Qnap Systems, a manufacturer of NAS servers, NVR video surveillance systems and network-based video players, has unveiled a new series of Turbo NAS servers TS-259 Pro, TS-459 Pro, TS-659 Pro and TS-859 Pro that are compatible with VMware’s vSphere4 (ESX 4.0) virtualisation platform, which suitable for departmental file sharing, storage and advanced server applications in the office environment.
The company said that the new Turbo NAS series incorporates the Intel Atom D-510 dual-core processor for multiple concurrent tasks and data transfer with low power consumption. The new series comes with new version 3.2 of the Qnap NAS management software supporting new features such as iSCSI, SPC-3 Persistent Reservation for clustering, and MPIO and MC/S.
In addition, the new series also incorporates new DFS support (folder aggregation), import of user-list, customisable daylight saving time, internet protocol, IPv6.
According to Qnap, the Web File Manager 2 features a redesigned user interface and functionality for enhanced file sharing and management and the WebDAV allows users to share, access and edit files over HTTP. It also supports Apple’s time machine backup.
Seth Bobroff, general manager at Intel Data Center Group, said: “Businesses of all sizes require feature-rich NAS systems with scalability and interoperability to effectively manage data across the network. The Intel Atom processor D510 provides a flexible architecture for QNAP to deliver a series of NAS systems that optimise performance and energy efficiency in this class of systems.”
