QNAP’s mature container/VM stack, QuTS hero, PCIe expansion, 32GB memory, and two free bays make a defensible high-end appliance lab.
Watch: A separate compute node can still be the safer long-term architecture for aggressive experimentation.
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TVS-h674-i5-32G + 4 × 12TB IronWolf
A checked starting combination targeting about 24TB usable with quts hero raid-z2 (dual parity).
Price estimate — recheck required$3,808.96Adorama + Amazon
Price estimate — recheck required · one store$3,808.96Amazon
Approx. usable24TB
Price estimate — recheck required / TB$158.71/TB
At least one component price or stock record needs checking. Confirm store prices and availability; tax and shipping are extra.
NAS: historical price · Sep 27, 2026. Drives: needs checking · Aug 30, 2026.
One-store estimate. At least one component price or stock record needs checking. Confirm store prices and availability; tax and shipping are extra.
NAS: needs checking · Sep 1, 2026. Drives: needs checking · Aug 30, 2026.
Prices exclude tax and shipping · checked Aug 30, 2026
Why this exact build
What the bundle contains
Capacity and redundancy
The four-drive layout reserves two drive-equivalents for resilience and leaves two bays open; VM and container backups remain separate.
Approximation: (4 − 2) × 12TB = 24TB. Filesystem formatting, system partitions, snapshots, and RAID implementation reduce displayed free space.