QNAP Revs Up SOHO NAS Drives

By Geoff Duncan Published May 5, 2008

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Taiwan’s QNAP has updated its TS line of NAS drives aimed at the small and home office market, offering more memory, faster processors, and a spate of software updates—including a new BitTorrent download engine.

The new TS-109 Pro II line sports a 500 MHz CPU running an embedded Linux system with 256 GB of DDRII RAM and up to 1 TB of internal storage on a 3.5-inch drive (the standard system is shipped drive-less so users can pop in whatever storage they like). The device also features storage expansion via USB 2.0 or eSATA, and features 3 USB ports and gigabit Ethernet. On the software front, the server supports WIndows/Mac/Linux file sharing, remote FTP access (with SSL/TLS), client-side backup software, network printer sharing, an integrated Web server that lets users set up their own Web sites with PHP, SQLlite, MySQL, and Joomla, as well as UPnP media servers support that lets users push photos, video, and music around their home networks. The TS-109 Pro II also includes a new BitTorrent client supporting DHT, TCP, UDP, and encrypted BT downloads.

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The TS-209 Pro II offers a similar configuration, but with support for two internal 2.5-inch SATA I/II drives, offering up to 2 TB of storage or setup as a RAID configuration. Again, the standard system ships without hard drives so users can set things up how they like. Another added improvement over the earlier TS-209 II is NFS support for Linux clients.

QNAP hasn’t released pricing information for the new NAS systems, but the TS-109’s are likely to land at around $275 at typical retailers, with the TS-209 Pro II coming in around $385.

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