Qnap Adding Fanless IS-400 Pro NAS for Video Surveillance and Harsh Environment

QNAP Systems, Inc. announced the release of the IS-400 Pro Turbo NAS, an all-in-one 2.5″ SSD/HDD compatible four-bay NAS.

Reacting to the demand for networked storage in factories, warehouses, vehicles, shop floors and other non-office settings, it’s built with a fanless design and represents a choice for organizations looking for a dependable NAS and surveillance solution with performance, durability with persistent throughput.

Non-office settings require a NAS designed to operate across varying temperatures, environments and conditions.

“The IS-400 Pro is fanless and built with high-quality aluminum materials to maximize heat dissipation, ensuring reliable operations between -25°C and 50°C (-13°F to 120°F) when used with industrial-grade SSDs,” said Jason Hsu, product manager, QNAP.

“Encased within a steel body and designed to withstand rust, vibration and impact, the IS-400 Pro, with a dual-core 1.1 GHz Intel Celeron Processor and 2GB DDR3 RAM, provides the power to run day-to-day tasks and with link aggregation users can enjoy speeds of up to 221MB/s read and 214MB/s write,” added Hsu.

The NAS is also compliant with the MIL-STD-810G-514.6E-1 simulation test for anti-vibration, and is able to withstand impact while providing continuous operation.

In addition to delivering the durability and processing power needed to thrive in a variety of non-office environments, it provides a surveillance solution for 24/7 security. Users can build a surveillance center with this by using the Surveillance Station for real-time monitoring, video and audio recording and playback. It provides compatibility with over 2,600 IP cameras of brands and also AXIS camera companion, the video management software for AXIS network cameras, to offer a network surveillance system.

Administrating the system is easy with QNAP QTS 4.1 OS. Providing various applications to meet business needs such as storage management, file sharing, virtualization applications, and more – all of the services and applications used in business environments are organized on the desktop for quick access.

Being compatible with major virtualization solutions in the market, it is a storage unit for server virtualization. It supports VMware vSphere 5.1 and Citrix XenServer, and is compatible with Microsoft Hyper-V and Windows Server 2012. The support for VMware VAAI, QNAP vSphere Client plug-in, Microsoft ODX, and QNAP SMI-S provider enhances the efficiency of operating and managing virtualization applications.

The NetBak replicator supports real-time and scheduled data backup on Windows including Outlook email archiving. Apple Time Machine is also supported to provide Mac OS X users with a solution to back up data to the NAS. A range of third-party backup software such as Acronis True Image and Symantec Backup Exec are also supported.

It offers various data recovery options. RTRR (Real-Time Remote Replication) supports real time or scheduled data backup to remote Turbo NAS or FTP servers and synchronizes files to remote folders from local folders with better backup efficiency and reduced backup time. It also supports rsync protocol to back up data to remote servers on a scheduled basis. Data can also be backed up to and restored from a range of cloud storage services, including Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Microsoft Azure, ElephantDrive, Symform, Dropbox and Google Drive.

Users can also increase the functionalities with QTS’ built-in App Center that provides over 100 install-on-demand apps developed by the company and third-party developers, including backup/sync, business tools, content management, communications, download, entertainment and more. The development platform also allows developers to create various applications, adding value to the product and providing near-unlimited functionality for users.

The IS-400 Pro is available.

Key Specs of IS-400 Pro

• 4-bay 2.5″ SSD/HDD NAS

• Intel Celeron 1.1GHz dual core CPU

• 2GB DDR3 RAM

• 2 x Gigabit LAN

• 2 x USB 3.0

• 2 x USB 2.0