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QNAP TurboNAS TS-419P II 4-Bay NAS Review

In general a NAS box is just an external hard drive caddy that is attached to your network rather than by USB or even Firewire. Because of this we can find a whole host of other features and utilities bundled into them giving them the leading edge over the other options available on the market.

Hardware specifications:

CPU	Marvell 2.0GHz
DRAM	512MB DDRIII RAM
Flash Memory	16MB
HDD	4 x 3.5″ SATA II and 4 x 2.5” SATA II HDD/SSD NOTE: Maximum raw capacity: 12TB The system is shipped without HDD. For the HDD compatibility list, please visithttp://www.qnap.com/pro_compatibility.asp
HDD Tray	4 x hot-swappable tray
LAN Port	2 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet port
LED Indicators	STATUS, LAN, USB, eSATA, HDD 1, HDD 2, HDD 3, HDD 4
USB	4 x USB 2.0 port (Front:1 Back: 3) Supports USB printer, disk, pen drive, USB hub, and USB UPS, etc.
eSATA	2 x eSATA port (Back)
Buttons	Power button, USB one-touch-backup button, reset button
LCD panel	Mono-LCD display with backlight and buttons for configuration
Alarm Buzzer	System warning
Form Factor	Tower
Dimensions	177(H) x 180(W) x 235(D) mm 6.97(H) x 7.09(W) x 9.25(D) inch
Weight	Net weight: 3 Kg (6.61 lbs) Gross weight: 4.6 Kg (10.14 lbs)
Power Consumption (W)	Sleep mode: 13W In operation: 26W (with 4 x 500GB HDD installed)
Temperature	0~40˚C/ 32~104°F
Humidity	0~95% R.H.
Sound Level (Standby/In Operation)	35.6 dB/ 36.7 dB
Power Supply	External power adaptor,96W, Input: 100-240V
Secure Design	K-lock security slot for theft prevention
Fan	1 x quiet cooling fan (9 cm, 12V DC)

Software features:

Operating System

Embedded Linux

Supported Operating System

Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista (32/ 64 bit), Windows 7 (32/ 64 bit), Windows Server 2003/ 2008
Apple Mac OS X
Linux & Unix

Supported Web Browsers

Internet Explorer 7 & 8 or later
Firefox 3 or later
Safari 3 & 4 or later
Google Chrome

Multilingual Support

Chinese (Traditional & Simplified), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.

File System

Internal HDD: EXT3, EXT4
External HDD: EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+

Networking

TCP/IP (IPv4 & IPv6: Dual Stack)
Dual Gigabit NICs with Jumbo Frame
Multi-IP Setting, Port Trunking/ NIC Teaming (Modes: Balance-rr, Active Backup, Balance XOR, Broadcast, IEEE 802.3ad/ Link Aggregation, Balance-tlb and Balance-alb.)
DHCP Client, DHCP Server
Protocols: CIFS/SMB, AFP (3.1), NFS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, SSH, iSCSI and SNMP.
Network Service Discovery (UPnP, Bonjour)
USB Wi-Fi 802.11n Adapter Support (Optional Purchase)

Network File Sharing

CIFS/SMB (Plus DFS Support)
AFP
NFS
FTP
WebDAV

Backup Solution

USB One Touch Backup (Import/Export)
Apple Time Machine Support with Backup Management
Block-level Remote Replication
- Work as Both Rsync Server & Client
- Supports Encrypted Replication between QNAP NAS Servers
Back up to External Storage Device
Back up to Cloud Storage (Amazon S3 & ElephantDrive)

Security

IP Filter & Policy-based Automatic IP Blocking
Network Access Protection with Auto-blocking
Encrypted Access: HTTPS, FTP with SSL/TLS (Explicit), SSH/ SFTP (admin only), Encrypted Remote Replication (Rysnc over SSH)
CIFS Host Access Control for Shared Folders
Importable SSL Certificate
Instant Alert via E-mail, SMS
Military-level encryption for external drive (AES-128, AES-192, and AES-256)

Disk Management

Single Disk, JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 5, 5+Hot Spare, 6, 10
Online RAID Capacity Expansion & Online RAID Level Migration
Bad Block Scan & Hard Drive S.M.A.R.T.
Global Hot Spare Drive
RAID Recovery
Bitmap Support
ISO Mount (via Web File Manager & Web Administration)

iSCSI (IP SAN)

iSCSI Target
- Multi-LUNs per Target
- Up to 256 LUNs
- Supports LUN Mapping & Masking
- Supports SPC-3 Persistent Reservation
- Supports MPIO & MC/S
Virtual Disk Drive (via iSCSI Initiator)
- Stack Chaining Master
- Max. Virtual Disk Drives: 8
iSCSI LUN Snapshot/Backup

Power Management

Wake on LAN
Scheduled Power on/off (Max 15 settings)
Automatic Power on after Power Recovery

Access Right Management

Max User Accounts: 4,096
Max Groups: 512
Max. Share Folder: 512
Batch Creating Users
Import/ Export User
User Quota Management
Subfolder Permissions Support
LDAP Directory Service

Windows AD Support

Domain Users Login via CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP and Web File Manager
Supports NTLMv2 Authentication

Web Administration

AJAX-based User Interface
HTTP/HTTPS Connections
Alert Notification (Email & SMS)
Windows Live Messenger Notification
Smart Fan Control
DDNS & MyCloudNAS Remote Access
SNMP (v2 & v3)
UPS Support with SNMP Management (USB)
Supports Network UPS
Resource Monitor
Network Recycle Bin for CIFS/SMB and AFP
Comprehensive Logs (Events & Connection)
Real-time Online User List
Syslog Client
Firmware Update with Live Update Notification
Backup and Restore System Settings
Restore to Factory Default

Applications

Web File Manager
Multimedia Station
Download Station
Surveillance Station
iTunes Server
Apache Web Server
MySQL Server
Syslog Server
RADIUS Server
Backup Server
Antivirus
TFTP Server

Mobile App

QMobile for iPhone/ iPad/ Android
3rd Party UPnP Media Player

QPKG

Web Applications
- Joomla!
- phpMyAdmin
- WordPress
- AjaXplorer
- vtigerCRM
- eyeOS
- Magento
- GLPI
P2P Applications
- MLDonkey (eMule)
- SABnzbd+
- NZBGet
Server Applications
- Asterisk
- XDove (Mail Server)
- OpenLDAP
Media Server
- Squeezebox Server
- IceStation
Misc.
- Optware IPKG
- Python
- iStat

…and more

Powerful All-in-one server

File Server

File Sharing Across Windows, Mac OS and Linux/ Unix Platforms
Protocols: CIFS/SMB, AFP(3.1), NFS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS
QNAP Web File Manager
- Supports ISO Mounting
- Direct File Viewing via Google Doc

FTP Server

FTP over SSL/TLS (Explicit)
Max Concurrent Connections: 256
FXP Supported
Passive FTP Port Range Control
FTP Bandwidth & Connection Control
Unicode Support

Web Server

HTTP/ HTTPS Connections
Supports WebDAV Connection
Supports Virtual Host
Importable SSL Certificate

Database Server

Built-in MySQL Server
Web-based Management via phpMyAdmin (QPKG)

Backup Server

Remote Replication Server (over Rsync)
Apple Time Machine Support
QNAP Client Backup Application-NetBak Replicator
3rd Party Backup Software Support: Acronis True Image, CA Brightstor, ARCserve Backup, EMC Retrospect, Symantec Backup Exec, LaCie Silverkeeper

iTunes Server

Audio and Video Sharing
Smart Playlist for iTunes Client (Windows & Mac OS)

Printer Server

Network Printer Sharing (USB)
Max Printers: 3
Supports Internet Printing Protocol
Supports Apple Bonjour Printing
Advanced Printer Management
- Displays and Manages the Print Jobs
- Access Right Control (IP & Domain Names)

Multimedia Station

Supports Photo, Audio and Video
Image Slide Show and Rotation
Automatic & Schedule Thumbnail Generation for Easy Browsing
Display Photo Details from EXIF: Date, Exposure Time, Aperture, etc.
Display Audio Details from ID3 Tag: Album Cover, Title, Artist, Album, etc.
Access Authority Management
Multimedia (Video & Audio) Streaming
Supports Cooliris
Supports Web Publishing (Facebook, MySpace, MSN Live, Twitter, Plurk, Blogger)
Supports E-mail Publishing
Supported Formats:
- Photo – JPG/JPEG, GIF, PNG
- Audio – MP3
- Video
  - Playback: FLV, MPEG-4 Video (H.264 + AAC)
  - Transcode: AVI, M4V, MPG/MPEG, RM/RMVB, WMV
QNAP Exclusive iPhone & iPad App – QMobile

Download Station

PC-less BT/ FTP/ HTTP Download (up to 500 tasks)
BT Download
- Supports TCP/ UDP Tracker Protocol
- Schedule Download
- Configurable Port Range
- Bandwidth Control
- UPnP NAT Port Forwarding
- Subscribes to RSS Feeds
- RSS Download (Broadcatching)
- Selectable Download Files
HTTP/ FTP Download
- Configurable Saving Directory
- Bulk Download with Wildcard Setting
- RapidShare Download Support
QNAP Download Management Software: QGet
- For Both Windows & Mac OS
- Manage the Download Tasks of Multiple QNAP NAS Remotely over LAN or WAN