QNAP TS-877 (TS-877-1700-16G) 8-bay NAS Review

1. Introduction2. QNAP TS-877 - Packaging / Bundle3. QNAP TS-877 / Design4. QNAP QTS 4.35. Usability6. Testing Methodology7. QNAP QM2 10GbE8. ATTO Disk Benchmark9. Intel NASPT10. IOMETER11. Workload Scenarios12. Encryption Performance13. Real Life File Testing14. Power15. Closing Thoughts16. View All Pages

Sitting under QNAP's SMB banner, the TS-877 series of NAS units are the first based on AMD's Ryzen technology to hit the market. Based around a Ryzen 7 1700 8-core or Ryzen 5 1600 6-core chip, the TS-877 are highly flexible 8-bay NAS units supporting three PCIe slots and a pair of internal SATA M.2 slots for SSD caching duties. It even supports the option of a dedicated graphics card.

The TS-877 product line is a complex affair despite the fact there are only three bay sizes. The eight bay TS-877 sits in the middle of a three unit product line, consisting of the flagship TS-1277 twelve bay model and the TS-677, six bay entry model. The complex bit is the multitude of CPU / memory options.

The flagship TS-1277 has three different models; TS-1277-1700-64G (AMD Ryzen 7 1700 8-core, 64GB DDR4), TS-1277-1700-16G (AMD Ryzen 7 1700, 16GB DDR4) and the TS-1277-1600-8G (AMD Ryzen 5 1600 6-core CPU with 8GB DDR4). The TS-877 line up is a little less complicated, the TS-877-1700-16G (our review system) – AMD Ryzen 7 1700, 16GB DDR4 and the TS-877-1600-8G (AMD Ryzen 5 1600 and 8GB DDR4). The entry level TS-677 comes in just flavour, powered by an AMD Ryzen 5 1600 backed by 8GB DDR4.

Apart from the eight main storage bays there are a pair of 2.5in drive bays (built into the upper part of the front bezel) as well as a pair of M.2 SATA (2240/2260/2280/22110) ports on the motherboard which support SSD Cache Acceleration. For expansion purposes there are three, yes three PCIe slots; 1 x PCIe 3.0 x8, 1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 and 1 x PCIe 2.0 x4.

Specifications

• Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz Turbo Core 3.7GHz.
• Memory: 16GB DDR4-2400  (expandable up to 64GB).
• Gigabit Ethernet Ports: 4.
• Rear panel connectors: 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 (1 x Type-C, 1 x Type-A), 5 x USB 3.0, 3 x 3.5mm audio, console port.
• Front panel connectors: 1 x USB 3.0 fast copy.
• RAID support: JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10.
• Cooling: Active – 2 x 80mm chassis fans, 2 x 97mm CPU and system cooling.
• Drive Bays Supported: 8 – 6 x 3.5in, 2 x 2.5in.
• M.2 slots: 2 x 22110/2280/2260/2242 SATA 6Gb/s.
• Maximum hard drive size supported: 12TB + pair of SSD's.
• Maximum Capacity: 72TB + pair of SSD's
• Internal File System support: EXT4.
• PCIe slots supported: 3 – 1 x PCIe Gen3 x 8, 1 x PCIe Gen3 x4, 1 x PCIe Gen2 x4.
• Power Supply: 450 Watt PSU.
• Dimensions (D x W x H): 319.8 x 292.8 x 231.9mm.
• Weight: 9.05kg.

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