[Farhad Ally]

Thank you so much – One last question – I was looking at the local suppliers for the drive and was suggested to consider the Qnap TS-1677X-1700 as the newer version – I did a little research but could not find any particular comparison between 1677 and 1685 except the one on the Qnap site which is purely technical.

They are similarly priced, could you help me choose between –

Qnap TS-1677X-1700-16G and Qnap TS-1685-D1531-32G

Thank you. 🙂

[Farhad Ally]

Thank you so much for solving it out for me.

Highly appreciate it.

Far shot but we are based in Dubai, any way we can use your professional services here?

[Farhad Ally]

Okay so definitely don’t want to get fired so Lenovo and others are out.

Going to go ahead with –
– TS-1685 with 32 gig of RAM and 12 x 4TB HDDs (Do I need to/should add the SSDs and M.2 to the TS-1685 – Will that help?)
– Netgear 10g Switch (If you have a recommendation, please do share)
– Cat6a Cables

– Just to double confirm, the above will be sufficient to work 4-5 streams of 4k?
– Any last advice/food for thought/things I should be aware of?
– You mentioned the other brands, would you suggest any other brandModel in similar budget that will be a better fit than the Qnap?

[Farhad Ally]

It’s truly amazing how you are so eager to help.

Your first answer helped me eliminate TVS-1282T3 and just as I was thinking, TS-1685 is the one, I saw your second reply for the rack – Now I am looking TS-1685-D1531-128GR for $5,298 and TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP-16G-R2 for $6,106 which is not a significant jump (Except there will be the rack cost to add) – However in terms of pure specs, the 1681 seems much more powerful and and so a better deal (except I lose 4 Bays, but that’s okay) – Am I missing out on something, and what would you recommend between the two.

Also side question maybe silly but saw it on Amazon Review – Lenovo TS460 (https://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/servers/towers/ThinkServer-TS460/p/77LS7TS460M) – Seems to have good specs and much much cheaper, would you even consider it? – If you ignore this part, I will get my answer and stop thinking about it.

Thank you

[Farhad Ally]

Thank you for the response, really appreciate it.

Yes, on a budget now and even though I really like the SNS, the rack mounts are proving to be very expensive and the Prodigy is what sits in the budget.

Could you help me in that case decide between the two QNaps – TVS-1282T and TS-1685 or any other system or model that you think would work with in the price range.

Once again thank you for taking time out to respond.

[Farhad Ally]

Hey Bob,

Thank you for the all the info, I just spent half day going through posts all the way from 2014….

Could you advice on which one you would suggest between the below –

– Qnap TS-1685-D1531-128GR-US
– Qnap TVS-1282T3-i7-64G-US
– SNS 4 Bay EVO Prodigy Desktop

We have 5 PC Workstations and want to be able to edit MAX 4K on the server.

Thank you. 🙂