QTS 4.2 FINAL PART 1

QNAP just released the final 4.2 version of their QTS so although we had been testing the TS-453Mini for a month we decided to perform the entire review on this version. As you can see the login screen this time over has a lot more pictures than previous versions (home configuration).

The GUI screen is revamped and looks great as always with pretty much everything you need located at the main screen. The very detailed resource monitor can once again be accessed from the lower left corner while a drop down start-like menu can be accessed from the top left corner.

As always everything goes through the control panel of the QTS.

Via the System Settings menu you can set the name for the server, adjust time, set a password, change the codepage, adjust the login screen, specify your location, adjust the network IP, play around with power options, set notifications, check the state of the installed drives, create RAID and Virtual drives, setup cache acceleration (via SSD), enable/disable security settings, configure the speed of the fan, backup and restore NAS data, configure external devices, check hardware information, setup backup options, access external device settings, check the logs and of course perform firmware updates.

The Privilege Settings tab is very basic and allows you to create new users, assign those users to groups, setup shared folders, set specific quotas for each user and configure domain security.

From within the Network Services menu you will find everything network-related including FTP settings, Telnet service settings and service discovery settings. You can also setup/configure the Qsync Central Station v2.0 which allows you to have your files synced between the NAS and your other internet capable devices at all times.

In order to use some of the installed stations you will need to enable them from within the Applications tab.