QNAP TS-809 Pro

CONCLUSION

For an enterprise NAS, the TS-809 Pro delivers exceptional performance of 80MB/s read and 180 MB/s write transfer rate in the Iozone tests. What is more impressive is its consistent performance across different RAID configurations. The real world tests represented by the Intel NAS Performance Tool Kit also show excellent results. The only place where the TS-809 Pro seems to fall slightly behind is writing files to the NAS under RAID 1 configuration. We doubt that this would be an issue to its target buyer since the buyers of the TS-809 Pro would most likely be running the NAS in RAID 5 or 6 configurations. With these configurations, we do not see the significant performance hit that was observed with the RAID 1.

The TS-809 Pro incorporates many features such as iSCSI, AES 256-bit Volume-based encryption, dual Gigabit LAN ports with load balancing or teaming, and RAID 0/1/5/6/5+spare, single, and JBOD disk configuration with Online RAID Capacity Expansion and Online RAID Level Migration, that are designed for the enterprise and business environment. You will soon come to appreciate the 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 2GB DDR2 RAM where they deliver exceptional performance while keeping the system running cool. In our tests, the unit runs whisper quiet even under heavy load. With four hard drives installed, the system only draws maximum power of 80W under load and 57 W at idle.

The biggest drawback with the TS-809 Pro would be its price. At a retail price of $1699.99, it is significantly more expensive than other similar size NAS. However, many of the similar NAS either do not have as many storage bays (8 to be exact) as the TS-809 Pro, lack the iSCSI feature, or are in the rackmount form factor. For those who may wish to have a slightly cheaper unit with the same storage space, you can look into the $899.99  QNAP SS-839 Pro as an alternative where it also supports 8 drives with similar features.