For IOPS, the NAS gave us CIFS scores of 292 IOPS read and 669 IOPS write. These profiles have been developed to make it easier to compare to our past benchmarks as well as widely-published values such as max 4k read and write speed and 8k 70/30, which is commonly used for enterprise drives.įirst up are the enterprise workloads, where we measured a long sample of random 4K performance with 100% write and 100% read activity. Our Enterprise Synthetic Workload Analysis includes four profiles based on real-world tasks. Latency Standard Deviation (Read+Write Standard Deviation Averaged Together).Max Latency (Peak Read or Write Latency).Average Latency (Read+Write Latency Averaged Together).Preconditioning and Primary Steady-State Tests: Since NAS solutions reach their rated performance level very quickly, we only graph out the main sections of each test. Our enterprise shared storage and hard drive benchmark process preconditions each drive into steady-state with the same workload the device will be tested with under a heavy load of 16 threads with an outstanding queue of 16 per thread, and then tested in set intervals in multiple thread/queue depth profiles to show performance under light and heavy usage. For networking, we leveraged the EnGenius Cloud ECS2512FP Multi-Gigabit Switch. Right near the top is where the PCIe expansion slot is for adding cards.įor our testing, we configured the QNAP TS-453D in RAID6 using four WD Red 14TB HDDs in both CIFS and iSCSI configurations. On the left side are the Kensington Security Slot, HDMI port, USB 3.2 Gen 2 port, three USB 2.0 ports, two 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Ports, and the power connection. The rear of the device is mainly taken up by the fan. Along the right side is the power button at the top, the indicator LEDs running down the side, a USB 3.0 port and a USB copy button. The cover slides off easily to access the toolless, hot-swap drives underneath. The front of the device has a shiny plastic cover with company branding that covers the drives bays. It is small enough to sit on a desk without being too intrusive. The QNAP TS-453D is a compact, tower form factor NAS. Power Consumption: Operating Mode, Typical Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core 2.0 GHz processor (burst up to 2.7 GHz)ĥ Gigabit Ethernet Port (5G/2.5G/1G/100M)ĥ-95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C (80.6˚F)
The QNAP TS-453D NAS can be picked up today for $586. Along with the TS-453D 4-bay model, there is the 2-bay TS-253D, and the 6-bay TS653D model. The main difference is the amount of RAM it comes with, in this case 8GB. The QNAP TS-453D comes in two flavors, 8G (reviewed here) and 4G. If the four bays aren’t enough, one can add more storage through a USB 3.2 Gen 2 port to provide fast JBOD expansions. However, adding in SSDs can add several benefits such as flash volumes, SSD cache acceleration, and Qtier auto-tiering for overall better performance. The NAS has an SSD caching capability, but to leverage it without giving up drive bays, users would need to utilize a PCIe adapter card for M.2 drives in the single PCIe slot. Faster connectivity lends itself well to Hybrid Backup Sync (HBS) to transfer data to local, remote or cloud storage spaces while using the company’s QuDedup, data reduction.įor storage the TS-453D has 4 3.5″ SATA bays. QNAP includes a PCIe expansion slot that can be used to add something like a 10GbE card for those looking to use the NAS for virtualization, fast backup and restores, and huge data transmissions.
On top of that, the NAS can have up to 8GB of DDR4 memory for even faster performance. To help hit those speeds, the NAS leverages an Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core 2.0 GHz processor. If 2.5GbE isn’t enough, through port trunking users can bump that up to 5GbE.
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Users can take their existing CAT5e cables and upgrade network connections from 1GbE to 2.5GbE. Looking first at networking, the QNAP TS-453D comes with two onboard 2.5GbE RJ45 LAN ports. The TS-453D is yet another device that will help users past the networking bottleneck to faster connectivity speeds. QNAP has made several changes recently to push the networking speeds form 1GbE to 2.5GbE connections through NAS, switches, and AICs. The QNAP TS-453D is a 4-bay NAS that is designed to take advantage of faster speeds from 2.5GbE connections and extend those benefits to the devices connected to it.