There are a lot of different NAS systems on the market and they each have their ups and downs, or rather the area where they excel ? which is great as there is a good chance that there is just the right model out there for your specific needs. One thing has however been missing, at least in my opinion, and QNAP fixes that with their latest NAS, the TS-251A 2-bay NAS system with QuickAccess port. Today I?m taking a closer look at exactly this system and will show you what it can do. Should two bays be too few for you and you rather want four, then QNAP has that covered too with the TS-451A which is the same system, just with double the amount of drive bays.

Before we get into the features, let's talk a bit about the hardware that is powering this awesome little SOHO NAS. It is powered by Intel's 14nm Celeron N3060 dual-core CPU which has a clock speed of 1.66GHz and a boost speed of up to 2.48GHz. When it comes to the memory, there are two version available, one with 2GB and one with 4GB dual-channel DDR3L which can be upgraded to 8GB should you wish to do so. It also features a 4GB flash module for the QTS operating system, so it won't take away space from the installed HDDs for that.

Moving on from the inside to the outside where we find all the available connections, and there are quite a few of those on the TS-251A. It features three USB 3.0 ports for external storage, peripherals, printers, scanners, and other USB devices such as WiFi dongles and TV sticks ? two on the back and one on the front for easy access coupled with a one-touch copy button. It also features dual Gigabit Ethernet connections that can be coupled with link aggregation. In this model, QNAP even included an SD card reader directly in the NAS, allowing you to easily unload all you camera content onto the NAS without the need for cable.