Qnap Launching TVS-x71U Series NAS

Qnap Systems, Inc. announced the 10GbE-ready TVS-x71U series Turbo vNAS, including the TVS-871U-RP and TVS-1271U-RP.

Delivering performance, scalability options and an array of business applications, these models fulfill mission-critical storage needs, with persistent throughput to balance resource-demanding applications. The TVS-x71U series supports QvPC technology that enables users to directly access stored data, monitor live surveillance feeds, play multimedia content, and much more with an HDMI display.

Available in 8- and 12-bay rackmount models, the TVS-x71U series is powered by Haswell CPU with options including Pentium, Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 processors for users to flexibly choose based on their demands.

These processors deliver over 3,300MB/s throughput and 162,000 IO/s for CPU-consuming tasks such as running Virtualization Station, serving numbers of simultaneous connections, and 4K video playback and transcoding.

The TVS-x71U series also supports two on-board internal cache ports for users to install mSATA flash modules to enhance NAS performance for IO/s-demanding applications. With a scalable design, users can gradually expand their total storage up to 1PB raw capacity (depending on model) on demand by connecting multiple RAID expansion enclosures (REXP-1600U-RP and REXP-1200U-RP). With this flexibility, businesses can be confident that these models will suit their storage requirements both now and in the future.

“Companies require a competitive storage solution with high-performance hardware and business-ready applications to support their daily operations as well as the scalability options to ensure their growth is not hampered by lack of storage,” said David Tsao, product manager, Qnap. “The TVS-x71U series provides the power for users to operate multiple VMs using Qnap Virtualization Station, edit large videos on-the-fly, and enhance their business productivity with integrated SMB features.“

QvPC Technology incorporates technologies including VM integration, multimedia transcoding, HDMI output, cloud integration and NAS connection technologies. By connecting a keyboard, mouse and HDMI display, the TVS-x71U series models are transformed into PC substitutes for users to directly access stored data, run multiple applications on Windows/Linux/Unix/Android-based VMs, surf the web on Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, enjoy 4K UHD videos with up to 7.1 audio with XBMC, monitor surveillance live feeds from IP cameras, and more.

The TVS-x71U series provides business features to efficiency and security. Besides offering NAS and iSCSI-SAN unified storage solution, the series supports VMware, Microsoft and Citrix virtualization solutions. Cross-platform file sharing for Windows, Mac, and Linux/Unix platforms smooth file exchange and operational efficiency in organizations. The support for Windows AD, LDAP directory services and Windows ACL improves the efficiency of permission settings. The series can act as a domain controller for Windows, and offers backup solutions for Windows and Mac users and DR solutions including RTRR, rsync and cloud storage backup.

The IT Management Station (powered by Mandriva Pulse) allows businesses of all sizes to centrally manage multi-OS and multi-site IT assets. The Surveillance Station offers a professional surveillance solution with real-time monitoring, video and audio recording and playback to help secure office environments.

3.5”/2.5” SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s HDDs and SSD, hard drives hot-swappable; 4 x GbE LAN port; 10GbE ready (optional purchase); 2 x PCle expansion slot; 2 x internal cache port; 4 x USB 3.0 port; HDMI.

The TVS-x71U series Turbo vNAS is available.