Introduction

First I'd like to thank QNAP for supplying this sample.

The QNAP TS-409 pro Turbo NAS is the latest addition to the QNAP NAS lineup. It shows quite some resemblance to its little brother, the TS-209. Though where the TS-209 stops at two disks and mirroring, the TS-409 allows up to four disks and supports a myriad of advanced RAID features and hardware monitoring. In addition it features everything its little brothers does, countless file sharing services and supporting services to utilize these to the fullest.
With these improvements the TS-409 pro Turbo NAS draws very high expectations.

Features

The list of features is quite impressive. It includes the most basic and perhaps mostly used servers as well as some very advanced functionality. The QNAP site gives us the following list:

• File server
• FTP server
• Backup server
• Encrypted Remote Replication
• Web Server with Built-in phpMyAdmin
• MySQL Server
• Printer Server
• Photo Sharing
• UPnP Media Server (with built-in TwonkyMedia Server)
• iTunes Server
• Download Station
• The Most Advanced RAID Management with Hot-swap Design
• Online RAID Capacity Expansion and Online RAID Level Migration
• S.M.A.R.T & Advanced HDD Health Scanning (HHS)
• Comprehensive Event Log System
• Sharing files across Windows and Mac
• Secure data storage, access, and sharing
• Share Folder Management
• One touch USB auto copy
• Web File Manager
• Network Recycle Bin
• Built-in DDNS support

Specifications

Application:	4x3.5" SATA HD, up to 3 USB devices
Weight:	3 Kg (without disks), ~4,75 Kg fully loaded
Dimensions:	225 x 176 x 188 mm
Material:	Aluminum
Interface:	Gigabit Ethernet
Power supply:	External 12V adapter
Power usage:	18.8W in sleep mode 44.6W in operation
Supported filesystems:	FAT, FAT32, EXT3, NTFS (read only)
Hardware specifications:	CPU: Marvell 5281 500MHz RAM: 256 MB DDRII