QNAP officially released version 5.1.0 of QTS NAS operating system. The update offers new functionality for storage applications, data management and multi-device management.
The QTS 5.1.0 update should bring more (software-based) functionality to its 2.5GbE, 10GbE and 25GbE-ready NAS servers. Especially in providing SMB multichannel for optimizing and improving network performance for high-demand workloads.
Ultimately, this in turn should optimize the use of SaaS solutions for customers and achieve maximum efficiency for that.
New features
New functionality in QTS 5.1.0 includes SMB multichannel for full throughput and multi-path protection. This feature allows multiple network connections to be amplified to maximize available bandwidth for better throughput speeds. Especially for large files and multimedia.
The NAS operating system now also supports AES-128-GMAC for SMB signing acceleration for Windows Server 2022 and Windows 11 clients. This helps improve the CPU utilization of a NAS system, for example.
In addition, QTS 5.1.0 supports QNAP Authenticator passwordless login, improves delegated admin functionality for management productivity and data security, and has improved capabilities for automatically replacing RAID disks. This using third-party tools such as S.M.A.R.T., Western Digital Device Analytics, IronWolf Health Management and ULINK DA Drive Analyzer.
Further updates
Furthermore, through the central cloud management platform AMIZ Cloud, multiple NAS environments can be monitored and managed. Not only QuCPE Network Virtualization Premise Equipment, but now also QNAP NAS solutions.
Finally, the update provides the ability to add a Hailo-8 M.2 AI module to a QANP surveillace server. This allows AI to enhance the functionality of multiple IP cameras.
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