QNAP TS-809 Pro Turbo NAS
Jun 23rd, 2009 | By SimonInstalling and setting up the TS-809 Pro is not difficult at all. Each drive cage is secured in to the Turbo NAS and can be retrieved by lifting the lever. Hard drives are secured to the bottom of the cage by four screws and then slid back into the Turbo NAS.
Once the drives have been pushed back into the device and the lever secured, you have the added option of locking the drive in place with a tubular pin tumbler lock.
Once the power cord and CAT 5e cable are plugged in, the TS809 Pro Turbo NAS is ready to be powered up and configured for your network.
It’s perfectly acceptable to use the onscreen display to configure the NAS but to take full advantage I would recommend using the driver CD and configuring the NAS through the provided software and fine tuning your configurations through the web admin. Regardless, here are the menus available on the onscreen display for modification, details about my network and hard drives.
Once you pop the provided install CD into your CD or DVD Player, you’ll be asked what you want to do: view the Quick Installation Guide, Install QNAP Finder, Install NetBak Replicator, Install QGet, view the User Manual and Application Notes, Browse the CD or visit the QNAP website and Registration Website. The QNAP Finder is software required to find the QNAP TS-809 Pro on your network and run the basic configuration.
After selecting your language and completing the installation, the software will begin, find the NAS device and ask if you wish the device to be configured. Select “YES” and the six step process will begin.
The process includes a welcome screen, entering the name for the server, selecting a password, entering the date, time and time zone, entering the IP address, subnet mask and default gateway (DHCP is an available option), selecting the services you wish to be enabled, configuring your hard drive to the desired RAID setup and confirming your selections before everything begins.
Once the configuration is complete, you can access the web administration through your network and password.
The main page has not changed since the first QNAP Turbo NAS I’ve looked at. While it is very fast to load, it is not the easiest to navigate.
I don’t want this page to scroll for miles with screen shots, so I’ve created links to the menus. If you want to see the configuration options available, click on the link for a screen shot.
System Settings
- Server Name
- Date & Time
- Filename Encoding Setting
- Configure SMTP Server
- Configure SMSC Server
- View System Settings
Network Settings
- TCP/IP Configuration
- Microsoft Networking
- Apple Networking
- NFS Service
- Web File Manager
- FTP Service
- Multimedia Station
- iTunes Service
- Download Station
- Web Server
- DDNS Service
- MySQL Service
- Surveillance Station
- System Port Management
- View Network Settings
Device Configuration
- SATA Disk
- RAID Management Tool
- Disk Volume Encryption Management
- iSCSI Target
- External Storage Device
- USB Printer
User Management
Network Share Management
System Tools
- Alert Notification
- Auto Power on/off Management
- Hardware Settings
- UPS
- Hard Disk SMART
- System Update
- USB one touch copy backup
- Change Logo
- Back up to external storage device
- Remote replication
- Backup/Restore/Reset Settings
- IP Filter
- Network Recycle Bin
- Remote Login
- QPKG
- Import SSL Secure Certificate
System Logs
Firmware 3.1.0
On June 12, 2009 QNAP released a new firmware for the TS-809 Pro, version 3.1.0. The biggest change was a revamp of the original graphical user interface. They’ve upgraded to AJAX complete with either a flow design or standard view. The new interface has a far more friendly apperance and quick to load despite the many graphics to aid the user.
Here’s an overview:
Once again, I don’t want to have pictures upon pictures in this page so I will create a list of all the available pages on nthe new firmware and link to screenshots.
Admin
- General Settings
- Network
- Hardware
- Security
- Notification
- Power Management
- Network Recycle Bin
- Backup System Settings
- System Logs
- Firmware Update
- System Reset
- Microsoft Networking
- Apple Networking
- NFS Service
- FTP Service
- Telnet/SSH
- SNMP Settings
- Web Server
- Network Service Discovery
- Web File Manager
- Multimedia Station
- Download Station
- Surveillance Station
- iTunes Service
- UPnP Media Server
- MySQL Server
- QPKG Plugins
The software features are extensive with QNAP. Every popular network application you could think of has probably been considered and added. For a small business or home office QNAP would be a one stop shop deal. You wouldn’t need a separate server to host your internal websites. All your files and leisure songs to play would be accessible over the network and the web via FTP.