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-855eU |
✓ |
- |
- | ✓ | | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | |
| TS-873AeU |
✓ |
- |
- | ✓ | | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | ✓ | ⓘ | ⓘ | | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ⓘ | |
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BEST FOR Virtualisation
| NAS |
CPU |
Cores |
Threads |
Speed (GHz) |
Docker/VM |
Score |
ECC |
| TS-855eU |
Intel ® Atom® C5125 8-core processor, 2.8GHz |
8 |
8 |
2.8 |
Docker/VM |
8631 |
NO /8 GB DDR4 non-ECC SODIMM (1 x 8 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) |
BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA
| NAS |
GPU |
Base_GHz/Max |
Codec |
FPS |
Transcoding |
Plex |
| TS-855eU |
|
/ |
|
|
0 |
1080p |
| TS-873AeU |
|
/ |
|
|
0 |
1080p |
BEST FOR FILE STORAGE
| NAS |
BAYS |
Bandwidth |
HDD storage |
expansion |
Drive mixing |
File System |
| TS-855eU |
8 HDD |
5Gbit (2 ports combined) |
176TB |
✓ |
|
EXT4 |
| TS-873AeU |
8 HDD |
5Gbit (2 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-855eU |
folder |
|
face |
✓ |
✓ |
HDD/volume /folder |
| TS-873AeU |
folder |
|
face |
✓ |
✓ |
HDD/volume /folder |
BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING
| NAS |
MAX LAN speed |
Ports |
transcoding |
PCIe |
NVMe |
| TS-855eU |
2.5Gbit |
|
|
2 x PCIe Gen3 (x4) |
2 x M.2 2280 (PCIe Gen 3 x 4)
|
| TS-873AeU |
2.5Gbit |
|
|
PCIe-Slot =1 x PCIe Gen3 x8 |
2 x M2 2280 (PCIe Gen3 x 1) |
BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)
| NAS |
HDMI |
QVM |
transcoding |
AI |
| TS-855eU |
pcie |
✓ |
|
✓ |
| TS-873AeU |
pcie |
✓ |
|
✓ |
BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI
| NAS |
Virtual switch |
Docker/VM |
HDMI |
S/PDIF / AUX |
| TS-855eU |
✓ |
Docker/VM |
pcie |
|
| TS-873AeU |
✓ |
Docker/VM |
pcie |
|
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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE
| Brand |
Model |
TW |
USA |
UK |
Released |
| Qnap |
TS-855eU |
• |
• |
• |
2023-03 |
| Qnap |
TS-873AeU |
• |
• |
• |
2022-02 |
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