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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-RP - -
TS-873AeU - -
TS-873A - -
TS-873 - -

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TS-873AeU-RP1990.53 GBP1749 USD
TS-873AeU1990.53 GBP1749 USD
TS-873A1990.53 GBP1749 USD
TS-8731990.53 GBP1749 USD

BEST FOR Virtualisation

NAS CPU Cores Threads Speed (GHz) Docker/VM Score ECC
TS-873AeU-RP 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-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-873A 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)
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-RP / 0 1080p
TS-873AeU / 0 1080p
TS-873A / 0 1080p
TS-873 / 0 720p

BEST FOR FILE STORAGE

NAS BAYS Bandwidth HDD storage expansion Drive mixing File System
TS-873AeU-RP 8 HDD 5Gbit (2 ports combined) 176TB EXT4
TS-873AeU 8 HDD 5Gbit (2 ports combined) 176TB EXT4
TS-873A 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-RP folder face HDD/volume /folder
TS-873AeU folder face HDD/volume /folder
TS-873A 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-RP 2.5Gbit PCIe-Slot =1 x PCIe Gen3 x8 2 x M2 2280 (PCIe Gen3 x 1)
TS-873AeU 2.5Gbit PCIe-Slot =1 x PCIe Gen3 x8 2 x M2 2280 (PCIe Gen3 x 1)
TS-873A 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
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-RP pcie
TS-873AeU pcie
TS-873A pcie
TS-873 pcie

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS Virtual switch Docker/VM HDMI S/PDIF / AUX
TS-873AeU-RP Docker/VM pcie
TS-873AeU Docker/VM pcie
TS-873A Docker/VM pcie
TS-873 Docker/VM pcie

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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE

Brand Model TW USA UK Released
Qnap TS-873AeU-RP 2022-02
Qnap TS-873AeU 2022-02
Qnap TS-873A 2021-02
Qnap TS-873 2020-07

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RELATED REVIEWS

SOFTWARE - 8/10
HARDWARE - 7/10
PERFORMANCE - 8/10
PRICE - 7/10
VALUE - 8/10


7.6
PROS
👍🏻ZFS or EXT4 Setup Choice
👍🏻2.5Gbe LAN Ports
👍🏻8 Surveillance Camera Licences
👍🏻NVMe SSD Bays for Storage/Cache
👍🏻2x PCIe Gen3 x4 slot
👍🏻Virtualization Support is unparalleled
👍🏻DDR4 Memory up to an impressive 64GB
👍🏻10Gb/s USB 3.2 Gen 2
👍🏻10 min Windows and/or Ubuntu VM install (included)
👍🏻Hugely Expandable
👍🏻Quite compact for a rackmount
CONS
👎🏻8GB doesn’t allow inline De-Deuplication
👎🏻Lacks HDMI
👎🏻the NVMe Bays are PCIe Gen 3×1


LATEST PRICE LIST

TS-873AeU-RP1990.53 GBP1749 USD
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TS-873A1990.53 GBP1749 USD
TS-8731990.53 GBP1749 USD
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