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Qnap QTS 4.3.3 NAS OS

To empower business and home life with intelligent, efficient and automated services

This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on April 25, 2017 at 2:41 pm

Qnap Systems, Inc. announced the QTS 4.3.3, the NAS OS that empowers users to achieve more in their business and home life.


Along with a sreamlined user interface, QTS 4.3.3 provides ‘intelligence’ to NAS operations and applications.

“QTS 4.3.3 was designed around the concept of ‘intelligence’ and adds numerous competitive features to realize intelligent and efficient functionality,” said Dylan Lin, product manager, Qnap, adding “Since the QTS 4.3 Beta release, our development team has constantly refined the usability and functionality of QTS to better fit the needs of users.”

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Key apps and features in QTS 4.3.3:

  • Visual and insightful resource monitoring: The re-engineered Resource Monitor features useful graphs and additional metrics to provide better functionality for analyzing and managing resource utilization and storage performance.

Qnap auto-tiering architecture
Data migration based on Transaction-based Update

  • Intelligent Qtier 2.0: Featuring an intelligent optimization engine, Qtier now learns from NAS usage, analyzing system performance and peak usage hours to determine the best time and optimum transfer speeds for auto tiering.

Network and Virtual Switch
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  • Maximized network accessibility with network and virtual switch: Network and Virtual Switch allows NAS, VMs and containers to share the same LAN port. It also supports the T2E (Thunderbolt to Ethernet) converter and the Thunderbolt virtual switch NAT service that allows Thunderbolt devices to access network resources via firm’s Thunderbolt NAS.

  • Time Machine backup over SMB: QTS 4.3.3 supports functionality with MacOS Sierra, including SMB network file sharing protocols for extensive backup scenarios.

  • exFAT compatibility: Users can purchase a license that provides exFAT compatibility for directly accessing and editing files stored on exFAT-based storage using company’s NAS, creating a seamless workflow for online media editing.

  • Qfiling for automatic file organization: Qfiling automates file organization – simply determine filing conditions, set a schedule, and files will be organized and archived based on your settings.

  • File Station adds remote connections: Users can directly browse and transfer files from their company’s NAS to public cloud services, and mount shared folders from a remote NAS to a local NAS using FTP and CIFS/SMB. QTS 4.3.3 supports Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Box, Yandex Disk, Amazon Drive, Microsoft OneDrive for Business, and HiDrive.

  • Backup from USB/SATA optical disc drives: Users can connect a compatible USB/SATA optical disc drive to their NAS and directly access/copy the contents of inserted discs to a NAS shared folder using File Station.

  • Refined multimedia experience: All of the multimedia-focused apps have a revamped user interface; Music Station has a Spotlight mode and supports smart playlists; Video Station allows for tagging scenes, switching audio tracks, and downloading supplementary data from online databases such as TMDb. QTS 4.3.3 also provides multi-zone multimedia controls for multimedia apps. Download Station features an integrated BT search engine.

  • More productivity apps and utilities: QmailAgent allows for centrally managing multiple email accounts and IMAP servers; Qcontactz helps to centrally manage a growing contacts list from multiple devices and platforms; Qsync is enhanced with a new team folder structure and auto-recovery functionality that improves stability and synchronization speed; IFTTT Agent allows productive workflow automation for the firm’s NAS; QTS Help Center facilitates customer support and provides an optional remote connection service for the company’s engineers to resolve NAS issues via secure 256-bit SSL encrypted connections. More useful apps and utilities are available from the QTS App Center.

Availability and compatibility:
QTS 4.3.3 is available for following company’s NAS models:

  • 30-bay: TES-3085U

  • 24-bay: SS-EC2479U-SAS-RP, TVS-EC2480U-SAS-RP, TS-EC2480U-RP

  • 18-bay: SS-EC1879U-SAS-RP, TES-1885U

  • 16-bay: TS-EC1679U-SAS-RP, TS-EC1679U-RP, TS-1679U-RP, TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP, TS-EC1680U-RP, TDS-16489U, TS-1635, TS-1685

  • 15-bay: TVS-EC1580MU-SAS-RP

  • 12-bay: SS-EC1279U-SAS-RP, TS-1269U-RP, TS-1270U-RP, TS-EC1279U-SAS-RP, TS-EC1279U-RP, TS-1279U-RP, TS-1253U-RP, TS-1253U, TVS-EC1280U-SAS-RP, TS-EC1280U-RP, TVS-1271U-RP, TVS-1282, TS-1263U-RP, TS-1263U, TS-1231XU, TS-1231XU-RP, TVS-1282T2, TVS-1282T3

  • 10-bay: TS-1079 Pro, TVS-EC1080+, TVS-EC1080, TS-EC1080 Pro

  • 8-bay: TS-869L, TS-869 Pro, TS-869U-RP, TVS-870, TVS-882, TS-870, TS-870 Pro, TS-870U-RP, TS-879 Pro, TS-EC879U-RP, TS-879U-RP, TS-851, TS-853 Pro, TS-853S Pro (SS-853 Pro), TS-853U-RP, TS-853U, TVS-EC880, TS-EC880 Pro, TS-EC880U-RP, TVS-863+, TVS-863, TVS-871, TVS-871U-RP, TS-853A, TS-863U-RP, TS-863U, TVS-871T, TS-831X, TS-831XU, TS-831XU-RP, TVS-882T2, TVS-882ST2, TVS-882ST3, TVS-873

  • 6-bay: TS-669L, TS-669 Pro, TVS-670, TVS-682, TS-670, TS-670 Pro, TS-651, TS-653 Pro, TVS-663, TVS-671, TS-653A, TVS-673, TVS-682T2

  • 5-bay: TS-563, TS-569L, TS-569 Pro, TS-531P, TS-531X

  • 4-bay: IS-400 Pro, TS-469L, TS-469 Pro, TS-469U-SP, TS-469U-RP, TVS-470, TS-470, TS-470 Pro, TS-470U-SP, TS-470U-RP, TS-451A, TS-451S, TS-451, TS-451U, TS-453mini, TS-453 Pro, TS-453S Pro (SS-453 Pro), TS-453U-RP, TS-453U, TVS-463, TVS-471, TVS-471U, TVS-471U-RP, TS-451+, IS-453S, TBS-453A, TS-453A, TS-463U-RP, TS-463U, TS-412, TS-412U, TS-419P, TS-419P+, TS-419P II, TS-419U, TS-419U+, TS-419U II, TS-420, TS-420-D, TS-420U, TS-421, TS-421U, TS-431, TS-431X, TS-431+, TS-431P, TS-431U, TS-431XU, TS-431XU-RP, TS-453Bmini, TVS-473

  • 2-bay: HS-251, TS-269L, TS-269 Pro, TS-251C, TS-251, TS-251A, TS-253 Pro, HS-251+, TS-251+, TS-253A, HS-210, HS-210-D, HS-210-Onkyo, TS-219, TS-219P, TS-219P+, TS-219P II, TS-212, TS-212P, TS-212E, TS-220, TS-221, TS-231, TS-231+, TS-231P

  • 1-bay: TS-112, TS-112P, TS-119, TS-119P+, TS-119P II, TS-120, TS-121, TS-131, TS-131P

Note: Features are subject to change and may not be available for all company’s NAS models.

Read also:
Qnap QTS 4.3.3 Beta NAS OS Supporting File Backup From Optical Disc Drives
Files and data from discs can then be backed up to NAS for archiving, centralized management and sharing.
2017.03.01 | Press Release

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