Modern businesses face the challenge of dramatic growth of digital data. Deploying a reliable, affordable & expandable storage center to securely store, share, & back up business digital assets has become an important task for the IT administrators. QNAP Turbo NAS provides an efficient & flexible network attached storage solution with i SCSI services, cross-platform data sharing, & rich business applications. With VMware Ready & Citrix Ready verifications, & proven compatibility with Microsoft Hyper-V environment, the Turbo NAS is an ideal shared storage solution in the virtualized & clustered environment. The Turbo NAS offers the IT administrator flexible server backup solutions, including encrypted remote replication, Real-time Remote Replication (RTRR), & cloud-based storage backup. Windows users & Mac users can use QNAP Net Bak Replicator utility & Time Machine respectively to back up data to the Turbo NAS. Furthermore, the Turbo NAS also supports third party backup software such as Veeam Backup & Replication & Acronis True Image. The Turbo NAS can be utilized as the network shared storage of VMware, Citrix virtualization environments & Windows clustered servers. Comparing with traditional SAN (Storage Area Network), the Turbo NAS is a competitive alternative with much lower setup & maintenance costs in an IP SAN.