Home and business NAS specialty brand QNAP® Systems, Inc. today introduced NAS QTS 5.0.1. It is the new version of its operating system for its NAS catalogs, with which the general security is reinforced, with greater comfort and higher performance for data protection and daily use.
This new version of your operating system includes new features. Some of them are secure RAID disk replacement, Windows Search Protocol support for NAS shared folders, and enterprise SED support. QNAP ARM-based x86 NAS with QTS 5.0.1 now too support exFAT file system Without aditional costs.
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New key features of QTS 5.0.1 for QNAP NAS
Replacing RAID disks before a possible failure
If drive errors show up through SMART values, DA Drive Analyzer predictions, or medianet a system slowdown, affected disks in a RAID group can be replaced with spare disks at any time. This greatly improves system reliability and eliminates the need to rebuild the system. RAID.
Free exFAT support for ARM-based NAS
The exFAT file system supports files up to 16 EB, and is optimized for flash storage. These are SD cards and US devices. This speeds up the transfer and sharing of large media files to or from mobile storage drives.
Improved transfer speeds for SMB signing and encryption with QTS 5.0.1
QTS 5.0.1 supports AES-NI hardware acceleration to improve data signing and encryption/decryption efficiency over SMB 3.0. Thus, transfer speeds up to 5 times faster than without AES-NI hardware acceleration. It also helps increase system performance while protecting sensitive business data.
Windows Search Protocol (WSP) support for mounted shared folders
QNAP's QTS 5.0.1 OS now supports Microsoft WSP, which is based on the SMB protocol. Users can use WSP to browse shared folders on the NAS through Windows when an SMB drive is mounted on the NAS.
Enterprise SED Support
In addition to TCG-OPAL, QTS 5.0.1 supports HDDs and SSDs that support Enterprise SEDs-TCG self-encrypting drives. You can take advantage of its built-in encryption for an additional layer of data protection without the need to use additional resources. This is especially useful for organizations that store highly sensitive information, such as those in the public sector, healthcare, or finance.
