QNAP TS-469L

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Pros:

HDMI out for HTPC-style playback.
USB 3.0.
Dual eSATA.

Cons:

No front USB 3.0.
Still relatively expensive.

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Last revision on April 20, 2015

Reviewers Liked

HDMI out for HTPC-style playback
USB 3.0
Dual eSATA
Expandable to six drives
Cloud backup to Amazon S3
ElephantDrive
Symform
The usual extensive QNAP Feature Set

Reviewers Didn't Like

No front USB 3.0
Still relatively expensive

Expert reviews and ratings

The TS-469L is a four-bay NAS box that's costly sold bare, but it's super-fast and comes with just about every feature you might want in a small-network NAS, and then some. Read...

By Computer Shopper on September 04, 2014

The TS-469L is a great step up from the previous four bay models, including the QNAP TS-409U I reviewed several years ago and a TS-439U-RP, too. I had a desktop TS-409 Pro, as well, and that’s most comparable. The TS-469L is worth the upgrade, given...

By ThinkComputers on July 08, 2013

The QNAP TurboNAS TS-469L delivers everything you would expect out of a 4-bay NAS server and much much more. All the common forms of RAID are supported as well as JBOD and single disk configuration if your prefer capacity over redundancy. It's armed...

By SilentPC Review on March 26, 2014

Storage is always something we keep wanting more and more. Businesses can produce information at a growing speed. Sometimes data is stored just because at some point it may be needed. Nothing is discarded, a digital hoarding. Similarly consumers can...

By GeekZone on April 15, 2013

First let’s talk about the performance. The QNAP TS-469L provided average read (download) performance and this is what we saw from the TS-269L and TS-869L when we reviewed them late last year. The read performance is similar to that of the Synology...

By Legion Hardware on March 19, 2013

The TS-469L NAS takes part from the more affordable QNAP servers aimed at home users and small offices. The chassis design is similar to the one we have seen with the ASUSTOR AS-604T and their overall performances are also comparable. QNAP have...

By MadShrimps on March 13, 2013

Take a TS-569 Pro [reviewed], change the disk carriers for a slightly spiffier, but unlockable model, take out the display and drop the number of bays to four from five and you have the TS-469L.The 469L sits atop the four-bay group in QNAP's "Home and...

By SmallNetBuilder on February 12, 2013

Keeping it short and to the point: The QNAP TS-469L Turbo NAS is an evolution on a range of units that have proven themselves over many years. It works as advertised. It has more features than you'll ever use and it is guaranteed to serve you well for a...

By DigitalReviews on January 30, 2013

Taiwan-based NAS manufacturer QNAP recently announced a new range of Intel dual-core Atom-powered NAS enclosures aimed at the SME market. The TurboNAS x69L range includes models ranging from entry-level 2-bay devices up to 8-bay units, providing from 8TB...

By zdnet.com on November 14, 2012

Overall, the QNAP TS-469L is a really solid performer. The only 2 drawbacks were it being rather on the loud end of “silent operation”; and the sleep mode power draw being significantly higher compared to its direct competitors. Those 2 bits aside,...

By Akihabara News on January 01, 2005

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