QNAP TS-1655 NAS 12/16-Bay NAS Drive – MASSIVE ZFS Desktop Storage

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New Super Sized Desktop Storage – QNAP TS-1655 HDD+SSD ZFS Solution

CPU Intel ® Atom® C5125 8-core processor, up to 2.8GHz
CPU architecture 64-bit x86
graphics processor Intel UHD Graphics
floating point operations Yes
encryption engine Yes
system memory 8 GB UDIMM DDR4 (1 x 8 GB)
maximum memory 256GB (4 x 64GB)
memory slot 4 x U-DIMM DDR4
Support ECC memory
flash memory 5 GB (dual-boot OS protection)
Number of hard disk slots 12 3.5″ + 4 2.5″ SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s
Supported hard disk types 3.5″ slot:
3.5″ SATA HDD
2.5″ SATA HDD
2.5″ SATA SSD2.5″ slot:
2.5″ SATA SSD
Hot-plug support Yes
M.2 Slot 2 M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 x2 slots
Comes standard with no M.2 SSD.
The operation of M.2 solid state drives is prone to overheating. It is recommended to install a heatsink (purchased from QNAP or a third-party supplier) on the M.2 SSD.
SSD cache acceleration support Yes
GPU pass-through Yes
SR-IOV Yes
2.5 Gigabit Ethernet port (2.5G/1G/100M) 2 (also support 10M)
Wake on LAN (WOL) Yes
jumbo frame Yes
PCIe expansion slot 3x
Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x4
Slot 2: PCIe Gen 3 x4
Slot 3: PCIe Gen 3 x4
USB 3.2 Gen 1 port 4
HDMI output 1. HDMI 2.0
Dimensions desktop
LED indicator Power/Status, LAN, USB, HDD 1-12, SSD 1-4, M.2 SSD 1-2
button Power, System Reset, USB Auto Backup
Dimensions (HxWxD) 303.84 × 369.89 × 319.8 mm
operating temperature 0 – 40°C (32°F – 104°F)
Storage temperature -20 – 70°C (-4°F – 158°F)
Relative humidity 5-95% RH (non-condensing), wet bulb: 27˚C (80.6˚F)
other interface Kensington security slot
system alert buzzer
Kensington security slot Yes
Max. Number of Concurrent Connections (CIFS) – with Max. Memory 700

Note: Please use only QNAP memory modules to maintain system performance and stability. If the NAS device has multiple memory modules, please use QNAP modules with the same specifications.
Warning: Using unsupported modules may reduce performance, cause errors, or make the operating system unbootable.
* Noise value test environment:
Reference standard: ISO 7779; load the maximum number of hard disks according to the number of bays; measure with Bystander Position; take the average data at one meter in front of the machine during operation The
product diagram is for illustration only, and the actual product may vary. Due to screen display errors, the actual color of the product may be different from the one shown on the website.
QNAP Technology reserves the right to make changes at any time without prior notice.


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34 thoughts on “QNAP TS-1655 NAS 12/16-Bay NAS Drive – MASSIVE ZFS Desktop Storage”

  11. great video, one quick question if you can answer this. I want to buy a 10gbe card to plug directly to my mac studio but Qnap only recommends this one for almost 200 dollars 10GbE network expansion card, Aquantia AQ107, PCIe Gen3 x4, low-profile bracket pre-loaded. Do you know of a card that can do the same at a cheaper price? You can provide the affiliate link and I will buy it from there to support your channel. I bought one from amazon but it did not work and I couldn’t find a way to install any drivers for that card so I ended up returning it. Let me know what you would recommend. Thank you!
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  13. It’s an interesting unit, but for me I would want the option to park cores or underclock/undervolt the system to get power usage down. It has twice the power draw of an asustor 10 bay nas which was dual 2.5 gbe and dual 10gig. + 2 m2 ports. With power costs spiralling 20% a year due to everyone’s moronic fascination with net zero, that 0.04% carbon in the atmosphere will doom us all!. Also a little disappointing it doesn’t feature ECC ram at this price point.
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  21. $1900 for a 16 bay enclosure with an ATOM processor and single PS?? and the 10GB (or 25GB) ethernet connection is an add on card with poor thermals?? I dont think so….and yes, it ALSO needs 16GB ECC ram minimum
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  23. What would you recommend to buy to run a (next-)cloud and jellyfin for ~5 users, accessable from outside of the LAN. And maybe run a weak windows VM to run a gaming-server to have 1-2 people access to and playing around with it?
    Prebuild NAS or Selfmade? Any precise recommendation?
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  27. Apologies upfront to QNAP but underwhelming is the best description!
    Being an avid QNAP user & loving most of it, to me it appears QNAP is starting to cut corners a wee bit steep nowadays?
    Only 8GB RAM is very regrettable as that out-of-the-box limits the usage of QuTS Hero for some of its features (inline deduplication requires 16GB of RAM)
    For the prosumers the price of the TS-1655 appears to me quite high? If I compare it to, for example the TVS-h1288x, which has way higher hardware-specs and is price-wise very close to this model? (300 to 400 euros) But then with 10GBe, very decent PCIe-lanes and so forth.
    I could be wrong but it appears to me that QNAP tries to enter the Synology-arena where one limits the hardware to reduce costs as much as possible, to compete.
    BTW, I do not know if you have noticed it (but I do!) that QNAP is more & more dropping audio-output and -input in most, if not all, of their recent models?
    In fact, when I got an in-warranty repair for an older model QNAP via Germany the other week, the model returned to me had no longer audio-input nor -output, only empty holes when the motherboard got replaced 🙁
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