Manufacturer: QNAP Price: $ 260/360 US Author: Steve Date: 10/31/2011

[ Introduction ]

Today we are checking out the QNAP TS-219P II and TS-119P II, which are designed to provide corporate workgroups or small office/home office users with budget-friendly network attached storage (NAS) solutions for efficient data backup and convenient file sharing... In recent years, QNAP has emerged as one of the biggest names in the network-attached storage business and for good reason: they offer one of the largest and most impressive NAS product lines. The company's offerings start at $160 US (TS-112) and can go for more than $1,000 US, catering to home, SMB and corporate needs. Early this year their line-up grew even more diverse with the addition of QNAP's new TS-x12 range, which includes single (TS-112 $170 US), dual (TS-212 $200 US) and quad-bay (TS-412 $430 US) iterations designed to deliver well-rounded performance, low power levels and a wealth of applications for home networks. They then went on to release the new TS-x59 Pro II series, which comprised of the 4-bay TS-459 Pro II, the 5-bay TS-559 Pro II, and the 6-bay TS-659 Pro II. This new series utilizes the powerful yet energy-efficient dual-core Intel Atom D525 1.8GHz processor, along with 1GB of DDR3 memory (expandable to 3GB). In addition to powerful processors, the new models are the first in the industry to support SATA 6Gb/s hard drives. Also new is USB 3.0 support, ensuring internal and external hard drives deliver the highest performance possible. Given that these are business class NAS devices, pricing starts at $970 US for the TS-459 Pro II, while the slightly larger TS-559 Pro II costs $1110 US. However the TS-659 Pro II, which we have our hands on, costs a cool $1350 US and can support up to 18TB of networked storage. As impressive as these business class models are, QNAP felt the need to re-evaluate their small office/home office lineup, and did so by announcing the new TS-x19P II range on September 27th 2011. These more affordable models feature single bay, dual bay and quad bay solutions which utilize a 2.0GHz processor with 512MB of memory. The 2-bay and 1-bay devices that we are checking out today are both very affordable, costing $360 US and $260 US respectively.

Table of Contents >>> Introduction <<< Features & Design Hardware Installation & Setup Process The QNAP v3.5 User Interface Test System & Power Consumption Benchmarks: File Download Performance Benchmarks: File Upload Performance Benchmarks: File Copy Performance Benchmarks: CrystalDiskMark 3.0 Benchmarks: Atto Disk Benchmark Benchmarks: Intel NAS Performance Toolkit Conclusion Next Page ->

monty

Posted on: 11/09/2011 11:51 PM I remember a few years ago buying a single bay NAS for this kind of money was a waste of time. Thanks for the article it got me excited about getting one

Bluescreendeath

Posted on: 11/10/2011 04:02 AM Nice review but I still want to see you do one on those sweet looking Core i3 models!

sammy

Posted on: 11/10/2011 08:32 PM The TS-119P II looks ideal for my needs at home. I will look into getting one some more thank you.

scodd

Posted on: 11/15/2011 12:32 AM I just bought a p2x4 - 59, mb - 59, 4GB ram - 20, two hitachi deskstar 5400 2TB - (2)79 for a total of 297. Used old case and ps,, kb and mouse. Loaded ubuntu 11.1, soft raid1 and samba. Couldn't be better.