QNAP TS-253A-4G User Manual

QTS-Linux Combo NAS

TS-x53A Series

Quad-core

N3150 processor

Access QTS & Linux with a web browser

Dual Systems

HD Station & Linux Station

Dual HDMI

Outputs

Enjoy QNAP services with mobile devices

Home

Theatre

Powered by quad-core Intel® Celeron® N3150 processor QTS & Linux Station, the perfect combination for IoT applications Two microphone inputs and one Line Out audio output Dual HDMI outputs for an extended display or mirrored mode AES-NI hardware acceleration engine for full NAS encryption

Overview

More than just reliable data storage, QNAP Network-attached Storage (NAS) provide applications and services to empower the user with a richer, smarter, more rewarding experience. QNAP NAS provide data retention and security while enhancing communication and seamless collaboration.

The emerging and dynamic world of IoT platforms is increasingly making IoT an integral part of the digital mesh and ambient user experience, preserving continuity across the boundaries of devices, time, and space.

With this in mind, QNAP is proud to announce the launch of the all-new Linux Station. Launching in conjunction with the TS-x53A series and based on the “Software-defined Everything” concept, Linux Station provides a seamless visual design to encourage easy discovery, exploration, operation, and learning.

Linux Station supports Raspberry Pi 2, Beaglebone Black, amongst the many other popular IoT development platforms, and is fully able to support the vast array of IoT applications.

QNAP NAS in combination with Linux Station is simply the best remote and data management center, fostering a complete IoT experience. Join us and embrace a smart lifestyle with the TS-x53A.

Table of Contents

01 QTS with Integrated Linux - The perfect IoT platform

Intel® Celeron® N3150 Quad-Core Processor

High performance processor for demanding workloads

07 QTS 4.2 Operating System - Simplifying the NAS experience

[Featured Application] VPN + Proxy Server

The best solution for secured communication

13 Qsirch - Search for everything on your QNAP NAS

Comprehensive Backup/Synchronization -

Hybrid cloud for a consolidated backup solution

Data Security - Secure your data with six protection mechanisms

Local Snapshot and Remote Snapshot Replica -

Block-based snapshot technology

25 Virtualization Station 2.0 - Features shared network interfaces

Container Station 1.0 - The new era of virtualization and cloud computing

Surveillance Station - Build a robust surveillance system

Productivity Tools - Maximize the value of your QNAP NAS

Multimedia Center -

Enjoy home entertainment with cloud technology

48 App Center - Customize your QNAP NAS for endless possibilities

49 Mobile Apps - Have the power of NAS applications wherever you are

50 Computer Utilities - Boost your productivity

Hardware Specifications and Accessories

Software Specifications

myQNAPcloud

DDNS / Port forwarding

Process Controll

d-bus

Messaging

System

SATA HDDs

USB Devices

Ethernet

HD Audio

In / Out

4K2K

Video output

NAS

ServicesVMVM

A P P

Control

Panel

KVM

Hypervisor

App

Center

QTS Application Framework

Qsirch Search Engine

IoT

Data Acuquisition Applications

Linux

Applications

Ocean

KTV

Station

I/O

Mapper

Shared

Filesystem

Debian

Packaging

System

2D/3D

GFX engine

LXC Container

I/O

Manager

Network

Manager

Resource Manager

Shared Volumes

Snapshot

Storage Management

RAID / JBOD / Single Disk

Linux

QTS

QTS with Integrated Linux

The perfect IoT platform

QNAP has employed advanced virtualization technologies to seamlessly integrate Linux with QTS, enabling you to use QTS while simultaneously using the Linux system on an HDMI display. Expand the functionalities of your NAS with the QTS App Center, and exploit the incredibly popular open source Linux Operating System to leverage your NAS as a complete development platform.

The all-new open source Linux Station – Keeps you ahead of IoT

The TS-x53A introduces the all-new Linux Station, enabling you to display the Linux desktop on an HDMI external monitor. Simply connect a keyboard and mouse to the TS-x53A and use your NAS as a PC. Use Linux Station to switch the output resolution freely or enable remote desktop connection to send the display to a web browser.

Please upgrade to version 4.2.1 to enjoy Linux Station.

Install Linux Station from the QTS App Center. Remote Desktop does not currently support audio output.

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Seamlessly switch between HD Station and Linux

Select to output HD Station using the either the simple or the advanced mode. Go to [Control Panel] > [Apps] > [HybridDesk Station] to set the current display mode and switch the output on your HDMI display.

HD Station simple mode

Enjoy the multitude of supported apps, such as Kodi®, HD Player, YouTube®, JRiver®, and many more via a simple and intuitive interface. Use your NAS as a multimedia player and use your smart phone, an infrared remote control, or connect a keyboard or mouse for completely convenient playback and control. HD Station V3 supports HDMI for a local display such as a TV. The local display ensures output of media files without the need for a network connection for a better and more stable viewing experience.

Linux Station advanced mode

Install various applications on the Linux Station, an open-source platform. Customize a 3D desktop with thousands of desktop themes to choose from. It operates just like a PC.

HD Station V3 - Use your QNAP NAS as a home theatre system

Simply plug in an HDMI monitor to your NAS, and you can start playing media files from the NAS. This avoids complicated settings of network media players and instability of network conditions, allowing you have a better viewing experience with large-screen TVs.

Multilingual input and improved multitasking

HD Station V3 supports multi-lingual input, enabling you to search from a web browser in your native language. Additionally, HD Station V3 now supports multitasking with a desktop PC-like taskbar enabling you to switch between different applications.

Qremote - Easy to get started

Qremote is QNAP’s exclusive remote control enabling you to control your HD Station from your mobile devices. Qremote offers four modes: application shortcuts, simple remote control, touch screen, or keyboard mode to enter text. Use your smart phone or other mobile device to download the Qremote App from the App Store or Google Play® Store.

A wealth of apps

In addition QNAP’s native applications, the NAS supports a number of common multimedia players (Kodi, HD Player, Plex Home Theater®, DeaDBeeF, Clementine®, JRiver®), browser (Chrome, Firefox), and other multimedia streaming platforms (YouTube®, Spotify®, TuneIn Radio®) to provide you with home cinema entertainment.

JRiver® Media Center - Powerful media management and lossless audio playback in HD Station V3

JRiver Media Center is a jukebox style multimedia player capable of managing several large media libraries within the same domain. JRiver® Media Center supports a variety of multimedia streaming formats and multi-room streaming, and is capable of indexing album covers for a variety of metadata to provide efficient multimedia management. Additionally, JRiver® Media Center also supports a number of professional music processing features such as an equalizer, rhythm, pitch, and sampling rate to further meet the needs of video enthusiasts and significantly enhance your QNAP NAS multimedia streaming experience. For more information, please refer http://www.jriver.com/

Custom Remote – Use your existing IR remote controls with HD Station

HD Station supports remote control learning enabling you to use your existing IR remote controlswith HD Station. Matching your existing remote control with HD Station only requires two steps, and helps reduce clutter in your living room.

Enter “Settings”>“Preferences” in HD Station. Find “Custom Remote” and select a slot for the new remote control.

Follow the on-screen instructions and press and the button you want to match. Hold the button until the progress bar is complete.

System requirements

• HD Station 3.1.1 or later

• Supports up to 3 simultaneous custom remote controls

• Some IR remote controllers are not supported

Limitless IoT possibilities - instantly start your open source projects

The explosive popularity of IoT related application means our lives and devices are increasingly linked across the Internet, creating potential privacy pitfalls. QNAP NAS provides the best private cloud solutions with an all-new AES encryption engine capable of encrypting a specific folder or an entire storage volume. QTS also supports AES encryption of external USB/ eSATA drives to protect against unauthorized access.

Intelligent dog tag DOTT Fitbit® fitness bracelet

Recognizing that there are more than 10 million pets lost each year, a development team from Los Angeles designed a smart dog tag. DOTT enables pet owners to better monitor and keep track of their pets. DOTT can provide valuable information via instant push notifications in the event a dog ventures too far away from home or gets lost in an unfamiliar environment.

Fitbit's fitness products help you to stay motivated and improve your health by tracking your activity, exercise, food, weight, and sleep with activity trackers or wireless-enabled wearable devices. View progress and analyze your trends with easy-to-read charts and graphs to empower and inspire you to live a healthier, more active life. Embrace the Fitbit community with your friends to share stats, and compete on the leaderboard.

TS-x53A QTS-Linux Combo NAS

4K2K

Intel® Celeron® N3150 Quad-Core Processor

High performance processor for demanding workloads

The TS-x53A is equipped with the 14-nm Intel® Celeron® N3150 1.6GHz processor with 4GB or 8GB RAM. With Intel® Burst Technology built in, the processor dynamically bursts to 2.08GHz, making it possible to handle spiky, demanding, high-performance workloads. Equipped with a SATA 6Gb/s interface and Gigabit LAN ports, the TS-x53A delivers up to 409 MB/s performance while still being incredibly energy efficient.

An all-new, built-in, AES encryption acceleration

The TS-x53A is equipped with an all-new AES encryption engine capable of encrypting a folder or an entire volume at up to 398 MB/s, providing data protection on the NAS while maintaining high performance for the entire system.

Throughput (4x GbE) AES-256 Volume Encryption

450

400

409

350

MB/s

300

Read Write

Results may vary depending on the environment.

NAS: OS: QTS 4.2.0 RAID group: RAID 5; 4 x Seagate 1TB ST1000NM0033 HDDs: Directly connect PCs to the NAS Data encryption: Volume encryption Client PC: Intel® Core ™ i7-4770 340GHz CPU; DDR3L 1600Hz 16GB; WD 1TB WD10EZEX; Intel Gigabit CT ( MTU 1500 ) ; Windows® 7 Professional 64bit SP1 & Windows 81 Pro 64-bit IOmeter settings : Connect multiple PCs to the NAS via a switch to transfer a 32GB file for 3 mins. Block size: 64KB, SMB20

401 398

Throughput (4x GbE)

450

400

350

MB/s

300

Read Write

374

Capacity expansion with a 8-bay / 5-bay expansion unit

4K Ultra High-Definition video playback & transcoding

The TS-x53A is built around the latest 8th generation Intel® processor with HD Graphics cores that double the performance of the previous generation processors. The TS-x53A fully supports 4K UHD H.264 hardware transcoding and playback and surround 7.1 audio, for the ultimate in home theatre entertainment.

QJBOD Express to backup 50TB data to a remote site

The TS-x53A series is a powerful and scalable NAS solution fully capable of meeting rapidly growing data storage requirements. The TS-x53A offers hassle-free, cost-effective scalability with QNAP UX800P/UX-500P expansion units. Connect via USB 3.0 and the TS-x53A will expand its capacity on the fly with minimal setup required. This is especially useful for large data applications, such as video surveillance, data archiving, and TV broadcast.

USB 3.0 connection

NAS UX-800P / UX-500P

The QJBOD Express enables quick backup or migration of large amounts of data to local or remote sites without using any network bandwidth. Connect expansion enclosures (UX-800P/UX-500P) to the QNAP NAS and create an independent RAID group for data backup in Storage Manager. Then safely remove the expansion unit when backup is done and transfer the archived data to other NAS devices by connecting the JBOD unit to them and scanning the drives.

San Francisco to Los Angeles: Initial transfer costs for 50TB data

Method Time Bandwidth cost

100Mbps network About 45 days 50TB

QJBOD Express In one day 0

JBODJBOD

San Francisco Los Angeles

Dual-HDMI output for an extended display or mirrored mode

The TS-x53A has two HDMI outputs enabling you to increase your productivity by multi-tasking across multiple monitors or to mirror content to a second screen. The TS-x53A also supports multi-room streaming to stream content to different devices in your home, enabling everyone to watch what they want.

Automatic background transcoding

Set a NAS folder as an auto-transcoding folder and your NAS will automatically convert your videos to universal formats that can be enjoyed on PCs, mobile devices, and smart TVs. Having multiple formats and resolutions available enables you to stream, share, and watch your videos using File Station, Video Station, or a mobile app on any device.

Network

(802.11 ac)

(802.11 a/b/n)

Resolution

Ethernet

Wi-Fi

4G (LTE)

240p 360p 480p 720p 1080p 4K2K

Real time, adaptive, on-the-fly transcoding

The TS-x53A is fully capable of transcoding 4K high-resolution videos on-the-fly. The TS-x53A will adapt the oone-the-fly transcoding to meet your media player’s requirements and bandwidth limits in real time for enabling playback for multiple simultaneous connections.

The highest number of transcoding tasks supported

Source video files

1080p 720p 360p

1080p

Note: The performance varies depends Test parameters:

4K (format: mpeg4, bitrate: 50 Mbps, video codec: H.264, High@L5.1 , width: 3840, height: 2160, framerate: 30, bit depth: 8) 1080p (format: mpeg4, bitrate: 9.7 Mbps, video codec: H264, Main@L4.1, width: 1920, height: 1080, framerate: 24, bit depth: 8)

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Dual microphone input, and high-quality audio output

The TS-x53A has two 6.3mm high-quality, dynamic microphone input/line-out audio jacks for enhanced sound staging, and true signal clarity. The TS-x53A adopts a stereo analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for recordings that are extremely realistic from the listener’s perspective. In addition, the TS-x53A adopts a 24-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) providing a truly lifelike listening experience.

24-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC)

Stereo analog-to-digital converter (ADC)

TS-x53A QTS-Linux Combo NAS

QTS 4.2 Operating System

Simplifying your NAS experience

The QNAP operating system, QTS, has been optimized to perform elegantly and simplify the whole NAS experience. Equipped with a variety of applications, QTS is simply designed to meet all your needs for storage, management, backup, multimedia, and surveillance.

QTS Desktop - Intuitive and innovative

The completely redesigned QTS combines extensive user feedback, reviews of Human factors engineering, and cognitive ergonomics principles. QTS now looks beautiful, works seamlessly, and provides an elegant and enjoyable NAS user experience on computers and mobile devices.

Usefulness

Design Usability

Usefulness, Usability and Design of QTS

Multitasking and customizable desktop Smart dashboard

LUN A

LUN B

LUN C

iSCSI

Set as Stack Master

Set as Stack Target

QNAP NAS

LUN A

LUN B

The new QTS operating system dramatically improves your efficiency with multitasking, multi-window, multi-desktop, and multi-display modes enabling you to begin new tasks without waiting for the previous one. Simply and easily minimize running apps onto the task bar and switch between them. For example, browse photos in Photo Station while listening to songs played in Music Station and download files to a local computer. The multi-desktop design of QTS enables drag-and-drop shortcut icons from the Control Panel or Main Menu to the desired desktop to suit your preferences. Additionally, drag and drop a desktop icon on top of another one to group them together to create a personalized desktop for greater efficiency.

The system status displays immediately with a single click on the upper-right corner of the desktop. Open the smart dashboard to obtain a quick view of important information including system health, disk information and health, resource monitoring, storage space, scheduled tasks, device information, and firmware information. Drag and drop dashboard functions to the desktop to monitor them at any time. Moreover, in the event of a critical NAS system failure (hard disk corruption, etc.) the smart dashboard will flash and prompt a system administrator to take immediate action to recover data and to prevent the loss of important data.

Intelligent Storage Manager—Unified storage management

The QTS Storage Manager neatly presents tools and options for managing system storage with an intuitive graphical interface. The Storage Manager if the centralized place for you to view the system storage allocation, manage volumes, Storage Pools, disks and iSCSI storage, and expand the size of LUN or volume without interrupting the system.

Thin provisioning

Over-allocation enables a server to view more storage capacity than has been allocated in a storage pool. Further, the physical storage capacity is used only when files are written by the application, improving utilization rates.

Virtual Disk Drives increase storage expansion flexibility

Virtual disks provide a flexible way for IT administrators to expand storage. By using the built-in iSCSI initiator to connect an iSCSI target of the QNAP NAS, you can create a virtual disk on the local server. The QNAP NAS can act as a stack master to connect up to 8 virtual disks or stack targets, aggregating storage space from multiple NAS systems. NAS users then only need to connect to a single target to access the space from all of the network storage devices.

Every virtual disk on the local server will be seen as a single drive of arrayed disks.

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Network & Virtual Switch- A complete overview of your network configuration

The all-new Network & Virtual Switch integrates the powerful QTS network management functionality, i.e., TCP/IP, Wi-Fi, and IPv6 to an overview page incorporating software-designed virtual switch technology. This logically centralized control provides complete visibility across your network enabling you to responsively provision and intelligently steer traffic to achieve the optimizednetwork configuration.

DHCP Server

DNS Service

Port Trunking VLAN

IPv4 IPv6 Wi-Fi Virtual Swtich

Network & Virtual Switch

Private Mode Switch Mode

The all-new Network Manager Overview page makes complicated networking easier

Thepowerful overview visualization provides you with the most current connection statusregardlessof the complexity of your network infrastructure. Use the all-new QTS Network & Virtual SwitchOverview page to quickly and easily analyse your entire network for rapid troubleshooting. View realtime traffic flows and identify bottlenecks to ensure your mission critical applications have the bandwidth they require. This level of oversight helps reduce both capital expenditure (CapEx) for adapters, switches and cables, and operational expenditure (OpEx) for IT administration.

Decouple hardware and software networking for lower capex, opex, and increased ROI

Virtual Switches enable greater flexibility and agility in deployment configurations with enhanced centralized management control. Deploy Virtual Switchesto easily bridge Gigabit and 10 Gigabit networks removing the need for expenditure on 1/10Gbps Ethernet switches. Simply connect 10GbE network devices and your NAS will seamlessly bridge your 1GbE and 10GbE networks to unleash super-low latency bandwidth across your infrastructure. Use a virtual switch to build an isolated LAN environment with the built-in DHCP server for accessing IP camera surveillance footage with better data security.

OfficeServer Room

Network &

10GbE Switch

10GbE

Please upgrade to version 4.2.1 to enjoy Network & Virtual Switch.

Virtual Switch

Value-Added

Benefits

GbE

DHCP server

Save over

US$ 300!

10GbE Switch

Secured and independent

CIFS

Cloud storage

Network communication protocols

LAN

File Station—Manage all files from a single management window

Just like a file explorer on your PC, File Station lets you easily carry out common tasks operations such as rename, copy, move, delete and compress/ uncompress. Move files from a local PC/Mac to File Station by drag-and-drop to upload the files to the NAS easily. Moreover, enable mutual sharing on a shared folder by allowing file upload to the folder.

Three browsing modes are available:

icon, list, and detailed list.

Folders in tree structure:

Presents the locations of data in an easy-toread format.

Remote connection:

View remote connections here.

Features many functions for easier file management.

Remote device connection and cloud storage

File Station supports SMB/CIFS and WebDAV remote networking protocols, so you can carry out file management tasks from remote to local devices and vice versa from a single management window. In addition, it supports connection to six cloud services: Google Drive™ , Dropbox™ , Microsoft OneDrive®, Box, Amazon Cloud Drive™, and Yandex Disk™ .

Please install Connect to Cloud Drive from the App Center before connecting to cloud services.

Direct preview and media playback

File Station supports photo browsing and music playing in addition to play back with VLC™ player for online video streaming. Furthermore, background transcoding enables you to convert video into different resolutions and formats suitable for multiple devices and multiple networks. Use a Chrome™ browser extension to view or edit Microsoft® Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents.

Preview Microsoft Office files with a Chrome browser extension (Chrome browser only and with the Office Editing for Docs, Sheets & Slides Chrome extension installed from Chrome Web Store) in the File Station. Also supports the preview of Microsoft Office files with Office Online and Google Docs in the File Station.

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Internet

VPN router

VPN IP: 192.168.0.1

VPN client

VPN IP: 192.168.0.2

VPN client

VPN IP: 192.168.0.3

VPN tunnel

application

Featured

VPN + Proxy Server

The best solution for secure communication

Virtual private network (VPN)

VPN Server

A Virtual private network (VPN) enables secure connections to access network resources and services across a public network. A VPN offers a convenient solution for NAS users to build end-to-end encrypted tunnels to your QNAP NAS. Whether you are an individual user or an IT administrator, you can use the built-in VPN server (L2TP/IPsec, PPTP, or OpenVPN) or VPN client (PPTP or OpenVPN) on the NAS for such purposes. The VPN server also comes with user and connection management to help you manage VPN services. Furthermore, a VPN can help gain access to resources that may otherwise be restricted by your network environment.

Home computers

Shanghai ofﬁce notebooks

VPN Tunnel

Intranet

Internal resources

Internet

Mobile devices

VPN server

VPN Client

When the QNAP NAS acts as a VPN client, VPN can better protect your data when you use services like BitTorrent and eMule. By using this type of configuration, you can set up remote site backup with secure data transmission.

QTS 4.2.1 introduces full support for multi-connection VPN Clients. A single VPN Client now supports multiple VPN connections to different VPN servers. For example, a NAS can simultaneously tunnel to a VPN server on both an enterprise and a client site. This enables simplified backup administration jobs in Backup Station or remote connections using Samba in File Station while ensuring secure data transmission.

Intranet

Offsite NAS for backup

NAS storage for sales data

VPN 1

Internal

resources

VPN 2

VPN server

Internet

NAS storage for client records

VPNclient

QTS 4.2.1 (and later) fully support simultaneous VPN server and VPN client roles. For example, the VPN server can facilitate other devices not on the local LAN to connect to it, while also enabling the VPN client to connect to other VPN servers.

Intranet

Internal

VPN server & client

VPN client

resources

VPN providers

Internet

VPN

client connection

VPN client

HD Station

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Administration

computers

R&D computers

Sales computers

Restricted access

Twitter

Restricted access

Facebook

Proxy server

Internet

Proxy Server

The Proxy Server application provides an intuitive interface to simplify proxy server settings on your NAS, enabling you to operate your own proxy server in just a few clicks. The proxy server provides cache and connection controls for Internet services. For companies that need a boost to web response time and security, this application can be leveraged to make your NAS a web proxy server to protect other devices in your local network from Internet attacks. The following are the highlighted features:

• Caching: Improves response times and saves bandwidth required for web access by caching visited web content and other web resources.

• Access Control: blocks access to certain websites or restricts access for Internet connections.

• Logging: logs visits to web sites for generating statistics to aid in network management.

• Advanced Settings: In addition to the settings available via the graphic user interface, advanced settings are available to fine tune and customize your proxy server including cache settings, and enabling access without an SSH tool.

• Anti-virus: QNAP NAS integrate SquidClamav, an anti-virus designed exclusively for proxy servers. SquidClamav performs packet inspection on traffic from the proxy server to ensure non-malicious traffic. SquidClamav also supports white listing of both file types and account names enabling users to configure allowed content types and trusted connections.

QNAP NAS offers the best Proxy Server implementation

Caching proxies keep local copies of frequently requested resources, enabling large organizations to save upstream bandwidth, increasing efficiency. A proxy server is a server that acts as an intermediary by retaining copies of popular documents, web pages, or other resources for requests from its clients. This is an ideal role for a NAS server since NAS have a tremendous amount of storage space in conjunction with the option of allocating memory to dedicated cache functions. Moreover, caching proxies can further benefit from typical RAID and/or SSD in a RAID configuration for very significant performance improvements.

Proxy Caching - bandwidth savings and application acceleration

In a library, a client computer often requests downloads of large-sized published journals and research papers. This consumes a lot of available bandwidth while taking a lot of time to complete the download. The Proxy Server on a QNAP NAS can solve this problem with its dedicated cache storage, saving Internet bandwidth while increasing the speed of the download.

PC in library

Laptop

Download the same

material from Proxy

Server afterward

Proxy Cache

Proxy Server in library

Download from the Internet for the first time

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Qsirch

Simultaneous search on Google

Chrome add-on Qsirch Helper

Search for everything on your QNAP NAS

A QNAP NAS is a converged storage solution required to store huge volumes of data and provide users with the tools and utilities to make use of that data. The first utility users need is the ability to find their data. Qsirch is designed to simplify and accelerate searching for files on a QNAP NAS. Finding your files couldn't be easier.

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Document/mp3

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QNAP exclusive, smarter search engine

Qsirch uses fine-grained indexing conditions in combination with its full-text search capabilities to support searching over 6,000 file types. Powered by TF-IDF algorithm and a near real-time search engine, the Qsirch enables users to search while typing and sort through files faster and more precisely

Qsirch browser add-on for Google Chrome

Install the Qsirch add-on to enable Qsirch from your web browser. Simply click on the Qsirch icon on the right of the address bar to search Google and your QNAP NAS simultaneously. Your Qsirch and Google search results will appear side-by-side for quick and convenient comparison.

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Organization of results by type, and other attributes

Your search results can be filtered and organized by various types including photos, music, videos, and documents. This organization enables you to locate your desired results faster. Results can also be organized based on criteria such as date modified, file size, and many other standard file descriptors.

File indexing runs as a background task, enabling you to oversee the indexing progress and status. If you’d like to exclude specific folders, simply go to settings and select which folders to exclude from indexing.

Content Preview

Thumbnail previews for photo, videos, and PDFs makes searching and browsing through voluminous data a lot faster, while the highlighted keywords found within documents further helps you to quickly find what you’re looking for. Moreover, the Gmail* preview function enables you to preview emails and your Gmail backup files easily and quickly.

Supports .eml file previewing.

Saved searches for recordsFile Indexing Status

Save your searches and browse through them later to assist your search. Frequently-used search criteria is saved automatically to improve the auto-complete giving you more accurate suggestions for your search terms every time.

Share directly from your search results

Qsirch 2.1 displays previews of your search results. Save time and share the content of your search results, directly from the previews. It could not be easier!

QTS 4.2.0 or later versions is required for Qsirch 2.1 and the sharing function of Qsirch is only available on QTS 4.2.1.

Comprehensive Backup/Synchronization

Hybrid cloud for a consolidated backup solution

Increasingly businesses are warehousing huge volumes of data across disparate storage infrastructure at disparate locations and across disparate devices. QNAP offer a comprehensive backup and recovery solution to back up all devices from within the LAN and from remote-site NAS and servers. QNAP NAS solutions consist of applications and utilities that enable data from PCs, public clouds, virtual machines, and external drives to be backed up and seamlessly synchronized to the NAS. Additionally, QNAP NAS solutions provide disaster recovery to back up data from the NAS to external devices or remote servers.

PC to NAS:

NetBak Replicator Time Machine 3rd-party backup

software

Remote backup and synchronization on the NAS:

RTRR FTP Rsync CIFS/SMB

NAS cloud backup:

Support for a variety of enterprise-class cloud storage

PC to NAS NAS to NAS NAS to cloud

Backup from computer to NAS

Windows users can install the free QNAP NetBak Replicator utility to back up files from Windows PC - entire disk drives, documents, pictures, music, videos, fonts, emails, and more – to one or multiple QNAP units. With simple clicks, you can set up real-time backup, scheduled backup and autobackup. Mac users can use Time Machine to back up files in Mac.

3rd party backup software

QTS is compatible with various renowned backup software such as Acronis® True Image and Symantec® Backup Exec. Users that have adopted such backup software can immediately back up data from other sources to the QNAP NAS.

Local Backup

Use the One Touch Copy button on the front panel of the NAS to quickly backup data to or from external USB devices or disks.

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