Similar to the TS-219P, the packaging for the QNAP TS-419P is covered with information about features and stats. There is no blank brown box here.

Packaging front	Packaging back

The NAS itself looks very similar to the TS-219P but with the addition of two more drive bays for a total of four, and an LCD panel for a digital readout of the NAS status. To navigate information on the LCD screen there are Enter and Select buttons.

The front of the TS-419P has four LED status indicators for STATUS, LAN, USB and eSATA. There is also a power button as well as a USB port encircled by a Copy button. Pushing the Copy button with a USB drive attached will automatically copy the contents of the USB drive into a predefined folder called QUSB. This makes it very easy for a user to copy MP3s or photos onto the NAS for safe keeping.

TS-419P front	TS-419P back

The rear of the TS-419P has a 90mm fan, 2x eSATA, 2x LAN, 3x USB, reset button and power input. As with the smaller TS-219P unit, the fan on the rear is powerful enough to keep the drives nice and cool while still remaining extremely quiet. I have been running this unit on the shelf next to me for a couple of weeks now and do not notice the fan noise unless I put my ear right next to it. While this is not a quantitative analysis I would feel comfortable putting this unit directly on top of my entertainment center and not need to worry about noise. According to QNAP the operating sound level is 35.1dB during operation.

The TS-419P is necessarily larger than the TS-219P due to the additional two drive bays but still maintains a small footprint with overall dimensions of 177(H) x 180(W) x 235(D) mm. The bare unit weighs in at just over 6.5 lbs with no drives installed. Of course, a fully populated unit will be a bit heavier.

The TS-419P uses the same drive sled mechanics as the TS-219P reviewed earlier . The drives screw into the bottom of the sled with four screws without any rubber isolators but no drive noise appears to be transferred into the rest of the system. Once attached to the sleds, the frames are inserted into the NAS using  the latches on the front. When closed, these latches hold the drive sleds in place to keep them from moving. Locking the mechanism keeps the lever in place preventing you from removing the drive. In order to reduce confusion when swapping out drives, each sled is marked with HDD1, HDD2, etc and there is a sticker on the top of the unit that indicates the order of the drives in the NAS.

Drive sleds	Drive sleds in NAS
Sled bottom with screws

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