Qnap TS-x70 Tower Series Turbo NAS

QNAP, Inc. announced the TS-x70 series Turbo NAS.

Available in 4, 6 and 8-bay tower models, the TS-x70 series with scale-up support is the solution for the growing data needs of modern business environments.

Businesses are seeking extra storage space to keep up with the demands of today’s IT environments. The TS-x70 series’ high-scalability design supports online capacity expansion by connecting multiple QNAP RAID expansion enclosures (REXP-1200U-RP / REXP-1600U-RP) to expand total storage to 100TB raw capacity. Businesses can expand their storage as needed and have more control over their storage deployment.

Powered by a dual core Intel 2.6 GHz processor and 2GB DDR3 RAM with the availability of four Gigabit LAN ports, the TS-x70 offers business users a high-performance NAS solution for day-to-day operations.

Jason Hsu, product manager, QNAP, states: “QNAP’s internal testing shows that the reading speed is up to 450MB/s and writing speed up to 423MB/s in typical Windows environments in network trunking mode.”

In addition, the TS-x70 series supports 10GbE high-speed networking making it a solution for applications such as real-time HD video editing and data center environments.

Even with this scalability and performance, administrating the TS-x70 series is effortless with QNAP’s QTS 4.0 OS. IT administrators can find desired functions, monitor system information and run multiple tasks simultaneously. In addition, the QTS 4.0 offers a range of applications for business use, including file management, sharing, backup, multimedia applications.

It is a storage unit for server virtualization via iSCSI/IP-SAN deployment, and is compatible with a range of solutions including vSphere, Xenserver, Hyper-V and Windows Server 2012. The support of VMware VAAI, QNAP vSphere Client plug-in further enhances the efficiency of operations and management in virtualization applications.

The TS-x70 series also provides businesses with backup solutions. Windows and Mac users can use the QNAP NetBak Replicator and Apple Time Machine to backup their data. The series also supports DR solutions including Real-time Remote Replication (RTRR) for real-time or scheduled data replication backup to cloud storage including Amazon S3, ElephantDrive, Symform , Dropbox, and Google Drive and third-party backup software such as Veeam Backup & Replication and Acronis True Image.

Users can also increase the functionalities of the TS-x70 series with QNAP’s built-in App Center that provides various install-on-demand apps developed by QNAP and third-party developers. Including backup/sync, business tools, content management, communications, download, entertainment and more, QNAP’s development platform also allows developers to create various applications, adding more value to the series and providing functionalities for users.

Key Specs

TS-870: 8-drive tower unit, dual core Intel 2.6GHz Processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 4x Gigabit LAN ports, 10GbE ready, supports SATA 6Gb HDDs/ SSD, HDDs hot-swappable, 2x USB 3.0 port, HDMI port;
TS-670: 6-drive tower unit, dual core Intel 2.6GHz Processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 4x Gigabit LAN ports, 10GbE ready, supports SATA 6Gb HDDs/ SSD, HDDs hot-swappable, 2x USB 3.0 port, HDMI port;
TS-470: 4-drive tower unit, dual core Intel 2.6GHz Processor, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 4x Gigabit LAN ports, 10GbE ready, supports SATA 6Gb HDDs/ SSD, HDDs hot-swappable, 2x USB 3.0 port, HDMI port.

The TS-x70 series is available.