QNAP TS-1279U-RP is an entry enterprise class Network Area Storage that I recently chose to go with. In this review I will describe the research, procurement, and set-up / installation process that I went through with this device.

The first and for some the most important limitation of this NAS device is that if you are trying to get it to work via its native interface plus LDAP integration and need granular permissions control, this unit is not for you. I purchased this unit hoping that its promised ACL support would handle Window Server NTFS permissions with ease. Although the device does support ACL and LDAP integration, it is limited to setting only Read/Write or None permissions and at that only on first two levels of Folder/Subfolder. If you have an intricate permissions schema you will have to do what I did and create a virtual file server add an iSCSI targeted hard drive to it located on the QNAP NAS and only then you will have same granular permissions as you do within a windows file server

Here are some QNAP NAS Hi-Lites:

• NAS, iSCSI, IP-SAN storage solution
• VMware, Citrix and Hyper-V ready
• High performance, secure, reliable, and simple
• 10 GbE ready reaching over 1, 000 MB/s and 100, 000 IOPS
• Multi-core processor, DDR3, SATA 6Gb/s, and USB 3.0

Secure

Data might seem insecure being open in a network, but the QNAP® TS-1279U-RP offers a variety of security options such as encrypted access, IP filtering, policy-based automatic IP blocking, and more. In addition, full control of the NAS is offered down to the user and folder access rights to determine who can access the NAS and what can or cannot be accessed. The TS-1279U-RP is packed with security features to stop all unauthorized data access such as AES-256 volume-based encryption. The AES-256 volume-based encryption prevents sensitive data from unauthorized access and data-breach even if the hard drives or the device is stolen.

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