THE TURBONAS TS-469 PRO

As already mentioned the latest TurboNAS TS-469 Pro features an dual core Atom processor running at 2.13GHz, 1GB DDR3 RAM running at 1333MHz (expandable to 3GB), 512MB of flash memory and measures 177mm in Height, 180mm in Width and 235mm in Depth while weighing a total of 3.65Kg.

Some of you always ask if we can compare the units we review with others of the same brand so here’s the TS-469 Pro right next to the TS-259 Pro+, the TS-219P II and the TS-119P II.

The perforated section on both sides is pretty much standard for every 4 bay NAS server we’ve seen by QNAP.

Just like the TS-419P II only the front fascia of the TS-469Pro is black (the rest is plain aluminum), something that used to be the case with the previous generation of NAS Servers by QNAP and also something i didn't enjoy much.

As it is typical for QNAP units the company logo is present at the left front top of the unit.

The on/off power button along with a one touch backup button and a USB port are present at the lower left.

Moving at the center we see the VFW (LCD) screen and the Status, LAN, USB and eSATA LED activity indicators right beneath it.

With the help of the LCD screen and this navigation button you can perform certain commands described in the welcome message (basic ones).

As usual at the two top sides we see the Intel Atom and the sequence/drive placement stickers.

All 4 bays are hot-swap so you can add/remove drives at will just like with any QNAP unit. That aside you can setup the drives either in JBOD array in which case you can share both drives as one, as a RAID 0 array splitting all data in both drives, RAID 1 with the second drive backing up the primary one, RAID 5 which is basically similar with RAID 0 but also ads a parity check bit to ensure that the system keeps going even if one of the drives fail, RAID 6 which is identical to RAID 5 but allows for up to two simultaneous disk failures (dual parity) and finally RAID 10 which combines the best of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 by writing data on half of the disk drives available while the other half mirror the data of the first set. QNAP has also added a Hot Spare feature in most of the above configurations for improved data safety.

I was very glad to see that the TS-469 Pro comes with the same high quality drive bays as the TS-259 Pro+. These bays can hold up to four 2.5' or 3.5' SATA II drives with a maximum capacity of 4 TB each.

As expected the rear of the unit is also not black but i guess that can't be helped.

Since the TS-469 Pro has a 3pin power plug at the rear and a small 40mm fan right next to it that means it must feature an internal PSU.

A single 90mm fan manufacture red by Y.S Technologies (1900RPM, 40.2CFM) is used to keep the drives inside the unit at low temperatures.

Next to the 90mm fan we see an HDMI output and a VGA output reserved for maintenance purposes.

Beneath the video outputs we see 2 USB 3.0 ports, the reset switch, 4 USB 2.0 ports, 2 eSATA ports and 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports.

Finally a Kensington lock is placed right between the rear connectors and the exhaust fan.

The unit sits on 4 round rubber feet which you can remove if you want to save 2cm in height.

You can remove the top cover by removing the 3 screws found at the rear in case of an emergency or if you just want to add an extra SO-DIMM.

The TS-469 Pro features a 250W switching power supply made by Delta Electronics.

The UDMII Plus-C Flash Disk Module is manufactured by Apacer.

The 1GB DDR3 RAM running at 1333MHz is manufactured by ADATA.

You can easily install up to an extra 2GB DDR3 at the empty rear slot.

Once you turn on the TS-469 Pro its LCD screen will start to display various information as seen above.