In recent years, QNAP has emerged as one of the biggest names in the network-attached storage business and for good reason: it offers one of the largest and most impressive NAS product lines. The company"s offerings start at $150 and can go for more than $1,000 catering to home, SMB and corporate needs.
As one of QNAP"s most affordable 4-bay NAS, we were unsurprisingly drawn to the TS-412. The device is fetching only $40 more than the older TS-410, but considering its Marvell processor runs 50% faster (800MHz versus 1.2GHz), we feel the TS-412 is a better value, and so we"ve opted to review it instead.
We also believe the QNAP TS-412 could displace Synology"s $360 DS411J. Although the Synology device features the same 1.2GHz Marvell processor, it comes equipped with 128MB of memory, the TS-412 doubles that to 256MB -- not to mention other shortcomings that we"ll explain later in the review.
We"re also curious about how it compares to NAS devices in the $500-$600 bracket. Assuming QNAP"s latest product doesn"t disappoint -- and they rarely do -- the TS-412 has a fair chance at becoming the "go-to" 4-bay NAS.
Read: QNAP TS-412 Turbo NAS Review
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