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                    | 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-473A | ✓ | - | - | ✓ |  | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ |  | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ |  | 
            
        
       
      
         
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         BEST FOR Virtualisation 
        
            
                
                    | NAS | CPU | Cores | Threads | Speed (GHz) | Docker/VM | Score | ECC | 
            
            
            
             
        
            | TS-473A | AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1500B quad-core 2.2 GHz proce... | 4 | 8 | 2.2 | Docker/VM | 4584 | NO /8 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 (1 x 8 GB) | 
          
         
         
 
         BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA
            
        
            
                
                    | NAS | GPU | Base_GHz/Max | Codec | FPS | Transcoding | Plex | 
            
            
            
             
        
            | TS-473A |  | / |  |  | 0 | 1080p | 
          
         
         
 
         BEST FOR FILE STORAGE  
            
        
            
                
                    | NAS | BAYS | Bandwidth | HDD storage | expansion | Drive mixing | File System | 
            
            
            
             
        
             | TS-473A | 4 HDD | 5Gbit (2 ports combined) | 88TB | ✓ |  | EXT4 | 
          
         
         
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BEST FOR BACKUP
            
        
            
                
                    | NAS | Level | HA | AI | Google | Microsoft | encryption | 
            
            
            
             
        
             | TS-473A | folder |  | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder | 
          
         
         
 
         BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING 
            
        
            
                
                    | NAS | MAX LAN speed | Ports | transcoding | PCIe | NVMe | 
            
            
            
             
        
             | TS-473A | 2.5Gbit |  |  | PCIe-Slot =2
Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x4
Slot 2: PCIe Gen 3 x4 | 2 x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 x1 slots | 
          
         
         
 
         BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV) 
            
        
            
                
                    | NAS | HDMI | QVM | transcoding | AI | 
            
            
            
             
        
             | TS-473A | pcie | ✓ |  | ✓ | 
          
         
         
 
         BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI  
            
        
            
                
                    | NAS | Virtual switch | Docker/VM | HDMI | S/PDIF / AUX | 
            
            
            
             
        
             | TS-473A | ✓ | Docker/VM | pcie |  | 
          
         
         
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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE
 
  | Brand | Model | TW | USA | UK | Released | 
  | Qnap | TS-473A | • | • | • | 2021-02 | 
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