QNAP announces slew of new entry/mid-range NAS

I’m not sure how QNAP categorizes it’s NAS lineups, because even the “entry” level model in the announcement boasts 10GbE and impressive performance numbers from its quad core Alpine AL-324 SoC. QNAP has been on the cutting edge in the network storage industry with an array of high performance NAS models with all the bells and whistles for your small […]

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SmallNetBuilder Reviews QNAP TS-563 Turbo NAS

This isn’t the first review of QNAP’s 5-bay 10GbE NAS, but I always enjoy SNB reviews because of the throrough attention to performance testing. Scrolling through QNAP’s extensive listing of NASes, you can find a product to meet just about any need. Our more recent QNAP reviews have included “SMB” class products, including the high-end TVS-471Turbo NAS and mid-class TVS-463 […]

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QNAP Launches Quad-Core TS531P NAS

The Annapurna Labs Cortex A15 1.4GHz Soc is stacking up a few NAS design wins, with this QNAP the first I’ve seen with 10GbE support. QNAP Systems, Inc. today announced the release of the brand new 5-bay TS-531P business NAS. A tower form factor NAS with an Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-314 quad-core 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A15 processor and 2GB/8GB DDR3 RAM (upgradable […]

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QNAP Intros Android NAS

Color me confused. While I’ll be more than happy to be wrong on this, I’m not sure I see the point of running Android on a NAS. SNB has the skinny. QNAP’s new home NASes run two OSes. The TAS-168 and TAS-268 home NASes are powered by an ARM v7 dual-core processor with 2 GB RAM and 4 GB of […]

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QNAP Announces New Turbo NAS Server Lineup, Updated Management Firmware

QNAP Turbo NAS

QNAP unveiled a number of new products at CES this week. QNAP launched a new lineup of Turbo NAS servers, along with a new VioStar NVR Surveillance System, V3.6 Management Firmware update, and the JB-1200U-RP expansion storage module for the recently announced TS-x79 SMB-class Turbo NAS. Admittedly, most of QNAP’s products are geared more toward business users. Most of us don’t really […]

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