QNAP QGD-1602P 2-Bay NAS and POE Switch

[crmaris]

The QNAP QGD-1602P is an innovative product, a NAS and managed PoE switch in a single package. It is expensive, but offers numerous features and uses hardware capable of coping with demanding scenarios. Finally, its build quality is astonishing—this product is built like a tank.

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[lemonadesoda]

A really interesting solution to
1./ overcrowded small rack soho, 3 devices in single 1UE device
2./ network throughput bottleneck sticking a NAS on a single RJ45 1GB in soho environment. No, we DONT have 10GB in soho, and link aggregation is a cludge
3./ stick on some nice wifi APs e.g. unifi without having to buy a dedicated POE unit

 

[TheLostSwede]

I think you mean no 10GBASE-T ports out of the box, since it clearly has two SFP+ ports.

Also, does the OS run in the eMMC, or does it require installation on the drives as per their regular NAS boxes?

 

[WestleyTDPR]

I don't see an HDMI port anywhere, does this require an expansion card?

 

[crmaris]

My bad about the HDMI, got confused with the QGD-1600P which had one. They dropped the HDMI port in this one. This is a major CON!

 

[TheLostSwede]

My bad about the HDMI, got confused with the QGD-1600P which had one. They dropped the HDMI port in this one. This is a major CON!

It's not supported by the CPU though.

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[crmaris]

I think you mean no 10GBASE-T ports out of the box, since it clearly has two SFP+ ports.

Also, does the OS run in the eMMC, or does it require installation on the drives as per their regular NAS boxes?

Correct! Part of the OS runs on eMMC and as far as I know it also installs a part on the HDDs.

It's not supported by the CPU though.

Product Specifications

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ark.intel.com

Yes, while the old one had a Celeron that included a GPU.

 

[blueblazer172]

I would like to see 10G speedtests with either the dual onboard M.2 Slots or with an external QM2-2P-384. Is this anyhow possible to add this to the Review. I'm interested in 10G Speed only.

 

[shovenose]

Now that is nice build quality. And a quality power supply with quality capacitors. Not like Ubiquiti PoE switches with trash power supplies that I’ve had to recap or replace multiple of.