QNAP TS-459 Pro Turbo NAS with Intel Atom D510 Review
TS-459 Pro – Faster, Better, Stronger
When QNAP released their new family of Turbo NAS devices, they built their systems around the brand-new Intel Atom Processor. The TS-259 Pro, TS-459 Pro, TS-659 Pro and TS-859 Pro hit the market a few weeks ago and QNAP promised that this new architecture would bring users ultra-high performance.
The TS-459 Pro uses the next generation Intel Atom D510 1.66 GHz Dual-Core processor and 1 GB DDRII RAM to deliver up to 100 MB/sec RAID 5 reads. A few months ago, we reviewed the TS-419P which had great performance for a home or SOHO NAS, but nowhere close to 100 MB/sec RAID 5 reads. In this review we will compare the differences between the TS-419P Turbo NAS and the TS-459 Pro and check if this new NAS can deliver on its high speed promise.
We will be looking at the TS-459 Pro that looks exactly like the TS-419P we reviewed late last year. The main differences between these NAS devices come from whats inside the box. As stated above, the TS-459 Pro is using the Intel Atom D510 1.66GHz Dual-Core processor compared to the Marvell 6281 1.2GHz processor in the older TS-419. The TS-459 Pro also has double the RAM, 1GB of DDRII compared to 512MB of DDRII.
Already adopted by over 80 notebook and netbook designs, the Intel Atom D510 chip was released in January 2009 and was designed from the ground up for small devices and low power. It remains Intel’s smallest chip, built on the company’s 45nm high-k metal gate manufacturing process and should make a significant difference in the performance of network attached devices QNAP’s Turbo NAS family.
The flash memory has also been increased from 16MB on the TS-419P to 512MB on the TS-459 Pro. There are a few other minor hardware differences between the two systems, but these are the major changes which should give the TS-459 Pro a major performance boost over the TS-419P.
One feature that the TS-419P didnt have that the TS-459 Pro does that I really like is the ability to plug a VGA monitor and a USB keyboard into the back and log in like its a Linux computer. I wasnt able to determine which Linux variant of the operating system was running, but the kernel version is 2.6.30.6 which is a relatively new version of the kernel compared to kernel.orgs latest stable kernel.
Lets take a look at the hardware and software specifications before we move on to more features and whats inside the box.
Hardware Specs:
| CPU | Intel Atom Processor D510 1.66GHz (Dual-Core) |
| DRAM | 1GB DDRII RAM |
| Flash Memory | 512MB DOM |
| HDD | 2.5/ 3.5″ SATA x4 NOTE:
For the HDD compatibility list, please visit http://qnap.com/pro_compatibility.asp |
| HDD Tray | 4 x Hot-swappable and lockable tray |
| LAN |
2 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet port |
| LED Indicators | Status, LAN, USB, eSATA, Power, HDD 1, HDD 2, HDD 3, HDD 4 |
| USB | 5 x USB 2.0 port (Front: 1; Back: 4) Support USB printer, pen drive, USB hub, and USB UPS etc. |
| eSATA | 2 x eSATA port (Back) |
| Buttons | System: Power button, USB One-Touch-Backup Button, Reset button |
| LCD panel | Mono-LCD display with backlight Enter button, Select button for configuration |
| Alarm Buzzer | System warning |
| Form Factor | Tower |
| Dimensions | 177 (H) x 180 (W) x 235 (D) mm 6.97 (H) x 7.09 (W) x 9.25 (D) inch |
| Weight | Net weight: 3.65 kg (8.04 lbs) Gross weight: 4.65 kg (10.24 lbs) |
| Sound Level (dB) | w/o HDD installed: 34.7 dB Stand by: 34.1 dB In operation: 36.8 dB (with 4 x 500GB HDD installed) |
| Power Consumption (W) | Sleep mode: 19W In Operation: 35W Power-off (in WOL mode): 1W (with 4 x 500GB HDD installed) |
| Temperature | 0~40C |
| Humidity | 0~95% R.H. |
| Power Supply | Input: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz, Output: 250W |
| Secure Design | K-lock security slot for theft prevention |
| VGA | Reserved VGA interface for maintenance |
| Fan | 1 x quiet cooling fan (9 cm, 12V DC) |
Software Specifications:
| Operating System | Embedded Linux |
| Supported Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32-/ 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-/ 64-bit), Server 2003/ 2008 |
| File System | Internal HDD: EXT3, EXT4 External HDD: EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32 |
| Networking |
TCP/IP (IPv4 & IPv6: Dual Stack) |
| Network File Sharing | CIFS/ SMB (plus DFS support), AFP, NFS, FTP, WebDAV |
| Backup Solution | USB One Touch Backup (Import/ Export) Apple Time Machine Support Block-level Remote Replication – Works as both an Rsync Server & Client – Supports Encrypted Replication between QNAP NAS Servers |
| QNAP NAS servers | Data Backup to External Storage Device Data Backup to Cloud Storage (Amazon S3) Security IP Filter Network Access Protection with Auto-blocking HTTPS Connection FTP with SSL/ TLS (explicit) Encrypted Remote Replication (Rsync over SSH) Importable SSL Certificate Instant Alert E-mail and SMS |
| Disk Management | Single Disk, JBOD, RAID 0/ 1/ 5/ 6/ 5+hot spare Online RAID Capacity Expansion Online RAID Level Migration HDD S.M.A.R.T. Bad Block Scan RAID Recovery Bitmap Support |
| iSCSI | iSCSI Target – Multi-LUNs per Target – Supports LUN Mapping & LUN Masking – Supports SPC-3 Persistent Reservation – Supports MPIO – Supports MC/S Virtual Disk Drive (via iSCSI Initiator) – Stack Chaining Master – Max. Virtual Disk Drives: 8 |
| Server Virtualization & Clustering | Supports VMware vSphere (ESX/ ESXi 4.0 and above) Supports Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V & Failover Clustering |
| Power Management | Wake on LAN Scheduled Power on/ off (max. 15 settings) Automatic Power on after Power Recovery |
| Access Right Management | Max. User Accounts: 4,096 Max. Groups: 512 Max. Share Folders: 512 Batch Creating Users Import User List User Quota Management |
| Web Administration | AJAX-based User Interface HTTP/ HTTPS Connections Alert Notification (Email & SMS) Smart Fan Control DDNS SNMP (v2 & v3) UPS Support with SNMP Management (USB) Resource Monitor Network Recycle Bin for CIFS/ SMB and AFP Comprehensive Logs (Events & Connections) Real-time Online User List Syslog Client Backup and Restore System Settings |
| QPKG | Web Application – Joomla – phpMyAdmin – WordPress – AjaXplorer P2P Application – MLDonkey (eMule) – SABnzbd+ Server Application – SSOTS (Squeezebox Server) – Tomcat – Asterisk – XDove (Mail Server) Miscellaneous – Optware IPKG – Python – Java Runtime Environment – And more |
| Supported Web Browsers | Internet Explorer 7 & 8 or Later Firefox 3 or Later Safari 3 & 4 or Later Google Chrome |
| Multilingual Support | Chinese (Traditional & Simplified), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish |
| File Server | File Sharing across Windows, Mac OS and Linux/ Unix Platforms Protocols: CIFS/ SMB, AFP(3.1), NFS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS QNAP Web File Manager |
| FTP Server | FTP over SSL/ TLS (explicit) Max. Concurrent Connections: 256 FXP Supported Passive FTP Port Range Control FTP Bandwidth & Connection Control Unicode Support |
| Web Server | HTTP/ HTTPS Connections Supports WebDAV Connection Importable SSL Certificate |
| Database Server | Built-in MySQL Server Web-based Management via phpMyAdmin (QPKG) |
| Backup Server | Remote Replication Server (over Rsync) Apple Time Machine Support QNAP Client Backup Application NetBak 3rd Party Backup Software Support: Acronis True Image, CA Brightstor, ARCserve Backup, EMC Retrospect, Symantec Backup Exec, LaCie Silverkeeper |
| UPnP Media Server | PC-less BitTorrent/ FTP/ HTTP Download (Up to 500 tasks) BitTorrent Download – Supports TCP/ UDP Tracker Protocol – Scheduled Download – Configurable Port Range – Bandwidth Control – UPnP NAT Port Forwarding HTTP/ FTP Download – Configurable Saving Directory – Bulk Download with Wildcard Setting – RapidShare Download Support QNAP Download Management Software: QGet – For Both Windows & Mac OS – Control the Download Tasks on Multiple QNAP NAS over LAN or WAN |
| Surveillance Station | Supports 4 IP cameras (not included) for network surveillance |
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