QNAP TS-421 4-bay Home & SOHO NAS Review

Storage/NAS by stefan @ 2013-06-20

QNAP has introduced a new NAS series with the latest QTS 4.0 Operating System. The unit comes with a single-core Marvell CPU at 2.0GHz, 1GB of RAM and features a lot of connectivity options. On the front it looks pretty much the same as the TS-469L, but now we also have an active LCD screen with two buttons for navigation, but the IR sensor is missing since the unit does not come with a HDMI output.

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Packaging, A Closer Look Part I

The TS-421 NAS is a new model from QNAP, aimed for homes and SOHO and comes with a single core Marvell 2.0GHz processor along with 1GB of DDR3 RAM. The product gets shipped inside a large cardboard box, with lots of information on the outside:

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the laterals also shows us some small photos of the unit, in order to explain the interfaces:

 

 

 

After opening up the box, a small Quick Installation Guide leaflet will welcome us, with information regarding the setup procedure:

 

 

 

 

The inside of the box is organized similar as we have seen on the last NAS tested from them:

 

 

 

The bundle is located in a separate plain cardboard box:

 

 

 

Inside we have the power brick, two LAN cables and also two plastic bags with the necessary screws for mounting the drives (not re-sealable, unfortunately):

 

 

 

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