This document discusses technological innovations for home entertainment and video storage presented by QNAP. It introduces QNAP as a leading supplier of NAS products, defines NAS as a network attached storage system that allows centralizing and sharing media through the internet or as a media server. It explains when and where to use a NAS for automatic backups, large storage capacities and redundancy. It also describes how to use a NAS for multimedia storage and streaming to devices, easy setup, and provides examples of real-world solutions for NAS use in retail businesses, offices and medical facilities.

1. Technological Innovations
for Home Entertainment & Video Storage
Presented by

2. Part 1 Who
Who is QNAP?
Part 2 What
What is a NAS?
Part 3 When
When can I use a NAS?
Part 4 Where
Where do I use a NAS?
Part 5 Why
Why use a NAS?
Part 6 How
How do I use a NAS ?
Topics

3. World-Class Storage
• According to a market research conducted by Gartner
• QNAP is the No. 1 supplier of standalone NAS products in the
sub-$5,000 price band in terms of vendor revenue by raw
terabytes shipped.
Who

4. 3.5 Million Users Worldwide
1.5 Million
1 Million
1 Million
Who

5. Government
Defense
Production
Retail
Education
Who
Who uses QNAP?

6. WHAT IS A NAS?What
Network
Attached
Storage
A storage system that is accessible via a switch or router

7. What is NAS?
•Network Attached Storage
•Centralize media storage
•Share through Internet
•Media Server
BOXEE BOX, HD MEDIA PLAYER, HD
D-Link Systems Inc
Microsoft XBOX
What
ONKYO Network A/V
Controller Receive

8. A NAS can backup your media files
Scheduled Automatic
Backups
What
From NAS to NAS or Cloud Service

9. What is RAID? Why do I need it?
What

10. Introduction
•What is RAID?
•Why do I need RAID?
 Create a single large volume
 Gain more system performance *
 Gain redundancy *
RAID is to group multiple hard drives which you install in the
system, and gain a pool of storage resources
* Depends on RAID mode
What

11. When
Why use a QNAP NAS?

12. QNAP NAS vs Windows PC
When
RAID? YES NO
Industrial grade quality & reliability? YES NO
Control 4 certified? YES NO
Blue Screen of death? NO YES
Crashes? NO YES
Virus? NO YES
Constant Updates? NO YES
Hard Drive Capacity Limit 32 Terabytes 2 Terabytes

13. Does Size Really Matter?
How many downloaded movies fit on
1 Terabyte?
When

14. Blue Screen of Death

15. 15
Random Windows Updating

16. 16
Viruses

17. Room for GrowthWhen

18. Where
Where can I obtain digital movies
and music for my NAS?

19. Multimedia Storage Server
and Streaming
How

20. Multimedia Storage
Media Server
• Stream music, videos, and photos from NAS to DLNA/UPnP digital devices
• HDTV, Smart TV sets, Sony® PS3, Microsoft® Xbox 360 and Hi-Fi system
How

21. Multimedia Storage
Media Server Connection
How

22. Easy SetupHow

23. Onkyo QNAP NAS
(sold in Japan)

24. Multimedia Player via HDMI
Connect your QNAP NAS directly into
your TV Monitor
* Xbox Media Center
How

25. * Xbox Media Center
How
4K Recorder and Player

26. Control4 Certified NAS
 SDDP -Simple Device
Discovery Protocol
 Integrated with
Control4 Remote
 Synchronize media
library in real time
• Cover-art
• Synopsis
• Title
• Director/actor
• Genre….etc
How

27. THUNDERBOLT FOR MACHow
Thunderbolt 2 that delivers lightning speeds up
to 20Gbps/s throughput. With the high
transfer speed of DAS and the convenient
accessibility of NAS, QNAP Thunderbolt NAS is
a very flexible and efficient storage solution for
creative media professionals looking to
streamline large 4K UHD video and design
workflows.

28. THUNDERBOLT FOR MACHow

29. Real-World Solutions
Retail Convenience Store
29
Digital Signage
Back office
Storage and Backup
HD Streaming
Surveillance Storage
Website Hosting
& Cloud Access

30. Real-World Solutions
Business
30
Surveillance Storage
Data Backup
Printer Server
Centralized Shared
Storage
Website Hosting
& Cloud Access
Virtualization Station

31. Real-World Solutions
Medical and Dental Office
31
Digital Signage
Records & Billing
Storage and Backup
HD Streaming
X-ray & Imaging Storage
Website Hosting
& Cloud Access

32. Thank you
Hernan Lopez
hernanlopez@qnap.com
go.qnap.com