QNAP Features: Management
User-friendly graphic interface with numerous supportive management tools

Resource Monitor:

• Clear graphical interface
• Instant system status overview

System status at a glance

A graphical interface is presented for IT administrators to easily monitor the information of the Turbo NAS, such as CPU usage, memory usage, disk usage, bandwidth usage, system health, hard disk health, and so on. IT administrators can quickly grasp the first hand system information in a timely manner.

Comprehensive Log System:

• Useful system event logs and system connection logs
• Online user list benefits access control
• Conveniently collects logs from other network devices by Syslog Server support

Comprehensive log system

The Turbo NAS assists IT administrators in effective system tracking by providing web-based display logs: system event logs and system connection logs. An online user list is also provided for useful access control.

The web-based log system provides a clear and detailed overview for IT administrators to track important system activities. The system event logs keep IT administrators aware of the information, warning, and error events of the Turbo NAS. The system connection logs enable IT administrators to view the access history of each file (who, when, and what actions were done) easily, which can be exported as an Excel (CSV) file for further analyzing and filing on the PC. Both logs support manual log filtering and advanced filtering via a wizard for quicker data grasping. In addition, the offering of an online user list helps the monitoring of user access as the IT administrators also play an important role in system gatekeeper and guardian for security. When a suspicious connection is found, IT administrators can right click on the user to immediately add it to the block list or the disconnect list.

Centralized monitoring by Syslog Server

A central repository of log data from various network devices allows efficient management and security auditing in businesses. The Syslog server supporting UDP and TCP protocols enables IT administrators to easily collect and store logs from other network devices in the Turbo NAS, improving efficiency on management and troubleshooting when necessary. Advanced filters and e-mail notifications are provided to help quickly identify failures or security threats.

In addition to playing the role as a server for collecting logs from other devices, the Turbo NAS can also act as a client to send its own logs to the Syslog server.

Hard Disk Status Check:

• HDD S.M.A.R.T. check
• HDD back block scanning

Quick HDD health check

The Turbo NAS provides a clear view to display the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) values of each installed hard disk in the Turbo NAS with a summary of each disk’s health status. IT administrators can take early actions when any of the S.M.A.R.T. values are reported as abnormal, thus prevent data loss caused by physical hard disk failure.

IT administrators can choose “Rapid Test” or “Complete Test” mode to perform S.M.A.R.T. test, or create schedules to run instant, daily, weekly, or monthly S.M.A.R.T. test.

HDD bad block scanning

In addition to HDD S.M.A.R.T. check, the Turbo NAS supports bad block scanning, allowing IT administrators to replace hard drives having bad blocks with healthy ones in early stages.

Network UPS:

• Save cost of purchasing additional UPS
• Protect multiple NAS servers
• Supports USB/SNMP standalone UPS mode

Centralized notification for abnormal power supply

With this network UPS support, multiple Turbo NAS servers on the same TCP/IP network can be protected by a single UPS. The network UPS “master” is connected to the UPS via USB cable. Upon abnormal power failure, the UPS sends notification to the network UPS “master” via USB interface, and all the UPS “slaves” are informed by the UPS master via Ethernet. This ensures all Turbo NAS servers are properly shutdown when power fails.

In addition to protect multiple servers with network UPS deployment, IT administrators can also configure the Turbo NAS by using USB/SNMP standalone UPS mode.

Live Update:

• Automatically detects firmware update
• Simple and convenient

QNAP continuously provides firmware updates with new feature enhancements and bug fixes. With live update, the Turbo NAS automatically detects the available firmware on the Internet for IT administrators to download and update the system in a just few clicks.

TFTP Server:

• Easy to configure
• Allows restricting client access by IP range

Easy configuration deployment

TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) is a file transfer protocol known for its simplicity. QNAP TFTP server with PXE booting provides an easy-to-use method to turn the Turbo NAS to a TFTP server for firmware upgrades, deployment or backup of configurations from various network devices such as routers and switches, and supports remote network booting of computers for system imaging or recovery.

Telnet/SSH:

• SSH, Telnet support

Secure remote management

IT administrators can remotely access the Turbo NAS via Telnet or the encrypted Secure Shell (SSH); and execute commands for advanced programming or troubleshooting.

Easy System Migration:

• System upgrade to new models without hassles
• Data is kept intact during migration
• Easy to maintain

Quick and easy

The Turbo NAS makes system migration incredibly simple. For a system upgrade of the Turbo NAS to a newer model, just move the hard disks from the original Turbo NAS to the new one in its original hard disk tray order, and it’s done. All the data will be retained without disk initialization or configuration required.