Synology announced today the launch of FlashStation FS2500, the newest addition to the company's lineup of all-flash servers, as well as an update to its portfolio of SATA SSDs with SAT5210 drives.

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Synology FlashStation FS2500: all-round storage platform for SMBs
The FS2500 is designed to tackle business IT applications requiring fast and low-latency storage, including virtual machines and post-production work. The compact, 1U chassis fits 12 2.5" SATA bays, providing ample capacity and simple installation.

"The new FS2500 addresses a growing demand for distributed computing," said Julien Chen, product manager at Synology. "The small footprint makes it a versatile solution that can be deployed at the edge or in mobile applications."

The unit delivers more than 170,000/82,000 4K random read/write performance, and features dual 10GbE ports with room for 10/25GbE expansion.

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QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking and storage solution innovator, today released the new NVR network surveillance server – QVP-41B – that integrates a Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) switch with sixteen 30-watt Gigabit PoE ports, two RJ45/SFP combo ports, and two 2.5GbE host management ports, supporting all kinds of PoE devices and creating an intelligent surveillance infrastructure. Powered by an Intel® Celeron® J4125 quad-core processor, the QVP-41B comes with four 3.5-inch SATA drive bays, providing great storage potential and high-speed networking to meet the requirements of monitoring small/medium-sized environments.

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“With built-in 140W PoE and supporting up to 24 cameras, the QVP-41B provides complete network surveillance server capabilities. Surveillance feeds can also be simultaneously recorded and monitored using QNAP’s QVR Smart Client application.” said Alan Kuo, adding “recorded footage can be intelligently analyzed by using QVR Smart Search, and for large-scale deployments (such as retail) all QVR Pro servers including the QVP-41B can be centrally managed through QNAP’s QVR Center.”

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TerraMaster, a professional brand that specializes in providing innovative storage products for home, businesses and enterprises, presents the F5-221 Business NAS, a 5-bay storage designed to meet the needs of growing small- and medium-sized businesses. It is perfect for many commercial storage applications including mail server, website server, FTP server, archive storage server, MySQL database, CRM, virtual machine server, and so much more.

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The TerraMaster F5-221 is equipped with a powerful 2.0GHz (2.5GHz boost) Intel dual-core processor with expandable memory supporting up to 6GB. Designed for professional use, the F5-221 comes with excellent security with AES hardware encryption support. It also supports 4K HD video transcoding making it an ideal multimedia storage.

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QNAP Systems, Inc. (QNAP) today officially released the QuTS hero h5.0 operating system, the latest version of the ZFS-based NAS operating system. Including an upgraded Linux Kernel (5.10), improved security, WireGuard VPN support, snapshot instant clone, and free exFAT support, QNAP’s QuTS hero NAS provides exceptional solutions for data storage/backup, virtualization, or time-sensitive collaborative media editing.

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“Data security is a top priority for QNAP, and we have implemented a major system kernel update for QuTS hero to enhance NAS security and reliability,” said Sam Lin, Product Manager of QNAP, adding “In QuTS hero h5.0, we have also optimized the overall performance to meet larger and complex business workloads.”

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QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking, and storage solution innovator, today launched the 3-bay RAID 5 2.5GbE TS-364 NAS with M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe SSD slots and 2.5GbE connectivity, providing optimized performance in home/office environments. Supporting light virtualization/containers and HDMI output, the TS-364 provides a centralized storage, backup, file sharing, and multimedia solution that features rich NAS applications for greater productivity and boundless entertainment.

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“The new TS-364 NAS allows building a secure RAID 5 array with three disks for optimized storage capacity, cache performance and protection against one disk failing. With M.2 PCIe Gen3 slots, the TS-364 enables cache acceleration or SSD storage pools for improved performance, or Edge TPU for AI image recognition. Its 2.5GbE port accelerates network transmission while its USB 3.2 Gen2 (10Gbps) ports allow quickly transferring large media files,” said Joseph Chiang, Product Manager of QNAP.

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QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking and storage solution innovator, today launched the dual-port QXG-10G2TB 10GbE network expansion card that supports up to five speeds (10GbE/ 5GbE/ 2.5GbE/ 1GbE/ 100MbE) and PCIe Gen 3.0 x 4 (compatible with PCIe Gen 2). Also compatible with Windows®/ Ubuntu® PCs, the QXG-10G2TB is power-efficient and serves as a high-performance entry-level 10GbE solution.

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“Suitable for home and small businesses users, the QXG-10G2TB network expansion card serves as a simple way for QNAP NAS or PC/workstation users to obtain high-speed 10GbE environments, providing advantages in numerous usage scenarios such as gaming, multimedia, virtualization, large file transfer and backup,” said Stanley Huang, Product Manager of QNAP.

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QNAP Systems, Inc. today launched the compact and versatile TBS-464 NASbook which is designed for small working spaces and mobile workers. Using four M.2 NVMe SSDs for storage, the TBS-464 supports HybridMount, which can mount storage from cloud and enable local caching, providing the ability to work with online files as quickly as local files. The multi-functional and near-silent TBS-464 provides two HDMI 2.0 4K 60Hz outputs, hardware-accelerated transcoding and streaming, and includes QNAP’s KoiMeeter for video conferencing and wireless presentations. With two 2.5GbE ports, the TBS-464 NASbook can achieve speeds of up to 5 Gbps with Port Trunking.

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The TBS-464 NASbook packs serious performance and complete business applications into a tiny, portable frame. By seamlessly integrating cloud storage spaces, the TBS-464 provides the combined advantages of portability and storage flexibility to boost the abilities of modern offices and studios,” said Joseph Ching, Product Manager of QNAP, adding “With the ability to locally cache cloud-based files on the TBS-464, users can enjoy access speeds as if they were working within a LAN environment.”

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TerraMaster, a professional brand that specializes in providing innovative storage products for home, businesses and enterprises, presents its line-up of 8-bay storage servers designed to meet the needs of modern businesses for enterprise virtualization, data-intensive applications, and service continuity. TerraMaster’s Rackmount NAS Series is equipped with the latest technologies and advanced securities to deliver efficient performance with excellent data security making it ideal for business and government use.

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The TerraMaster 8-Bay Rackmount NAS Series support up to 1000 user accounts with RBAC rights management and Windows ACL. This allows easy user and access rights management. The 8-Bay Rackmount NAS Series supports 2.5” and 3.5” drives and comes fitted with four RJ-45 1GbE LAN ports. All models also come with one PCIe 3.0 X16 slot and two PCIe 3.0 X8 slots offering expansion flexibility for 10GbE NIC cards or dedicated RAID cards.

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QNAP Systems, Inc. (QNAP) today officially released the QTS 5.0 operating system, which includes an upgraded Linux Kernel (5.10), improved security, WireGuard VPN support, and enhanced NVMe SSD cache performance. A new app (QuFTP) is available to help fulfill personal and business file transfer needs. Starting from QTS 5.0, exFAT is also natively supported free of charge on x86-based QNAP NAS, providing users with faster large file transfer and smoother media editing experience.

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“With the new Linux Kernel 5.10 featuring greater hardware support, alongside advancements in security, QTS 5.0 demonstrates excellent capabilities for QNAP NAS to leverage the latest technologies and to protect digital assets,” said Tony Lu, Product Manager of QNAP, adding “Besides automatically updating apps, QTS 5.0 includes more comprehensive security settings, notifications, and related apps to help keep NAS up-to-date and ready to face changing environments and conditions.”

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Synology logoSynology Inc. today announced its new operating system, DSM 7.0, is generally available for the vast majority of its storage devices, including its enterprise NAS and surveillance-focused offerings, following a first point release focused on expanding support.

Since its official release, DSM 7.0 has received praise for its greater speed and efficiency. DSM 7.0.1, besides expanding availability to Synology's top-of-the-line devices, sees the release of several advanced functions, including expedited processing of support requests through Active Insight integration, Fibre Channel support, flash volume deduplication, and a K8s CSI driver to improve volume management in Kubernetes.

Together with this update, Synology is officially launching Hybrid Share, its hybrid cloud solution that brings the flexibility and scalability of cloud services to on-premises deployments. Hybrid Share enables simple and fast file synchronization between locations or offices, combining efficient local file caching with bandwidth offloading to the cloud to improve productivity while reducing IT burdens.

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