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-864eU | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
TS-464eU | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
TS-h973AX | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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BEST FOR Virtualisation
NAS | CPU | Cores | Threads | Speed (GHz) | Docker/VM | Score | ECC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS-864eU | Intel® Celeron® N5095 4-core/4-thread p... | 4 | 4 | 2 (MAX:2.9) | Docker/VM | 4036 | NO /4 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 (1 x 4 GB) |
TS-464eU | Intel® Celeron® N5095 4-core/4-thread p... | 4 | 4 | 2 (MAX:2.9) | Docker/VM | 4036 | NO /4 GB DDR4 SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 4 GB) |
TS-h973AX | AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1500B quad-core 2.2 GHz proce... | 4 | 8 | 2.2 | Docker/VM | 4584 | NO /32 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 (2 x 16 GB) |
BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA
NAS | GPU | Base_GHz/Max | Codec | FPS | Transcoding | Plex |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS-864eU | Intel® UHD Graphics | 450/750 | H.264 | 60 | 2160 | 2160p |
TS-464eU | Intel® UHD Graphics | 450/750 | H.264 | 60 | 2160 | 2160p |
TS-h973AX | / | 0 | 1080p |
BEST FOR FILE STORAGE
NAS | BAYS | Bandwidth | HDD storage | expansion | Drive mixing | File System |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS-864eU | 8 HDD | 5Gbit (2 ports combined) | 176TB | ✓ | EXT4 | |
TS-464eU | 4 HDD | 5Gbit (2 ports combined) | 88TB | ✓ | EXT4 | |
TS-h973AX | 5 HDD | 15Gbit (3 ports combined) | 110TB | ✓ | ZFS/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-864eU | folder | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder | |
TS-464eU | folder | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder | |
TS-h973AX | folder | face | ✓ | ✓ | HDD/volume /folder |
BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING
NAS | MAX LAN speed | Ports | transcoding | PCIe | NVMe |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TS-864eU | 2.5Gbit | ✓ | Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x2 | ||
TS-464eU | 2.5Gbit | ✓ | 2 x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3 x1 slots | ||
TS-h973AX | 10Gbit | 1X RJ45 |
BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)
NAS | HDMI | QVM | transcoding | AI |
---|---|---|---|---|
TS-864eU | 1, HDMI™ 1.4b | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
TS-464eU | 1, HDMI™ 1.4b | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
TS-h973AX | ✓ |
BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI
NAS | Virtual switch | Docker/VM | HDMI | S/PDIF / AUX |
---|---|---|---|---|
TS-864eU | ✓ | Docker/VM | 1, HDMI™ 1.4b | |
TS-464eU | ✓ | Docker/VM | 1, HDMI™ 1.4b | |
TS-h973AX | ✓ | Docker/VM |
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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE
Brand | Model | TW | USA | UK | Released |
Qnap | TS-864eU | • | • | • | 2021-12 |
Qnap | TS-464eU | • | • | • | 2021-12 |
Qnap | TS-h973AX | • | • | • | 2020-10 |
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