Manufacturer: QNAP Price: $ 760 US Author: Steven Walton Date: 07/10/2014

[ Introduction ]

Today we are checking out the 4-bay model from the latest NAS series from QNAP. The TS-x51 series is perhaps the most significant desktop NAS product released to date from QNAP, or anyone for that matter. This dual-core NAS offers on-the-fly & offline Full HD video transcoding that is significantly more powerful than anything we have seen before... So what makes the TS-x51 family different from other QNAP products? They are the first to be powered by an Intel Celeron J1800 dual-core processor. This means they boast video transcoding capability that’s 18x faster than earlier Atom based solutions. Moreover they feature a HDMI port and support virtualization to allow you to run two operating systems such as Linux and Windows 8. QNAP already has a fairly extensive 4-bay NAS line up, which includes the TS-410 ($340), TS-421 ($470), TS-469L ($530) and TS-469 Pro ($800). So where does the new TS-451 fit in? Priced at $700 for the 1GB model or $760 for the 4GB model, it is certainly one of the more expensive 4-bay models, particularly given they classify it as a middle-end home and SOHO product. This puts the TS-451 quite close to the TS-469 Pro in terms of pricing, which is interesting as the TS-469 Pro is a dual-core Atom 2.13GHz powered 4-bay NAS. That said, the Intel Celeron processor of the TS-451 should actually be much more powerful than the Atom version found in the TS-469 Pro. Moving away from the in-house competition we have Synology, with the DS414j ($415), DS414 ($480) and DS412+ ($600). Given that we will be featuring the DS414 and DS414j in this review it will be interesting to see how they compare. Before we move on to check these new NAS products out in greater detail, we should also mention that this is the first time we will be looking at the QTS 4.1 which includes additional entertainment and productivity apps, many of which work with QNAP's Android and iOS apps. Business features have also been expanded, including support for SAMBA v4, enhanced NetBak Replicator backup for Windows and enhanced virtualization support via a new Virtualization Station.

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CaptBill

Posted on: 07/16/2014 08:48 AM About time a real CPU found its way into a sub-$1000 NAS. I agree it needs to be cheaper though. Progress is good yo!