QNAP TS879-Pro 8-Bay NAS Review
Chris Hadley / 12 years ago
In general a NAS box is just an external hard drive caddy that is attached to your network rather than by USB or even Firewire. Because of this we can find a whole host of other features and utilities bundled into them giving them the leading edge over the other options available on the market.
Specs
1.Hardware Spec
CPU | Dual Core Intel® Core™ i3-2120 Processor 3.3 GHz |
DRAM | 2 GB DDR3 RAM |
Flash Memory | 512MB DOM |
Hard Drive | 8 x 3.5” or 2.5” SATA 6Gb/s, SATA 3Gb/s hard drive or SSD NOTE:
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Hard Drive Tray | 8 x hot-swappable and lockable tray |
LAN Port | 2 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet port (Optional dual-port 10 Gb and 1 Gb network card are supported) NOTE:
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LED Indicators | Status, LAN, USB, eSATA, 10 GbE, hard drives |
USB | 2x USB 3.0 port (front: 1; rear: 1) 4x USB 2.0 port (rear)Support USB printer, pen drive, USB hub, and USB UPS etc. |
eSATA | 2 (rear) |
Buttons | System: Power button, USB One Touch Backup Button, and reset button |
LCD Panel | Mono-LCD display with backlight, Enter and Select buttons for configuration |
Alarm Buzzer | System warning |
Form Factor | Tower |
Dimensions | 217.5(H) x 327(W) x 321.2(D) mm 8.56(H) x 12.8(W) x 12.65(D) inch |
Weight | Net weight: 8.39 kg/18.48 lb Gross weight: 13.98 kg/30.79 lb |
Sound Level (dB) | Stand by: 25.87 dB In operation: 27.4 dB (with 8 x 1TB HDD installed) |
Power Consumption (W) | Sleep mode: 39W In Operation: 101W (with 8 x 1TB HDD installed) |
Temperature | 0~40˚C |
Relative Humidity | 0~90% |
Power Supply | Input: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz, Output: 350W |
Secure Design | K-lock security slot for theft prevention |
Expansion Slot | 1 (for network or storage expansion) |
VGA | Reserved for system maintenance |
Fan | 2 x quiet cooling fan (12 cm, 12V DC) |
2. Software Spec
Operating System
Supported Clients
Supported Browsers
Multilingual Support
File System
Networking
Backup Solution
Security
Disk Management
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iSCSI (IP SAN)
Server Virtualization & Clustering
Power Management
Access Right Management
Domain Authentication Integration
MyCloudNAS Service
Storage Plug & Play
Web Administration
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