QNAP TS-459 Pro+ 4-bay Turbo NAS

TS-459 Pro+ houses up to four 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch SATA hard disk drives, incorporates Intel® Atom™ 1.8GHz dual core processor and 1GB memory, and is capable of delivering ultra high performance, reliability, and lower power consumption during intensive data transfers. The NAS is an efficient and powerful business storage center with advanced iSCSI services, cross-platform data sharing, and all-in-one server applications. With VMware® Ready™ and Citrix® Ready™ certification, and proven compatibility with Microsoft Hyper-V environment, the NAS is an ideal shared storage solution in the virtualized and clustered environment.

The Most Affordable and Flexible Virtualization Solution
TS-459 Pro+ is certified as compatible with VMware® vSphere4 (ESX 4.0 and above) and Citrix® XenServer virtualization platforms, and is also compliant with Windows 2008 Failover Cluster. The NAS can be utilized as the network shared storage of VMware, Citrix virtualization environments and Windows clustered servers. Comparing with traditional SAN (Storage Area Network), the NAS is a competitive alternative with much lower setup and maintenance costs in an IP SAN.

Feature-rich and Integrated Applications for Business
The NAS supports file sharing across Windows, Mac, Linux, and UNIX platforms. Versatile business applications such as file server, FTP server, printer server, web server, and Windows AD (Active Directory) support are provided. The dominant features, such as WebDAV, Share Folder Aggregation (also known as DFS), IPv6 and IPv4 dual-stack, Wake on LAN, schedule power on/ off, HDD S.M.A.R.T, comprehensive log systems, and policy-based unauthorized IP blocking are all included.

New iSCSI for Virtualization Deployments

Turbo NAS provides flexible and secure storage server deployment with the following enhanced iSCSI features:

• NAS + iSCSI storage solution
• Flexible multiple LUNs management
• Secure IP SAN environment deployment
• Designed for virtualized and clustered environments

Storage Expansion by Virtual Disk Drive (VDD)

The NAS supports flexible storage expansion by stacking other iSCSI targets on the network via its built-in iSCSI initiator. The connected iSCSI targets are turned into "virtual disk drives" of the NAS to provide more storage capacity.

Superior Performance and Energy-saving Design

The NAS delivers superior performance and high reliability for critical business applications. It is optimized to achieve low noise and low power consumption for environment protection.

• Wake on LAN -Enable this option to power on Turbo NAS remotely by Wake on LAN.
• HDD Stand-by Mode- Save power consumption by enabling this option to make HDD enter stand-by mode if there is no access within the specific period.
• Scheduled Power On/Off - You can create schedules to automatically turn on, turn off, or restart the NAS. Up to 15 schedules can bet set.
• Abundant Business Features- Turbo NAS provides diversified server applications in the business environment.