe Gen 2 x2 | ||
TS-432PXU | 10Gbit | 2 x 10GbE SFP+ | Slot 1: PCIe Gen 2 x2 | ||
TS-431X | 10Gbit | 1 x 10GbE SFP+ |
BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)
NAS | HDMI | QVM | transcoding | AI |
---|---|---|---|---|
TS-432PXU-RP | ✓ | |||
TS-432PXU | ✓ | |||
TS-431X | ✓ |
BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI
NAS | Virtual switch | Docker/VM | HDMI | S/PDIF / AUX |
---|---|---|---|---|
TS-432PXU-RP | ✓ | Docker | ||
TS-432PXU | ✓ | Docker | ||
TS-431X | ✓ | Docker |
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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE
Brand | Model | TW | USA | UK | Released |
Qnap | TS-432PXU-RP | • | • | • | 2020-08 |
Qnap | TS-432PXU | • | • | • | 2020-08 |
Qnap | TS-431X | • | • | • | 2020-07 |
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