QNAP’s network attached storage devices are known for stability, versatile features, and great support from the few-year-old Taiwanese company. This time around, we’re reviewing TS-439U-RP, a 1U rackmount, dual power supply, dual NIC, dual OS, and four bay NAS aimed at the small business and corporate sector. It can serve up files via SMB, AFP, NFS, FTP, and a variety of other alphabet-soup protocols. It can stream audio and video to gaming consoles, backup to cloud services, and so much more. ThinkComputers has the review.
Features and Specifications
Note: This information is from QNAP’s product page.
Hardware spec
| CPU | Intel Atom 1.6 GHz |
| DRAM | 1GB DDRII RAM |
| Flash Memory | 128MB (DOM) |
| HDD | 4 x 3.5″ SATA I/II HDD or 4 x 2.5″ SATA HDD NOTE:
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| HDD Tray | 4 x hot-swappable and lockable tray |
| LAN Port | 2 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet port |
| LED Indicators | USB, Status, HDD 1, HDD 2, HDD 3, HDD 4, LAN |
| USB | 3 x USB 2.0 Supports USB printer, pen drive, USB hub, and USB UPS etc. |
| Buttons | System: Power button, one touch copy button, reset button |
| Alarm Buzzer | System warning |
| Form Factor | 1U rackmount |
| Dimensions | 44(H) x 439(W) x 499(D) mm 1.73(H) x 16.97(W) x 19.65(D) inch |
| Weight | Net weight: 7.6 kg/ 19.76 lb Gross weight: 12.06 kg/ 26.59 lb |
| Power Consumption (W) | Sleep mode: 23W In Operation: 53W with 4 x 1TB HDD installed |
| Temperature | 0~40˚C/ 32~104°F |
| Humidity | 0~95% R.H. |
| Power Supply | Input: 100-240 Vac~, 50-60Hz, 2A, Output: 150W |
| VGA | Reserved |
| Fan | 4 x cooling fan (4 cm, 12V DC; internal: 3, external:1 ) |
Some of the things you can do with a QNAP device
- Access your QNAP remotely via WebDAV
- How to Use Amazon S3 with QNAP Turbo NAS
- Time Machine Support
- Shared Folder Aggregation How-to Guide
- How to use virtual disk on your QNAP NAS
- Setup SMS and Email Alert Notifications
- Join QNAP into Microsoft Active Directory Environment
- How to create and use the iSCSI target service on the QNAP NAS
- How to remote replicating your data stored on QNAP NAS
- How to Access Your QNAP Turbo NAS from the Internet
- How to use QGet to manage multiple BT download jobs remotely
- NextGEN photo gallery plugin for WordPress – Part II
- Create a personal blog with WordPress – Part I
- Install & Setup SqueezeCenter 7 for your Squeezebox Music Players
- How to set up the Surveillance Station of QNAP NAS
- MLDonkey (eMule/eDonkey) Installation & Setup
- Using NFS Sharing of QNAP NAS to Set up Home Multimedia Center and Play HD Video
- Setup a Website on QNAP NAS using Joomla
- Online RAID Capacity Expansion & RAID Level Migration
- Stream Media Files to Sony PSP and Nokia N95 Wirelessly
- Procedure of Hot-swapping the hard drives when the RAID crashes
- Establish a PC-less Multimedia Center for Sony PlayStation 3
- How to Use PHP & MySQL to Create a Forum in Your Turbo Station
- Setup UPnP Media Sharing for your HD Video Players
- Set up Your Own FTP Server in an Easy Way
- Back up & Share Your Digital Photos on QNAP NAS
- Setup iTunes Music Server on QNAP
Packaging
The QNAP TS-439U-RP arrived in a very, very large plain cardboard box. Remember that this is an business unit–no need for the flash box logos and whatnot since this product would likely not be available in a retail store.
The NAS comes with a power cord, two Ethernet cables, handles, manuals, a firmware CD, and a rackmounting kit. It’s important to note that this unit is the RP version of the TS-439U, which means that it has dual, redundant power supplies. A less expensive version, the SP, has only a single power supply, but retains the open spot so that the user can easily upgrade the unit to have redundant power supplies.
I should mention that 3.2.0 is out now.
Thanks for the nice review, Colin. Have you checked out iSCSI under 3.2.0 yet? Also, wondering how well the command line works. Now I'm getting even more impatient waiting on my bosses to free up some funding for my pet VMware side-project, so I can order this sweet little thing!
Oh, and v3.2.1 seems to have come out today…guess there were a few more issues… 😉