Today we’re having a look at a feature packed little NAS device from QNAP Systems, the TS-101 NAS Server.

NAS stands for Network Attached Storage, which in basic terms means a hard drive (or other storage device) that can be accessed from anywhere in the network. The functionality of a NAS appliance is similar to having a hard drive on a file server or a network share on another computer. The drive or individual folders can be mapped on your local computer and used in the same way as a local hard drive. It is this simplicity, coupled with falling hardware prices that have led to the increasing popularity of these devices in the last couple of years.

The QNAP TS-101

The TS-101 from QNAP Systems is an extremely feature packed little device, it not only includes a NAS File Server, but also:

·         USB Print Server

·         Multimedia Station – a User Friendly web interface for you to manage personal albums of photos and multimedia files.

·         Download Station – Incorporates a torrent client to download files via Peer-2-Peer without the need for a PC

·         Mirror Station – Provides ‘Q-Raid-1’, which enables you to mirror the data on the TS-101 to an attached USB or eSATA Hard Drive, and restore the data in case the internal drive fails.

·         Disaster Recovery – Allows you to mirror your local hard drive or certain files to a folder on the TS-101 via the network. If your PC HDD crashes, your data can all be restored.

·         Web Server – A basic web server, supporting PHP4 and SQLite, so you can upload your pages and manage your website easily.

·         FTP Server – A time loved, powerful file transfer method.

·         Backup Server – Backup software for Windows to allow users to configure automatic backups to a folder on the TS-101.

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