![]() ![]() We found it was possible to slow things down a little by running many apps at once, or trying to serve up media files to an excess of devices, so there are potentially instances where having more RAM would be nice. The 1GB of RAM is very good for a NAS at this level, though it sadly isn't upgradable. Random drive access was also respectable, and will likely be bottlenecked by your choice of drive, not the performance of the TS-130. Turn on encryption (as everyone should) and you won’t see a noticeable drop in performance, which is a great result. We were using a high end Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS HDD, but even a much more modest model will be able to max out the bandwidth available on Gigabit Ethernet when doing large sequential file copies. In testing, the TS-130 had the grunt to saturate our Ethernet connection at 111 MB/s up and 112 MB/s down. Once powered on, the NAS is fast and simple to get up and running - just point your browser at its IP address (or use the QNAP Qfinder app) and follow the wizard. For the TS-130, a standard 2.5” drive is the most likely to be used. You can optionally use a 2.5” hard drive or SSD, as the internal bracket plate allows you to directly mount the drive using screws on one side - though for support on both sides an adapter plate might be needed. Opening the TS-130 involves removing one screw, taking off the cover and slotting in your drive. (Image credit: Future) Interface and testing The TS-130 has a single 3.5” SATA port under the cover, plus a little cooling fan. The rest of the software and features we cover here are the same for each NAS, just the TS-230 will have better performance in memory hungry applications. ![]() Considering all that costs a modest $30 / £20 / AU$50 extra, it’ll be well worth the upgrade for most users. One handy extra in the TS-230 is the SoC's support for an extra USB port, which is mounted on the front of the NAS. There’s not a lot of difference, and TS-230 still can’t do 4K transcoding, but it will transcode to 1080p/H.264. It features the same CPU, but the SoC used is the slightly upgraded RTD1296 variant. QNAP also has a dual-bay version of the NAS - the TS-230. On a more practical note, both USB ports can also handle USB devices such as printers or wireless network adaptors. With an optional add-on adaptor from QNAP, you could even upgrade the network port to 5GbE. That’s important, because it means you can use it to add an external hard drive or QNAP expansion units, and actually get decent access speeds. The TS-130 has two USB ports, one of which is normal 2.0 spec, while the other is USB 3.2. It also supports AES-256-bit disk encryption for added security. What’s important is that the TS-130 can serve up 4K media files without any bottlenecks. That shouldn't really be an issue for most users of a basic NAS, since the actual playback device (such as a smart TV) will decode it instead. It’s a common SoC for use in things like 4K media players, and while it can decode H.265 video, it can't do 4K video transcoding. The actual processor is a ARM Cortex A53, paired with a Mali-T820 GPU. ![]()
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