Initial thoughts on the new QNAP TS-219P

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<img src="http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-219/images/r_ts219p.jpg"
 alt="QNAP TS-219P" class="right" width="148" height="188" />

QNAP has announced a new device earlier this month, the QNAP TS-219P.  The
specs are very similar to the TS-219 (1.2 GHz Kirkwood CPU, 512 MB RAM and
16 MB flash) but the device is smaller and has some other advantages.

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What I like about the new TS-219P:

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<ul>
<li>The device is more compact and looks really nice.</li>

<li>The fan is less noisy than the one in the TS-209 and TS-219.</li>

<li>There are two eSATA ports.</li>

</ul>

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What I don't like so much:

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<ul>

<li>The device only has one Ethernet.  I'd really like to see two Ethernet
ports.</li>

<li>The serial connector cannot easily be accessed through the SATA slot,
something that was possible with the TS-209.</li>

</ul>

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Since the TS-219 and TS-219P are quite similar, Debian and the installer
will work without any problems.  I updated <a href =
"http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-219/">my QNAP page to
document the QNAP TS-219P</a>, including some pictures of the new device.

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