Pulling ahead of the RAID 5 Pack: QNAP TS-509 Pro Reviewed

The QNAP TS-509 Pro sets new performance highs. But at almost $900, ya gotta pay big to play.

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Slideshow: QNAP TS-509 Pro

QNAP has gone all out to make its five-drive NAS a top performer. But such performance doesn't come cheap.   Read the full review.

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QNAP adds 5-bay SMB NAS

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QNAP Systems today announced a 5-bay RAID NAS for SMB and Enterprise users.

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New QNAP firmware adds IP camera recording

QNAP today announced version 2.1.0 firmware that enhances the feature set of its Turbo NAS series (TS-109/ 209/ 409).

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QNAP adds new rack-mount NAS; BitTorrent certification

Updated QNAP Systems yesterday announced a new 1U, 4-bay rack-mountable NAS server.

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QNAP adds higher-performance TS-109 and TS-209 NASes

QNAP Systems recently announced the next generation of its one and two drive TS-109 Pro and TS-209 Pro NASes.

The TS-109 Pro II and TS-209 Pro II are based on a Marvell 500MHz CPU and 256MB of DDRII memory; twice the memory of the previous generation versions.

The new models carry forward all of the features of the TS-109 Pro and TS-209 Pro, including TwonkyMedia server, LAMP web and mySQL database servers.

The TS-109 Pro II and TS-209 Pro II are available now at MSRPs of $329 and $429 respectively.

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QNAP TS-409 Review: The Quad drive NAS for You?

The quad-drive version of Qnap's Turbo NAS family has the same feature set of its dual-drive siblings, plus RAID 5, 6 and RAID migration.

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Slideshow: Qnap TS-409 Pro Turbo

Qnap's TS-409 and 409 Pro Turbo are four-drive versions of its multi-featured TS-209 series.
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QNAP announces TS-409 Pro Turbo NAS

QNAP today announced a 4-bay, hot-swappable NAS aimed at business users.

The TS-409 Pro Turbo is a Linux-based BYOD SATA NAS supporting RAID 0/ 1/ 5/ 6/ 5+spare disk redundancy, online RAID capacity expansion and level migration.

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QNAP TS-209 Pro Review: Mini-server or NAS? You Decide!

The Qnap TS-209 PRO is not only a high performance RAID 1 NAS, but a full-featured LAMP server, too.

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QNAP adds PS3, Xbox360 Media Streaming to NAS duo

QNAP Systems today announced the release of firmware for its TS-109 and TS-209 NASes that supports DLNA media streaming to Sony's PS3 and Microsoft's Xbox360.

All multimedia contents stored on the QNAP NASes can now be automatically shared to a PS3 or an Xbox360 in the home network. Users can play their stored photos and videos on a TV, or listen to the music via their Hi-Fi system.

The new firmware build upgrades the TwonkyMedia server to version 4.4 to enhance the interoperability with PS3 and Xbox360. The free firmware upgrade is available for download now.

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Slideshow: Qnap TS-209 Pro

Qnap's TS-209 Pro has speed, RAID and many serving options. But all that power doesn't come cheap.

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Slideshow: Qnap TS-109 Pro

Qnap has made a number of improvements in its TS-109 and 109 Pro over its previous generation TS-101.

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QNAP expands BYOD NAS line

QNAP recently launched a new BYOD SATA NAS.

The TS-109 Pro Turbo Station is a single drive BYOD SATA NAS capable of supporting 1 TB drives. Storage can be further expanded via USB 2.0 and eSATA ports. A single 10/100/1000 Ethernet port with jumbo frame support handles LAN connection.

The Turbo station features a web server with PHP, MySQL and SQLite support. Media serving options include a UPnP/DLNA Media Server with TwonkyMedia and Internet radio and well as an iTunes server.

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Qnap's TS-101 Aims High, But Falls Short

Qnap has aimed its TS-101 "9-in-1" NAS squarely at Synology's DS-106e. But Jim Buzbee finds that Qnap still has some work to do if it wants to claim top honors.

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