Qnap TS-212P In depth Review - Compared to Synology DS214se - plex and more

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VIDEO INDEX:
00:58 - Hardware overview
02:49 - Web based interface overview
03:04 - App store
04:56 - Plex overview
06:25 - Backups
08:21 - One touch button-press USB backup
10:03 - Dropbox-like Qsync feature overview
12:54 - Mobile apps
15:27 - Benchmarks
15:36 - Conclusion
Our look at network attached storage (NAS) devices continues with the Qnap TS-212P. In this video we go in-depth at its features and compare it to the competing Synology DS214se.
Is it better than the Synology DS212se we looked at last week? Not really. It has just as many features but the Synology executes those features better.
But this device does have an available Plex server - something available only in the higher end devices in Synology's line. And in my testing it was able to transcode MPEG 2 video to MPEG 4 on the fly. Very nice.
But overall the Qnap product is just a little too rough around the edges to recommend over the Synology. Worth mentioning is Qnap's poor implementation of the Dropox like functionality that has very flaky software and unreliable operation.
The bottom line? The Synology which has half the memory and processing power feels like it performs better than the Qnap. It's because Synology's software is better optimized.
See my Synology review here to compare:
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