Although designed for handling all your multimedia network storage and data backup-related needs, the TS-412 Turbo NAS Server from QNAP is a high-capacity, easy-to-use, innovative solution capable of much more. This enclosure features four drive bays that accommodate 2.5" or 3.5" SATA II or SATA I hard disk drives. With the storage that you add, you can use the NAS to store your media and other files in a centralized location and stream those files remotely or to a computer or other device on your home or small business office network.
This NAS connects to your LAN network via dual Gigabit Ethernet ports or wirelessly to your WAN router, if you have a wireless -N or -G USB dongle connected (not included). As a multimedia server, you can transfer content to the NAS and later retrieve it with your connected computers. You can also stream music, photos, or videos from the NAS to devices connected to your network, such as mobile phones, UPnP media players, UPnP Hi-Fi systems or TVs, and compatible gaming consoles, such as the PS3 or Xbox 360. Plus, you can remotely access and transfer data with the NAS while using your computer or your Android, iPhone, or iPad.*
Beyond just entertainment, the enclosure can also function as a BitTorrent download station and a number of different kinds of servers. It can work as a file, SQL, Samba, FTP, print, backup, surveillance webcam, and virtual host supported web server, for example. To note, it also supports ISCI targets, so you can add iSCI devices for storage expansion or as backup destinations for existing application servers. In terms of safeguarding your data, you can back all of it up to other QNAP NAS servers, an Rsync Server, or cloud-based storage, such as Amazon S3.
With added security measures, a green, energy-efficient design, and a hassle-free web interface, this enclosure is a sure winner in your home or small business.
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* Requires QMobile App.
Home Photo Center
Back Up and Share Your Digital Photos
QNAP NAS is an ideal device for photo backup, archiving, and sharing. Simply upload your photos to the NAS, you can create and organize beautiful albums and share them with your family and friends while on the web. You can view the entire albums through UPnP-compatible players. You can also browse through the pictures on your widescreen TV with your family.
Additional capabilities:
·View photo slideshow with background music
·Display photo details from EXIF: date, exposure time, aperture, etc.
·Publish photos in a few clicks to social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and more
·Share photos with your friends by email
·Browse photos via QMobile app for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices
Additional capabilities:
·View photo slideshow with background music
·Display photo details from EXIF: date, exposure time, aperture, etc.
·Publish photos in a few clicks to social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and more
·Share photos with your friends by email
·Browse photos via QMobile app for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices
Home Music Center
Build Your Own Home Music Library and Enjoy It Anywhere
You can use this QNAP NAS as a music server to easily store music files and share them to your PC or various media players.
Additional capabilities:
·Enjoy your stored music on your PC. You can listen to your favorite MP3 songs streamed from iTunes Server, or play music via web browsers on your PC
·Play your music on Logitech Squeezebox players. With SBS (Squeezebox Server) QPKG plugin, you can efficiently manage and play them with Logitech music players without even turning on the PC
·Experience high-quality music directly on Hi-Fi system. Stream music to your UPnP Hi-Fi system and indulge in a high-quality sound experience
·Listen to your music on an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android devices anywhere you have a 3G or Wi-Fi connection. Put tons of music right in your pocket! You can play the music files via the QMobile app on these devices remotely without taking up their storage space
Additional capabilities:
·Enjoy your stored music on your PC. You can listen to your favorite MP3 songs streamed from iTunes Server, or play music via web browsers on your PC
·Play your music on Logitech Squeezebox players. With SBS (Squeezebox Server) QPKG plugin, you can efficiently manage and play them with Logitech music players without even turning on the PC
·Experience high-quality music directly on Hi-Fi system. Stream music to your UPnP Hi-Fi system and indulge in a high-quality sound experience
·Listen to your music on an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android devices anywhere you have a 3G or Wi-Fi connection. Put tons of music right in your pocket! You can play the music files via the QMobile app on these devices remotely without taking up their storage space
Movie and Video Center
Large Storage Capacity and High Performance for Your Home Theater
QNAP NAS is an ideal video storage center for you to store numerous home videos, movies, and ripped Blu-ray discs or DVDs. Not only that, you can enjoy Full HD movies on your TV streamed from the NAS through a PS3, Xbox 360, or other network media player.
The NAS features high-speed data transfer exceeding 70MB/s*, fast enough to support multiple 1080p HD streams. The whisper-quiet enclosure brings you the best cinema-grade home theater experience right in your living room
The NAS features high-speed data transfer exceeding 70MB/s*, fast enough to support multiple 1080p HD streams. The whisper-quiet enclosure brings you the best cinema-grade home theater experience right in your living room
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*Actual performance can vary
Complete Backup Server
With QNAP's backup utility NetBak Replicator, you can automatically back up your important files from your Windows computer to this QNAP NAS over the network. You can execute real-time synchronization and scheduled backup from multiple computers to the NAS, and also restore the data to the original location or to a new directory in the event that your computer crashes. In addition, this QNAP NAS is compatible with many third-party backup software applications including Apple Time Machine
Home File Server
You never have to worry about losing your data if your computer's hard drive crashes, because it is easy for everyone to centrally store, protect, and recover files on the NAS with advanced data protection. You can conveniently share all the photos, music, and movies or videos with your family and friends. Furthermore, different family members can be assigned access to specific share folders for privacy. All the advanced software features are built-in without extra effort and cost
Home Printer Server
You can connect up to 3 USB printers to the QNAP NAS and share the printers with family members for network (LAN or Internet) printing
Wireless Home Networking Integration
Convenient Wi-Fi Connection
Connect the Turbo NAS to your home wireless network through a USB Wi-Fi dongle for convenient access. The NAS is compatible with fast 802.11n and 802.11g dongles for Wi-Fi connection
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Available with firmware v3.4
Remote Access Anytime, Anywhere
MyCloudNAS Service
MyCloudNAS is a service which allows you to connect to your NAS remotely from anywhere. Various NAS services can be easily published and accessed on the Internet. You can download and upload files, back up and share your photos and music instantly, and even back up important files from the NAS to other cloud storage providers
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Available with firmware v3.4
Web File Manager
QNAP Turbo NAS provides Web File Manager for you to access and manage the server data anytime, anywhere via web browser. The Web File Manager supports intelligent data search, batch file uploads and downloads, file extraction, mounting ISO files, file-level permission settings, and more
FTP Server
You can set up the QNAP NAS as an FTP server and share large files conveniently with others
Wireless Data Access by Apple iPhone and Android Phones
QMobile is an application dedicated to iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android users. You can view and play Terabytes of photos, music, and video files on the NAS by QMobile from anywhere regardless of the actual storage size of your mobile devices. You can also upload photos to QNAP NAS straightway from your iPhone for instant sharing
Easy to Install, Easy to Use
The easy-to-use setup wizard is included in the product CD. It will help you install everything you need to begin using the NAS. As part of the NAS, the user-friendly AJAX web interface allows you to start using the NAS and easily enjoy all its features without IT expertise
Secure Network Access Protection
Auto network attack prevention: To prevent malicious attacks or intrusions from users outside of your network, you can create an IP filter policy to allow, deny, or auto-block any IP address or network domain which attempts to connect to the NAS via SSH, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP, Samba, and AFP
Instant SMS and email alert: You can configure the SMTP server and SMSC server settings on the NAS in order to receive instant system warnings or error messages by email or SMS
Comprehensive event logs: You can record all of the file-level data access to the NAS via Samba, FTP, AFP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, and SSH, as well as any networking services accessed by online users
SSL security (HTTPS): The NAS can be securely accessed and configured by web browser
Remote login to the NAS by a SSH (secure shell) or Telnet connection is supported
Secure FTP: The data can be transmitted with SSL/TLS (explicit) encryption. Passive FTP port range setup is also supported
Write-only access right on FTP server: Third party partners are allowed to upload data to the NAS but are not able to read or edit the data on the NAS via FTP
Green Design
QNAP NAS is designed to be more environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient. The smart fan monitors the server and hard drive temperature and automatically adjusts the fan speed for quiet 24/7 operation. The hard drives can also be set to enter sleep mode after a period of idling to reduce power consumption, which extends their lifespan in turn. The NAS can be scheduled for automatic power on and off to save energy when no data access is required
Low Power Consumption
In contrast to computer server's that can consume up to 350W of power, this enclosure consumes 11W of power in sleep mode and 26W of power while operating
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Client PC: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.50 GHz CPU, 4GB DDR2/800 RAM, Intel Dual Port Server 82571 Networking Controller, Windows 7 Enterprise 32bit
Testing Method: Connect the TS-412 and PC to switch, upload/download 3GB files utilizing the FTP program, FileZilla 3.3.4
Testing Method: Connect the TS-412 and PC to switch, upload/download 3GB files utilizing the FTP program, FileZilla 3.3.4
Class-Leading Performance
High-Speed Data Sharing for Home Network
With the Gigabit Ethernet interface and advanced processor, the NAS delivers ultra-high-speed home network data transfers. You can quickly store large amounts of movies, photos, and music within a short period of time. For instance, as an FTP server, this NAS can read data at up to 125MB/s and write data at up to 50MB/s. While as a Samba server, it can read data at up to 75MB/s and write data at up to 50MB/s
Other Applications for Your Digital Home
Download Station
QNAP NAS is a perfect download center for high speed BT, eMule, FTP, and HTTP downloads. You can use the Download Station with the QGet utility to manage your download tasks remotely on the local network or the Internet. Once you've installed the QPKG platform, you can use the NAS to continuously download NZB or eMule files
Surveillance Station
You can connect multiple IP-based security cameras for real-time monitoring, recording, and playback. The NAS supports leading network camera brands such as AXIS, D-Link, IPUX, LevelOne, Linksys, Panasonic, and VIVOTEK. By using particular models, you can use two-way video and audio monitoring and recording, and "smart PTZ control" to control the monitoring direction of the IP cameras via your web browser
Virtual Host Supported Web Server
You can host multiple websites on this NAS with the web server and virtual host feature. The NAS supports PHP, MySQL, HTTPS connection, and SSL authentication. It is the ideal solution for you to create your own websites, e-shops, blogs, content management systems (CMS), wikis, and so on
MySQL Server
The NAS can be flexibly applied in various deployments such as a database server of another web server in a remote site or as an additional backup database server
Network Universal Power Supply
This feature allows multiple QNAP NAS servers on the same physical network to be protected by a single Universal Power Supply (UPS)
Built-in iSCSI Target Service
The TS-412 is both a NAS and an iSCSI target server, ideal for a cost-efficient IP-SAN setup. You can make use of the built-in iSCSI target service to add up to 256 iSCSI devices. Different iSCSI Target LUNs (Logical Unit Number) can be designated for storage expansion or backup destinations for existing application servers, such as database servers and mail servers
The "Virtual Space Allocation" (Thin Provisioning) feature allows you to flexibly allocate the capacity of iSCSI LUN (Logical Unit Number). When the physical storage capacity of the volume is going to be full, you can easily expand the storage capacity by adjusting or removing the currently unused volume space
Virtual Disk Drive
The NAS supports flexible storage expansion by stacking other iSCSI targets on the network via its built-in iSCSI initiator. The connected iSCSI targets are turned into "virtual disk drives" of the NAS to provide more storage capacity
Windows Active Directory
You can import user accounts from a Windows AD domain to the NAS to let the domain users access the domain and the NAS with the same login settings. The NAS also supports setup of large amount of users and user groups.(200,000 domain users and user groups can be imported according to QNAP's lab test)
Software Expansion via QPKG Plugins
You can maximize usage of the NAS by installing additional QPKG software packages developed by the users and community worldwide