- - Rack (1U)
- - Number of storage drives supported: 4
- - 1.8 GHz
- - 1
- - DHCP server Jumbo frames support iSCSI support
- - 150 W
TS-459U-RP+ Turbo NAS - Includes Redundant Power Supply, 1U, Intel Atom 1.8GHz Dual-core Processor, 1GB RAM, 512MB DOM, 2.5/ 3.5" SATA I/II HDD x4, 2 x Gigabit RJ-45, 5 x USB 2.0, 2 x eSATA, 7.63 kg
Modern businesses face the challenges of dramatic growth of digital data as well as raising productivity and efficiency. To well deploy the business IT environment with a reliable, affordable, scalable, and easy-to-maintain storage center to securely store, share and back up the digital assets has become the top task for the server managers nowadays in small and mid-sized companies. The TS-459U+ series Turbo NAS is the brand-new 4-bay 1U rackmount chassis network attached storage (NAS) server to satisfy these requirements.
The TS-459U-RP/ SP+ is equipped with the next-generation Intel® Atom™ Dual-Core 1.8GHz processor delivering exceptionally high performance, yet with low power consumption for energy-saving commitment. The Turbo NAS offers the best cost performance ratio of rack mount server in the industry; and provides versatile business applications to maximize server consolidation in the business environment. The Turbo NAS is integrated as a powerful all-in-one application server, which requires no extra time and efforts for software installation. The server managers can adopt the NAS in many of the system integration projects or office applications quickly. The Turbo NAS is also an affordable solution capable of business-class server applications, secure data backup and sharing, and iSCSI service for virtualized and clustered environment.
The Most Affordable and Flexible Virtualization Solution
The TS-459U-RP/ SP+ is certified as compatible with VMware® vSphere4 (ESX 4.0 and above) virtualization platform. The NAS can be utilized as the networked shared storage of VMware virtualization environments and Windows cluster servers. Comparing with traditional SAN (Storage Area Network), the Turbo NAS is a competitive alternative with much lower setup and maintenance costs in an IP SAN.
The Feature-rich and Integrated Applications for Business
The NAS supports file sharing across Windows, Mac, Linux, and UNIX platforms. Versatile business applications such as file server, FTP server, printer server, web server, and Windows AD support are provided. The dominant features, such as WebDAV, Share Folder Aggregation (also known as DFS), IPv6 and IPv4 dual-stack, Wake on LAN, schedule power on/ off, HDD S.M.A.R.T, comprehensive log systems, and policy-based unauthorized IP blocking are all included features of a QNAP NAS server.
QNAP TS-459U-RP+, Rack (1U)
QNAP TS-459U-RP+. Storage drive interface: Serial ATA, Serial ATA II, RAID levels: JBOD, Supported file systems: EXT3, EXT4, FAT32, HFS+, NTFS. Processor frequency: 1.8 GHz. Internal memory: 1 GB, Flash memory: 512 MB. Compliance industry standards: IEEE 802.3ad, Supported network protocols: TCP/IP, CIFS/SMB, AFP (3.2), NFS (v3), FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, SSH, iSCSI, SNMP. Chassis type: Rack (1U), Number of fans: 3 fan(s), LED indicators: LAN, USB
Accompanying PC applications are somewhat functionally limited, with a basic user interface, The NAS does not appear to utilise the available bandwidth of a 2 Gbps LACP (802.3ad) link... 
Before undertaking the review, I studied the product pages for the QNAP TS-459U-RP, and still did not expect to see the sheer number of settings and options available. At times, I was pleasantly surprised to see handy unique features like ISO mounting...