ASUSTOR AS3102T v2 & AS3204T v2 Redefine Enthusiast NAS

With optimized performance, twin Ethernet ports for up to double the speed, increased hard disk compatibility, enhanced multimedia features and a more customizable feature set help make ASUSTOR’s best even better. ASUSTOR Inc. today released two new NAS models, the AS3102T v2 and AS3204T v2, which improve on the previous design of multimedia NAS, The AS3102T and AS3204T. The AS3102T v2 and AS3204T v2 are equipped with two Gigabit Ethernet ports, allowing the use of network aggregation settings to double the network performance of the NAS. Increasing the amount of Ethernet ports allows hard drives to make better use of their rated speed for those who need it, such as those in the AV industry. Our new models also support […]

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QNAP TS-453BT3 NAS Features Thunderbolt 3 Interface

New TS-453BT3 NAS is perfect for content creators on a budget, features 4 drive bays, 10GbE Networking, expandability, stylish design, and a bevy of apps all for under $1,000.00 QNAP® is expanding its popular Thunderbolt NAS lineup with a new model packed with features and capabilities for content creators at a price that will keep the accountant happy too. The TS-453BT3 is a compact and stylish desktop NAS with 4 drive bays for 3.5” or 2.5” HDDs/SSDs for up to 40TB of internal storage (using 10TB drives) and storage is expandable with QNAP expansion enclosures. Under the hood, the TS-453BT3 is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core Intel Celeron Apollo Lake processor and features 8GB of DDR3L RAM. 10GbE and Gigabit […]

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Synology DiskStation DS1517 and DS1817 NAS Introduced

Powerful all-in-one NAS solution optimized for your growing needs Synology Inc. launched the new DiskStation DS1517 and DS1817, powerful and scalable 5 and 8 bay desktop NAS. DS1817 is the first Value series equipped with built-in 10GbE LAN ports and expandable RAM module, delivering future-proof, high-speed storage for professionals and growing small/medium-sized businesses. DS1817 is powered by a quad-core 1.7GHz processor with RAM module expandable to 8GB. Thanks to the built-in 10GbE interfaces, DS1817 can achieve outstanding sequential throughput performance exceeding 1,577 MB/s reading and 739 MB/s writing when using RAID 5. The built-in 10GBASE-T ports and 1GBASE-T LAN ports pave the way for businesses to upgrade to a 10GbE environment, and provide the support of Link Aggregation and failover. […]

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Synology FlashStation FS2017 NAS Released

Blazing fast all-flash NAS for intensive I/O applications Synology today launched FlashStation FS2017, a high-performance and scalable NAS designed for enterprise usage. Capable of handling over 90,000 IOPS in 4K random writing, FS2017 is perfect for big data analysis, video post-production, virtualization, and handling any demanding database application that requires high IOPS and low latency at the same time. FS2017 is powered by an 8-core Intel® Xeon® D processor together with 16 Gigabytes of DDR4 ECC RDIMM that is expandable up to 128GB. The cutting-edge hardware delivers high performance and throughput even with multitasking and multiple virtual machines hosted. Four Gigabit ports allow simple plug-and-play into existing RJ45 based networks, ensuring continual network uptime. For higher bandwidth applications, the dual […]

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QNAP Quad-core TS-x53B Series NAS Released

With USB-C QuickAccess and a PCIe Slot for 10GbE, M.2 SSD, or USB 3.1 10Gbps Expandability QNAP® Systems, Inc. today launched the TS-x53B series NAS (available in 2-bay, 4-bay and 6-bay models) with a PCIe expansion slot to meet the growing performance and functional demands from SMB and SOHO users. “The TS-x53B is the first NAS in its class to provide PCIe expansion, which provides fantastic long-term potential for the NAS to be upgraded to include features such as SSD caching and 10GbE connectivity,” said Jason Hsu, Product Manager of QNAP. “For users who seek high productivity and smart workflows, the TS-x53B series offers a compelling choice in big features,” Hsu added. Powered by the 14nm Intel® Celeron® J3455 quad-core […]

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QNAP TVS-1282T3 Thunderbolt 3 NAS Announced

Boosting Media Collaboration between Mac and Windows Users QNAP Systems, Inc. today announced its new powerful Thunderbolt™ 3 NAS – TVS-1282T3 that features 7th Generation Intel® 14nm multi-core processors, four Thunderbolt 3 ports, HDMI output, and higher transfer speeds than its previous generation. Providing superior functionality and huge storage potential, the TVS-1282T3 is a perfect match for the Thunderbolt 3 MacBook Pro®, and is backward-compatible with Thunderbolt 2-enabled devices by using a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 converter. The high-bandwidth Thunderbolt 3 connection provides great advantages for video editing and sharing, making the TVS-1282T3 highly suited for Thunderbolt 3-enabled Mac® and Windows® users for 4K media workflows, file storage, and high-speed sharing. “We are very excited to offer the […]

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Thecus N4910U PRO NAS Series 4-Bay Rackmount Launched

Elite Class Rackmount Storage for SME Thecus Technology Corp. today announced their latest 4-bay N4910U PRO NAS series to the market. These versatile and compact 1U Rackmount units have been designed to deliver growing small and medium-sized businesses uncompromising resilience and high multi-thread performance in their storage. “Today, small and large businesses alike require more robust and highly dependable storage that can support high workloads and heavy user-access. The new N4910U PRO series delivers powerful performance and stalwart reliability while retaining a highly competitive value proposition.” says Florence Shih, General Manager at Thecus Technology Corp. The N4910U PRO series are powered by the Intel® Skylake Xeon 3.3GHz Quad Core Server CPU, 8GB of resilient DDR4 ECC RAM, upgradable to 64GB […]

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QNAP TES-x85U NAS Unveiled

QNAP® Systems, Inc. today released the powerful enterprise-class TES-x85U NAS series, including the 18-bay TES-1885U and the 30-bay TES-3085U. Both models are powered by a high-performance yet energy-saving Intel® Xeon® D processor, and provides the choice of dual OS inside a single rackmount NAS. Users can choose to install the business storage QES operating system or the app-centric QTS operating system based on their needs. The TES-x85U series with QES is the perfect backup storage for the dual-controller Enterprise ZFS NAS (ES1640dc v2). The 12Gb/s SAS-enabled TES-1885U and TES-3085U adopt an advanced 14nm Intel® Xeon® D 64-bit SoC processor with an integrated PCH (6-core and 8-core respectively). Both models have two built-in 10GbE SFP+ ports to natively support 10GbE network […]

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Thecus N6850PLUS TopTower NAS Released

Rackmount performance with tower design. The N6850PLUS to be equipped with the Intel Xeon E3-1225 processor and 4GB of DDR3 RAM. Thecus®Technology Corp. announced today their soon to be released N6850PLUS, an upgraded version of the N6850 that will come equipped with 4 GB of DDR3 RAM (expandable to 32GB) and the Intel® Xeon E3-1225 3.1GHzprocessor, bringing forth improved speed and processing power. This high-performance 6-bay Tower NAS is a premium choice for SMB users with data heavy business environments. The TopTower series The TopTower NAS Series are all 10Gb Ethernet ready and include USB 3.0 slots to eliminate possible bottlenecks. Featuring HDMI output, touch panel convenience, 10GBASE-T, this series is ideal for heavy data management utilizing transfer speeds of […]

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Thecus N7770 and N8880U NAS Released

Elite class business NAS Thecus Technolog y Corp. today announced the availability of the 7-bay, N7770 and 8-bay, N8880U NAS to the market. These latest additions to Thecus’ line of SMB/Enterprise NAS deliver high-performance, resilience, and a wide range of industry-class solutions that handle the rigorous mission critical storage needs of businesses. “Today’s growing businesses require robust and highly dependable storage that can fulfill day to day operations, while being able to adapt to unforeseen business circumstances. The N7770 and N8880-U deliver powerful performance, stalwart reliability with outstanding value.” said Florence Shih, General Manager at Thecus Technology Corp. Powered by the Intel® Core-i3 2120 3.3GHz dual-core p rocessor and 8GB of DDR3 ECC RAM are compatible with the latest high […]

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Thecus N12910 NAS Unveiled

The N12910 brings amplified processing power and speed to NAS storage Thecus Technology Corp, today unveiled their new enterprise-level NAS, the N12910. This 12-bay rackmount is the first to bring the Skylake Intel processor and next-generation RAM to the Thecus product range. Offering enhanced processing power and speed, alongside all the functionality and reliability that is synonymous with Thecus’ enterprise-level NAS, this rackmount provides a powerful solution to tackle even the most intricate business storage requirements. “Thecus is once again at the forefront of technology, the addition of this next generation hardware into the Thecus product line allows businesses to access their secured data faster, with greater reliability and robustness. The N12910 delivers Thecus NAS users with a superior choice […]

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QNAP Enterprise ZFS ES1640dc NAS Introduced

Featuring Intel Xeon E5 Dual Active Controllers for Near-zero Downtime Reliable Services QNAP® Systems, Inc. today announced the official release of the Enterprise ZFS NAS ES1640dc – a whole-new product line for mission-critical tasks and intensive virtualization applications. Representing a milestone for QNAP’s step into the enterprise storage market, the ES1640dc delivers business-class cloud computing data storage with Intel® Xeon® E5 processors, dual active controllers, and full support for virtualization environments. The ES1640dc runs the new FreeBSD-based QES operating system that assists businesses in building the most cost-efficient VDI platform and storage for critical data with near-limitless snapshots, block-level data deduplication, and thin provisioning with reclaim. The ES1640dc is powered by Intel® Xeon® E5-2420 v2 processors with 32GB RAM and […]

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WD Pro Series My Passport Wireless Pro Wi-Fi Mobile Storage and My Cloud Pro Series NAS Launched

My Passport Wireless Pro and My Cloud Pro Together Provide Fast, Reliable Back-up and Transfer While on a Remote Shoot or in the Studio Western Digital Corporation (“Western Digital”) (NASDAQ: WDC), a global storage technology and solutions leader, today introduced the WD Pro Series: My Passport® Wireless Pro Wi-Fi® mobile storage and My Cloud® Pro Series network attached storage (NAS). Designed specifically for the creative community, the WD Pro Series enables seamless transfer of content between devices, with classic WD reliability and speed, regardless of whether users are on a remote shoot, in the studio or editing at home. The products use the My Cloud mobile app – the new version of the app will be launched with the My […]

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ASUSTOR ADM 3.0 OS and CMS Lite NAS Unveiled

At Computex 2016, ASUSTOR is exhibiting 5 brand new enterprise-class quad-core flagship models in the AS6208T, AS6210T, AS6204RD/RS and AS6212RD; Brand new ADM 3.0 operating system featuring customizable widgets, grouping function and system notification board; Enhanced multimedia functions and new CMS Lite for Surveillance Center. ASUSTOR Inc., a leading innovator and provider of network storage solutions, has unveiled 5 new enterprise-class flagship models for the coming year at Computex 2016 in Taipei. These new models include the 8-bay AS6208T and 10-bay AS6210T tower models along with the 4-bay AS6204RD, 4-bay AS6204RS and 12-bay AS6212RD rackmount models. These 5 models all come equipped with the newest generation of Intel quad-core processors, expandable memory, and a rich variety of I/O interfaces, providing […]

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Synology DiskStation DS916+ NAS Announced

Built for professionals’ rapidly growing needs, delivering powerful productivity with flexible scalability Synology® Inc. today launched DS916+, a 4-bay scalable NAS designed for professionals and growing businesses. Powered by a quad-core CPU, DS916+ performs high-speed computing and data encryption tasks. With flexible scalability up to 9 drives, DS916+ is able to handle rapidly growing storage capacity needs. Equipped with DiskStation Manager (DSM) 6.0 and versatile add-on packages, users are able to perform seamless file syncing and sharing, productive collaboration, and smooth disaster recovery on DS916+. DS916+ delivers outstanding performance exceeding 225 MB/s reading and 221 MB/s writing. When transferring encrypted data, DS916+ also achieves 225 MB/s reading and 209 MB/s writing and can handle a wide range of computing tasks […]

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Western Digital My Cloud EX2 Ultra NAS Introduced

New My Cloud EX2 Ultra Delivers High Performance with Up to 12 TB Capacity Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC), a world leader in connected storage solutions, today updated its prosumer solutions with My Cloud EX2 Ultra, a high-performance, two-bay network attached storage (NAS) system. The My Cloud EX2 Ultra NAS is designed from the ground up for creative professionals and prosumers that need to automatically sync content across computers, easily share files and folders and enjoy multiple backup options so they can create their own personalized digital library with ease. “We know our My Cloud users, especially creative professionals, need comprehensive solutions as digital storage needs continue to soar as well as the need for ongoing streaming capability,” said Jim […]

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Synology DiskStation DS216+ NAS Unveiled

Efficient storage solution ensuring data availability and high-quality video transcoding Synology® Inc. today launched the DiskStation DS216+. The high-performance 2-bay NAS server is aimed at home and small office users who want an efficient and secure storage solution to protect and share data, while enjoying on-the-fly video transcoding. “With a powerful NAS storage solution, small offices gain access to high-speed file sharing, application serving, and online collaboration. Home users can also transcode and stream high quality video to all of their devices. The DS216+ is designed exactly for these functions. Our users have high expectations, and the DS216+ shows our commitment to meeting our users’ needs,” said Jones Tsai, hardware design director of Synology Inc. Equipped with an Intel® Celeron® […]

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QNAP Quad-Core TS-x53A Series NAS Debuts

IoT-centric QTS-Linux Combo NAS with Hardware-accelerated Encryption & Transcoding with 4K UHD HDMI output QNAP® Systems, Inc. today announced the release of the TS-x53A series – the world’s first QTS-Linux dual system NAS. Powered by an 14nm Intel® Celeron® N3150 quad-core 1.6GHz processor with hardware encryption acceleration, and Intel 8th generation HD Graphics, the TS-x53A series provides 4K UHD HDMI output, 4K H.264 video hardware-accelerated transcoding & playback, snapshots for multiple recovery points, integrated virtualization and container support. The TS-x53A series can provide a secure private cloud environment for file backup and sharing, and with the new Linux Station it can act as a great base for Internet of Things (IoT) application and developments. The TS-x53A series is available in […]

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QNAP TS-x53A Series NAS Announced

The beginning of a new era The TS-453A features Intel® AES-NI hardware-accelerated encryption engine to drive transfer speeds of up to 412 MB/s with AES 256-bit encryption for both full NAS volume and shared folders, boosting system performance & security while ensuring the safety of sensitive business data stored in the TS-x53A. Restore files with Snapshot QNAP’s Whole Volume/LUN Snapshot Technology records the status of files using the Copy on Write mechanism. This helps in recovering files to a previously saved state in case of accidental deletion or modification. You can take snapshots for both volumes and LUN (up to 256 snapshots per volume or LUN and maximum 1024 snapshots per NAS ), efficiently replicate volume/LUN snapshots via Snapshot Replica […]

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Synology DiskStation DS716+ NAS Released

The ideal NAS server for growing businesses Synology® Inc. today announced the release of DS716+, an encryption-oriented, scalable, 2-bay NAS server powered by a quad-core CPU and Btrfs file system. DS716+ is aimed at SMB in need of a reliable, high-efficient storage and application server. “The DS716+ delivers performance and enterprise storage features in a 2-bay compact server, that meet the needs for growing small businesses at an affordable price. It provides a scalable storage solution, high availability to minimize business downtime, and stellar encryption performance. This is what makes the DS716+ the ideal choice for small business,” said Franklin Hua, product manager at Synology Inc. Coming with 2GB of RAM, two Gigabit LAN ports, and a quad-core 1.6GHz CPU, […]

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QNAP TS-x63U Series NAS Launched

QNAP® Systems, Inc. today announced the new business-class AMD-powered quad-core TS-x63U series NAS; available in 4, 8 and 12-bay models with single and redundant power supply options. The TS-x63U series provides 10GbE network connectivity with its single-port SFP+ network adapter, and supports bridging 1GbE devices to a 10GbE network with its four built-in GbE interfaces. Coupled with an AES-NI hardware-accelerated encryption engine, SSD cache support, and flexible scalability; the TS-x63U series is ideal for SMBs looking for backup, restoration, virtualization storage, private cloud, and to future-proof their IT infrastructure for 10GbE networks. The TS-x63U series is powered by an advanced 64-bit AMD Embedded G-Series quad-core 2.0GHz SoC processor with 4GB DDR3L RAM (upgradable to 16GB) and features four 1GbE LAN […]

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Thecus N7770-10G and N8880U-10G NAS Launched

Elite class business NAS Featuring 10GbE and High Availability Thecus Technology Corp. today announced the launch of the next generation 7-bay, N7770-10G and 8-bay, N8880U-10G NAS. The newest additions to Thecus’ line of SMB/Enterprise NAS deliver high-performance, resilience, and a wide range of industry-class solutions that are able to handle the rigorous mission critical storage needs of businesses. “Innovation has been and continues to be at the very pinnacle of our success at Thecus,” said Florence Shih, CEO at Thecus Technology Corp. “Today’s growing businesses require a complete storage solution that can fulfill day to day operations and adapt to unforeseen circumstances and new innovations. With cutting-edge hardware, a comprehensive set of data management features, and attractive price points, these […]

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Thecus N5810PRO NAS With Built-in Mini-UPS Announced

Inclusive UPS battery ensures protection against unforeseen power outages Many electronic devices, including network-attached storage (NAS), are not designed to have their power supply suddenly cut. Unforeseen circumstances that result in power outages can cause data loss that could set back your business operations significantly. To prevent such events from occurring with the Thecus N5810PRO, a built-in mini-UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) has been included with the unit. The mini-UPS battery provides emergency power if the main power source where to fail. In the event of a power failure the mini-UPS will stand by for approximately 30 seconds (dependent on services in operation). If power is restored within this time frame, the NAS will continue at its normal state. If power […]

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QNAP TS-563 NAS Unveiled

Powerful, Reliable, Scalable The TS-563 is the most affordable 10GbE ready NAS built for data backup, file sharing, virtualization applications. The TS-563 delivers up to 819 MB/s sequential read throughput with one 10GbE configuration. The TS-563’s hardware-accelerated encryption engine provides unmatched encryption performance in its class, up to 435 MB/s with AES-256 bit full NAS volume encryption, boosting system performance & security while ensuring the safety of sensitive business data stored in the TS-563. Cross-Platform File Share The TS-563 supports SMB/CIFS, NFS, and AFP protocols for file sharing across Windows, Mac, Linux/UNIX network. The Windows AD and LDAP services enable system administrators to configure user permissions by using an existing Windows AD server, LDAP server or built-in LDAP service. Comprehensive […]

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ASUSTOR 61 Series NAS to Debut at Computex 2015

Designed with businesses and prosumers in mind, the 61 series devices feature powerful hardware that allows for superior hardware encryption performance and 2K/4K multimedia applications. Taipei, Taiwan, June 2nd, 2015 – ASUSTOR Inc., a leading innovator and provider of network storage solutions, has unveiled its new NAS products for the coming year at Computex 2015 in Taipei, at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, 4th floor, booth N1103a, along with exhibiting a lineup of NAS devices created for user segments ranging from personal and home to prosumer and enterprise. From integrated virtual storage to digital home entertainment, ASUSTOR is focused on creating versatile, secure, intuitive and multi-functional cloud storage that can meet the demands of the current digital revolution. ASUSTOR will […]

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