Released on: June 4, 2008, 5:52 am

Press Release Author: QNAP SYSTEMS., INC

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: 4-bay hot-swappable, Online RAID Capacity Expansion and RAID
Level Migration Supported NAS for Business

Press Release Body: The leading storage solution provider QNAP Systems, Inc. today
announced a new 1U, 4-bay rack-mountable NAS server TS-409U, designed to be the
storage solution with the best price performance ratio for SMB and enterprise users.
Built-on powerful Linux-embedded system with 500MHz SoC CPU and 512MB DDRII memory;
it enables major business applications including storing, backing up, sharing and
archiving critical information. TS-409U delivers enhanced reliability and
expansibility; and offers powerful features including RAID 0/ 1/ 5/ 6/ 5+spare disk
redundancy, Online RAID Capacity Expansion, Online RAID Level Migration, rock-solid
hot-swap design, and abundant server functions. The HDD S.M.A.R.T. and complete log
systems are supported to help IT administrators minimize the deployment cost and
maintenance effort.

According to Mr. Troy Lin, Product Manager of QNAP, \"TS-409U is positioned as the
most affordable, reliable, and feature-rich 1U storage server to meet backup and
storage demand. The best-in-class RAID on TS-409U brings users a higher level of
data security; advanced RAID configurations such as RAID 6 and RAID 5 are supported.
Moreover, TS-409U even allows one more hard drive failure than other NAS of the same
level. In other words, users can rescue their critical data when 2 drives fail in
RAID 5 or 3 drives fail in RAID 6. It effectively reduces the risk of data loss
caused by failure of hard disks. With the value-plus all-in-one business server
features, TS-409U is the ideal solution with best price performance ratio for
growing SMB and enterprises.\"

TS-409U is also designed with unique expandability and upgradeability which meet
business and IT challenges of fast growing business. With Online RAID Capacity
Expansion, administrators can select to purchase the most cost-effective hard drives
for initial server setup and upgrade to larger ones in the future. All the stored
data will be kept and seamlessly moved to the newly installed hard drives without
turning off the server. With Online RAID Level Migration, administrators can start
from one drive firstly and add more drives to upgrade the RAID level in the future
with the data retained.

TS-409U supports multiple file sharing protocols for users to share files across
Linux, Unix, Mac, and Windows platforms. Abundant valuable server functions such as
File Server, FTP Server, and Printer Server etc. are supported. Also, Windows AD
(Active Directory) is supported to help create an easy-to-access environment and
lower the maintenance cost. With the dual support of MySQL and SQLite, SMB & SOHO
users can easily set up their own web and database servers. With the dual support of
MySQL and SQLite, users can easily set up their own web and database servers.
Moreover, users can make use of the encrypted remote replication and backup to
external devices features for extra data protection. Various data storage and
management mechanisms- FTP server with SSL/TLS encrypted technology, SSH login, and
web page SSL login are also provided for secure data transfer and access.


Web Site: http://www.qnap.com

Contact Details: QNAP Systems, Inc.
Ms. Vera Wang
Phone: 886-2-8698 2000
E-mail: verawang@qnap.com
21F, No. 77, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd., Xizhi City, Taipei, County, 221, Taiwan, R.O.C.