Qnap QTS 4.2.2 NAS OS

Qnap Systems, Inc. announced the release of QTS 4.2.2 – its NAS OS – with its innovative storage capacity expansion technology.

VJBOD (Virtual JBOD) Beta allows users to expand the capacity of a company’s NAS by using unused storage resources from other firm’s NAS. VJBOD is a benefit for users with multiple NAS and helps achieve optimal capacity utilization in a cost-effective way.

“With VJBOD, users can make the best use of available storage resources across multiple Qnap NAS and enjoy a highly-flexible storage expansion solution. With VJBOD and conventional expansion enclosures, users have a wide range of options available to expand the available space of their Qnap NAS,” said Ripple Wu, product manager, Qnap.

VJBOD is network-based JBOD which allows users to allocate storage space from another firm’s NAS iSCSI LUN as an virtual disk, then create storage pools, take snapshots, clone snapshots, or index multimedia files into the media library on the local NAS. With VJBOD, a NAS can use unused storage space from up to eight remote NAS while at the same time being connected to expansion enclosures, providing it with massive amounts of storage potential. Moreover, VJBOD can be used in couple with 10GbE/40GbE network and port trunking (link aggregation) to provide users with storage space with fast and stable connectivity.

VJBOD Beta is available and can be set up in the Storage Manager.