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Almost exactly one year ago, we've reviewed the QNAP TS-409
network attached storage system. The QNAP TS-409 offered brilliant
reliability and stability in our long term tests -- of which lasted an uptime
of 221 days, 1 hour, and 54 minutes until connections to Disk 2 overloaded,
partially due to a user error! The system also provided excellent performance
according to our benchmarks, as well as efficient power usage for a lower
power bill, since it's going to be running 24/7. But it wasn't by all means
perfect. Hardware wise, it suffered from a relatively slow Marvell 88F5281
500MHz CPU, and only 256MB of DDR2 memory. Once multiple simultaneous
connections are established to the system, performance dramatically
decreased, and its hardware huffed and puffed to keep up with the bits and
bytes moving quickly over our Gigabit network. Software wise, the web
configuration interface wasn't exactly appealing and intuitive. Times have
changed, however. While we got a nice feel of the new standard QNAP AJAX user
interface via an updated firmware available to previous QNAP devices
(Including the TS-409 in question), the hardware didn't change. One year
after we wrote our initial article, a brand new QNAP TS-439 Pro arrived at
our doorstep as we eagerly anticipated seeing what QNAP has in store for us.
Now featuring an Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor and four times the memory
of its predecessor, along with a couple Gigabit LAN ports, how well would the
TS-439 Pro stack up? We carefully examined the unit, plus our usual battery
of tests, and arrived at our conclusion in the end. So, tag along, as we
bring you to the QNAP TS-439 Pro Turbo NAS!
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