Additionally, the low heat emissions of this unit mean the fan works less and runs quietly, allowing users to retain an ambient environment. The low power consumption Atom processor does not require much cooling so the small fan is more than enough keeping the hard drives and the internal components cool. In addition, the front and right sides of the NAS have ventilation holes pull cool air into the unit. The back of the unit has a 70mm fan for ventilation. The NAS also comes with a VGA port on the back. Most NAS units do not come with this many USB 2.0 ports, so the high number of ports is a positive factor. Despite this, we would have preferred that the system use USB 3.0 ports, especially as they are quickly advancing in the market. The back of the NAS has two GBit Ethernet ports, two eSATA ports, and four USB 2.0 ports. In addition, the tray also supports 2.5” drives so if you are planning ot use SSDs on the NAS, there is no need for an adapter. The larger NAS will pick up the hard drives with the data intact, avoiding users the tedium of rebuilding data. Due to the same form factor and shape, these trays are interchangeable between NAS units. If users ever need to move to a higher capacity NAS unit, they can simply remove the tray from the TS-259 Pro and insert it into the unit of their choice. The tray is a well-constructed metal body frame, with a plastic front. The TS-259 Pro uses the same removable hard drive tray as its predecessors. Given this is a budget unit, it is no surprise that the NAS does not come with an LCD display. There is a single USB connector on the front. The old square buttons have been replaced with two round buttons, one for power and one for One Touch Copy. It is probably only a little bigger than some dual-bay external storage enclosures, and it has a small footprint. Although a metal casing would have been preferrable due to lower HDD temperatures, the low power consumption of the Atom processor compensates for it, and the small amount of heat emitted is nothing that the single exhaust fan on the back cannot handle.įollowing the trend of older QNAP NAS products, the front of the TS -259 Pro has a very simple and user-friendly interface. The exterior is made with plastic casing despite its metallic appearance. The NAS case is constructed with metal and plastic. The RAID controller on the NAS is handled by the ICH8R Southbridge. This is a third generation Atom processor from Intel based on the Pinetrail platform. The unit includes 1GB DDR2 RAM, and 512MB DOM flash memory. It uses the Intel Atom Dual Core D510 1.66GHz processor. In this review, we’ll examine how the new Atom based NAS compares against older SoC based NAS products. The TS-259 Pro is a two-bay NAS targeted towards home or small business users. The main differences between the different TSx59 products is the amount of power they consume and the numbers of drives they support (the x indicates the number of drives a given NAS can use). Their latest TSx59 line of NAS products, all based on Atom processor, comes in a wide range of storage capacities. QNAP is one of the manufacturers that seized onto the Atom processor based NAS market. The Atom processor seems to be a perfect marriage of the two with its combination of high performance (due to its x86 design) and low power consumption. High-end NAS products like the QNAP TS 809 Pro will often use desktop processors that emphasize performance over power consumption. SoC are often used in budget and mainstream NAS products due to their lower power consumption, but they are not as powerful as a desktop processor based NAS. Now the Atom has moved into the Network Attached Storage (NAS) market. Intel’s Atom platform has had great success in the netbook market, especially due to its low power consumption. As a result, manufacturers started introducing the Atom processor into different computer hardwares such as Tablet PCs, HTPCs, and NetTops. The low power consumption, great features, and excellent performance make this one of the best 2-bay NAS units on the market. The QNAP TS-259 Pro is one of the best NAS we have tested, due to its use of the Intel Atom processor.
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