Product Comparison: QNAP TS-421 vs QNAP TS-420

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QNAP TS-421 8TB 4-Bay NAS

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QNAP TS-420 12TB 4-Bay NAS

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General Specifications

Brand

QNAP

Model

TS-421

TS-420

Origin

China

About the Product

The TS-421 is a powerful yet easy to use network storage centre for data storage, backup, synchronisation, remote access, and home entertainment. As your personal cloud, you will always be connected to your files and your files are always under your control.

The TS-420 is a powerful yet easy to use network storage centre for data storage, backup, synchronisation, remote access, and home entertainment. As your personal cloud, you will always be connected to your files and your files are always under your control.

Key Specs

Hard Drive Capacity

8 TB

12 TB

Number Of Slots

4 -bay

Storage Drive Type

2.5”, 3.5”, SATA 3Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s, SSD

Hard Drive Capacity
Number Of Slots

What customers say about "Key Specs"

QNAP TS-421 8TB 4-Bay NAS

Initial set up is easy. Great slots.
The hardware is pretty good. Capacity is large.
I have two 1TB red drives and I use it for the whole family. Plenty of storage size.
I have it on default with 4x WD Red drives on RAID. Easy drives set up.
The hardware seems good, great capacity and slots.

QNAP TS-420 12TB 4-Bay NAS

Nice little unit. Very well made. Great capacity.
It was extremely easy to set up drives in slots and configure.
Easy to set up. Nice slots for my drives.
QNAP makes a quality NAS! Great size of storage.
Replaced unit works without issues. I like this storage with good capacity.

Size & Weight

Color

Black

Height

6.97 in.

Width

7.09 in.

Depth

9.25 in.

Weight

6.61 lbs.

Features

CPU

Marvell ARM 88F6282

Marvell ARM 6282

RAM

1 GB

0.512 GB

RAID Support

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, JBOD, Single

Extras

Manage multiple NAS, Access and share files, Manage system services, Monitoring on the go, Manage your music collections intuitively, Easily back up online videos

Sync files across devices, Manage multiple NAS, Access and share files, Manage download/backup tasks, Multiple advanced surveillance features, Manage your music collections intuitively, Build a personal video website, Your 24/7 download center

Included Software

Qsync, Photo Station Uploader, Surveillance Station, Music Station, Security Advisor, App Center, File Station, Video Station, AirPlay, iSCSI, Cloud Backup Station, myQNAPcloud, Download Station, HappyGet II, Vmobile, Qfile, Qmanager

myQNAPcloud, Qsync, Qfile, Qmanager, Vmobile, Surveillance Station, Photo Station Uploader, Music Station, Video Station, Download Station, App Center, HappyGet II, AirPlay, File Station, Cloud Backup Station, iSCSI

What customers say about "Features"

QNAP TS-421 8TB 4-Bay NAS

Standard shares (multimedia, home, downloads, etc already set up).
The software and interface works well and seems quite secure.
Set up is easy. The server is very quiet and looks great.
I want to love it but I just find the web interface too temperamental.
It has a bad IP address set up.

QNAP TS-420 12TB 4-Bay NAS

Uses standard RAID configurations 0,1,5,6. Would recommend.
The built in tools work seamlessly with all my wireless devices (iPad 2, iPhone 4s, and Nokia 920).
Admin interface easy to use. Lots of apps and modules to install to extend functionality.
Ability to bind the two NICs. Ability to upgrade drive capacity in place
Has VPN functionality, cloud access outside of network.

Interfaces

LAN Speed

1000 Mbps

Number of LAN

Number of USB

eSATA

Yes

HDMI

What customers say about "Interfaces"

QNAP TS-421 8TB 4-Bay NAS

Qnap updates the software. Nice speed of LAN.
Great LAN ports. Fast speed. Good storage.
Capacity is awesome for home, easy to install, has USB ports.
I think the more expensive model with an HDMI out probably would have been better and more future proof.
Transfer rates copying from an external USB3 drive are surprisingly slow.

QNAP TS-420 12TB 4-Bay NAS