Qnap With 8- And 10-Bay 10GbE NAS

At the International CES 2013, QNAP Systems, Inc.
showcased its newly launched Turbo NAS TS-x70 series and its complete
NAS lineup, presented its latest version of NAS firmware 3.8 with
various enhanced business and home applications, and displayed the new
VioStor NVR VS-x100 Pro+ series and surveillance Central Management
System, the CMS-2000.

Affordable 10GbE NAS solution
The newly launched business-class, 2U rackmount TS-x70 series Turbo NAS, including the 12-bay TS-1270U-RP and the 8-bay TS-870U-RP,
are designed to offer the SMBs performance and budget-friendly NAS to
daily file operations with low TCO. Powered by a dual-core Intel 2.4GHz
processor, the TS-x70 series deliver performance.

                   TS-1270U-RP

The TS-x70 series are 10GbE ready to fulfill various business
applications including iSCSI IP-SAN, server virtualization, fast backup,
video storage, and centralized shared storage. They provide dual GbE
ports, which can be expanded up to six GbE ports, or four 10 GbE ports
plus two GbE ports, boosting the network performance.

"The TS-x70 series are proficient to fulfill mission-critical storage needs of SMBs with maximum system uptime," said David Tsao, product manager of QNAP. "The network expansion options can easily satisfy high-speed data transmission required in the business environment."

NAS firmware 3.8
QNAP also demonstrated the latest 3.8.1 NAS management firmware. Among
the new features available is the Surveillance Station Pro which
supports 1,400+ IP camera models along with flexible camera access
control, multi-server monitoring and VMobile app for iOS and Android.
The new firmware also provides anticipated features such as new
interface, new DJ Station, new Video Station, new TV Station, upgraded
Photo Station and Music Station 3.

High performance NVR
QNAP unveiled its tower VS-x100 Pro+ series NVR, available in 2, 4 and 6
bays. Designed for the SMB segment with the features of performance,
reliability and high-definition quality delivery, theys are capable of
high megapixel recording as well as built in full-HD decoders. The new
VioStor NVR firmware 4.0.0, revamped with a new user interface,
drag-and-drop control panel, cross-browser support, real-time system
alert and much more, was presented for users to enjoy smooth experience
with the management of VioStor NVRs.

Central Management System (CMS-2000)
Introducing the long awaited Central Management System (CMS-2000) from
QNAP, a Linux-embedded, reliable turnkey solution built on top of QNAP’s
existing VioStor NVR product range. It’s an integrated system combining
robust hardware and user-friendly client software that runs on PC’s,
most suitable for 24×7 operations. Through CMS-2000, system integrators
now have the ability to manage up to 1,024 channels. It also
offers a privilege management scheme for user access supervision,
allowing different authority level setup to multi-monitoring and video
playback. An informative dashboard provides practical, useful
information of overall system status.

Digital Signage Player
The QNAP digital signage player includes its own embedded software
allowing easy content design and control for content placement. The
software allows the freedom to schedule message delivery and the
flexibility to manage multiple signage players over the network. The
latest digital signage series iS-1500, iS-1600 and iS-1620 were available in the exhibition for users to experience.

"Our design engineers really pushed the envelope in our surveillance
product line to make sure all facets are covered for our security
customers and integrators," noted Ivan Hsu, product marketing director of QNAP.

"We also realize that recurring monthly revenue (RMR) is an important
part of business for the system installers and integrators, and digital
signage solution is the ideal product that opens up new application and
opportunities in the market," added Hsu. "Compared to other
signage players on the market, we provide high quality hardware with a
complete software package. Users could adapt an entire signage solution
without any additional software."  

The new TS-1270U-RP and TS-870U-RP Turbo NAS are available.

The availability of QNAP VioStor NVR VS-x100 Pro+ series and CMS-2000 will be announced separately.