QNAP Systems has announced the availability of QTS 4.1.1, their new Turbo NAS firmware that features full NAS encryption by volume-based technology to improve data security, which addresses growing cloud security challenges. QTS provides users with numerous applications, including enhanced multimedia apps for photos, music, and videos, as well as surveillance, file management, and virtualization functionality; all with a huge focus on privacy.
QNAP Systems has announced the availability of QTS 4.1.1, their new Turbo NAS firmware that features full NAS encryption by volume-based technology to improve data security, which addresses growing cloud security challenges. QTS provides users with numerous applications, including enhanced multimedia apps for photos, music, and videos, as well as surveillance, file management, and virtualization functionality; all with a huge focus on privacy.
Private data being leaked to the Internet is becoming a primary security concern for business users. As such, the added protection offered by Network Attached Storage devices are becoming more and more attractive to users, especially for confidential business files as well as private photos/videos that require high security. That said, shared-folder-level encryption used by the traditional NAS does not allow users to encrypt photos, music, and videos stored in default shared folders. As a result, this data can be easily accessed if NAS is physically stolen.
QNAP provides business users with a unified storage solution for both security and functionality. Even if the Turbo NAS is encrypted, data can still be accessible using Windows SMB/CIFS, iSCSI, and NFS protocols. QNAP adds that since some NAS brands only give users the option to encrypt newly created shared folders, they will not have access to these shared folders through the NFS protocol. With full NAS encryption, QNAP gives Turbo NAS users 100% security in addition to a private cloud storage solution.
QTS 4.1.1 (Build 0916) enhancements and new features include:
- Updated Twonky Server to version 7.
- Add SMB protocol option: Only allows applications to access files using the long file name format.
- Added the VPN client IP column in “VPN Server” > “Connection List”.
- Enabled email notifications when the RTRR job status changes from “retry” to “standby”.
- Files can be deleted from File Station using the keyboard's Delete key.
- Added a “View last run log” button in “Antivirus” > “Scan jobs”.
- For files that are being transcoded and added in “Transcode Management” > “Background Transcoding Task”, the option to select resolutions that are already available is disabled.
- Added a promotion banner in “App Center” > “All Apps” and “Developer Contact Information” in the app property.
- Added support for On-the-fly Transcoding (in “Control Panel” > “Applications” > “Transcode Management”)
- Added the “Slideshow” button in Photo Station to play all of the selected photos in an album.
- Added support for downloading resized photos in the Photo Station.
- Added the “Copy to Clipboard” button in the Share window in Video Station.
- File Station can now display up to 500 items.
- “Year” in the Timeline view can now be clicked to show all of the photos in the year clicked in Photo Station.
- Intermediate SSL Certificates are now supported.
- The QTS firmware version can be shown/hidden on the login page using the “show firmware version” option.
- External devices can now be auto-ejected after the backup job finishes in Backup Station.
- Backup Station can now generate detailed remote replication backup reports.
- Folders can now be uploaded in File Station using Google Chrome.
- Backup Station can now send users a mission report after a RTRR job is completed or fails.
- Increased the maximum number of FTP connections to over 1024 (the number varies based on system RAM.)
- Storage Manager can now create a system log when the HDD temperature has returned to normal.
- Added the stop service button for the Amazon S3 backup service.
- Photo Station can now indicate if the sharing period of an album has expired (an exclamation mark on the album thumbnail.)
- Added SSH encryption support for rsync backup.
- The /home and /multimedia media folders in Multimedia Management can now be cancelled for folder scans.
- Added the option to directly add a shared folder as a media folder during the folder creation process.
- Added support of the number of days as a filtering criteria for remote replication.
- Added support for restore mode in Quick Installation.
- Updated Apache to version 2.2.27 for Web Server.
- Increased the length of the user password to more than 16 characters.
- Added the Autoplay dialog box for external USB devices (USB storage, USB printer, or USB UPS.)
- USB DACs are now supported in Music Station.
- The free space alarm can now be more than 99999MB in Hardware.
- Includes iSCSI LUNs in disk usage in both System Status and Dashboard.
- Includes Wi-Fi in both Network Status and Dashboard.
- Added support for setting the daily check time in the Recycle Bin setup.
- Includes Selfhost.de as a DDNS service provider.
- Added support for sleep mode in Power Schedule.
For a full breakdown of the QTS 4.1.1 update, visit QNAP’s change log page.
