QNAP TS-509 Pro Turbo NAS Review

Specifications:

Model Number	TS-509 Pro
Hardware Version	N/A
Firmware Version	2.1.1 Build 0122T
External Interface	10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Port x 2
Jumbo Frame Support	Not Supported
Additional Ports	USB 2.0 x 5 (4 rear, 1 front)  1 x eSATA port
HDD Size	5 x 3.5" SATA Drives (not included)
Drive Capacity	Up to 1.0TB drive
CPU	Intel Celeron Processor 1.6GHz
Memory	1GB DDRII RAM
Flash	128MB
SATA Controller	Marvell 88SE6145 x 2
NIC	Broadcom BCM5787 x 2
OS	Linux 2.6.24
File System	EXT3
HDD Configuration	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 5 +spare, JBOD, Standard
Power Supply	Internal 250W
Cooling	120mm fan
Dimensions	261.1(D) x 188.5(W) x 261.1(H) mm  10.28(D) x 7.42(W) x 10.28(H) inch
Weight	7.0Kg/ 15.43lb
OS Requirement	Microsoft Windows 98/ ME/ NT/ 2000/ XP/ 2003/ Vista  Mac OS X, Mac OS X Linux and Unix
Regulatory  Certification	FCC Class B, CE Class B
Warranty	1 year limited

 

Features:

Powerful All-in-one server

File server

• File sharing across Windows/ Mac/ Linux/ Unix and centralized management

FTP server

• Support data access from remote location via FTP (max. 256 concurrent connections)
• FTP with SSL/ TLS (explicit) mode
• FXP supported
• FTP bandwidth control and connection control
• Passive FTP port range control

Backup server

• QNAP client-side backup software - NetBak Replicator Supports instant, schedule, and auto-sync backup
• 3rd party backup software support: Acronis True Image, CA Brightstor, ARCserve Backup, EMC Retrospect, Symantec Backup Exec, LaCie Silverkeeper

Printer server

• Network printer sharing via USB (support Windows & Mac platform)
• Support all-in-one printer (max. 3 sets)

Remote Replication

• Block-level remote replication supports instant, schedule backup management; support synchronization mode

Web Server

• Built-in phpMyAdmin, built-in Joomla!, editable php.ini, SQLite and MySQL dual support

MySQL Server

• Support MySQL database server

UPnP Media Server (built-in TwonkyMedia)

• Support UPnP/ DLNA multimedia technology; share stored photos and home videos on TV, listen to music on Hi-Fi system via DMP
• Enjoy more than hundreds of worldwide Internet radio (built-in TwonkyMedia)
• Support media playing with PS3, Xbox360, PSP game consoles

iTunes Server

• iTunes server for music sharing on your network
• Support Smart Playlist for iTunes software

Multimedia Station

• Image slide show and rotation (+90°, -90°)
• Display photo details: date, exposure time, aperture, etc
• Automatic thumbnail generation for easy browsing
• Photo album access authority management
• Multimedia files (video and audio) local playing
• Automatic file categorization

Download Station

• Support PC-less BitTorrent/ FTP/ HTTP download
• QNAP remote download control software: QGet (Windows / Mac), allows you to control the download tasks of multiple Turbo NAS on one PC via LAN/ WAN
• BitTorrent download supports TCP/ UDP, DHT
• BT schedule download supported
• Support BT tasks download (up to 500)
• Download configuration (current seed number, configurable port range, bandwidth control, download percentage, UPnP NAT port forwarding for BitTorrent download)
• Download status list management (download percentage)

Software Specifications

• Operation System - Linux-embedded system
• Networking - TCP/IP, DHCP Client, DHCP Server, CIFS/SMB, AFP, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, DDNS, NTP
• Failover
• Load-balancing
• Multi-IP setting

Dual Gigabit LAN

• Failover: In case one of the LAN network fails, the packets sent to the NAS will be handled by the other LAN interface.
• Load-balancing: Link aggregation is supported to increase the transfer speed
• Multi-IP setting: The NAS can serve different network groups in two different subnets.

File System

• EXT3 (Internal/ external HDD)
• FAT (External HDD)
• NTFS (External HDD)

Supported Operating Systems

• Microsoft® Windows® 98/ ME/ NT/ 2000/ XP/ 2003/ Vista
• Mac OS X
• Linux and Unix

Disk Management

• Single disk, RAID 0 (Disk Stripping), RAID 1 (Disk Mirroring), RAID 5, RAID 5+ Hot spare, RAID 6, and JBOD (Linear Disk Volume)
• Multiple RAID
• Online RAID Capacity Expansion
• Online RAID Level Migration
• Disk usage status management
• Check disk (Check Linux file system)
• HDD S.M.A.R.T.
• Bad blocks scan
• Support PC-less RAID setup via LCD panel for the first time installation
• AES 256-bit volume-based encryption
• Built-in iSCSI target service

User Management

• User quota management (per user)
• Windows AD support
• User account management (max. 4,096 users)
• User group management (max. 512 groups)
• Support batch creating users

File System Management

• Network share management (max. 512 shares)
• Share folder level ACL support
• Hide share folder on Windows network
• Unicode support
• Journaling file system
• Web File Manager

System Tools

• E-mail alert (SMTP authentication)
• SMS alert notification
• HDD standby mode
• Disk usage alert
• Automatic power on after power loss
• QPKG add-on firmware supported
• System firmware upgrade
• Change homepage logo
• Backup, restore, reset system settings
• Smart fan setting
• Configurable management port
• Policy-based unauthorized IP blocking
• Secure remote login by SSH connection; remote login by Telnet connection
• USB, SNMP UPS support
• LCD control panel for easy 3 steps installation
• Wake on LAN service
• Schedule on/ off service (max. 15 settings)
• Network recycle bin

LCD

• PC-less RAID configuration for the first time setup
• When the system is ready, users can check or configure the IP settings, physical disk info, volume info, system info, shut down or reboot the NAS, etc.

Event Logs

• Complete system logs (file level): system events management, connection logs, current connection of on-line users

Multilingual Support

• English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, and Polish

Backup Management

• PC-client backup software-NetBak Replicator: Instant/ Schedule/ Auto-sync backup
• Remote Replication support Rsync
• Encrypted remote replication
• One touch USB copy for different destination folders
• Backup to external storage device

 

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