The document provides an overview of QNAP, a leading supplier of network-attached storage (NAS), detailing its applications, benefits, and RAID configuration options. It explains how NAS serves as a central repository for media storage that can be shared and accessed over a network, including features such as automatic backups and redundancy. Additionally, it highlights the advantages of using QNAP NAS over traditional Windows PCs in terms of reliability and capacity.

1. Multimedia Server and Player
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. Who uses QNAP?
•Steve Madden
•BMW
•Rolls Royce
•Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
•TV stations & Broadcasting Service Providers
•Best Buy Stores
•Fast & Furious 6
Who

6. Video Presentation:
Emmy Nominated Production Company Edge Factory Talks about QNAP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iOVifL2XGk

7. WHAT IS A NAS?
What
A Storage System that is accessible via a switch or router

8. 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

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

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

11. 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

12. RAID 1 (Mirroring)
• Disk Mirroring: Duplicate the data between two hard disks
• Use 2 hard disks
• System capacity = ½ of Raw Capacity
• Redundancy: Allow 1 hard disk failure
What

13. RAID 5
• Minimum use 3 disks to compose a RAID 5
• System capacity = Raw capacity – 1 x HDD’s capacity, (N-1) x ___ TB
• Redundancy: Allow 1 hard disk failure at the same time
Example: 4 x 4TB used for a RAID 5
 Total system capacity = 12TB / 4TBx (4-1) = 12TB
 You invest 1 HDD’s capacity. It allows 1 HDD failure at the same time
What

14. RAID 6
• Minimum use 4 disks to compose a RAID 6
• System capacity = Raw capacity – 1 x HDD’s capacity, (N-2) x ___ TB
• Redundancy: Allow 2 hard disk failure at the same time
Example: 6 x 4TB used for a RAID 6
 Total system capacity = 16TB / 4TBx (6-2) = 16TB
 You invest 2 HDD’s capacity. It allows 2 HDD failure at the same time
What

15. Hot-Spare Drive
• Specify a hard disk as the “stand by” one. In case of any hard disk
failure in the RAID group, the hot spare drive will automatically join
and replace the failure disk
One extra spare drive investment is required
What

16. V
• RAID 1 (Mirroring) is popular for 2 bay systems
 Invest 1 hard disk; ½ capacity.
 Invest 1 hard disk; N x TB capacity.
• RAID 5 is economic choice for a single large volume
 Invest 2 hard disk; (N-2) x TB.
 Invest 1 hard disk; (N-1) x TB.
• RAID 6 is the mode giving higher redundancy
 Invest 2 hard disk; (N-2) x TB.
 Invest 1 hard disk; N x TB.
What

17. Failover Server
Surveillance
iTunes Server
IP Filter
FIPS 140-2
Encrypted
Access
VPN Server
AES 256-bit
IP Blocking
Auto-
blocking
Backup
Server
Power Management - Personal Cloud -Cloud Storage
When
When should I use a NAS?

18. 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 20 Terabytes 2 Terabytes

19. How Much Capacity?
•Total Size = drive number x drive size
•Drive sizes = 2TB, 3TB, 4TB… etc
2 x 5TB =10TB
4 x 5TB =20TB
6 x 5TB = 30TB
16 x 5TB = 80TB
24 x 5TB = 120TB
When

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

21. Room for GrowthWhen

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

23. Multimedia Storage Server
and Streaming
How

24. 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

25. Multimedia Storage
Media Server Connection
How

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

27. 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

28. Video Presentation:
QNAP NAS in action!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu59r_MrVag
How

29. Thank you for attending the
Webinar!
Hernan Lopez
hernanlopez@qnap.com