Review on QNAP TS-431XeU-8G-US: High-performance 4-Bay 1U Rackmount NAS with 10GbE Network and 8GB RAM by Daniel Jackson

This is a NAS with 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports and one SFP+ 10G port. It doesn't come with hard drives. The NAS is designed to be installed in a 1U slot. Please note that the 1U slot must have a mounting position in the center of the slot as the screw hole on the mounting kit is in the center of the panel and not up and down like many other rackmount devices. The device will be configured automatically. Using DHCP for initial setup. However, when trying to map this device, I had a small problem: it detected another QNAS device that was on my network and it seemed to accept the configuration (IP addresses, storage settings, etc.). I ended up hard resetting this device on a separate network, reconfiguring it there, and then installing it on my normal network. Incidentally, at the time of writing, Revain limits hard drive purchases to every 2nd month. Make sure you plan accordingly if you don't have hard drives available. To update:. I had to deduct a star due to lack of design. After buying some hard drives from a competitor, I launched this villain. However, as the weight of the discs increased, the unit began to flex significantly in my rack. Thinking it was loose screws I double checked and everything seemed tight. However, I believe that the problems are only getting worse. Not only does it attach to the rack with one screw on each side instead of two, but the mounting brackets only have screw slots in the middle and bottom. If there was a mounting hole at the top of the bracket and they used 2 screws on each side instead of one, I think that would help a lot with stability (I think without a member in the bottom slot to support it). ). Looking at the price QNAP is selling their rail kits at I think I understand why they did it the way they did.