Qnap hs - Reviews 2024

The QNAP HS-453DX is powered by a quad-core Intel Celeron J4105 processor with HDMI 2.0 (4K @ 60Hz) output, allowing direct enjoyment of high-quality video on a 4K TV, and seamlessly integrates into a cinema setup. existing house. How will it perform? Will it be as quiet as QNAP indicates? Don't miss our review!

First of all, we are grateful to QNAP for the trust placed in ceding the product to us for analysis.

QNAP HS-453DX Technical Features

Unboxing and design

QNAP HS-453DX comes inside a cardboard box with a high quality design and based on the brand's corporate colors. The manufacturer has used the entire surface of the box to put the most important specifications and characteristics of this product.

Next to the NAS we find all the documentation, including a user guide, the warranty card and various accessories.

QNAP HS-453DX features a modern decoder design and appearance to fit your existing home theater devices. The HS-453DX offers a wealth of connectivity to suit all needs, including USB 3.0 Type C and Type A port and USB 2.0 ports, HDMI 2.0 / 1.4 dual output, 3.5mm line out and more. It also provides an accessible hard drive design, making it easier than ever to add and remove 3.5-inch hard drives.

Thanks to its fanless design, the QNAP HS-453DX remains silent during operation, allowing you to fully enjoy a multimedia experience without any distracting noise. QNAP HS-453DX is also designed for high speed networks, providing a 10GbE NBASE-T NBASE-T port, and hybrid HDD + SSD structure, to enable fast file transfers and the best video streaming experience.

Outstanding features:

A single five-speed 10GbE NBASE-T RJ-45 connectivity for smoother media streaming and faster file sharing.HDMI 2.0 / 1.4 outputs for direct playback of 4K HD media. Two SATA SSDs M.2 2280 for SSD caching. Fanless, low-vibration design keeps the HS-453DX cool and quiet while preventing dust buildup. Snapshots fully record system status and data, protecting files and Data against accidental deletion and malware attacks. VJBOD (Virtual JBOD) technology allows you to expand your storage capacity, using unused storage from another QNAP NAS.

Once we remove the lid, we realize that it serves as refrigeration. A very important fact and here is the secret that you do not need a fan. Use the same chassis as a heatsink.

Passive cooling system, uses the chassis as a heatsink

All this in charge of an Intel Celeron J4105 1.5 GHz quad-core processor at a speed of up to 2.5 GHz, with up to 8 GB of DDR4 memory, and is compatible with SATA 6Gb / s drives. As a result, the QNAP HS-453DX offers high read / write speeds and maintains high speeds even with AES-NI encryption enabled.

It also provides two SATA M.2 2280 SSD slots to configure SSD caching to further improve performance. 10GbE connectivity is also provided with a built-in 10GBASE-T 5-speed port, and supports 10G / 5G / 2.5G / 1G / 100M, allowing you to use existing Cat 5e, 6, or 6a cables for instant enjoyment of higher network speeds.

Its advanced Intel UHD Graphics 600 graphics engine supports dual-channel 4K H.264 hardware decoding and real-time transcoding, allowing videos to be converted to universal file formats that can be played seamlessly across multiple devices. You can also watch high quality 4K 60FPS media files on an HDTV using HDMI 2.0 output, or use them with Plex Media Server to stream media files to mobile devices and media streaming devices including DLNA, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Google Chromecast. The QNAP RM-IR004 remote can be configured using QButton, to customize the actions of the individual buttons, providing a more convenient NAS experience.

Featured Technologies

Roon, QNAP's music player for music lovers, identifies all the music stored on the NAS and consolidates them into the interconnected digital library. Thanks to this, you can explore and play music with Roon applications on any compatible device for multi-zone multimedia experiences. The QNAP HS-453DX supports the Roon Server application in the QTS Application Center, and provides the performance, storage potential, and SSD caching to optimize music streaming.

Dual M.2 SATA

As SSD prices continue to drop, you can flexibly assign applications to SSDs, configure an SSD cache, or use Qtier technology to automatically move frequently accessed files to the SSD for the highest access speeds.

The QNAP HS-453DX has software-defined Extra Provisioning (OP) Extra SSD RAID support, allowing you to allocate additional OP space (1% to 60%) to optimize SSD random write speeds and extend lifespan of the SSD.

Thanks to 10 GbE connectivity, transferring and managing multimedia files is much more efficient. Recently encoded music and video files can be quickly transferred over a 10GbE connection, QNAP also offers a variety of affordable switches, adapters, and other solutions.

The QNAP Notification Center integrates all the notification settings of the NAS and its applications into one application, providing central administration and greater convenience. The Security Advisor also scans the device for possible weaknesses, and provides recommendations to improve security.

QNAP provides a reliable and flexible backup and disaster recovery solution. With snapshots you can fully record system status and data, and quickly recover this status if data is lost. Use the free QNAP NetBak Replicator utility to back up / restore files from Windows PC. Time Machine is also compatible for Mac users. It's easy, fast, and convenient. Its hybrid backup sync technology consolidates backup, restore, and sync capabilities to easily transfer data to local, remote, and cloud storage spaces as a comprehensive data storage and disaster recovery plan.

Block-based snapshots are a reliable method to protect data from the growing threat of ransomware. The QNAP HS-453DX supports up to 1, 024 snapshots per NAS and up to 256 snapshots per volume or LUN. The QNAP HS-453DX centrally stores data and files, and supports SMB / CIFS, AFP, and NFS protocols for sharing files on devices Windows, Mac and Linux / UNIX.

Installation and QTS operating system

In our case we have installed a single 480GB Kingston KC400 SSD to the QNAP HS-453DX. To start with the configuration we have to download the QNAP Qfinder PRO application that can be downloaded from the official website of the brand. It is essential software that allows us to update the equipment, locate the IP (in case we use DHCP) and give us important information about the NAS.

As we can see, the QNAP HS-453DX team recognizes us. If we double-click the installation guide will appear, if your NAS has been in the store for a while or an update recently came out, it may send you a message that you need to update it to the latest firmware. Everything is very fast and simple, giving you accept and you do it all by yourself . The smart installation guide helps us to target our server. Already with the latest firmware of the operating system: the QTS.4.4.0 we begin the installation. We have to fill in some steps: name and password, date and time, network, services, disk and the final summary. In a matter of 10 minutes we have the NAS installed and fully assembled:

To enter the web interface, it is as simple as entering any web browser: dipnumber: 8080. In our case it is. A welcome screen appears with the possibility of logging in or turning off the system.

The QTS 4.3.4 system interface maintains its philosophy of simplicity and efficiency. All very nice that reminds us of our high performance home NAS?

Among its most common applications we find File Station (File Management), MyQNAPCloud (QNAP cloud for NAS QNAP clients), APP Center (Repository Center where you can download all the APPs compatible with your NAS) and many more applications that will help us have one of the best storage and multimedia systems on the market.

Performance and consumption test

To test the performance of the NAS we have copied several files with different sizes and the result was as expected with an average of 107 MB / s. It would go up a lot if we had a 10 GBe network available in our test bench, although during 2019 we will update it.

The consumption tests have been taken directly on the wall, with the NAS plug on the meter. We have tested with one and two Western Digital RED mechanical hard drives and the results can be seen in the following table:

Full 2 HDD	39 W
Full 1 HDD	18 W
Sleep 2 HDD	15 W
Sleep 1 HDD	8 W

Final words and conclusion about QNAP HS-453DX

After testing the NAS: QNAP HS-453DX for a week, we realize that it is one of the great novelties that the manufacturer offers us for the consumer user. A 100% passive design, with a powerful processor for a NAS, possibility of expanding RAM memory up to 8 GB (brings 4 GB), possibility of installing two SATA hard drives and 2 solid state SSD drives.

At the multimedia power level it allows us to start any 4k movie without any problem. We also liked the remote control and its 10 GBe connection that will allow us to have no file transfer limit. Good job QNAP!

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QNAP unites two concepts that are really expensive: Silence and a 10GBe connection. This implies that its price rises to 669 euros + VAT and we still do not have a departure date in Spain, but as we have been informed it will be soon. It has its logic, since if they are sending the first samples, it is that it will arrive soon. What did you think of the new QNAP HS-453DX?

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ DESIGN	- M.2 CONNECTIONS ARE SATA INSTEAD OF NVME AND SATA.
+ PASSIVE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM	- SOMETHING HIGH PRICE
+ GOOD PERFORMANCE
+ IDEAL FOR MOUNTING A RAID AND A DUAL CACHE SYSTEM
+ 10 GBe CONNECTIVITY