CONCLUSION

   When QNAP released their latest batch of NAS Servers we were very curious to see how the Celeron and i3 CPUs would affect their performance and since the TS-470 was the first to arrive all the weight of our curiosity fell on it (that's also why we used it for 2 full weeks). However our results were not as clear as we were hoping them to be. Make no mistake the TurboNAS TS-470 is an excellent NAS Server with a very large list of features and hardware specifications second to none (ok perhaps second to the i3 models) but we feel that the Beta version of the QTS 4.1.0 may not be "tweaked" enough for that particular system and the reason we say this is because we can't figure out why an Celeron based system would perform on par with several Atom based systems. Of course the CPU doesn't offer much when it comes to read/write speeds but it does affect them so our only "suspect" currently is the current state of the OS we used (we will also use the next official release with the TS-470 to verify this). In the following months we will also get an 10GbE PCIe card to use with NAS Servers like the TS-470 so we can offer more accurate results to people who will not stay with the normal GbE ports (although this will mostly affect people with RAID0 configurations).

   When you are out to buy a brand new high-end NAS Server model like the TurboNAS TS-470 by QNAP you know that you will end up spending quite a bit and its current price tag of USD1039.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and 1020Euros inside the EU (Amazon.co.uk) proves that. Of course to be entirely fair the TS-470 is not aimed towards casual users but professionals and enthusiasts who are looking to get the best possible performance without taking a second to look at the price. Overall QNAP has once again proven that they can maintain their head start with which they can lead the NAS industry and personally i don't see that coming to an end anytime soon. As for the TurboNAS TS-470 thanks to its performance, specifications, 10GbE compatibility and vast number of features it gets our Golden Award with ease.

PROS

- Excellent Build Quality
- Celeron Dual Core CPU
- Very Good Overall Performance (will retest with future QTS version)
- Features
- 2GB DDR3 RAM
- 4 Gigabit Ethernet Ports
- 10GbE Compatible (Optional PCIe Card)
- 5 USB Ports (2xUSB 3.0 / 3xUSB 2.0)
- 2 eSATA Ports
- HDMI Output
- RAID 0/1/5/6/10/ 5 + Hot Spare Support
- SATA III (6Gb/s)
- QTS 4.x.x OS

CONS

- Power Consumption (For Some)
- RAM Not Expandable (For Some)
- Price (For Some)