The QNAP TS-219P Turbo NAS comes in a simple, professional looking package. There isn’t any flashy artwork, it’s serious business here. QNAP proudly displays a large picture of the unit and covers all sides of the package with features and specifications to educate and convince a potential customer they’re making the right choice.

QNAP leaves no space undecorated, they even print their logo on the top of the box. What I find missing from the package is a simple carrying case. I’ve seen these on some of the larger (4 drive plus) models and personally think it should be added to every package as it makes carrying the box home or around much easier. With the handle it is less likely you’ll drop the package or bump it into something as you try and open a door. However, should that happen, QNAP has you covered as the drive is well protected with two inches of expanded foam surrounding the device.

The only unprotected area in the package would be the accessories box, however not much in their can be damaged. We have a 60W power brick, Cat5e network cable, 14 mounting screws, drive bay lock key, installation guides and an installation CD.

To further protect the device itself, QNAP has packaged it inside a thick plastic bag. Unwrapping this, we finally have our NAS device. The front end provides access to the two hot-swappable drive cages as well as the power button, copy button, one extra USB port and a series of LEDs to indicate the device’s status. On the back end we have a single 70mm cooling fan as well as 2 eSATA ports, 2 additional USB ports, a gigabit LAN port, a reset button, the K-Lock Security Slot and the 12DV power port. The usual warranty and approval labels are also glued onto the back.

The remaining sides of the device are fairly plain. One side has a one inch perforated area for air flow to cool the internal motherboard.

The bottom of the device has four rubberized feet to prevent the device from easily sliding across your table. I found they didn’t do a very good job but did minimize the vibration against the table. The top has nothing but a sticker indicating the drive bay order.

Pulling the two drive cages out I was able to take a peek at what was inside. The device is configured with a motherboard and a sister card for connecting the hard drives to. It’s difficult to make out any details of what’s inside but I can see the Marvell chip tucked away on the motherboard.

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