The QNAP TVS-463 8G is powered by an AMD GX-424CC, part of the Steppe Eagle family of SoCs which includes a Mullin's based Radeon R5E GPU. There are several models ranging from the entry level which sports only 4GB of RAM, which can be expanded to 16GB with the review model TechPowerUp recieved sitting in the middle at 8GB. You can install up to four 2.5" or 3.5" SATA3 disks in a variety of RAID configurations, the NAS ships empty so you will need to provide your own drives. It is a little expensive, just over $800, which includes the internal PSU and the built in OS to allow you to activate your NAS via the web with a simple command. It has two Gigabit ports with LACP support and you can even pick up an expansion card to increase it to 10GbE, read the full review to get an idea just how capable this NAS is.
"QNAP has for the first time used an AMD CPU with one of their NAS offerings. The new series is codenamed TVS-x63, and today, we will evaluate the TVS-463, which, as its model number implies, can take up to four HDDs. It is also 10GbE ready through an optional expansion card."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- QNAP Turbo Station TS-431 4-Bay SOHO NAS @ eTeknix
- Thecus N4310 NAS Server Review @ NikKTech
- ASUSTOR AS5102T 2-Bay Enthusiast NAS @ eTeknix
- Samsung SM951 512GB @ Legion Hardware
- Intel 750 Series PCIe SSD 1.2 TB @ techPowerUp
- Eluktronics Eluktro Pro Performance SSD @ The SSD Review
- Patriot New Ignite Series M2 SATA Solid-State Drive @ Modders-Inc
Jeremy,
Just pointing out
Jeremy,
Just pointing out what I think is a typo.
4th sentence beginning with, “It is a little expense”, I think you meant expensive. Not too sure though.
yup, sorry, thanks
yup, sorry, thanks
Much expense. Very sexy. Many
Much expense. Very sexy. Many terabytes.
“Mullin’s based Radeon R5E
“Mullin’s based Radeon R5E GPU” who is this Mullin’s and what’s the connection with Radeon GPU?
You last few articles have been somewhat disjoint, can I have some of what you have been smoking, dropping, snorting, etc.
I just love the concept of
I just love the concept of someone being soo fucked up that they make the ocosianal typo, yet just fucked up enough to do the rest of the article….. or sumptin….. I’m kinda baked right now
Here, try this link
Here, try this link http://www.anandtech.com/show/7974/amd-beema-mullins-architecture-a10-micro-6700t-performance-preview
As to your second part of the comment, I am too busy to refill my coffee cup let alone smoke. It is called work overload and I apologize if it is effecting my coherency but … and gotta run again
Tek Syndicate did a nice two
Tek Syndicate did a nice two videos on RAID and it’s convinced me not to use hardware RAID ever again. Take a look, it’s pretty interesting.. esp part 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hquOIFJU3og
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISG_WphoAjo
Any RAID should be treated as
Any RAID should be treated as a 'unit', and you should always have another backup copy of everything on that unit of storage. Software solutions can also corrupt and fail. ZFS is not exempt from that possibility, as robost as it may be. ZFS does not perform as highly as most hardware RAID solutions.
Too bad it’s so friggin’
Too bad it’s so friggin’ expensive. Even for a NAS, ever for a 4-drive bay of such high quality, QNAP is just so heavily overpriced…goddammit.