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. Rich Business Applications The Turbo NAS supports file sharing across Windows, Mac, Linux, & UNIX platforms. It can be used as a file server, FTP server, print server, & web server. Windows AD (Active Directory) support & advanced features such as Web DAV, Shared Folder Aggregation, IPv 6 & IPv 4 dual-stack, Wake on LAN, scheduled power on/off, hard drive S.M.A.R.T., comprehensive log systems, & policybased unauthorized IP blocking are all included. Well-rounded Backup Solutions 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. Affordable & Flexible Virtualization Solution The Turbo NAS is VMware Ready™ for ESXi 5.0 & ESX 4.1 with support for v Sphere 4 & v Sphere 5, Citrix Ready™ for Xen Server 6.0, & compatible with Microsoft Hyper-V™. 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.