QNAP^® Systems, Inc. today  officially launched five business-class, SAS-enabled Turbo NAS models,  including TS-EC1679U-SAS-RP and TS-EC1279U-SAS-RP which support  both SAS and SATA 6Gbps hard drives, and the 2.5” high-density SS-EC2479U-SAS-RP,  SS-EC1879U-SAS-RP and SS-EC1279U-SAS-RP. The support  of SAS hard drives increases disk input/output performance and offers high  reliability for data transmission and storage. The new models offer storage  expansion port(s) allowing seamless capacity expansion with QNAP RAID expansion  enclosures to easily  fulfill mission-critical storage needs of small and medium businesses, with persistent throughput  to balance resource-demanding applications.   

The new SAS-enabled models are equipped with a Quad-Core  Intel^® Xeon^®   3.4GHz processor  with 8GB DDR3 ECC RAM, feature 10GbE-ready network connectivity, and support  SSD caching to greatly boost  IOPS performance, perfect for improving overall  workflow of IOPS-demanding applications such as virtualization and data center  deployment. “The new SAS-enabled  Turbo NAS models support enterprise-level SAS hard drives that will greatly  satisfy performance-demanding businesses," said David Tsao, product manager  of QNAP. “The new models also support lower cost high-capacity SATA hard drives for large data  archiving and high-speed, high stability SSDs for I/O-intensive operations.  With the new SAS-enabled Turbo NAS, businesses can enjoy great flexibility in  hard drive selection.”   

The new models feature high scalability,  supporting online capacity expansion by connecting multiple QNAP RAID expansion  enclosures (REXP-1600U-RP and REXP-1200U-RP) to expand the total storage to over 400TB  raw capacity in order to meet increasing data requirements. With  this flexibility, businesses can gradually expand their storage on demand and  therefore have more control over storage deployment.   

Being certified by major virtualization solutions in the market, the SAS-enabled Turbo NAS models are proven to be reliable storage units for server  virtualization. They support VMware^® vSphere™  5.1 and Citrix^® XenServer™, and  are compatible with Microsoft^® Hyper-V™ and Windows  Server 2012. The support of VMware  VAAI, QNAP vSphere Client plug-in, Microsoft ODX, and QNAP SMI-S provider further  enhances the efficiency of operations and management in  virtualization applications.   

The new models offer flexible backup and recovery solutions. Windows and Mac  users can use the QNAP NetBak Replicator utility and Apple Time Machine  respectively to easily back up data. Disaster recovery solutions include Real-time  Remote Replication (RTRR) for real-time or scheduled data replication and backup  to cloud storage including Amazon^® S3, ElephantDrive^®,  Symform^® and Google^® Drive.  Third-party backup software such as Veeam^® Backup &  Replication and Acronis^® True Image are also supported, making  the SAS-enabled Turbo NAS a great foundation to secure valuable business data.   

The cross-platform file sharing for Windows^®, Mac^®,   and Linux/UNIX users makes the new  models ideal centralized storage solutions for  SMBs with a large number of users. The Windows AD and LDAP directory services  greatly save IT administrators time and effort in account  setup. The Windows ACL (Access Control List) feature offers sophisticated  shared folder permission settings that simplifies IT management and privilege  control.   

Key Specs of New Models     

• TS-EC1679U-SAS-RP: 16-drive 3U rackmount unit, Quad-Core Intel^® Xeon^® 3.4 GHz Processor, 8GB DDR3 ECC RAM (expandable to 16GB), 4x Gigabit LAN ports, 10GbE ready (optional purchase), supports 3.5”/2.5” SAS/SATA 6Gbps hard drives/ SSD, hard drives hot-swappable, 2x storage expansion port, 2x PCle expansion slot, 2x USB 3.0 port;   
• TS-EC1279U-SAS-RP: 12-drive 2U rackmount unit, Quad-Core Intel^® Xeon^® 3.4 GHz Processor, 8GB DDR3 RAM (expandable to 16GB), 4x Gigabit LAN ports, 10GbE ready (optional purchase), supports 3.5”/2.5” SAS/SATA 6Gbps hard drives/ SSD, hard drives hot-swappable, 2x storage expansion port, 2x PCle expansion slot, 2x USB 3.0 port;         
• SS-EC2479U-SAS-RP: 24-drive 2U rackmount unit, Quad-Core Intel^® Xeon^® 3.4 GHz Processor, 8GB DDR3 RAM (expandable to 16GB), 4x Gigabit LAN ports, 10GbE ready (optional purchase), supports 2.5” SAS/SATA 6Gbps hard drives/ SSD, hard drives hot-swappable, 1x storage expansion port, 2x PCle expansion slot, 2x USB 3.0 port;
• SS-EC1879U-SAS-RP: 18-drive 2U rackmount unit, Quad-Core Intel^® Xeon^® 3.4 GHz Processor, 8GB DDR3 RAM (expandable to 16GB), 4x Gigabit LAN ports, 10GbE ready (optional purchase), supports 2.5” SAS/SATA 6Gbps hard drives/ SSD, hard drives hot-swappable, 1x storage expansion port, 2x PCle expansion slot, 2x USB 3.0 port;         
• SS-EC1279U-SAS-RP: 12-drive 2U rackmount unit, Quad-Core Intel^® Xeon^® 3.4 GHz Processor, 8GB DDR3 RAM (expandable to 16GB), 4x Gigabit LAN ports, 10GbE ready (optional purchase), supports 2.5” SAS/SATA 6Gbps hard drives/ SSD, hard drives hot-swappable, 1x storage expansion port, 2x PCle expansion slot, 2x USB 3.0 port.

Availability   

The five new SAS-enabled Turbo NAS models  are now available. Learn more about these new models and the rest of the QNAP  Turbo NAS lineup, including where to buy, at www.qnap.com.