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The TS-228 is a lightweight, easy to use and feature-rich networked storage center for backup, synchronization, remote access, and home entertainment. It’s energy-efficient and budget-friendly, ideal for home users to start their personal cloud and stay connected to files with full control. See how TS-228 can make your digital life easier, simpler and more convenient.
Powered by an ARM v7 1.1GHz dual-core processor with 1GB DDR3 RAM, the TS-228 delivers an average of 110 MB/s reading and 87 MB/s writing speed for smooth data transmission, concurrent access from multiple users, and home applications. The high-performance and capable TS-228 is ideal for serving as a multimedia center as you can back up or download files without impacting the TS-228’s performance.
The TS-228 features a mini-tower design that takes less desktop space, making it suitable for homes and small/home offices. Compared with a traditional NAS cooling fan, the TS-228 houses a compact and quiet exhaust that helps dissipate heat with less noise and dust. With the tool-less design*, you can easily remove the TS-228’s side cover to add or replace hard drives. The TS-228 is a light, handy and functional NAS that fits snugly into your digital lifestyle.
The TS-228 supports SMB/CIFS, NFS, and AFP protocols for file sharing across Windows, Mac, Linux/UNIX networks. Data, logs and ISO images of CDs and DVDs can be centrally stored on the TS-228 and protected by an integrated antivirus solution.
QNAP NetBak Replicator supports real-time and scheduled data backup on Windows including Outlook email archiving. Apple Time Machine is also supported to provide Mac OS X users with a solution to effortlessly back up data to the TS-228. A wide range of third-party backup software such as Acronis True Image and FarStone TotalRecovery Pro are supported. The front panel USB 3.0 port on the TS-228 features a One-Touch-Backup function for you to instantly back up data on external drives to the TS-228 with just one click, or alternatively to back up data from the TS-228 to external drives. Disaster recovery solutions including RTRR, rsync and cloud storage backup are also included.
Qsync utility turns your TS-228 into a safe, large-capacity data center for file synchronization. Any file uploaded to the TS-228 will be made available for all linked devices, such as computers, laptops or mobile devices. Qsync is especially useful for frequent travelers to manage files and always have the most up-to-date files on different devices. Qsync provides multiple ways of file synchronization and group file sharing, greatly enhancing the flexibility of team projects and collaboration. It also supports centralized configuration, and allows you to remotely erase the Qsync folder on a lost device to avoid data breaches, and even restore it after you have retrieved the device.
The web-based File Station enables you to easily upload, download, and manage files on your TS-228 wherever there is an internet connection. Supporting file extraction, folder creation, and smart search for files and folders, the File Station also allows you to easily share files with colleagues and friends via unique URLs, email, and a shared space. What's even better, you can also directly browse and transfer files between the TS-228 and public cloud services like Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Box, Yandex Disk and Amazon Cloud Drive through File Station, and view files with Office Online and Google Docs or directly open them with a Google Chrome office extension.
Thanks to the intuitive user interface of QTS, your NAS experience is smarter, smoother and spectacular. Its modern flat design streamlines loading times, and the intelligent desktop allows you to quickly find desired functions, create desktop shortcuts or group shortcuts, monitor important system information on a real-time basis, and open multiple application windows to run multiple tasks concurrently, bringing greater operating efficiency. QTS breaks the barriers of devices, platforms and geography to bring optimized cloud experiences to you.
In contrast to the limited storage space and potential security issues with public cloud services, the TS-228 is advantageous for establishing a secure and large-capacity personal cloud. The myQNAPcloud service allows remote access to files stored on the TS-228 and supports automatic port forwarding for UPnP routers, My DDNS service and CloudLink, allowing you to easily access files, share multimedia, and check your system status from anywhere.
In open network environments, data on the connected devices may be exposed in a potential hack. The TS-228 provides numerous security options, such as 2-step verification, encrypted access, IP blocking, antivirus, and more. Administrators can also control the access rights of each user to different folders, preventing unauthorized access to important files. The TS-228 can secure access as being a VPN Server & VPN Client, and also supports setting up a proxy server to ensure connectivity safety.
The TS-228 acts as your photo vault for you to back up your favorite photos. The Photo Station makes photo sharing simple, and you can designate your own access right controls. Simply upload your photos to the TS-228 to create & organize your photo albums through a web browser, and share with your family and friends through social networking sites such as Facebook Google+, Twitter and Pinterest. With the Qfile and Qphoto mobile apps (for iOS and Android), you can also instantly upload your new photos from your mobile device to the TS-228.
The Music Station helps categorize your music collection, and displays album covers to easily organize your personal playlists. Through the music station web player, you can enjoy your music anytime, anywhere with a few clicks. Thousands of local and global online Internet radio programs are also built-into the Music Station for you to enjoy.
You can use DLNA-compatible devices such as Smart TVs, Sony PS4, Microsoft Xbox 360 and media players to enjoy HD quality videos stored on the TS-228. Moreover, you can use the Qfile app on an iOS device to browse videos/photos and play on the TV. Enjoy your home entertainment in an easy way.
The TS-228 is a perfect download center for high speed BT, Magnet, PT (Private Trackers), eMule, FTP, and HTTP downloads. After the download tasks are set ready, you can turn off the computer, and the TS-228 will download as many HD videos as you want. By installing the Qget app in your mobile devices, you can easily search download sources, download contents to the TS-228, and manage download tasks on mobile devices from anywhere.
The TS-228 is your private cloud storage that virtually enlarges the capacity of your mobile devices. Qfile allows you to access, upload, download, manage, and share stored files easily as if you are carrying all of your files in your pocket. If Qfile is installed on an iOS device, users can also browse videos & photos stored on the TS-228 and play via Apple TV. Qmanager lets you monitor & manage the TS-228 remotely and efficiently without turning on your PC. You can take and share digital notes with Qnotes, and enjoy and share music, photos and videos on the TS-228 anywhere and anytime with Qmusic, Qphoto and Qvideo apps.
The Surveillance Station helps you build a professional surveillance center to safeguard your property and valuables. It features an user-friendly interface, and supports real-time monitoring, video & audio recording and playback with a wide range of customizable settings, over 3,000 compatible IP camera models and the expandable IP camera channel licenses. You can also install the Vmobile app on your iOS or Android devices to manage the monitoring of cameras anytime, anywhere, to safeguard your home environment, or install the Vcam mobile app to turn your device into a network camera to instantly record to your TS-228.
The TS-228 has a built-in App Center that provides various install-on-demand apps developed by QNAP and third-party developers, including tools for backup/sync, business, content management, communications, download, entertainment, and much more. It is also a centralized location for managing & updating installed apps, adding potentially limitless opportunities for the TS-228.
The TS-228 features an energy-efficient dual-core ARM processor that maintains high performance in system operations and is suitable for an always-online personal cloud without running up a high electricity bill.