Taipei,  Taiwan, 27 May, 2015 - QNAP^® Systems, Inc. today released the quad-core TS-453mini, a 4-bay vertical  NAS that suits non-spacious office environments. Featuring a stylish glossy look, easy tool-less hard  drive installation, simple RAM upgrade design, a quiet exhaust for heat  dissipation and LED indicators with adjustable brightness controls, the elegant  TS-453mini is packed full of cutting-edge features and apps to provide  day-to-day file storage, backup, sharing, synchronization and entertainment needs.

“The space-efficient vertical design and streamlined architecture with  HDMI installation for easier NAS setup demonstrates our attention to deliver a better  user experience for the desktop environment,” said Jason Hsu, product manager  of QNAP. The TS-453mini includes numerous innovative designs in its hardware  architecture, including a quiet internal compact exhaust that helps dissipate  heat and reduce dust buildup, a tool-less design allowing users to easily  remove the magnetic top cover to add/replace hot-swappable 3.5” hard drives, and  a conveniently accessible cover at the bottom for upgrading the RAM with minimal effort. Users can  easily install their NAS over HDMI,  allowing for a NAS to  be installed without a network connection, and free from complicated procedures  and the need for network expertise.

The  TS-453mini also features an aesthetically-designed skyline LED indicator for  system S3 sleep mode notification. Users can adjust the brightness of all  system indicators based on the surrounding environment and also schedule the  system to automatically dim the LEDs at certain times when needed.

Powered by a  quad-core Intel^® Celeron^® 2.0GHz processor with 8GB or  2GB (upgradable to 8GB) energy-efficient DDR3L RAM (upgradable to 8GB), coupled  with 2 Gigabit LAN ports, the TS-453mini is a powerful NAS that delivers up to 220 MB/s transfer throughput. Its total storage capacity  can be flexibly expanded up to 96 TB (8TB per drive) by connecting an 8-bay UX-800P  expansion enclosure.

Users can  easily operate the TS-453mini as a PC with QvPC Technology. By simply plugging  in a keyboard, mouse and HDMI display users can directly access stored data,  run multiple applications on Windows/Linux/UNIX/Android-based VMs, surf the  web, enjoy 1080p videos with up to 7.1 audio with Kodi, monitor live feeds on  Surveillance Station, and much more. The real-time and offline transcoding  capabilities allow for smooth video playback experience on various devices across  bandwidth-limited network connections. The Signage Station app also provides more  practical office applications with great tools to create advertisements or animated  materials for promoting business services, and to update contents in a timely  manner.

The TS-453mini offers comprehensive  support for common office applications.  It supports VMware^®, Microsoft^® and Citrix^® virtualization solutions to  simplify virtual storage management, and features cross-platform file sharing  for Windows, Mac^®, and Linux/UNIX users. The support for Windows AD, LDAP  directory services and Windows ACL improves the efficiency of permission  settings. The TS-453mini can also act as a domain controller for Windows, and  offers flexible backup solutions for Windows and Mac users and disaster  recovery solutions including RTRR, rsync and cloud storage backup.

Key  specifications

TS-453mini: vertical design, 4-bay; quad-core  Intel^® Celeron^® 2.0GHz processor (burst up to 2.41GHz), 8GB/2GB  DDR3L RAM (max. 8GB); 3.5”/2.5”  SATA HDD/SSD, hard drives hot-swappable; 3 x USB 3.0; 2 x USB 2.0; 2 x Gigabit LAN port; 1 x HDMI v1.4a  output; IR sensor

Availability

The new TS-453mini Turbo NAS is now available. For more  information on these new products and to see the full QNAP Turbo NAS lineup,  including where to buy, please visit www.qnap.com.