QNap TurboNAS TS-219P II review
We loved this NAS enclosure’s fast transfer speeds, reasonable price and excellent user interface
Specifications
2 disk bays, N/A storage supplied, 1x 10/100/1000Mbit/s Ethernet ports
The TS-219P II’s plentiful supply of USB and eSATA ports can be used to connect external storage devices that you can share across your network or use to back up data stored on the NAS. You can also use the USB ports to share a USB printer across your network. There are also a wealth of backup features and options designed to turn the NAS into your very own web-accessible personal cloud storage via QNap’s MyCloudNAS service.
The TS-219P II Turbo NAS performed brilliantly in our tests, providing RAID 0 average transfer speeds of 15.5MB/s for small files and 58.3MB/s for large files. RAID 1 speeds were also swift at 12.5MB/s for small files and 38.9MB/s for large files. The NAS is also very reasonably priced, being £275 including VAT. Its wealth of features and great interface make it our Best Buy.
Basic Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Price | £275 |
| Rating | ***** |
| Award | Best Buy |
Storage | |
| Capacity | N/A |
| Formatted capacity | N/A |
| Default file system | ext3 |
| Price per gigabyte | N/A |
| Interface | SATA2 |
| 3.5in drive bays | 2 |
| Free 3.5in drive bays | 2 |
| RAID modes | JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1 |
Interface | |
| Ethernet ports | 1 |
| USB direct access ports (front/rear) | 0/0 |
| Other USB ports (front/rear) | 1/2 |
| eSATA ports (front/rear) | 0/2 |
| Other ports | none |
Networking | |
| Ethernet connection speed | 10/100/1000Mbit/s |
| Universal Plug and Play support | yes |
| UPnP media server | yes |
| iTunes | yes |
| Print server | yes |
| USB disk server | yes |
| Web server | yes |
| FTP server | yes |
| Protocols supported | TCP/IP, SMB/CIFS, AFP, FTP, HTTP, NFS |
Miscellaneous | |
| Size | 150x102x216mm |
| Weight | 1.7kg |
| Vertical positioning | no |
| Ethernet cable included | yes |
| Additional features | UPS support, BitTorrent client, IP camera support |
| Power consumption idle | 19W |
| Power consumption active | 23W |
Buying Information | |
| Price | £275 |
| Warranty | two years RTB |
| Supplier | http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop |
| Details | www.qnap.com |