QNAP TS-409 Pro Turbo NAS Review

piotke · 14th June 2008, 19:21

For my own introduction to Qnap, they have sent the TS-409 pro. It is a 4 bay NAS, with all those basics I’ve just mentioned. The guts of it are powered by a 500MHZ CPU, with 256MB of ram, and 8MB of flash memory for the operating system. 500 Mhz might not seem like a lot these days, but the low power usage, optimized design is more than enough when you pair it up with a custom light Linux installation.

http://www.virtual-hideout.net/revie...AS/index.shtml

piotke · 14th June 2008, 19:23

At 550 - 600 USD expensive for what you get. A small PC is cheaper, gives your more options, will be faster more likely and consume just a tad more.

jmke · 14th June 2008, 22:22

yes the price is at the very high side, while the Pro version does add nice integration with NT Domains, it's hard to justify the asking price

Kougar · 15th June 2008, 02:54

Seems like a reasonable price to me, most 4-bay NAS devices cost more than $550! The cheapest 4bay NAS I've seen is the Promise SmartStor for $420, but I have read of no end to the firmware/feature problems with it and poor support. You get what you pay for.

A small PC would consume at minimum twice the power and would perform only the same assuming you buy a hardware RAID controller. I'm very happy with my TS-409. Performance at any RAID level 0, 5, or 6 is well above 100mbit.

jmke · 15th June 2008, 10:07

Hook it up through Gigabit for real performance boost

14th June 2008, 19:21	#1
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,039	QNAP TS-409 Pro Turbo NAS Review For my own introduction to Qnap, they have sent the TS-409 pro. It is a 4 bay NAS, with all those basics I’ve just mentioned. The guts of it are powered by a 500MHZ CPU, with 256MB of ram, and 8MB of flash memory for the operating system. 500 Mhz might not seem like a lot these days, but the low power usage, optimized design is more than enough when you pair it up with a custom light Linux installation. http://www.virtual-hideout.net/revie...AS/index.shtml __________________ .

14th June 2008, 19:23	#2
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,039	At 550 - 600 USD expensive for what you get. A small PC is cheaper, gives your more options, will be faster more likely and consume just a tad more. __________________ .

14th June 2008, 22:22	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,473	yes the price is at the very high side, while the Pro version does add nice integration with NT Domains, it's hard to justify the asking price __________________

15th June 2008, 10:07	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,473	Hook it up through Gigabit for real performance boost __________________

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15th June 2008, 02:54	#4
Kougar Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,640	Seems like a reasonable price to me, most 4-bay NAS devices cost more than $550! The cheapest 4bay NAS I've seen is the Promise SmartStor for $420, but I have read of no end to the firmware/feature problems with it and poor support. You get what you pay for. A small PC would consume at minimum twice the power and would perform only the same assuming you buy a hardware RAID controller. I'm very happy with my TS-409. Performance at any RAID level 0, 5, or 6 is well above 100mbit.