Compare Promise Vess R2600tiS F40R26T26010000 19"Rack-3U RAID, 16x SAS-6G, 10GbE RJ45; inc 16x HDD AND Thecus Rackmount 16-Bay NAS N16000PRO SAS/SATA HD; JBOD/RAID 0/1/5/6

General Performance

The F40R26T26010000 unlike the N16000PRO is made by Promise. There always other brands out there like Promise which are often innovative. You might not get the same user experience comparing with other better known brands. But sometimes you might not need it. Unlike the N16000PRO this box has the 64bit 6-core @ 1.1GHz processor. With its 64bit processor, this box should have no trouble transcoding your videos up to 1080P via the native MANUFACTURER apps. Another key difference between the N16000PRO is RAM. F40R26T26010000 arrives with 2GB RAM. The F40R26T26010000 2GB RAM compared with N16000PRO 8GB is clearly weaker.

About Connections

With six LAN ports this box is making good enterprise level NAS.

About Usage

With 16 bay unit you are having additional advantages. You can choose from number of RAID solutions to set up. There could be RAID that saves your data even if one of the drives fail so you can still recover your data. This would be slightly more safe option to keep your data. Besides you can still access your documents or media files over your private network or even internet.

Price And Warranty

This box comes with 3 year warranty for your peace of mind and long term hardware security. This is the most expensive box with the price tag £4,238.00.

General Performance

The N16000PRO unlike the F40R26T26010000 is made by Thecus. A lesser known manufacturer that Synology or QNAP, there always other brands out there like Thecus which are often innovative if less user-friendly to those without experience of a NAS device. You might not get the same user experience comparing with other better known brands. But sometimes you might not need it. Unlike the F40R26T26010000 this box has the Intel® Xeon® E3-1275 3.4GHz processor. This box has Xeon processor. These processors usually are used in solutions where you cannot afford even shortest downtime. They usually come with biggest cache size. If processor comes with ECC (Error detection and correction) technology, it prevents server ever to go offline. Useful for accounting or bidding systems with no place for error. Another key difference between the F40R26T26010000 is RAM. N16000PRO arrives with 8GB RAM. Size of 8GB makes N16000PRO the best regards to RAM capacity.

About Connections

At the back of the box you will find HDMI port which will let you connect it to TV or monitor. In this case you are not limited to network speeds. You might be interested in audio output ports. With N16000PRO you can build a personal karaoke system with high-quality audio output. With three LAN ports this box is making good enterprise level NAS. Two USB3 ports on this Thecus is offering you up to 5Gb/s transfer speeds of external devices. It is fast enough to get your files through fairly quickly with this speed and make backing up with an external drive or Apple Time Machine a quick and easy process. There are two eSATA ports on N16000PRO giving you up to 6Gb/s transfer speeds.

About Usage

With 16 bay unit you are having additional advantages. You can choose from number of RAID solutions to set up. There could be RAID that saves your data even if one of the drives fail so you can still recover your data. This would be slightly more safe option to keep your data. Besides you can still access your documents or media files over your private network or even internet. You may install Plex Media Server on this box. Plex lets you easily create a feature rich and practical home media playback system. Some boxes offer real time transcoding functionality. That let you stream your media hustle free, based on your device speed or screen size. Please contact us to find transcoding compatibility list.

PLEX TRANSCODING

This NAS feature Intel® Xeon® E3-1275 3.4GHz processor which will let you transcode videos on the PLEX. This will allow you to watch videos remotely from anywhere you can connect to the internet. The i3 CPU will transcode all HD and Full HD videos including quite few 4K videos. The i5 and i7 will pretty much transcode any video you want. The difference will be the number of simultaneous streams. The i7 obviously can cope with more streams than i5.

Price And Warranty

This box comes with 3 year warranty for your peace of mind and long term hardware security. Despite F40R26T26010000 has better warranty, it is still good to know that you have your three years of no worries manufacturer cover. This Thecus is £1,425.00 cheaper than the most expensive unit F40R26T26010000.