Storage Plug & Play
Expanding storage capacity on desktop PC can be troublesome when it comes to installing additional hard drives or build an iSCSI SAN. Now the Windows version of QNAP Finder provides a convenient way to expand desktop computer or server storage capacity by connecting to the Turbo NAS and mapping a network drive or a Virtual Disk.
Creating a network drive
A network drive is a shared storage on another computer over the network associated with a local drive letter (A through Z). By creating a shared folder on the Turbo NAS and mapping it as a network drive, users can use it as an additional drive and store files on it as it is a local drive.
A shared folder can be accessed by anyone with proper privileges; it’s ideal for team collaboration.
Creating a Virtual Disk
Compared with a network drive, the QNAP Virtual Disk adopts iSCSI technology to provide the same convenience but more privacy while a Virtual Disk can only be used by a single user. The QNAP Finder provides an easy way to create and connect to a Virtual Disk. Behind the process the QNAP Finder actually creates an iSCSI target and ISCSI LUN, and then connects it as a local drive. These steps usually require advanced IT knowledge, and now they are all simplified with only few clicks.
