Published: 2017-08-11, Author: Adam , review by: itpro.co.uk
Abstract: Sign up for our daily newsletter Services like Netflix, Spotify and Dropbox are great ways to access content like movies, music and files, but they've got their limitations. Imagine if you could build your own cloud, with instant access wherever you are...
Published: 2017-01-16, Author: Stuart , review by: itpro.co.uk
Blazing performance, Stellar featureset, Intuitive setup, Includes HDMI port and remote for media server use
May be too advanced for NAS novices
This is a big and sometimes intimidating NAS, with lots of options and high-end features, excellent connectivity and server-room, not living-room, style. It's also quiet, easy to manage and well thought out. If you need a four bay NAS, this is the lead...
Strong SMB and iSCSI performance, Superior software feature set, Over 100 applications that run on the system
Plastic everywhere, Lesser build quality and design than other QNAP products, MSRP of 8GB model is priced much higher than it should be
All things considered the QNAP TS-451+ is a complete solution that takes advantage of QNAP's QTS software, the best NAS OS available today. QNAP could do better with some of the design to make it feel like you are not buying $500 to $600 of plastic...
Given my past experiences with network drives, I put off getting the TS-451+ setup for a while. But once I did get to it I was disappointed I didn't do it sooner. Setup was a lot easier than I expected. QNAP did a great job packing in all of the not so u...
Published: 2016-06-02, Author: Christopher , review by: neowin.net
We really should come up with a new name for this class of system, as calling it a simple Network Attached Storage (NAS) isn't telling users the type of power devices like this have. Instead, they're more like full fledged computers that just happen to be...
Published: 2016-03-20, Author: Victor , review by: Bjorn3d.com
QNAP NAS devices are always packed with plenty of features, and the TS-451+ is no exception. With the latest 4.2 firmware, the TS-451+ offers everything that you can get from the more expensive models that QNAP offers such as QvPC, virtualization, Contain...
The latest additional in the QNAP line up has a distinct multimedia focus with the bundled IR remote. Aside from the bump up in specs compared to the non- plus model, the big factor here is the QTS 4.2 firmware which really drives the power behind the uni...
For a long time, the QNAP TS-451 was my favourite 4-bay NAS for a number of reasons. Firstly, it was plenty fast, especially given the price.Secondly it supported a number of great features such as full 1080p on the fly transcoding, with 7.1 channel surro...
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Published: 2016-01-14, Author: Chris , review by: tomshardware.com
Strong SMB and iSCSI performance, Superior software feature set, Over 100 applications that run on the system
Plastic everywhere, Lesser build quality and design than other QNAP products, MSRP of 8GB model is priced much higher than it should be
All things considered the QNAP TS-451+ is a complete solution that takes advantage of QNAP's QTS software, the best NAS OS available today. QNAP could do better with some of the design to make it feel like you are not buying $500 to $600 of plastic...
Good overall performance during iSCSI connectivity, QTS 4.2 offers a ton of useful features, Scalable to 72TB via expansion units
Showed higher latency in CIFS configuration
Catered towards home and small offices, the QNAP TS-451+ is an affordable and versatile 4-bay tower NAS that offers users plenty of power, useful functionality, and QTS 4.2 compatibility...
