QNAP TS-364-8G-US 3-Bay 2.5GbE Desktop NAS

The QNAP TS-364-8G is a 3-bay desktop NAS built around an Intel Celeron N5105/N5095 quad-core processor clocked up to 2.9 GHz and paired with 8GB of DDR4 RAM. This hardware combination gives it enough processing headroom to handle not just basic file storage and sharing, but also 4K H.264 hardware transcoding, virtual machine hosting, and containerized applications. The three 3.5-inch SATA bays accept standard hard drives for bulk storage, while two internal M.2 PCIe Gen 3 NVMe SSD slots can be configured as SSD cache volumes to accelerate frequently accessed data or as dedicated SSD storage pools for latency-sensitive workloads.

Networking is handled by a 2.5GbE port that supports 2.5G, 1G, and 100M speeds, providing a meaningful throughput upgrade over traditional gigabit NAS devices when paired with a compatible switch or direct connection. Multiple USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports deliver up to 10Gb/s transfer speeds for connecting external drives or expansion enclosures, making it easy to quickly ingest or back up large media libraries. On the software side, QNAP's QTS operating system includes built-in snapshot technology for creating point-in-time data copies, providing an effective disaster recovery and ransomware protection strategy. The TS-364 also supports Qtier automated storage tiering, which intelligently moves data between SSDs and HDDs based on access frequency to optimize both performance and capacity utilization.