Qnap Supporting Azure Backup in Turbo NAS

QNAP Systems Inc. announced a partnership with Microsoft Corp. to provide QNAP users with Windows Azure cloud backup support.

The app is available from the QTS app center on Turbo NAS units with QTS 4.0 or newer versions. Users can install the app and start backing up their NAS data to Azure for DR and archiving.

“Turbo NAS offers users a range of cloud backup solutions to safeguard their data, and we are pleased to provide an additional alternative by partnering with Microsoft that offers Windows Azure for secure cloud storage,” said Jerome Jaussaud, product manager, QNAP. “It is also beneficial for existing Microsoft users to utilize QNAP Turbo NAS as a centralized storage solution and to backup their NAS data to Windows Azure cloud storage for easy data restoration.“

By using the app, Turbo NAS users can set up multiple accounts, create scheduled jobs to automate the backup, and restore any folders from the backup data. It advances data protection by supporting client side encryption, preventing data breach even if the user’s cloud storage account is compromised. Other supported functions include incremental backup, restoring deleted data, multi-threaded upload, extensive file type filtering options, configurable error recovery options, and more.

“Windows Azure provides scalable, durable cloud storage, backup, and recovery solutions for all sorts of data,” said Maria Wastlschmid, Windows Azure product manager, Microsoft Germany. “We are pleased to offer the great solution to QNAP users.“

The app is available as beta version for business and home Turbo NAS models upgraded to QTS 4.0 NAS OS or newer version.