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February 1, 2008
500MHz, RAID 1, Hot Swap, Dual Drive NAS
A Review of the QNAP model TS-209 Pro Turbo Station All-in-one NAS Server
QNAP is shipping the TS-209 Pro Turbo Station dual bay NAS ($399 MSRP). It supports up to two 3.5" SATA hard drives that can be
the home theatre or an audio system. The three USB ports located on the TS-209 Pro can be used for printer sharing, providing additional storage or backing up data. The large feature set provided by the TS-209 Pro Turbo Station allows it to dramatically expand the network functionality of an office or home computer network.System Requirements
Supports Mac OS X, OS 9, Linux and Windows computers.
Requires up to two 3.5" SATA hard drives.
Supports RAID 0, 1 and JBOD.
Requires an ethernet network.
Supports NFS, AFP, and FTP.
SMTP support for email notification.
The QNAP TS-209 Pro Turbo Station is a high quality hot swap, RAID 1 solution for adding streaming multimedia support, file service and web server capabilities to any computer network with minimal power consumption. QNAP is working on version 2.0 of the firmware which will provide several feature enhancements. In addition, I was informed that a version of Qget for Macintosh will soon be released. The small size and large feature set provided with the TS-209 Pro make it an excellent choice for expanding network sharing capabilities. Music lovers will appreciate the built-in iTunes sharing feature with AIFF, MP3 and AAC audio format support. With a QNAP TS-209 Pro installed on the
network, there is no need to keep large music libraries on each computer. Just copy the music to the NAS and it will stream the audio selections to all of the iTunes users on the network. In addition, the QNAP Remote Replication feature provides an easy method for expanding data backup to off-site locations. The wide range of network services provided by the QNAP TS-209 Pro will enhance any office or home computer network.JOIN AMUG!
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Contact Information:
QNAP Systems, Inc.
21 F, No. 77, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd.
Xizhi City, Taipei County, 221, Taiwan
Phone: +886 2 8698 2000
Fax: +886 2 8698 2270
http://www.qnap.com
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