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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
By Arthur Whalem
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.
What's Included?
The TS-209 Pro Turbo Station includes an aluminum alloy enclosure, two hot swap trays, a two meter CAT 5 ethernet cable, AC power adapter, power cord, hard drive screws, installation CD and a printed quick installation guide.
HD Install
The QNAP TS-209 Pro is sold without hard drives. To install the 3.5" SATA hard drives, simply remove the four screws on the front of the enclosure. This will display the hot swappable SATA hard drive bays. The trays are removed by unscrewing the captive screws on each side of the tray. Once the trays are removed, the user can easily install one or two 3.5" SATA hard drives.
For the purpose of this review, AMUG installed two Maxtor Maxline III model 7L300S0 300GB hard drives inside the QNAP TS-209 Pro. However, the TS-209 Pro supports any SATA 150 or 300, 3.5" hard drive model. The TS-209 Pro tray system uses four screws on the bottom of each tray to secure the hard drives.
Once the SATA hard drive(s) are mounted, the trays are re-inserted into the QNAP TS-209 Pro and the front mounting screws are secured. Placing the black face plate back on the front of the enclosure completes the installation.
Connections
The rear panel of the QNAP TS-209 Pro provides a 70mm cooling fan on the top right side followed by two USB 2.0 ports that can be used for expanding the amount of storage available. On the lower left side is the security port, power plug, reset button and the RJ-45 10/100/1000Mbps ethernet port. The TS-209 Pro enclosure is well marked and easy to use.
The front panel of the TS-209 Pro provides a third USB port for easy access. The copy button allows the contents of an external USB drive to be copied to the internal TS-209 Pro SATA hard drive(s). A blue power light is also provided on the front of the TS-209 Pro, along with yellow LAN and disk activity lights. The front of the QNAP TS-209 Pro is professional looking and provides the user with several indicators for monitoring the activity of the NAS.
Energy Usage
According to the Kill-a-Watt electricity usage monitor, the QNAP TS-209 Pro utilizes 24 watts when operating with two 300GB Maxtor Maxline III model 7L300S0 300GB SATA hard drives installed. The hardware settings of the TS-209 Pro also provide for a "standby mode". This feature allows the hard drives to spin down after an adjustable period of inactivity. The QNAP web interface allows the user to reduce the standby setting to as little as 5 minutes or increase the idle time to up to five hours before this energy saving feature is activated.
Once the QNAP TS-209 Pro has entered standby mode the energy usage drops to 17 watts with two 300GB Maxtor Maxline III SATA hard drives installed. This energy saving feature allows the TS-209 Pro to provide two 3.5" SATA hard drives on the network while only using 17 watts while idle or 24 watts when active. The energy efficiency of the QNAP TS-209 Pro can provide a large amount of NAS data storage space on the network while requiring very little power consumption.
When the QNAP TS-209 Pro is waking from standby mode it only requires approximately 9 seconds for the hard drives to spin up and accept file sharing requests. This small delay is a little faster than when the Synology Disk Station DS-207 is waking from hibernation mode. If the user does not want the short wake up delay they can easily adjust this energy saving feature. In these tests, the QNAP TS-209 Pro woke from standby mode each time without difficulties.
Initial Setup
In order to setup the QNAP TS-209 Pro Turbo Station, the hard drive(s) must be installed and the unit will need to be powered and plugged into an ethernet network. Macintosh users will insert the QNAP Install CD and copy the MacWizard_TS-209 image to the Macintosh hard drive. The latest QNAP TS-209 Pro drivers can also be downloaded on-line at qnap.com. The firmware used during this review is version 1.1.4 Build 1207; released 12-31-2007.
Once the MacWizard image is copied to the hard drive, users will launch the Quick Install Wizard to discover and configure the QNAP TS-209 Pro. The default user name and password is "admin". After the MacWizard configuration is completed the user will open a web browser window to the IP address established during the quick install process for the QNAP TS-209 Pro. The next step will be to fine tune the QNAP TS-209 Pro NAS features.
The TS-209 Pro Turbo Station offers a wide variety of configuration options. One of the first steps that users will want to accomplish is to establish which users can access the TS-209 Pro. Once the TS-209 Pro web interface is displayed the "User Management" menu can be selected to setup a new password for the "admin" and establish individual user accounts. New accounts can be created, deleted, passwords changed, groups assigned and quotas established for each user.
The default TS-209 Pro user settings enable the guest account on the public network share. The guest account can be disabled by selecting "Deny access" at the bottom of the Access Control window. If you are going to place files on the TS-209 Pro Turbo Station that you do not want available to guest users you may want to double check the status of the guest account on each network share. The TS-209 Pro Turbo Station automatically establishes five default network shares. Their names are Public, Qdownload, Qmultimedia, Qusb and Qweb.
The "Public" volume is designed to be used to provide access to everyone including guest accounts. The "Qdownload" volume is utilized with the Download Station interface. This allows computer downloads to be directed to the NAS so that the computer does not need to remain on during long download sessions. The "Qmultimedia" volume is where all of the music, video and images will be stored and accessed using the iTunes server, Multimedia server and the UPnP/DLNA interface. The "Qweb" share is used for creating and sharing a website that is hosted by the QNAP TS-209 Pro.
Storage
The QNAP "Device Configuration" menu allows the user to setup the hard drive(s) installed in the TS-209 Pro in several configurations. If two hard drives are installed, they can be configured as individual hard drives, a RAID 0 stripped RAID set (that combines the volumes) or as a RAID 1 mirror that provides redundant hard drive data protection. The RAID 1 setting is my favorite as it provides the easiest method for recovering from a hard drive failure.
Once the TS-209 Pro hard drive setup is configured, the "Network Share Management" menu is used to create additional network volumes that can be accessed by users. However, the five default shares that are automatically created by the QNAP TS-209 Pro may be enough for many installations.
The QNAP TS-209 Pro works well with Mac OS 9 clients and Mac OS X clients. This is an ideal solution for mixed Mac networks as the default version of Mac OS X 10.4.9 and higher includes a bug that causes file sharing to be unreliable when a Mac OS 9 client is used with it. While using the TS-209 Pro, my Mac OS 9, Mac OS X 10.4 and Mac OS X 10.5 computers were able to easily share data.
The full featured QNAP TS-209 Pro provides many different network services. While the Apple file sharing service is a great feature, the TS-209 Pro is also capable of providing FTP, NFS, Web, Multimedia, Download Station, iTunes services and remote replication.
Web Service
The "Web Server" menu of the TS-209 Pro allows users to setup their own web site. HTTP, PHP and MySQL are all supported. Users can easily mount the default Qweb volume on a Macintosh and copy the web site data to the volume. Typing in the IP address of the TS-209 Pro displays the newly created web site. As you can see in the image below setting up the Web server on the TS-209 Pro is as easy as checking "Enable Web Server".
Multimedia Station
The QNAP Qmultimedia share can be used to display photos with the Multimedia Station web interface. Photos copied to the Qmultimedia volume can be viewed by using a web browser directed at the NAS IP address plus :8080 /cgi-bin/Qmultimedia/. With the "Enable Multimedia Station" option checked, the TS-209 Pro will configure these Photo sharing services.
The QNAP Multimedia Station allows users on the network to browse the photo library, add descriptions and navigate between images. As the user only needs to copy images to the Qmultimedia network volume to add photos this provides an easy way to enable photo sharing on the network.
Movies
Another feature that the TS-209 Pro Multimedia Station supports is streaming video. Macintosh users can place a video folder full of movies on the "Qmultimedia" network volume and watch them using the VLC application.
To use VLC to play a movie inside a video folder located on the TS-209 Pro Qmultimedia volume, open VLC and select the File:Open command. Click on the network tab and select the HTTP button. Now type in the URL http://NAS.IP/Qmultimedia/Qmultimeda/Video/MovieName into the URL field of the VLC window. This will allow the VLC application to play the movie while the source is streaming from the TS-209 Pro. VLC supports just about every format available. Using this method allows the TS-209 Pro to stream MPEG 1, 2, 4, .VOB, AVI, and even HD formats to a computer running the VLC application on the network. Large video formats streamed well over the network in these tests. Once the user understands how the URL formatting works, it is easy to stream movies from the TS-209 Pro to VLC using Mac OS X clients.
iTunes ServiceTo setup the TS-209 Pro iTunes Service, simply copy the iTunes music folder to the QNAP Qmultimedia share. Next, check the "Enable iTunes Service" feature in the Multimedia Station menu.
With the TS-209 Pro iTunes Service setup complete, simply launch iTunes from any computer on the network to access the music library located on the NAS. To play the iTunes music selections select the shared TS-209 Pro volume under "SHARED" as shown in the image below.
This setup allows network users to share a large music library without requiring them to copy the songs to the local hard drive. Using the TS-209 Pro as an iTunes Server is a great way to provide an instant music library for users on the network. If music is added or erased from the TS-209 Pro "Qmultimedia" volume the iTunes Service listing is automatically updated. One nice feature provided with iTunes sharing is that the Qmultimedia network volume does not need to be mounted on the users computer. Only registered users mount the "Qmultimedia" volume on their desktop for making changes to the music available. In addition, if the music copied to the TS-209 Pro has album cover art assigned, it will show up when using the QNAP iTunes Service. However, for security reasons once music is copied to the TS-209, cover art and song information cannot be altered or added by a TS-209 iTunes Service user.
iTunes Service Limitations
The QNAP TS-209 Pro iTunes Service supports AIFF, MP3 and AAC audio formats without DRM. Audio files with an extension of .aif, .mp3 or .m4a will play using the TS-209 iTunes Service. However, iTunes Music Store DRM purchases (.m4p) will not be displayed in the TS-209 Pro shared music directory. The fact that QNAP supports AIFF is very nice. This feature allows users to save CDs in their native format for high quality playback on the computer and iTunes CD burning. As hard disk space is relatively inexpensive I prefer the AIFF format. The current Synology NAS firmware does not support AIFF while the QNAP firmware does.
Apple Store Music
If users have purchased DRM encrypted music from the Apple Music Store they can still store the files on the TS-209 Pro and play them using iTunes (even though they will not work with the QNAP iTunes Service).
To do this simply copy the iTunes Store purchased music to a folder on the Qmultimedia network volume of the TS-209 Pro. Then open the iTunes Preference menu and select Advanced. Now uncheck "Copy files to iTunes Music Folder when adding to library".
Next, create a new playlist in iTunes. While the TS-209 Pro Qmultimedia network volume is mounted on the desktop, drag and drop the folder of DRM music files to the new iTunes playlist window. A new iTunes playlist will be created using the audio files selected from the TS-209 Pro. The Apple Store purchased songs will now play while located on the TS-209 Pro. This method of configuring iTunes will support every audio format that iTunes supports. The only draw back is that the "Qmultimedia" network volume will need to be mounted on the computer when playing music in the playlist. If the Qmultimedia volume is not mounted, Mac OS X will prompt the user to mount the volume if one of these songs is selected for playback.
Front Row Compatibly
The QNAP TS-209 Pro "iTunes Service" is not compatible with Front Row using the current firmware version: 1.1.4 Build 1207T dated 12/31/07. However, AMUG has discovered a method to get around this issue.
Getting TS-209 Pro Music to play with Front Row
To play music stored on the QNAP TS-209 Pro with Front Row, mount the "Qmultimedia" network volume and create a playlist(s) in iTunes just like the example above for Apple Music Store purchases. Now with the Qmultimedia network volume mounted launch Front Row, select the music icon and click on playlists. The playlist(s) created in iTunes using the QNAP TS-209 Pro "Qmultimedia" volume will be displayed as an option. Click on a song in the playlist and Front Row will play it. iTunes will stream the music from the TS-209 Pro while Front Row plays the audio selections. This works with Apple DRM Music purchases, AIFF, AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless and any other format that iTunes supports.
One thing to remember is that if the QNAP TS-209 Pro Qmultimedia network volume is not mounted and the user tries to play the TS-209 Pro playlist, Front Row will provide a dialog that states, "This computer is not authorized to play the selected song". To correct this, quit Front Row and mount the TS-209 Pro Qmultimedia network volume. Once its mounted the TS-209 Pro music playlist will work properly with Front Row.
Getting TS-209 Pro Videos to play with Front Row
To play videos stored on the QNAP TS-209 Pro with Front Row, users can create a separate video folder on the TS-209 Pro "Qmultimedia" network volume or create a separate network volume on the TS-209 Pro called video. The advantage of simply creating a video folder on the TS-209 Pro Qmultimedia network volume is that only one network volume needs to be mounted for both music and videos to work properly with Front Row.
Once the video folder is created on the "Qmultimedia" network volume and a few videos have been copied to the folder, select the video folder and use the File menu to make an alias (command L). Place this alias in the users movie folder. Now launch Front Row and select the video icon, next open the "Movies" selection and scroll down to the "video" folder alias and click on it. Inside are all of the movies stored on the TS-209 Pro network drive. Selecting a movie will play it using Front Row. One fact to remember is that if the TS-209 Pro network volume is not mounted the alias will not be displayed in Front Row.
Multimedia Service
The QNAP TS-209 Pro also supports the UPnP/DLNA DMA (Digital Media Adapter) format. To setup the MediaServer check "Enable UPnP MediaServer" and click on the IPaddress:9000 link to setup the TwonkyVision configuration page. Over fifty different UPnP players are supported including the PS3, PSP and the XBox 360.
The QNAP TS-209 Pro will play multimedia files located on the Qmultimedia volume by default. The included TwonkyVision server has preset configurations for the largest group of UPnP devices that I have seen.
All of these multimedia UPnP players are designed to allow PC users to stream audio, video and photos to the home theatre. Macintosh users should be able to utilize these UPnP clients to work with the QNAP TS-209 Pro based on user feedback.
Elgato sells EyeConnect. It is a software solution that allows Macintosh users to stream media from their computer to UPnP compatible players. There is a compatibility list posted here. However, I would rather just copy the multimedia files to the QNAP TS-209 Pro so that my computer does not need to be left on to play movies or audio selections while using the home theatre. The TS-209 Pro Media Server provides Macintosh users with a method for interfacing with a wide range of UPnP/DLNA players without requiring a PC.
Download Station
The QNAP TS-209 Pro supports downloading BitTorrent files directly to the NAS using the FireFox browser. Safari is not supported. QNAP has also created an application called Qget for the PC that supports drag and drop downloads from a web browser which downloads the file directly to the TS-209 Pro. Unfortunately, a Macintosh version of the application is not available.
Qget PC Download Application
The Synology DS-207 NAS comes with "Redirector" which is a Mac OS X application that provides Download Station features to Macintosh users. However, it does not work with QNAP products. When using the QNAP Download Station, I find it is much easier to use Qget with Windows XP in Parallels than to try to get the FireFox based browser feature to work easily with web based download links. I would like to see a Macintosh version of the Qget application in the future.
Slimserver Support
Users that own a Squeezebox or Transporter sold by Slim Devices may be wondering if the QNAP TS-209 Pro can be used to stream music to these units. While the TS-209 Pro firmware does not support the Squeezebox yet, there are hacks available for this purpose. Many QNAP users would like to see slimserver support built into the QNAP. It appears that this may happen in the future based on comments posted on the QNAP message board.
The QNAP TS-209 Pro provides several methods for backing up data. These include backing up the NAS settings, NetBak Replicator for backing up PC data to the NAS, network backup, Remote Replication of the QNAP NAS and using a RAID 1 setup. The web Interface System Tools provides the ability to backup, restore or reset the NAS settings. This includes user accounts, server name and network configuration etc. If the TS-209 is disconnected from electricity for an extended period of time these settings can be lost. Backing up the settings is a very good idea.
NetBak Replicator & Mac OS X Network Backup
The QNAP NetBak Replicator program only provides support for Windows clients. NetBak Replicator is a powerful program installed in the user’s system (Windows OS only) for data backup. PC users can back up any files or folders on a local PC to a specified share folder on TS-209 Pro by LAN or WAN. This may be a valuable tool for Boot Camp users but Mac OS X clients will need to use Apple's Backup, SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner to backup data from the Macintosh to the QNAP TS-209 Pro. When backing up to a network volume each of the Macintosh applications creates an image file on the TS-209 Pro which contains the backup data. Expect backup to be slow when large archives are backed up over ethernet.
Remote Replication
The QNAP TS-209 Pro provides the ability to backup to another QNAP device using the Remote Replication feature. This allows the QNAP NAS to be duplicated to another NAS off-site or on the other side of the building. The backup can be encrypted using SSH, file compression can be selected, file services can be stopped during the replication process, the process can be incremental or a complete backup and all of this can happen automatically on a pre-set schedule. The web interface does not show the percentage of the replication completed and the process can take a significant amount of time for large data sets. However, this feature is a very cool way to backup the NAS to a remote site or for sharing information with a separate workgroup.
RAID 1
The QNAP TS-209 hot swap, dual drive model has the advantage of supporting RAID 1 mirror mode. If a hard drive fails in this configuration, a new hard drive can be installed and the RAID 1 setup rebuilt. As a test, one of the RAID 1 hard drives was removed from the TS-209 to simulate a hard drive failure. The TS-209 lights displayed that a failure had occurred. A new hard drive was installed and the TS-209 began to automatically rebuild the RAID 1 array. After one hour and 30 minutes the dual 320GB RAID 1 setup was finished rebuilding. All of the settings and the data was intact with no further user maintenance required. This is a great solution for recovery from a hard disk failure.
Using the non-RAID or the striped RAID set configuration available with the QNAP TS-209 Pro will require the user to depend on much slower backup methods. I found recovering from a hard drive failure using a network backup could take up to 10x longer to complete than when recovering with a RAID 1 configuration in place. When critical data is stored on the TS-209 Pro, using a RAID 1 configuration and creating a Remote Replication setup will provide the best data redundancy. Should the RAID 1 fail to rebuild the Remote Replication copy provides another layer of data protection.
In this section of the review, the QNAP TS-209 Pro was tested for network file copy performance. A 1.11GB video file was copied between the QNAP TS-209, a Mac Pro 2.66 GHz and a Mac mini 1.66 GHz. A gigabit ethernet network was utilized. The purpose of this test was to see how the file server performance of the TS-209 would compare against using a Macintosh file server instead.
The Mac Pro and the Mac mini were able to copy the 1.11GB video file to and from each computer in less than 37 seconds. That time was used as the baseline performance result for a Mac server performing this task. As you will see in the data below the TS-209 Pro was not able to match the performance of the Mac mini.
Enabling jumbo frame support with an MTU value of 9000 on both the computer and the NAS caused the Mac Pro 2.66 GHz to crash when connecting to the TS-209 Pro. Setting the TS-209 Pro to support Jumbo frames and the Mac Pro with a MTU of 1500 worked, but provided very slow performance. Once the Mac Pro was set to "automatic" and the QNAP TS-209 Pro was configured with an MTU value of 1500, performance was good but slower than when using a Macintosh as the server.
QNAP TS-209 Pro Copy 1.11GB Video File Speed Test
| Configuration |
Copy From
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Copy To
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Time in Minutes
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File Size
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| Jumbo Disabled |
Mac Pro 2.66
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TS-209 Pro
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2:18
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1.11GB
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| MTU 1500 |
TS-209 Pro
|
Mac Pro 2.66
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1:27
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| Mac Server | ||||
| Automatic MTU | Mac mini 1.66 | Mac Pro 2.66 |
:33
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1.11GB
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| Mac Pro 2.66 | Mac mini 1.66 |
:37
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As you can see in the results above, the Mac mini 1.66 performed significantly better on the gigabit ethernet network than the TS-209 Pro. However, the Mac mini does not provide built in 3.5" SATA HD RAID 1 redundancy and lacks some of the other network features provided by the QNAP TS-209 Pro.
In the next performance test, the Helios LanTest X 4.0 application was used on a Mac mini 1.66 GHz to test how the QNAP TS-209 Pro performs compared to using the Mac Pro 2.66 GHz computer as the server. In addition, the Mac mini was tested as a server using the Mac Pro 2.66. Results for the QNAP TS-109 Pro and the Synology Disk Station are also provided below. The highest performance results are provided first.
The QNAP TS-209 and 109 Pro models provide similar performance. In the example above the TS-209 Pro has a RAID 1 configuration while the TS-109 Pro is a single disk. The RAID 1 configured TS-209 Pro provides a great hot swap backup drive configuration in a small foot print. The difference in price is $100. The Mac mini provides higher performance in this test. However, once the user adds the external hard drives to match the TS-209 Pro's capacity the energy usage will be considerably more than the QNAP solution and the foot print could easily be larger.
The QNAP TS-209 Pro can be configured as a Web server with MySQL, FTP server, iTunes server, Multimedia server, a Download Station and can be used for remote replication with or without encryption. The "Remote Replication" feature is a wonderful way to backup to another location. The included option to backup using incremental replication is amazingly fast and provides cool automatic backup scheduling. Macintosh users with a TS-209 Pro installed are able to interface with UPnP DMA clients on their network that normally only ship with PC compatible client software. The web interface provided with the TS-209 Pro is easy to use and allows for monitoring and configuration of the server. The TS-209 Pro keeps the hard drives cool without creating excessive noise. Placing the NAS within 3 feet of my workstation is a little loud but once I located it under a desk 10 feet away I found it very quiet.
The QNAP TS-209 Pro does have some limitations. If several users are copying large multimedia files to the NAS at the same time, file service performance may slow. The QNAP Download Station does not support Safari and no separate Macintosh application is available like Qget for PC. The temperature of the hard drives is not displayed in the browser like Synology products and the percentage of the remote replication completed is not displayed in the browser.
The QNAP TS-209 Pro provides file service, web, remote replication and the ability to stream multimedia content 24 hours a day with very little energy usage. When fully operational with two 320GB hard drives installed in RAID 1 mode the TS-209 Pro only required 24 watts during these tests. The QNAP TS-209 Pro is ideal for light file sharing, backup and streaming audio/video files to network users.
Pros
Supports two 3.5" SATA hard drives as JBOD, RAID 0 or RAID 1.
iTunes Service supports AIFF, MP3 and AAC audio formats without DRM.
Front Row is supported if the network volume is mounted.
Continued firmware development will enhance features.
Shares files between OS 9, OS X, Windows and Linux.
Hot swap RAID 1 support with automatic rebuilding.
Provides Web, NFS and FTP network services.
USB Printer compatibility list posted on-line.
Supports DDNS, AFP, WINS and AD.
Supports iTunes and UPnP DMA clients.
Supports SSL, SSH and FTP with SSL/TLS.
Advanced Remote Replication feature.
Provides Download Station support.
Excellent RAID 1 rebuilding capability.
Supports standby mode for hard drives.
Fan keeps hard drives cool.
SMTP support for email notification.
Hard drive failure alarm.
PHP/MySQL support.
Good performance.
Low power usage.
Easy to install.
Small foot print.
Cons
Standby mode set at 10 minutes usually required 20-30 minutes to activate.
Multiple users with large file sharing demands may slow performance.
No QGet Download Station application for Mac users.
No SMART data displayed for hard drives.
iTunes Service does not support Front Row.
Macintosh documentation could be more detailed.
QNAS TS-209 Pro gets 4 AMUGs out of 5!
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.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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