QNAP Systems has expanded Turbo NAS lineup with the addition of the TS-410U rack-mounted NAS server targeted at the SMB and workgroup market segments.
According to QNAP, the TS-410U features four hot-swappable SATA hard drives with up to 8TB of total capacity packaged in a 1U rack-mounted chassis; Marvell 800MHz CPU and 512MB DDRII memory that provides performance with low power consumption; 4 USB ports and 2 e-SATA ports for expanding the storage capacity or backing up the TS-410U. It supports 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hard drives and can be configured for RAID 0/1/5/6/5+ spare, and JBOD with online RAID capacity expansion and online RAID level migration for high data redundancy.
In addition, the TS-410U is packed with features such as cross-platform support for mixed Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and UNIX environments, centralised backup, recording of surveillance video from networked IP cameras, and security features such as IP blocking, Windows Active Directory support; management tools, such as schedule power on/off feature, smart fan settings, e-mail and SMS alert, and detailed event and connection logs for IT administrators to maintain the server.
QNAP said that the new TS-410U comes with V3 of its NAS management software, embedded as firmware, adding new features including virtual disk drives support. Network Discovery Services are enhanced with new Bonjour support offering zero-configuration networking for HTTP, SAMBA, FTP, AFP, and SSH based networks, and full UPnP support.
Other new features of the V3 firmware include EXT4 support for large volumes and file sizes, SNMP support, and bitmap support for rebuilding of RAID volume after a crash or adding/removing a drive.
The QNAP NAS servers offer features including iSCSI, and dual Gigabit LAN ports with fail-over, load-balancing and multi-IP setting capabilities for business and SMB models, the company said.
Laurent Cheng, product manager of QNAP Systems, said: Most business users desire a network attached server of high stability, flexible storage expansion, and low maintenance cost. QNAP TS-410U packed with abundant server features is the ideal solution for them.
