Qnap TS-879 Pro

Overview

The Qnap TS-879 Pro spans 217.5mm (H) x 327mm (W) x 321.2mm (D) (8.56" x 12.87" x 12.64") and weighs 8.39kg (18.49lbs) empty. With the lid removed, you'll see an FSP Group FSP350-710UJ 350w power supply and one PCI Express x8 slot for the 10GbE network card. There are two large blue PCBs in the TS-879 Pro: the motherboard and the hot-swappable SATA module, which has eight ports.

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

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3
Good:

2
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0
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Last revision on August 23, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Eight drive bays
USB 3.0

Reviewers Didn't Like

Expensive

Expert reviews and ratings

The Qnap TS-879 Pro seems to cover all the bases very well. It supports USB 3.0, SATA 6Gb/s and eSATA, while QNAP's latest NAS management software provides tons of features, yet remains easy to use for novices.

By TechSpot on May 15, 2012

QNAP's NAS products are still excellent and incredibly flexible devices. If you're in the market for an eight-bay NAS, then put this one on your...

By CNET Australia on February 17, 2012

100

The TS-879 Pro delivers a range of storage features that the competition will be hard pressed to match let alone beat. These include free cloud services and some quality IP SAN capabilities, plus it’s impressively fast over both Gigabit and...

By IT PRO on December 05, 2011

Impressively fast over Gigabit and 10GbE, and drowning in features, including support for popular cloud backup...

By PC Pro on November 28, 2011

The QNAP TS-879PRO seems clearly to be a new breed of NAS servers that will provide longevity and high performance with the addition of the 10GbE Ethernet standard. The TS-879PRO is most certainly a unified NAS server that will appease users of all...

By WhichNAS on August 23, 2011

In a similar fashion to my last review of a Thecus NAS, it has been a little while since I've looked at a QNAP system, but this is not to say that stocks have run dry of NAS samples and now we're back in full swing now with another system from...

By eTeknix on April 05, 2013

When it comes to driving maximum throughput out of an external NAS, QNAP has checked off all the boxes including powerful CPU, sufficient RAM and the optional Emulex 10GbE interface. For any SMB or enterprise user looking at the TS-879 Pro from a...

By StorageReview on February 17, 2012