QNAP Showcases Latest Turbo NAS Servers, the New V3.4 NAS Management Software at CES

QNAP Showcases Latest Turbo NAS Servers, the New V3.4 NAS Management Software and VioStor Pro NVR Video Surveillance Systems at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

CES Attendees Interested in High Performance Network-based Storage and Video Surveillance Technologies Invited to Visit the QNAP Booth and See all the Newest Products
Las Vegas, NV LVCC South Hall, Booth# 36816, 6th January – 9th January, 2011

2011 CES Taipei, Taiwan, December 2010 - QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of world class award-winning Turbo NAS servers, VioStor NVR Video Surveillance Systems, and Network-based Media Players is showcasing its newest Business Series Turbo NAS Pro+ NAS servers and VioStor Pro dedicated Network Video Recorder (NVR) surveillance systems at their booth located in the LVCC South Hall, upper level. Additionally, QNAP will be demonstrating their beta V3.4 NAS Management Software which is now available for download and installation for most QNAP Turbo NAS models from QNAP forum. QNAP’s broad product offerings encompass home/home office, SMB, Corporate, and entry-level enterprise market segments.

Front and center are the new Business Series Turbo NAS Servers, the TS-x59 Pro+ lineup featuring the dual-core Intel® Atom™ D525 1.8GHz processor, which can deliver blistering 113MB/sec throughput. The Pro+ lineup include energy-efficient desktop models with 2, 4, 5, 6, or 8 hot-swappable drives, and an 8-bay 2U rack-mounted unit with available redundant power supply. All the Pro+ models include 1GB RAM, dual Gigabit LAN ports, enhanced iSCSI support, advanced RAID support, generous number of USB & eSATA ports for capacity expansion, and the broadest range of business-critical applications available from any NAS server provider.

Also on display is the new entry-level TS-x19P+ Turbo NAS models which are ideal for home/home office and small office use. Featuring the new Marvell 1.6GHz embedded processor and 512MB of RAM, these 1, 2, and 4-drive desktop units deliver high performance and many of the advanced applications found on QNAP’s higher end models, at price points that won’t break the bank.

QNAP is also debuting its beta V3.4 NAS management software, which is embedded as firmware in all Turbo NAS models and offers an intuitive interface for users to configure and manage their NAS. V3.4 beta offers a wealth of new features including:

* NEW Real-time remote replication, RAID 10 support, and Elephant Drive support for backup to the cloud;
* NEW Advanced subfolder permissions, host-based permissions control, import/export of users, and Virtual Disk enhancements;
* NEW MyCloudNAS remote access, wireless LAN and Virtual LAN support;
* NEW Download Station V2, QGet V2, and Advanced Print Server;
* And more...

QNAP fans can give the beta firmware a try and download the firmware from QNAP forum (forum.qnap.com/). The official V3.4 firmware will be available free of charge in January 2011 (final release date is to be announced).

QNAP will also be demonstrating its vaunted VioStor Pro NVR video surveillance system in the booth. The VioStor NVR is an advanced video surveillance system which utilizes up to 40 networked IP cameras to deliver highly scalable PC-less video surveillance with real-time recording to embedded hard drives. The system can be configured to generate alarms for a variety of situations, including motion in a user-definable camera area, when a foreign object is detected, when a defined object is removed, or when a camera is obstructed or out of focus. Surveillance can be monitored remotely via a networked computer, or by directly connecting a HD monitor, keyboard, and mouse to the unit, or wirelessly on an iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, or PDA phone with QNAP’s exclusive mobile surveillance app VMobile.

Connect with QNAP at CES, LVCC South Hall #36816
QNAP invites all CES attendees who are interested in the impressive lineup of Turbo NAS servers, VioStor NVR solutions, and a demo of the new V3.4 NAS management software to stop by the QNAP booth, located in the LVCC South Hall, upper level. Or visit www.qnap.com to learn more these exciting developments.

QNAP offers the broadest lineup of NAS server enclosures currently available. QNAP Turbo NAS servers are available in 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8-bay tower and rack mount configurations to fit consumer's needs, including small/medium business, workgroups, and entry-level enterprise networks. Most QNAP NAS servers feature hot-swap removable cartridge drives with 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch drive support, and offer unique features including virtual disk, and dual Gigabit LAN ports with fail-over, load-balancing and multi-IP setting capabilities for all Intel-based models. QNAP NAS servers are ideal for simple website hosting, ultra-high performance RAID storage supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 5+ hot spare and 6+hot spare (5-drive and higher models), stand-alone file downloading, network-wide backups, printer sharing, video surveillance, and a whole lot more. QNAP NAS servers are fully compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and UNIX networks and incorporate green power management technologies.

About QNAP Systems, Inc.
QNAP Systems, Inc. is a privately held company founded in 2004 and is dedicated to bringing world class NAS storage, professional NVR video surveillance, and network video players to consumer, small/medium business, and entry level enterprise market segments. QNAP leverages not only hardware design but also a growing core competency in software engineering that is precisely focused on bringing to market products that offer the highest available performance coupled with outstanding reliability, scalability, and ease of installation and use. QNAP is a multi-national company with headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, and subsidiary offices in China and the United States.