The ability to add multimedia functionality, cloud sync and backup, VPN, IOT, SSH, container services, home automation, anti malware scanning and many more. In the age of “One More Thing” QNAP has stepped up their game and provided a fantastic resource to users to extend the functionality of their devices with easy to install packages located on the QNAP Store. I have 2 500GB Samsung SSDs on the pool with the Qtier enabled – I personally find the benefit to be significant in my day-to-day operations. This will allow the storage pools to identify files that are regularly accessed on the pool and prioritize them for access on higher speed storage on the NAS. One of the nicest features that QNAP has brought from years of enterprise management is a prioritization protocol that they call Qtier ( QNAP Qtier and SSD Cache review). The Storage & Snapshots application gives a great overview of the attached disks, snapshots, external storage, SSD cache and iSCSI storage. Remote mount gives QTS the ability to remotely connect to a cloud service (Dropbox, Microsoft Onedrive, Google Drive, Amazon Cloud Drive, Box or Yandex Disk) directly in file station and allow you to mount any of those cloud services as a shared resource on the NAS for access by other users. The abilities of File Station to manage files, shares and settings with a few short clicks has made management much easier. This is a real win for me, as when I’m updating permissions for a USB Disk – I don’t need to have the drive hit with size calculations for 5 minutes. ![]() Settings are easy to navigate and when accessing properties it does NOT automatically calculate the size of the folder unless you click on the little calculator icon. Actions that are performed such as copy or move that may require some time will automatically be queued by FileStation to be completed in the background. I was pleased with the incredibly easy to use. The file station is one of the better file manages I have seen. If you are looking for a unit to act as a Plex server or as a multimedia server – consider the Intel versions of the QNAP NAS. The ARM version of this NAS includes two 10G SFP+ ports and two gigabit Ethernet ports where the Intel based version only include one of each. Looking over the differences between the version of this NAS with an Intel CPU vs the ARM CPU is multimedia functions. Higher end functions like virtualization station and hypervisor compatibility are limited. This will limit the ability to install several third-party packages on this device. One very important detail of the Annapurna Labs Alpine (aside from the fact that Amazon bought the company in 2015 for just over $350 Million) is that it is an ARM based CPU. Details of what firmware version (QTS), CPU, Serial Number and Memory are prominently displayed. The layouts of the menus are logical and the global search in the top right corner allows for fast search of specific functions. Next we will move on to the control panel of the unit – This review is being performed on a TS-932X I find that the dashboard is a great high-level overview of resources on the device. Now in 2019 – we are seeing updates for NAS devices that were released back in 2013. As of this writing 4.3.6 is the latest release and I will be basing my review on that version.Īt first glance QNAP QTS has a clean desktop feel to it that is easily accessible from a modern web browser.Ĭlicking on the little robot (QBoost) will bring up a very simple application and memory overview.Ĭlicking the dashboard icon in the top right will bring up a system health and resource monitor In 2013 QNAP released version 4.0 of its QTS software and has been making incremental revisions constantly. Over the years QNAP has made revisions to their QTS dashboard software. was founded in 2004 when it was spun off from the IEI Group of Taiwan. One of the best in the industry at being able to solve the issues faced in the home, small business or enterprise edge is QNAP with their QTS operating system. This OS update function allows for many much older devices to benefit from feature updates, security updates and additional functionality. It's possible to purchase a simple 2 bay NAS that under the hood is running the same OS as the much larger rackmount models – additionally providing many of the same features the more expensive alternative. ![]() ![]() We now have dozens of various manufacturers that are offering low cost high performance hardware at nearly every price point. We have come a long way from the strictly enterprise SAN devices that were firmly targeted to only those with a large budget.
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