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If you've been put off buying a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device, the HS-251 from QNAP might change your mind. It's capable of the stuff a typical modern NAS can do – acting as a repository for all of your files (among them movies, TV programmes...
Overall we liked what we got with the QNAP HS-251 but it does come with a hefty price tag. Without disks we found it selling for £380 (around $595, AU$690) and if you add in the cost of the two 4TB disks that rises to something around the £650 mark...
We would like to thank QNAP for supplying the review sample. QNAP has lately released many new models with Intel's fresh Bay Trail SoC for good performance and very low energy demands. An ideal CPU for a NAS since QNAP's embedded Linux operating system...
To put it simply, we're huge fans of the QNAP HS-251 Silent NAS. The original HS-210 concept was brave, innovative and looked fabulous but was let down by sluggish internals. That issue has been addressed with the HS-251 which is blessed with more power...
QNAP has dared to do something different and largely succeeded. The HS-251 looks good, is fast enough for its media centric purpose, fits in nicely under the TV and has integrated HDMI to directly connect to your TV. The problem is it is far more...
The HS-251 from QNAP is a 2 bay NAS especially made for the living room. Thanks to a nice looking design with brushed aluminum cover plate it should blend in perfectly. Apart from that there is an Intel Celeron dual core processor in combination with 2...
The QNAP HS-251 is "the" NAS to have for your man cave. It's basically an outstanding 2-Bay network attached storage device, but is super slim and fits in perfectly with home audio/video equipment. Believe me, it's what you've been waiting...
This is not the typical every-day NAS we are testing today, it is a somewhat special device. When we usually think of NAS devices, it goes in the direction of tower and rack-systems; and that is not the thing you would like next to your well designed...
I don't really need to point out that we were all impressed with the performance of the HS-251 since that's very easy to see just by taking a quick look at our charts. Actually i was more than just surprised since i never expected a passive cooling...