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Date: September 25th, 2008
Article by: Jackie Mueller (Hardware Reviewer)
Edited by: Nathan Glentworth (Owner / Head Editor)
Product was submitted by: QNAP
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PRODUCT INSTALLATION AND TESTING

And configuring one-touch copy settings is a snap. Checking the appropriate radio button allows file transfer to a USB drive or to the NAS. Files can be copied to and from any folder on the NAS you wish, or the feature can be disabled totally to prevent someone from walking up to the unit and copying files to it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To share multimedia files with other network users, Multimedia Station must be enabled. For sharing multimedia with other DLNA hardware devices (such as a home theater receiver), check a box to enable the UPnP Media Server. This feature utilizes the TwonkyMedia interface which is very easy to configure and navigate.

The download station enables the downloading of HTTP, FTP, and bittorrent files straight to the NAS without requiring the use of a computer. Like just about everything else, this feature can be disabled if it won't be used.

For further testing, file transfer speeds were recorded with the NAS attached to a Linksys WRT54G router with no other network traffic present. I first copied a 4.35GB file between two internal SATA drives on a Windows XP PC which took 1 minute, 49 seconds. Let's see how that compares to copying to and from the TS-509 Pro:

4.35GB File Transfer

I then copied a smaller 700MB file to and from the NAS with the following results:

700MB File Transfer

Copying the same 700MB file to and from a USB flash drive using the one-touch copy button yielded the following results:

700MB File Transfer (using one-touch copy button)

 

Transfer times were good all around and will vary slightly from system to system, but this gives a general idea of what to expect from an out of the box setup on a typical home network. I should also mention that the fans make very little noise – in a room with normal ambient sounds, the unit is barely audible.