Qnap With 8-Drive 2U Rackmount Turbo NAS/iSCSI

QNAP Systems, Inc. announced two new 8-drive 2U rackmount Turbo NAS models with up to 24TB storage capacity, featuring either a Quad-core Intel Xeon CPU or a Dual-core Intel Core i3 CPU.

       QNAP TS-EC879U-RP

Both models are backed with a 3-year warranty and feature optional 10GbE networking and can achieve data throughput of over 1,000MB/sec and 100,000 IOPS using 10GbE, delivering performance suitable for high-end SMB and data center environments demanding performance and up-time for mission critical applications.

Featuring iSCSI support, the new series can simultaneously provide storage solutions for IP-SAN (iSCSI) and NAS implementations. Furthermore, being VMware Ready, Citrix XenServer Ready, and Windows Hyper-V compliant, the new series is for network shared storage for virtual server environments.

The new series supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 5+ hot spare, 6+ hot spare, 10+ hot spare, single disk, JBOD, and the Global Hot Spare allowing a spare drive to replace a failed drive on any RAID volume on the NAS for automatic RAID data rebuilding.

The capacity of the new units also provides a solution for network-wide backups, file sharing in mixed Windows, Mac, Linux, and Unix environments, private cloud storage, and high-performance computing applications such as HD video editing.

"Today’s business environment requires network attached storage solutions that provide efficient data access. Intel Xeon processors enable energy efficient and high performance solutions with integrated data protection features such as ECC memory," said David Tuhy, General Manager, Intel Corp.’s Data Center Group Storage. "Intel technology powers a broad range of innovative solutions, including the Intel Core i3 processor family for entry level data storage."

"QNAP’s new lineup designed for high-end SMB delivers stunning performance with optional 10 GbE card and comprehensive business features at competitive prices to fulfill the growing needs of efficient storage solutions for high-end SMBs," said David Tsao, product manager of QNAP. "Redundant power supplies are provided on all new models to ensure continuous system up-time," Tsao added. "The TS-EC879U-RP with ECC RAM further enhances system reliability."

Specs

• TS-EC879U-RP: 8-drive 2U rackmount unit, quad-core Intel Xeon Processor E3-1225 (3.1 GHz), 4GB DDR3 ECC RAM, redundant power supply, 2X expansion slots for storage expansion and network expansion, 4x Gigabit LAN ports;
• TS-879U-RP: 8-drive 2U rackmount unit, dual-core Intel Core i3-2120 Processor (3.3 GHz), 2GB DDR3 RAM, redundant power supply, 2X expansion slots for storage expansion and network expansion, 2x Gigabit LAN ports.

They are now shipping.