We Got Served

Just spotted over at eHomeUpgrade is a new NAS product from Qnap, the TS-419P.  This is one slick looking unit and includes one of those nice looking LCD modules that I have had so much fun with over the years.

To be honest, I think some of the WHS system providers could pick up a thing or 2 from this machine.  Headless machines just beg for a LCD module that displays system info.  Of course, I am prejudiced, so let’s just leave it at that.

Getting back to the TS-419P, this is one of those Linux powered NAS devices that can give a WHS system a run for its money. Hardware specs?  Let’s see:

CPU
Marvell 6281 1.2GHz

DRAM
512MB DDRII RAM

Flash Memory
16MB

HDD
4 x 3.5″ or 2.5” SATA I/II HDD
NOTE:

1. The system is shipped without HDD.
2. For the HDD compatibility list, please visit http://www.qnap.com/pro_compatibility.asp

HDD Tray
4 x hot-swappable and lockable tray

LAN Port
2 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet port

LED Indicators
Status, LAN, USB, eSATA, HDD 1, HDD 2, HDD 3, HDD 4

USB
4 x USB 2.0 port (Front: 1; Back: 3)
Supports USB printer, disk, pen drive, USB hub, and USB UPS, etc.

eSATA
2 x eSATA port (Back)

Buttons
Power button, USB one-touch-backup button, reset button

LCD panel
Mono-LCD display with backlight and buttons for configuration

Alarm Buzzer
System warning

Form Factor
Tower

Dimensions
177(H) x 180(W) x 235(D) mm
6.97(H) x 7.09(W) x 9.25(D) inch

Weight
Net weight: 3 Kg (6.61 lbs)
Gross weight: 4.6 Kg (10.14 lbs)

Sound Level (dB)
W/o HDD installed: 33 dB
Stand by: 33.2 dB
In operation: 35.1dB
(Background: 25.5 dB)

Power Consumption (W)
Sleep mode: 11W
In operation: 26W
(with 4 x 500GB HDD installed)

Temperature
0~40˚C/ 32~104°F

Humidity
0~95% R.H.

Power Supply
Input: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz, Output: 12V DC, 10A, 120W

Secure Design
K-lock security slot for theft prevention

Fan
1 x quiet cooling fan (9 cm, 12V DC)

And the software capabilities:

File Server
File sharing across Windows/ Mac/ Linux/ Unix and centralized management

FTP Server
Supports data access from remote location via FTP (max. 256 concurrent connections)

FTP with SSL/ TLS (explicit) mode

FXP supported

FTP bandwidth control and connection control

Passive FTP port range control

Backup Server
QNAP client-side backup software-NetBak Replicator supports instant, schedule, and auto-sync backup

3rd party backup software support: Acronis True Image, CA Brightstor ARCserve Backup, EMC Retrospect, Symantec Backup Exec, LaCie Silverkeeper
Mac OS X Time Machine supported

Printer Server
Network printer sharing via USB (Windows & Mac)
Supports all-in-one printer (max. 3 sets)

Remote Replication
Block-level remote replication supports instant, schedule backup management; supports synchronization mode

Web Server
Built-in phpMyAdmin, Joomla!, editable php.ini, SQLite and MySQL

My SQL Server
MySQL database server

UPnP Media Server
(Built-in TwonkyMedia)
Supports UPnP or DLNA technology; the video, music, and photos on the NAS can be played by digital media players over the local network

Enjoy more than hundreds of worldwide Internet radio.

Supports DLNA media playing with PS3, Xbox360, PSP

Supports Nokia N95 (DLNA control point)

Supports iPhone/ iPod touch DLNA/ UPnP application.

iTunes Server
iTunes server for music sharing
Smart playlist for iTunes software

Multimedia Station
Image slide show and rotation (+90°, -90°)

Display photo details: dates, exposure time, aperture, etc.

Automatic thumbnail generation for easy browsing

Photo album access authority management

Multimedia files (video and audio) local playing

Automatic file categorization

Download Station
PC-less BitTorrent/ FTP/ HTTP download

QNAP remote download control software: 
QGet (Windows/ Mac), allows you to control the download tasks of multiple Turbo NAS on one PC via LAN/ WAN.

BitTorrent download supports TCP/ UDP tracker protocol, DHT

BT schedule download

BT download (up to 500 tasks)

Download configuration (current seed number, configurable port range, bandwidth control, download percentage, UPnP NAT port forwarding for BitTorrent download)

Download status list management (download percentage)

Supports access from Mac by Mozilla Firefox

Surveillance Station
Support 4 IP cameras (optional purchase) for network surveillance

Software Specifications

Operating System
Linux-embedded system

Networking
TCP/IP, DHCP Client, DHCP Server, CIFS/SMB, AFP, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, DDNS, NTP

Multi-IP setting

Gigabit Jumbo Frame

Port Trunking
- Balance-rr (Round-Robin)
- Active Backup
- Balance XOR
- Broadcast
- IEEE 802.3ad
- Balance-tlb (Adaptive Transmit Load Balancing)
- Balance-alb (Adaptive Load Balancing)

Network Service Discovery (UPnP & Bonjour)

File System
EXT3 (Internal/ external HDD)

EXT4 (Internal/ external HDD)

FAT (External HDD)

NTFS (External HDD)

Supported Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows 98/ ME/ NT/ 2000/ XP/ 2003/ Vista

Mac OS X
Linux and UNIX

Disk Management
Single disk, RAID 0 (Disk Striping), RAID 1 (Disk Mirroring), RAID 5, RAID 5+ Hot spare, RAID 6, and JBOD (Linear Disk Volume)

Multiple RAID
Online RAID Capacity Expansion
Online RAID Level Migration
RAID Recovery
Bitmap support for faster RAID rebuild (RAID 1/5/6)

Disk usage status management

Check disk (Check Linux file system)

HDD S.M.A.R.T.

Bad blocks scan

Built-in iSCSI target service

Virtual Disk Drive (VDD) for storage expansion (max. 8 Volumes)

User Management
User quota management (per user)

Windows AD

User account management (max. 4,096 users)

User group management (max. 512 groups)

Batch creating users

File System Management
Network share management (max. 512 shares)

Network volume status management

Share folder level ACL support

Hide share folder on Windows network

Unicode support

Journaling file system

Web File Manager

System Tools
E-mail alert (SMTP authentication)

SMS alert

HDD standby mode

Disk usage alert

Automatic power on after power loss

System firmware upgrade
SNMP

Back up, restore, reset system settings

Smart fan setting

Configurable management port

Policy-based unauthorized IP blocking

Secure remote login by SSH connection

Remote login by Telnet connection

USB, SNMP UPS support

Schedule power on/ off (max. 15 settings)

Network recycle bin

Import SSL certificate

Real-time System Resource Monitor

LCD
When the system is ready, users can check or configure the IP settings, physical disk info, volume info, system info, shut down or reboot the NAS, etc.

Event Logs
Complete system logs (file level): system events management, connection logs, current connection of on-line users

Multilingual Support
English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, and Polish

Backup Management
PC-client backup software-NetBak Replicator: Instant/ Schedule/ Auto-sync backup

Remote replication supports Rsync

Encrypted remote replication

One touch USB copy for different destination folders

Data backup to external storage device

Multi-browser support
Internet Explorer 7 & 8

Safari 3 & 4

Firefox 3

Google Chrome

This is one very complete NAS unit and one that I would really like to check out.  A Windows Home Server has a lot going it, but so does this Linux powered NAS unit.

The price (without HD’s) is $599.  A rather steep price considering what it does not include and the fact that Linux is a open-source OS.  And that the regular price for an HP EX485 (with better base HW specs and a 750GB HD to boot) is identical.  And since the EX485 is on sale right now at Newegg for $449, that LCD module that comes with the TS-419P is beginning to lose its luster.

However, if all those SW features work out-of-the-box, this could be a very compelling plug-‘n-play machine.