Qnap Showcases Latest Turbo NAS at CES

QNAP Systems, Inc. is showcasing its newest Business Series Turbo NAS Pro+ NAS servers and VioStor Pro dedicated Network Video Recorder (NVR) surveillance systems at CES 2011 on its booth located in the LVCC South Hall, upper level.

Additionally, QNAP will be demonstrating beta V3.4 NAS Management Software which is available for download and installation for most QNAP Turbo NAS models from QNAP forum. QNAP’s broad product offerings encompass home/home office, SMB, Corporate, and entry-level enterprise market segments.

Front and center are the new Business Series Turbo NAS Servers, the TS-x59 Pro+ lineup featuring the dual-core Intel Atom D525 1.8GHz processor, which can deliver 113MB/sec throughput. The Pro+ lineup include energy-efficient desktop models with 2, 4, 5, 6, or 8 hot-swappable drives, and an 8-bay 2U rack-mounted unit with available redundant power supply. All the Pro+ models include 1GB RAM, dual Gigabit LAN ports, enhanced iSCSI support, advanced RAID support, generous number of USB & eSATA ports for capacity expansion, and the broadest range of business-critical applications available from any NAS server provider.

Also on display is the new entry-level TS-x19P+ Turbo NAS models which are ideal for home/home office and small office use. Featuring the  Marvell 1.6GHz embedded processor and 512MB of RAM, these 1, 2, and 4-drive desktop units deliver performance and many of the advanced applications found on QNAP’s higher end models.

QNAP is also debuting its beta V3.4 NAS management software, which is embedded as firmware in all Turbo NAS models and offers an intuitive interface for users to configure and manage their NAS. V3.4 beta offers a wealth of new features including new:

• Real-time remote replication, RAID-10 support, and Elephant Drive support for backup to the cloud;
• Advanced subfolder permissions, host-based permissions control, import/export of users, and Virtual Disk enhancements;
• MyCloudNAS remote access, wireless LAN and Virtual LAN support;
• Download Station V2, QGet V2, and Advanced Print Server.

QNAP users can give the beta firmware a try and download the firmware from QNAP forumhttp://forum.qnap.com/). The official V3.4 firmware will be available free of charge in January 2011 (final release date is to be announced).

QNAP will also be demonstrating its vaunted VioStor Pro NVR video surveillance system in the booth. The VioStor NVR is a video surveillance system which utilizes up to 40 networked IP cameras to deliver PC-less video surveillance with real-time recording to embedded hard drives. The system can be configured to generate alarms for a variety of situations, including motion in a user-definable camera area, when a foreign object is detected, when a defined object is removed, or when a camera is obstructed or out of focus. Surveillance can be monitored remotely via a networked computer, or by directly connecting a HD monitor, keyboard, and mouse to the unit, or wirelessly on an iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, or PDA phone with QNAP’s exclusive mobile surveillance app VMobile.