14 DAY TRIAL // Taiwan's QNAP Systems, one of the world's leading vendors of NAS servers, NVR video surveillance systems, network-based video players, has announced today the debut of its new line of Turbo NAS servers, designed to take advantage of the latest Intel Atom dual-core processor, codenamed Pineview. The four new storage solutions have also been certified as compatible with VMWare's vSphere4 (ESX 4.0) virtualization platform.
"QNAP's new Business Series Turbo NAS servers really mean business" Richard Lee, president of QNAP Systems, Inc. "This new series provides businesses of all sizes a solid foundation for their network storage needs and a host of business-critical applications," Mr. Lee added.
The new lineup, which includes the TS-259 Pro, TS-459 Pro, TS-659 Pro and TS-859 Pro models, has been designed to provide the performance enabled by combining a dual-core Atom D510 processor (1.6GHz) with 1GB of DDR2 RAM. The smallest of the series, the TS-259 Pro offers support for only two 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch SATA hard drives, while the TS-859 Pro model can be equipped with up to eight such drives.
"Businesses of all sizes require feature-rich NAS systems with scalability and interoperability to effectively manage data across the network," said Seth Bobroff, general manager, Intel Data Center Group – Storage. "The Intel Atom processor D510 provides a flexible architecture for QNAP to deliver a series of NAS systems that optimize performance and energy efficiency in this class of systems."
Designed for small-businesses, the new Turbo NAS series also comes featured with the aforementioned VMware vSphere4 certification, support for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, iSCSI, IPv6, as well as support for Apple Time Machine. The new storage solutions are expected to become available in the coming weeks for prices ranging from US$599 to US$1,499, starting with the smaller TS-259 Pro and going up to the TS-859, respectively.