QNAP Launches 8-Drive Rack-Mounted NAS

This diskless NAS is datacenter and cloud-ready.

NAS server manufacturer QNAP Systems said Monday that it launched an affordable, diskless 2U rack-mounted unit with room for eight hot-swappable 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hard drives. Called the TS-859U-RP, this new Business Series Turbo NAS server is deemed to be datacenter and cloud-ready, allowing up to 16 TB of storage, low power consumption, and VMware Ready certification.

Under the hood, the TS-859U-RP uses Intel's dual-core Atom D510 clocking at 1.66 GHz, and 1 GB of DDR2 RAM (which seems rather low for a NAS). QNAP said that the TS-859U-RP also utilizes two, built-in power supplies: should one go out, the other kicks in to keep the server up and running while the NAS itself emails the administrator of the failure via HDD S.M.A.R.T. Other bells and whistles include dual Gigabit LAN ports with 7 bonding modes, iSCSI for business, and more.

"Savvy IT administrators will smile at the broad range of business features included in the TS-859U-RP, including file sharing in mixed Windows/Mac/Linux/UNIX networks, advanced power management with scheduled power on/off & wake on LAN access, support for Microsoft Active Directory (AD), secure AES 256-bit volume-based encryption, and the most comprehensive log system of any NAS currently on the market," the company said. "The TS-859U-RP's functionality can be extended with QPKG software plug-ins, with 15 currently available for telephony, Java, Joomla!, Wordpress, and other applications."

Newegg now offers the TS-859U-RP for $1,889.99 USD. Other US-based resellers can be found here.