QNAP intros well-spec'd TS-209 NAS server

Following up on the firm's TS-109, the all new two-bay, hot-swappable TS-209 NAS server ratchets things up a notch for SMB and SOHO. QNAP's latest Pro Turbo Station hopes to catch the eye of the almighty suits, and packs a fairly potent 500MHz processor, gigabit Ethernet port, and 128MB of DDR2 RAM within to "significantly boost file sharing speed." Moreover, ingrained server features such as automatic syncing / backup, SSH remote login, and cross-platform sharing for Windows, Mac, Linux, and UNIX machines are included, and the device can be equipped with up to 2TB of storage in a RAID 1 mirroring array. Look for this one to land next month for a currently undisclosed price.

[Thanks, Ivan H.]

[Davo @ Aug 4th 2007 12:10AM]

Here's a review of the QNAP TS-201:
http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/QNAP_TS101_and_TS201_NAS_Servers1/

Pretty spiffy little boxes!

[Dave Altavilla @ Aug 4th 2007 12:10AM]

Here's a view of QNAP's previous TS201 model:

http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/QNAP_TS101_and_TS201_NAS_Servers1/

Pretty spiffy little boxes!

[ivan @ Aug 4th 2007 1:15AM]

After checked the spec, bit different from the TS-201. It should be the most powerful one in 2-bay NAS market now.
http://www.qnap.com/images/products/comparison/Comparison_TS209.html

[Octothorpe @ Aug 4th 2007 9:57AM]

This is great, although I am curious as to why its rated throughput performance is 20 percent less than the TS109-pro in raid 0 and 30 percent less in raid 1. With all that beefed up hardware you would think it would be faster, not slower, especially in raid 0.

Anyhow, I am holding out in anxious anticipation for the TS409T-Pro (the 401T with all these upgrades). I'm hoping for better than 50 mb/s throughput rates in raid 5 (50% better than the 109). Come on Qnap!

[Octothorpe @ Aug 4th 2007 11:05AM]

Then again, after further research (the Micronet post referenced in "related articles" above), I could just get the MicroNet PNAS4000 which appears to have all the functionality of my wished for TS409T-Pro (Although about $1000 more than I would like to spend for it).

[Brandson @ Aug 4th 2007 10:23AM]

I'm planning on using either this or the TS-109 to replace my desktop pc pretty soon and go 100% laptop from now on. A good NAS seems to do everything I currently use my desktop for only much quieter while using much less power. I have a feeling the consumer desktop pc market is going to take a big hit in the next 5 years as NAS and home server products get better, cheaper, and easier to use.

[allen Gragg @ Aug 4th 2007 3:01PM]

I currently use the 201 for redundant backup, ftp server, NAS and love it. I can travel and work anywhere and have access to ALL of my files.

[Lee Lovell @ Aug 4th 2007 10:49PM]

Oh, wow. I wonder if the company somehow found out about this posting.

Meh. What I dont know doesnt happen, right?

[Ian Jardine @ Aug 5th 2007 5:30PM]

I am completely confuaed by all of the NAS offerings. This one seems pretty good though.
I want network back up for a couple of PCs for back up and Audio/Video sharing pruposes and quite frankly have no idea which way to turn. Every new offering ups my confusion. Some are very highly priced as well. Infrant partner with slimdevices (2 SBs) and ITB stoprage for around $1,400. that doesn't seem a bargain! Since I use an SB that sorta interested me until I saw the pricing:(

[Bruce Snell @ Aug 5th 2007 11:16PM]

I currently have the TS-201 and I'm pretty happy with it. My only complaint is that the bittorrent client that comes with the firmware is pretty crappy. Luckily I was able to find a version of mldonkey that was compiled for this hardware and it works pretty well.

[Fukkel @ Aug 9th 2007 11:59AM]

Hello,
sorry where you find a version for TS-201 ?
works this version on TS-109 ?

thank and a nice day