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Product Name: | QNAP TS-453D-4G 4 Bay NAS for Professionals with Intel® Celeron® J4125 CPU and Two 2.5GbE Ports |
Manufacturer: | QNAP |
Model Number: | TS-453D-4G |
Product SKU: | B0897C8XTT |
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hell, i took a propane torch to the dts chip on my pioneer sc63 a few months ago and it's still running like a chamnp... it was completely dead (and 700+ to reapair)
So far it's lasted about 9-months without quit
The thing is, yes, it's a band-aid.. but the other option is to throw a reciver that cost 1500 bucks 8-years ago into the trash .
You cannot even find a used HDMI board for these units anymore (you have to replace the entire board)
They were replacing with brand new units if yours failed before january 2021 ... mine failed in the summer 2021.
I did put it on my "secondary" home theatre as i needed to upgrade to something with hdmi 2.1 and all that fun stuff for my 65" OLED setup...
I have had laptops and video game connsoles that lasted years after doing a "reflow" at home. (they might still work, i wouldn't know, ended up giving that stuff away)
Overall, if you're looking to get into running a server, be it for simple network attached storage, Plex streaming, hosting a number of services using docker, or whatever - it's a good starter device, provided you prioritize security.
Now - there's a risk of outgrowing this very quickly (like 1 year), but if you go this route, there are some things to know:
QNAP gets a lot of (deserved) hate, however if you perform just a handful of relatively easy steps, you can get a lot out of an affordable, low-power-consumption device. They also have decent resale value and likely will for 5 more years, so if you do upgrade, you can at least put a good chunk of the QNAP value toward that.
My QNAP TS-251+ has been happily running rock solid for the past 6 or 7 years 24/7 with RAID 1. I keep it fully updated as soon as patches come out (get alerts on my phone from the Manager App) and have had no issues. It is locked down as much as it's prudent using a different port for web admin, default admin account turned off, uPNP also turned off, etc. but I do run a few things on it also using QTS like PiHole, Plex, and serve out files on occasion. I've been very happy with it without any complaints and the original 6TB drives have yet to show any SMART errors at all since purchase. Now I'm approaching the 70% capacity and exploring options since I feel it's more than paid for itself now and was well worth the initial investment I made.
Decided to keep using my TS-251+ 2bay unit and take advantage of the deal going on now on two 14TB WD Red plus drives ($210 each). Now off to research how to go from two RAID 1 6TB drives to two 14TB drives seamlessly. Hopefully it's just a matter of replacing each at a time and letting it mirror out.