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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-873AeU	✓	-	-	✓		✓	ⓘ	ⓘ	✓	✓	ⓘ	✓	ⓘ	ⓘ		✓	✓	✓	ⓘ
TS-864eU-RP	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	ⓘ		✓	✓	✓	✓	ⓘ				✓	✓	✓
TS-873	✓	-	-	✓		✓	ⓘ	ⓘ	✓		ⓘ	ⓘ	ⓘ	ⓘ		✓	✓	✓	ⓘ

LATEST PRICE LIST

TS-873AeU	1782.33 GBP	1349 USD
TS-864eU-RP	1758.36 GBP	2705.34 USD
TS-873	1782.33 GBP	1349 USD

BEST FOR Virtualisation

NAS	CPU	Cores	Threads	Speed (GHz)	Docker/VM	Score	ECC
TS-873AeU	AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1500B 4-core/8-thread 2.2 GHz...	4	8	2.2	Docker/VM	4584	NO /4 GB DDR4 UDIMM DDR4 (1 x 4 GB)
TS-864eU-RP	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-873	AMD R-Series RX-421ND quad-core 2.1 GHz processor ...	4	4	2.1 (MAX:3.4)	Docker/VM	3575	NO /4 GB SO-DIMM DDR4 (2 x 2 GB)

BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA

NAS	GPU	Base_GHz/Max	Codec	FPS	Transcoding	Plex
TS-873AeU		/			0	1080p
TS-864eU-RP	Intel® UHD Graphics	450/750	H.264	60	2160	2160p
TS-873		/			0	720p

BEST FOR FILE STORAGE

NAS	BAYS	Bandwidth	HDD storage	expansion	Drive mixing	File System
TS-873AeU	8 HDD	5Gbit (2 ports combined)	176TB	✓		EXT4
TS-864eU-RP	8 HDD	5Gbit (2 ports combined)	176TB	✓		EXT4
TS-873	8 HDD	4Gbit (4 ports combined)	176TB	✓		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-873AeU	folder		face	✓	✓	HDD/volume /folder
TS-864eU-RP	folder		face	✓	✓	HDD/volume /folder
TS-873	folder		face	✓	✓	HDD/volume /folder

BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING

NAS	MAX LAN speed	Ports	transcoding	PCIe	NVMe
TS-873AeU	2.5Gbit			PCIe-Slot =1 x PCIe Gen3 x8	2 x M2 2280 (PCIe Gen3 x 1)
TS-864eU-RP	2.5Gbit		✓	Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x2
TS-873	1Gbit			Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x4 Slot 2: PCIe Gen 3 x4	2 x M.2 2280/2260 SATA 6Gb/s slots

BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)

NAS	HDMI	QVM	transcoding	AI
TS-873AeU	pcie	✓		✓
TS-864eU-RP	1, HDMI™ 1.4b	✓	✓	✓
TS-873	pcie	✓		✓

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS	Virtual switch	Docker/VM	HDMI	S/PDIF / AUX
TS-873AeU	✓	Docker/VM	pcie
TS-864eU-RP	✓	Docker/VM	1, HDMI™ 1.4b
TS-873	✓	Docker/VM	pcie

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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE

Brand	Model	TW	USA	UK	Released
Qnap	TS-873AeU	•	•	•	2022-02
Qnap	TS-864eU-RP	•	•	•	2021-12
Qnap	TS-873	•	•	•	2020-07

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LATEST PRICE LIST

TS-873AeU	1782.33 GBP	1349 USD
TS-864eU-RP	1758.36 GBP	2705.34 USD
TS-873	1782.33 GBP	1349 USD

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