QNAP Launches the Powerful Quad-core TS-531P With 10GbE Support and Container Station

QNAP Launches the Powerful Quad-core TS-531P With 10GbE Support and Container Station

TAIPEI, Taiwan, December 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

    The brand new 5-bay TS-531P business NAS is now available. A tower form factor NAS
with an Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-314 quad-core 1.4 GHz ARM(R) Cortex-A15 processor and
2GB/8GB DDR3 RAM (upgradable to 8GB), the TS-531P features RAID 5/6 support,
hardware-accelerated encryption and SSD cache support. With four Gigabit LAN ports, the
TS-531P can deliver up to 418 MB/s read & write speeds and allows users to install a 10GbE
SFP+ or 10GBASE-T network expansion card to connect to 10GbE networks. The TS-531P also
supports Container Station [https://www.qnap.com/solution/container_station/en ] for LXC
and Docker(R) lightweight virtualisation technologies, offering businesses an ideal
cost-efficient and high-performance NAS solution.

    "Business' demands for IT virtualisation have increased dramatically, but 10GbE
storage solutions available on the market are still out of reach for most SMB budgets",
said Jason Hsu, Product Manager of QNAP, adding "The quad-core TS-531P is energy efficient,
features a full spectrum of business applications and provides an ideal storage base and
10GbE readiness for SMBs at budget-friendly prices."

    The TS-531P supports Container Station, allowing users to operate Linux systems and
download various apps from the built-in Docker Hub(R) Registry. Container Station allows
users to easily manage multiple containers with a flexible user interface, informative
dashboard, permission settings, and container importing/exporting. Container Station will
also support the Online Document app (currently in development) that allows users to
directly view, edit and store files of various types (office documents, images and text
files) on their TS-531P without the hassle of back-and-forth file transfers.

    QNAP provides various apps to improve user workflow and productivity, including Qsirch
[https://www.qnap.com/solution/qsirch/en ] for quickly finding NAS data with its powerful
near real-time full-text search engine; Qsync
[https://www.qnap.com/i/en/family_apply_v2/con_show.php?op=showone&cid=2#f1_05 ] that
supports centralized configuration and can remotely erase the Qsync folder to avoid data
breaches; and Cloud Drive Sync for synchronizing files between the TS-531P, Google Drive
(TM) and Dropbox(R). In addition, the TS-531P's front-panel USB 3.0 port features a
convenient one-touch-copy function that allows users to quickly back up data to other
external drives.

    Businesses can rely on the scalable TS-531P as a future-proof storage solution. The
TS-531P supports online storage capacity expansion by attaching two QNAP expansion
enclosures (8-bay UX-800P [https://www.qnap.com/i/en/product/model.php?II=120 ] and 5-bay
UX-500P [https://www.qnap.com/i/en/product/model.php?II=119 ]) allowing the NAS to be
scaled to support up to 21 hard drives, making it ideal for storage-intensive applications
such as video surveillance, data archiving or TV broadcast storage. With the support of
QJBOD Express (JBOD enclosure roaming), users can migrate data from the TS-531P to another
NAS using a JBOD enclosure without needing a network connection, saving considerable time
for migrating a large amount of backup data.

    Key specifications 

    TS-531P-2G [https://www.qnap.com/i/en/product/model.php?II=210 ]: 2GB DDR3-1600 RAM
(2GB x1)

    TS-531P-8G [https://www.qnap.com/i/en/product/model.php?II=210 ]: 8GB DDR3-1600 RAM
(8GB x1)

    5-bay tower model; Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-314 1.4 GHz quad-core processor with
floating point unit , RAID 5/6 support, hardware-accelerated encryption engine;
hot-swappable 2.5"/3.5" SATA 6Gbps HDD or SSD; 4 x 1GbE LAN ports (expandable to 6x 1GbE
or 4x 1GbE + 2x 10GbE ports); 1 x PCIe slot; 3 x USB 3.0 ports.

    Availability 

    The TS-531P NAS is now available. For further details on other QNAP NAS solutions and
more information on where to buy, please visit http://www.qnap.com .

    About QNAP System Inc. 

    QNAP Systems, Inc., as its brand promise "Quality Network Appliance Provider", aims to
deliver comprehensive offerings of cutting edge network attached storage (NAS) and network
video recorder (NVR) solutions featured with ease-of-use, robust operation, large storage
capacity and trustworthy reliability. QNAP integrates technologies and designs to bring
forth quality products that effectively improve business efficiency on file sharing,
virtualisation applications, storage management and surveillance in the business
environments, as well as enrich entertainment life for home users with the offering of a
fun multimedia centre experience. Headquartered in Taipei, QNAP delivers its solutions to
the global market with nonstop innovation and passion.

QNAP Systems, Inc

CONTACT: Woody Chang, marketing@qnap.com, +886-2-2641-2000