QNAP TS-253D-4G 2-Bay Desktop NAS, 4GB RAM $678.07 + Delivery (Free with Prime) @ Amazon UK via AU

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cuteboy on 14/09/2020 - 12:07 amazon.com.au (215 clicks)
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Hi Everyone,

I was looking for a good intel powered NAS on the internet and stumbled upon this after watching a product review on Youtube. Local stores are selling it around $850 mark. It's available on Amason UK with free expedite delivery for Prime members. I grabbed one for myself. Delivery information says it arrives before 7th of October.

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  cswords on 14/09/2020 - 12:13

  Just paid for a TS-351-4G in last week to Amazon US… Anyway that one is cheaper and has 1 more bay and m.2… I just hate waiting.

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    ultrawires on 14/09/2020 - 12:43

    Is the power adapter multi-voltage?

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      cswords on 14/09/2020 - 15:30

      QNAP website says 65W 100-240V.

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  Mitch889 on 14/09/2020 - 12:27

  +3

  Wow, I just don’t understand spending this much on a low-power two-bay NAS. You’d be able to get a reliable, quiet ex-Corp Dell or HP that will take at least two drives for so much less, and it will have an i5 or i7.

  I paid less than this for a Dell Precision SFF with an i7 6700, 8GB RAM, and a Quadro K620. Popped an NVMe drive in for a boot drive and l some big drives for storage. Works brilliantly for network storage and a Plex server.

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    frankmanzhu on 14/09/2020 - 12:41

    +5

    If you don't know, you probably won't need it.

    There are a lot of useful software for a capable NAS. e.g Time machine, iSCSI target for VMs, easy snapshots/backup and restore, various mobile apps to let you vpn to your NAS server anywhere etc.

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      frankfu1122 on 14/09/2020 - 14:04

      Not to mention the ease of use and energy savings

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      samfisher5986 on 14/09/2020 - 14:53

      You can do all of that without a NAS quite easily.

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    samfisher5986 on 14/09/2020 - 14:53

    This is the reality of all NAS's, a lot of money for a branded product and nice user interface.

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    B3 on 14/09/2020 - 15:34

    +5

    This is comparing a 65W to a 10W CPU.

    This argument is always made. If you only value hardware performance then a nas is not for you but please don't act astonished that some people value other things.

    Low power use, 24/7 stability, quiet, hot swappable disks, compact form factor and access to a tailor made eco system to make life easy for users and provide them support and save them time.

    Some people value these things which is why the nas industry exists. If you don't value it then that's fine, don't buy one, but at least try to understand why other people do.

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      Mitch889 on 14/09/2020 - 20:30

      At the very start of my post I stated I don’t understand the appeal.

      My system is silent, running stable 24/7 and is a similar footprint.

      It has the capability of drawing more power, but much of the time the CPU will be basically idle, not drawing 65W. It’s there when I want and need it. If I ran my system at full CPU it would cost maybe $150/yr. There is no way it would come close to that in NAS duty.

      These NAS have hot swap disks, but I’d be surprised if that functionality is used frequently at this level.

      This may be simpler for initial setup, but I’d be surprised if many of the people considering a NAS wouldn’t be equally capable of something slightly more custom. If you want to, you can easily load something like FreeNAS on these sorts of systems.

      As you say, some people value the turn-key of these things, but you’re definitely paying for the privilege, and the OzBargainer in me went another way. Way more potential power and all the functionality, for less than the equivalent NAS.

      Almost $700 for a Celeron? Yikes.

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        B3 on 14/09/2020 - 21:59

        +1

        When you want some headphones do you buy all the parts and assemble them yourself? When you want some veges do you buy some seeds and plant them because that's the absolute cheapest way to get some?

        I'm sure some people do and It's the same principle - time vs convenience. Yes people can do things cheaper if they are prepared to put in lots of time and effort themselves. Some people are prepared to do this. Many are not.

        Being in either category is fine. Saying you don't understand the other category is not fine.

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  [Deactivated] on 14/09/2020 - 12:47

  +2

  2.5GbE, but if you don’t need it go the TerraMaster F2-421 at $489.99 https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07PVNV7FK

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  arkasun on 14/09/2020 - 18:29

  I'm looking for the 4 bay for around 600.