QNAP TS-119 NAS Server

If you've ever visited Benchmark Reviews in the past, you've probably noticed that we've tested a large collection of NAS products. At the same time, you might have noticed how many of these products aren't really geared towards home users needing just the basics. That's where the QNAP TS-119 comes in handy. Designed to hold a single SATA drive (HDD or SSD), the TS-119 can deliver all the great features of larger more expensive NAS products. The latest Enterprise-level NAS servers feature iSCSI expansion, RAID redundancy, and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, and surprisingly the TS-119 does these things too, but without the expensive price tag. How can a single-drive NAS offer RAID you ask? In this article Benchmark Reviews takes the QNAP TS-119 through a tough set of performance tests while we outline the Turbo NAS functions and features.

Thrifty shoppers are faced with many options when choosing where to store their valuable data: from traditional optical media and drive based storage, to flash drives and even more exotic third party online storage - each with its own advantages and disadvantages. The NAS server has gained popularity lately as more and more consumers realize the need for a reliable, cost effective, and easy to access centralized way to store their data. However, with so many competing products it's not always possible for buyers to easily compare what's on the market. Read on as Benchmark Reviews puts this "all-in-one" NAS through its paces. Intended for small/medium business (SMB) and small office/home office (SOHO) users, The QNAP TS-119 offers inexpensive and easy-to-use data storage and backup that's sure to appeal to budget-minded users.

So what can you expect a single-drive NAS to deliver? Take a look at the short list of features the QNAP TS-119 delivers:

• File Server
  You can create the user ID and password, and define the access right and storage quota of each user on the NAS.
• FTP Server
  You can establish your own FTP server using the NAS and share the files conveniently with others.
• Backup Server
  The automatic backup software, NetBak Replicator, is provided for you to perform real-time synchronization or schedule backup from multiple PCs to the NAS.
• Remote Replication
  The data on the NAS can be backed up to or from another Turbo NAS or Rsync server over the network.
• Web Server
  The NAS supports Joomla!, MySQL, SQLite and editable php.ini.
• MySQL Server
  The NAS 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.
• Printer Server
  The NAS supports network printer sharing function (max 3 USB printers).
• UPnP Media Server (with built-in TwonkyMedia Server)
  The NAS is a perfect media storage center and it works well with DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) compliant media players. You can play the photos and videos on TV, or listen to your favorite music and Internet radio on your Hi-Fi System.
• Multimedia Station
  You can share you photos, video, or music over the network by the Multimedia Station of the NAS.
• Download Station
  The NAS supports PC-less BitTorrent, FTP, and HTTP download. TCP/ UDP, encrypted BT download function, and DHT (Distributed Hash Tables) are also supported.
• iTunes Server
  You can stream the mp3 music on the NAS to the computers on the home network and listen to the music by iTunes over wired or wireless network connection.
• Surveillance Station
  The Surveillance Station enables you to configure multiple IP-based security cameras simultaneously for real-time monitoring, recording, and playback.

About QNAP Systems, Inc.

QNAP Systems, Inc. (QNAP) is a devoted and dominant provider of Internet Appliance products. With our solid and integrated expertise in the Linux embedded platform, QNAP has released more than 30 models for the network storage and digital network surveillance series over the past 6 years, providing our consumers with high performance and high reliability storage, backup, and surveillance solutions. Today, QNAP continues to lead the industry with our innovation in design and technology.

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