Qnap TS-x51 NAS for Home and SOHO

QNAP, Inc. unveiled its NAS designed for both SOHO and home entertainment, the TS-x51 along with private cloud computing capability feature at Computex Taipei.

The NAS features an Intel Celeron dual-core processor, an upgrade of the Atom NAS series, and comes standard with the QTS 4.1 OS. It packs a storage backup along with streaming capability with both on-the-fly and offline transcoding. It is also an hypervisor equipped NAS for Home/SOHO segment which allow users to run Windows or Linux OS on the QNAP intelligent private cloud platform.

Features:

Dual-core Intel 2.41GHz CPU and 1GB DDR3L RAM delivers up to 220MB/s read and write speed
On-the-fly and offline video transcoding
Built-in VMs technology
Up to 7.1 channel audio pass-through and high-quality multimedia playback with HD Station via HDMI along with integrated XBMC v12 meia player
Personal cloud for creating a multimedia library with DLNA, AirPlay, and Plex support
Economical scale up solution with QNAP UX storage expansion unit
Support IEEE (News – Alert) 802.11ac Wi-Fi USB dongle
Apps available in QNAP App Center – free applications for your smart NAS

The Private Cloud Evolution
The company realizes both cloud storage and virtual computing on its NAS devices. With the introduction of the virtualization station users not only can have their own private cloud storage but also the ability to set up and run their own virtual servers on the NAS. On the private cloud platform, you can host various VMs on the NAS for your home or a small business.

Virtualization Station: