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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-864eU ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓ⓘ✓✓✓✓ⓘ✓✓✓
TS-464eU ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
TS-h973AX ✓ - -✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓

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TS-864eU
TS-464eU
TS-h973AX

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 Google 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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RELATED REVIEWS

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


8.2
PROS
👍🏻10GbE Equipped
👍🏻Triple tier storage
👍🏻ZFS / QuTS Hero System
👍🏻Virtualization Support is unparalleled
👍🏻10Gb/s USB 3.2 Gen 2
👍🏻10 min Windows and/or Ubuntu VM install (included)
👍🏻U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3×4 Support
👍🏻Hugely Expandable
👍🏻2.5GbE LAN Ports
👍🏻8 Surveillance Camera Licences
CONS
👎🏻No PCIe Upgrade Option
👎🏻Lacks HDMI
👎🏻Some might prefer the ease of NVMe over NVMe U.2


LATEST PRICE LIST

TS-864eU
TS-464eU
TS-h973AX
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Serwer NAS TS-464eU-8G 4x0HDD 1U Intel Celeron N5105/N5095 8G Amazon usa USA 10.88 OFF (WAS 1892) [LINK]
TS-864eU-RP-8G | 8 Bays, Intel Celeron Quad-Core, 1x PCIe Gen3, Redundant Power, Amazon usa USA 30.29 OFF (WAS 2463) [LINK]

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