QNAP Promotes Powerful Joomla! CMS on Linux embedded Turbo NAS series

Sunday, 16 March 2008 13:33

The leading network-attached storage (NAS) provider QNAP Systems, Inc. today announced the built-in Joomla! Content Management System (CMS) support on its TS-409 Turbo NAS series for web enthusiasts, workshops, and business users. TS-409 Turbo NAS series supports PHP and MySQL Web Server. In this enhancement, QNAP has successfully improved the web server performance and boosted it by 100%-300%! The TS-409 Turbo NAS series provides a power-saving and reliable platform for users to host their web sites. The built-in Joomla! CMS on the NAS simplifies the setup and installation process of web hosting. This enables professional users to enjoy the convenience and flexibility brought by this powerful open source tool in establishing their web sites or online applications. Even those users who are not familiar with the Linux environment or do not have any coding knowledge can start to use Joomla! CMS to build their interactive websites. Joomla! is an award-winning CMS with one of the most powerful open source communities in the world. It has been successfully applied in incredible number of web sites and online applications, e.g. online shops, news broadcast, blogs, and forums. The Joomla! package is complete yet extremely easy to install for users who are not familiar with HTML or web design. Even non-programmers can build their sounding web sites and with hundreds of free Joomla! extensions available.

QNAP TS-409 Turbo NAS series adopts high performance 500MHz CPU and 256MB DDRII memory. It is the leading 12-functions-in-one server which provides reliable networked storage and professional backup. The series supports built-in editable php.ini, MySQL, and SQLite web server and DDNS service to enable home and business users to set up a compact and high performance web server with complete functions. According to Mr. Andy Chuo, Product Manager from QNAP, "More and more users are seeking after an energy-saving NAS server to replace PC server for building their web sites or other online applications. The powerful embedded system design of our NAS and the enhancement of the Web Server function should dominate and gradually replace the traditional web server setup by PC. We hope to bring our users a different experience to build their own web sites easily even if they are not familiar with Linux."

About TS-409 Turbo NAS Series
QNAP TS-409 Turbo NAS series is a 4-bay hot swappable NAS which supports up to 4TB storage capacity. Besides the 12-in-1 functions, TS-409 series supports RAID 0/1/5/6/JBOD, Online RAID Capacity Expansion, Online RAID Level Migration, and advanced hard drive S.M.A.R.T.

About QNAP All-in-one NAS Server
QNAP All-in-one NAS Server series surpasses general entry-level servers with only basic network drive functions in providing diversified application server functions via easy-to-manage web-based interface. These functions include network storage, file server, encrypted FTP server, encrypted remote replication, printer server, etc. The powerful backup software NetBak Replicator is provided for users to back up data on multiple PCs to NAS. QNAP also supports Windows AD service for centralized data management to reduce the data maintenance cost of SMB and corporate users. The built-in digital home theatre functions are supported, e.g., music sharing via iTunes server, and highly compatible DLNA media streaming server for playing videos, music, and photos on TV via streaming from Digital Media Adaptor, PS3, or Xbox360 game consoles. Furthermore, the network album provides a user-friendly platform for sharing photos with friends and family. QNAP NAS series also support PC-less BT, HTTP, and FTP download. The included QGet software can be used to manage the download tasks of multiple NAS servers over LAN or WAN.

Applications and Operation
For further information about how to use QNAP NAS and the built-in Joomla! CMS to build interactive websites, please refer to the application notes on QNAP website (http://www.qnap.com/pro_features_Joomla.asp). You can also visit QNAP forum to join the relevant discussion (http://forum.qnap.com).