14 DAY TRIAL // Intel's new generation of Atom processors has already made its way into a range of new products, including portable PCs, desktops or storage-related solutions. On that note, Taiwan-based QNAP Systems, a manufacturer of NAS devices and NVR Video Surveillance Systems, announced today the launch of its new Turbo NAS solutions with the introduction of the TS-239 PRO II and the TS-439 Pro II models. Designed to deliver a choice for a 2-drive and 4-drive NAS server, the new models have been featured with Intel's latest single-core Atom D410 processor.
“QNAP's new TS-239 Pro II and TS-439 Pro II models fill an important niche between our ultra high performance Business Series models and our lower performance models” said Laurent Cheng, product manager of QNAP Systems, Inc. “These two new models offer the horsepower of the single-core Intel Atom D410 CPU with all the business applications found in our Business Series at price points that are attractive to SMB and corporate customers.” Mr. Cheng added.
According to the Taiwanese company, the new NAS servers will be shipped with the new NAS management version 3.2 software that will add support for iSCSI service, as well as other features, such as Ipv6 or DFS. In addition, both units will be compatible with VMWare's vSphere4 (ESX 4.0) virtualization platform, providing SMB users with a choice for cloud computing.
The 2-drive model can be equipped with either 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hard drives for a total of 4TB of storage. There are 2 Gigabit ports available, accompanied by 5 USB 2.0 ports and 2 eSATA ports. The same features have been enabled in the TS-439 Pro II model, which can support a total of 8TB of space.
Both units will be available through the company's global commercial distributors, resellers and retailers, with no specific details being available on pricing.
