At the opening of CeBIT 2014, QNAP® Systems, Inc. has partnered with Seagate®  Technology to demonstrate a new series of Turbo NAS and storage expansion  solutions with its new QTS 4.1 NAS operating system, VioStor NVR  firmware QVR 5.0, and more. Visitors can experience the full-spectrum of Turbo NAS series  and VioStor NVR series at CeBIT 2014.   

QTS 4.1, highest-performing  business Turbo NAS, storage expansion options, cloud backup, and more   

QTS 4.1, the  Turbo NAS operating system, provides an easy-to-use interface that greatly  simplifies operation & management tasks and features a wide range of apps to  enrich home & business use. QTS 4.1 provides home users with Music Station,  Photo Station, and Video Station for enjoying multimedia on wide range of  devices, and business users have comprehensive solutions for storage, backup  and virtualization.   

QTS 4.1  introduces new features including Notes Station, Signage Station, SAMBA v4 support,  Real-Time Remote Replication (allows 2-way data sync between two Turbo NAS  units & supports FTP root-path), enhanced NetBak Replicator backup for  Windows, vSphere Plug-in v1.3, and McAfee® Antivirus. The  new Virtualization Station enhances virtualization tasks, allowing for a Turbo  NAS to be a virtualization server hosting multiple VMs & applications.   

QNAP also unveiled its top-class business Turbo NAS, the TS-ECx80U series, available  in 8, 12, 16, and 24-bay, delivering unparalleled 4,000+ MB/s throughput and 580,000+  IOPS, and the medium-class TS-470U-RP that supports 4 LAN ports to provide up  to 400MB/s read/write performance.

New storage expansion solutions, including a high-end SAS-enabled tower expansion  enclosure and economical expansion enclosures for SOHO/SMB, were introduced to provide  more options for Turbo NAS users. “QNAP’s new storage expansion solutions will save  IT administrators from having to invest big at initial setup,” said Jason Hsu,  product manager of QNAP. “The new economical expansion enclosures provide more  budget-friendly options for small businesses, increasing their flexibility in  allocating IT budgets.”       

Seagate’s NAS hard drives  were used throughout QNAP’s booth to showcase reliable NAS solutions. "QNAP’s reliable NAS solutions  satisfy business and home user’s needs in file storage and backup, and are  compatible with Seagate® NAS HDD, HDD Surveillance, Terascale and Enterprise  Capacity to deliver high storage capacity and performance," said Henk  van den Berg, Director Sales North and Central Europe of Seagate Technology. “With  our extensive portfolio we empower our customers and partners with innovative  and reliable solutions for any scope of application. We are proud to see QNAP  trust in our solutions once again."   

QNAP also demonstrated its  cloud backup options with Windows®  Azure, Amazon® Glacier, enhanced  Amazon S3 support, and WebDAV-supported cloud storage for users to enjoy more  flexibility in backing up Turbo NAS data. The new industrial NAS IS-400 Pro represented   QNAP’s dedication to satisfying diverse user requirements.   

Brand New VioStor NVR firmware - QVR 5.0   

QVR 5.0 is the brand new VioStor NVR firmware, introducing an intelligent desktop  with multi-window design, simplified user interface, and new features including  floating tool bar, speed control shuttle bar and video thumbnails. The VMobile  and Vcam mobile apps enhance surveillance management on the go. Security  administrators can enjoy an unprecedented monitoring  & management experience with the innovative QVR 5.0.   

QSCM Lite,  available in the QVR 5.0 App Center, is a free app enabling a VioStor NVR to  function as a Central Management System (CMS). Security administrators can easily  enjoy a turnkey CMS solution with  QSCM Lite to enable multi-server management with a VioStor NVR, without the  need of purchasing a dedicated CMS server.   

QNAP showed their strong  partnership with Axis® Communications, the global market leader in network  video surveillance. While users can easily build well-rounded surveillance  systems with the VioStor NVR and various compatible IP cameras, they can  alternatively adopt a  Turbo NAS compatible with AXIS Camera Companion, the video management software  (VMS) for Axis IP cameras, to  create surveillance systems.

Digital Signage Player - iS-2840

The QNAP digital signage player includes its  own embedded software allowing easy  content design and control for content  placement. The  software allows the freedom to schedule message delivery and the  flexibility to manage multiple signage players over a network.

The latest Digital Signage Player iS-2840, supporting 4 Full HD playbacks concurrently, was demonstrated showing its 4K playback capability  to combine four screens as one big 4K (2x2) video wall and to support  all-horizontal (4x1 & 1x4) video wall arrangements. With the powerful  iSignager software, the iS-2840 enables users to edit 2x2 content with bezel  compensation.           

QNAP NAS Development Platform   

QTS 4.1, powered by an open-source  Linux kernel, is a user-friendly development platform, allowing developers to  create various apps and to directly utilize the storage & security features   of the Turbo NAS. QNAP have presented various apps developed by partners and demonstrated  the QTS development  platform’s potential in creating near-unlimited functionality.   

Availability   

The availability of QTS 4.1  official version, the TS-ECx80U series, TS-470U-RP, new SAS-enabled tower  expansion enclosure, economical expansion enclosures, QVR 5.0 and QSCM Lite will be announced separately.   

Find more about QNAP Turbo NAS, VioStor NVR and Digital Signage Player at www.qnap.com.