Brand of the year 2013 - PC-WELT (Germany) (2013/7/22)
1st place: Brand of the Year, 2013, Home/SOHO NAS Category 1st place: Brand of the Year, 2013, SMB NAS Category 1st place: Technology-winning, 2013, Home/SOHO NAS Category 1st place: Technology Winner, 2013, SMB NAS Category
QNAP TS-209 gained yearly awad at Place #13(2009/01/06)
Definitely not list sexiest feature. But an essential component in the digital Hemmer. Qnap has made this year's best NAS. A Nas is not the digital home most obvious product, but completely indispensable for anyone who wants to keep its media collection both safe, spacious and environmentally friendly. The high list placement is our tribute to all the faithful, unsung backup rescuers out there. Qnaps WHOPPER have two counter seats plus usb and every feature you may need, including dlna-certification and the torrent client.
Brand of the year 2013 - PC-WELT (Germany) (2013/7/22)
1st place: Brand of the Year, 2013, Home/SOHO NAS Category 1st place: Brand of the Year, 2013, SMB NAS Category 1st place: Technology-winning, 2013, Home/SOHO NAS Category 1st place: Technology Winner, 2013, SMB NAS Category
QNAP TS-209 gained yearly awad at Place #13(2009/01/06)
Definitely not list sexiest feature. But an essential component in the digital Hemmer. Qnap has made this year's best NAS. A Nas is not the digital home most obvious product, but completely indispensable for anyone who wants to keep its media collection both safe, spacious and environmentally friendly. The high list placement is our tribute to all the faithful, unsung backup rescuers out there. Qnaps WHOPPER have two counter seats plus usb and every feature you may need, including dlna-certification and the torrent client.
QNAP TS-209 Turbo NAS is the most powerful 2-bay Network Attached Storage (NAS) product designed for SOHO and Home users. TS-209 adopts the latest powerful 500MHz CPU with 128MB DDR II RAM and Gigabit Ethernet design; its ultra-high-speed performance significantly boosts the file sharing speed. Abundant valuable server features are also included, such as advanced auto-sync/schedule/instant backup, cross-platform sharing for Windows and Mac, Web Server of PHP with MySQL and SQLite, RAID 1 mirroring protection with hot-swapping design, encrypted FTP file sharing, encrypted Remote Replication, unique Web File Manager, built-in DDNS, SSL and SSH remote login, etc.. These differentiated designs make TS-209 a perfect choice for SOHO users who need faster performance and useful server features. With its friendly web-based interface, users can easily set up a network system for all sorts of server applications without MIS help.
TS-209 is also designed for home users. You can easily build up a perfect multimedia storage center for backing up and sharing multimedia files with your friends and family. TS-209 provides a lot of attractive server functions, such as iTunes Server, UPnP/ DLNA Media Server (TwonkyMedia) with Internet Radio, Multimedia Station with web-based photo album, BT Download Station, etc..
With the smart fan and excellent mechanical design by hard disk drive bracket to make wind tunnel effect, TS-209 is with the best heat dissipation. TS-209 can run 24x7, 365 days for all applications and keep hard disk drive temperature under 50°C. Supporting two 3.5” SATA drives up to 2TB large storage capacity, QNAP TS-209 Turbo NAS is no doubt a smart choice for SOHO and home users.
Brand new user Interface available
Powerful 12-in-1 NAS Server
File Server The principle purpose of file server is for data storage and sharing. Data security and access management are the major concerns of most users. The Turbo NAS allows server manager to create user ID and password, and define the authority and quota for each user. Thus, personal data stored on the Turbo NAS is well protected.
FTP Server Having troubles with sending large files by e-mail due to the limited capacity? You can establish your own FTP server by using the Turbo NAS. You can manage the access authority of the FTP server and share your files with your friends or customers easily in a few steps.
Backup Server QNAP's Turbo NAS brings you the enterprise-class technology to make backup extremely simple and efficient! The intelligent automatic backup software, NetBak Replicator, is provided for users to perform real-time synchronization or schedule backup from multiple PCs to the Turbo NAS.
Encrypted Remote Replication Encrypted remote replication provides high level of data protection. Files can be backed up from the Turbo NAS to other QNAP NAS products in remote locations. Advanced options including data compression, block-level incremental backup, and data synchronization are supported to optimize the bandwidth and time for data backup.
Web Server with Built-in phpMyAdmin, Joomla! With the built-in phpMyAdmin, Joomla!, MySQL and SQLite, SOHO and home users can easily set up their own web server. With the editable php.ini support, there is no need of going through all the hassles of setting up a web server. You can either develop programs by yourself or download a variety of open-sourced applications, such as online shops, forums, blogs, etc.
MySQL Server The Turbo NAS is the most affordable choice as a standalone database server for system integrators. It can be flexibly applied in various deployments such as a database server of another web server in remote site or as an additional backup database server to achieve system redundancy.
Printer Server You can share your printer device over the network by simply connecting a USB printer (max. 3 sets) to the Turbo NAS's USB port and enabling the printer sharing function.
UPnP Media Server (with built-in TwonkyMedia Server) The Turbo NAS is a perfect media storage center and works well with UPnP/ DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) compliant DMA. You can use the Turbo NAS and the DMP to play the digital image or video on TV or listen to music or Internet radio without using any PC. The upgrade in DLNA TwonkyMedia version 4.4.5 on QNAP NAS supports the most popular DivX video streaming to and playing by Sony PS3. The music, image, and video sharing function of PS3 on the network is further exerted. The high compatibility, energy-saving and reliable features have made QNAP NAS the first choice for setting up the digital home multimedia centre.
Photo Sharing Now you can share photos with your family and friends by the Turbo NAS. By uploading your photos to the Turbo NAS, the server automatically generates a web-based photo album with thumbnails and details, such as date, resolution, focal length, and aperture. You can browse and share the digital photos in a convenient way!
Download Station The Turbo NAS serves as a continuous download machine without turning on your PC. The Turbo NAS supports download through BT, FTP, and HTTP. For BT download, brand-new BT Engine is embedded with the Turbo NAS. Users will enjoy the super high speed through TCP/ UDP, and encrypted BT download function. Meanwhile, DHT (Distributed Hash Tables) is also supported.
iTunes Server Music fans and Apple enthusiasts will be certainly rocked by the coolest music-sharing feature of the Turbo NAS! All your MP3 music can be collectively stored and streamed to Mac or Windows PC. It supports the playlist which users can just turn on the iTunes program and enjoy all the music around your home network!
Surveillance Station The Surveillance Station enables users to configure and connect two IP cameras simultaneously and remotely manage the functions, including real time monitoring, recording, and playback by IE browser over the Internet. Users can flexibly define the recording settings: continuous recording, motion-detection recording, and schedule recording according to their security plan. All the files are stored in AVI format with time stamp, users can easily search and play the files by Windows Media Player.
The most comprehensive support for numerous brands of IP cameras The Surveillance Station of QNAP NAS supports all the leading network camera brands such as AXIS, D-Link, IPUX, LevelOne, Linksys, Panasonic and Vivotek etc. By using particular models, users can use two-way video and audio monitoring and recording, and smart PTZ control to control the monitoring direction via the web interface. Each of the supported cameras has been put through stringent tests with the NAS series in QNAP's laboratory to guarantee 100% compatibility and reliability with all these camera brands.
Software expansion via QPKG Center The QPKG software package platform enables the users to maximize the usage of Turbo NAS by installing additional software packages developed from the users and community worldwide. This can be done by simple "download & install" clicking without going through any complicated process.
RAID-1 Mirroring with Hot-swap Design The Turbo NAS supports RAID 1 Mirroring for non-stop service and easy maintenance. When data crash occurs, the administrator can be alerted by e-mail alarm and LED indication. The hard disk drive can be replaced by hot swapping without turning off the server. The intelligent data rebuilding capability allows users to replace a failed drive by hot-swap. This enables automatic data rebuilding to the new drive without suffering from any system downtime.
S.M.A.R.T & Advanced HDD Health Scanning (HHS) The Turbo NAS supports Hard Disk Drive S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) which enables users to monitor the status of hard disk drive and check the potential problems. This tool helps to prevent the unexpected failure of hard disk and avoid critical data loss. Moreover, the NAS is embedded with HHS Technology which supports disk checking and bad blocks scanning.
Comprehensive Event Log System Logs of connections to the NAS via samba, FTP, AFP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, and SSH, and network services accessed by online users are all recorded. Server managers can monitor the status of the NAS closely.
Sharing files across Windows and Mac The Turbo NAS is specially designed for different users to share the files across Window and Mac environment.
Secure data storage, access, and sharing Personal data stored on the Turbo NAS is well protected: Server manager can create user ID and password, and define the authority and quota of each user.
IP filter control: Users can allow or deny specified IP connections to the Turbo NAS.
SSL Security (HTTPS): The Turbo NAS can be accessed and configured by web browser securely.
Remote login your Turbo NAS by SSH (secure shell) or Telnet connection.
Secure FTP: Share and transmit your data over SSL/TLS (Explicit) encryption. Passive FTP port range setup is also supported.
Smart FTP policy control: The maximum number of all FTP connections and a single account can be configured.
Encrypted remote replication: Data on the Turbo NAS can be backed up to another QNAP NAS over the Internet securely.
UPS Support The key function of UPS is to provide the power for a period of time during power failure. TS-209 II supports both APC and MGE UPS devices which help users store the data in time and avoid critical data loss when power outage occurs during data transfer.
Share Folder Management Server Managers can hide or show certain folders in the directories for some security reasons while creating the folders for the first time.
One touch USB auto copy When a USB device such as digital camera, digital camcorder, or pen drive is connected to the front panel USB port, data in the USB device can be backed up to the Turbo NAS automatically by simply pressing the USB copy button. In the meantime, an external storage device can be connected to the Turbo NAS via USB port for alternative data backup.
Web File Manager The Turbo NAS provides Web File Manager for you to easily download, upload, and manage the files on the server by web browser.
Remote management of download tasks on multiple Turbo NAS The powerful P2P download management software QGet provided with QNAP's Turbo NAS series. QGet can be installed on any Windows computers for users to simultaneously manage BT, FTP, and HTTP download tasks of multiple Turbo NAS servers.
Network Recycle Bin Can you imagine if you delete an important file on the NAS by mistake and lose it forever? You don't need to worry now! The files deleted from the network shares of the Turbo NAS will be moved to a particular recycle bin folder. You can restore your data anytime in case of unintended file deletion.
Built-in DDNS support The Turbo NAS supports dynamic DNS (DDNS). You can register a unique domain name from a DDNS service provider and assign it to your Turbo NAS. There is no more need to remember a lengthy IP address!
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