Last Thoughts

QNAP's TS-412 Turbo has proven itself to be a solid all-around product as information technology does everything relatively well. Performance-wise, you lot could say it'southward a jack of all trades but a chief of none. Notwithstanding, the build quality and overall design are excellent, beingness aesthetically pleasing and highly functional. Best of all, the humble hardware inside was powerful enough to justify the TS-412'southward asking price ($460).

As with previous QNAP products, the TS-412 Turbo NAS was extremely easy to outfit with hardware and configure. The QNAP Finder software is efficient, the Quick Configuration Wizard makes setup a cakewalk, and the all-of import QNAP v3 User Interface is at present highly refined and very powerful. In fact, we experience information technology rivals the Synology DiskStation Manager as the best consumer-level NAS software.

For those seeking an affordable 4-bay NAS device, the TS-412 Turbo NAS is hard to mistake. Thecus' N3200XXX is one of the closest contenders in a like toll range, only it merely supports three drives. Fifty-fifty if that doesn't thing to you, the N3200XXX was faster throughout our file transfer tests, we feel the TS-412's superior software, power consumption and build quality make it the wiser option.

If you're only an average home user who isn't looking to max out a Gigabit Ethernet connection, nosotros believe you'll exist well served past the QNAP TS-412 Turbo. Unfortunately, folks who need desktop-similar performance will take to expect well beyond the TS-412'southward $460 cost tag. Products such as the TS-439 Pro II+ or Synology'southward Disk Station DS411+ are more suitable, merely at $700+, you can expect to pay dearly for the speed increase.