I happen to have a spare i7-4770T CPU and I am considering buying TVS-871-PT-4G and upgrading the CPU and RAM (16GB can be had for $130). Perhaps people might save some money going the similar rout eve if they would need to buy i7-4790S ($305 on newegg). This way i7/16GB machine would come at 1330+130+305 = $1765. There is no information yet on how easy (or at all) it would be to upgrade these machines but given the fact that it is LGA1150 and upgrades worked for x70 and the fact that x71 machines come with such variety of CPU options it looks like it should be easy to upgrade these servers.
Same question I always ask when a new NAS comes out (especially a mid-range x86 model): Does it support ECC RAM? I'm guessing the answer is "no", since they'd probably trumpet the virtues of ECC RAM if it was supported, but I'd still like to confirm.
The most low-end CPU they're using, the Pentium G3250, does support ECC, but that doesn't mean their implementation of it will.
I wonder if non EC models do not support ECC because of the chipset or because of the CPU? I think I read somewhere on QNAP forum that while upgrading some QNAP servers (I believe it was x70 line) people were able to put XEON CPUs and use ECC RAM. I am not absolutely sure about that though.
Frankly, its frustrating that the question has to be asked. At that price and from their trumpeting of its use in a small business environment I'd expect ECC support to be a given.
Am I the only one who'd like to see some benchmarks for large transfers? I'd like to know if this is a reasonable product for LARGE backup in a short time.
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lilo777 - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
Someone on QNAP forum (http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=101... posted the following prices:TVS-871-PT-4G = $1330+
TVS-871-i3-4G = $1430+
TVS-871-i5-8G = $1770+
TVS-871-i7-16G = $2170+
I happen to have a spare i7-4770T CPU and I am considering buying TVS-871-PT-4G and upgrading the CPU and RAM (16GB can be had for $130). Perhaps people might save some money going the similar rout eve if they would need to buy i7-4790S ($305 on newegg). This way i7/16GB machine would come at 1330+130+305 = $1765. There is no information yet on how easy (or at all) it would be to upgrade these machines but given the fact that it is LGA1150 and upgrades worked for x70 and the fact that x71 machines come with such variety of CPU options it looks like it should be easy to upgrade these servers.
shelbystripes - Thursday, January 15, 2015 - link
Same question I always ask when a new NAS comes out (especially a mid-range x86 model): Does it support ECC RAM? I'm guessing the answer is "no", since they'd probably trumpet the virtues of ECC RAM if it was supported, but I'd still like to confirm.The most low-end CPU they're using, the Pentium G3250, does support ECC, but that doesn't mean their implementation of it will.
ganeshts - Thursday, January 15, 2015 - link
ECC RAM models have the substring EC in their model name.Of the models covered above, only the TVS-ECx80 ones have ECC capabilities.
lilo777 - Thursday, January 15, 2015 - link
I wonder if non EC models do not support ECC because of the chipset or because of the CPU? I think I read somewhere on QNAP forum that while upgrading some QNAP servers (I believe it was x70 line) people were able to put XEON CPUs and use ECC RAM. I am not absolutely sure about that though.Master_Sigma - Friday, January 16, 2015 - link
Frankly, its frustrating that the question has to be asked. At that price and from their trumpeting of its use in a small business environment I'd expect ECC support to be a given.boe - Saturday, July 25, 2015 - link
Am I the only one who'd like to see some benchmarks for large transfers? I'd like to know if this is a reasonable product for LARGE backup in a short time.