Qnap Q’center V1.8 Central Management Platform Apps for Multiple NAS

Qnap Systems, Inc. released Q’center v1.8, an upgraded version that extends the host server capability to ARM-based NAS models and also adds more functions to enhance privilege and security management.

As a central management platform that consolidates the management of multiple company’s NAS, Q’center provides immediate and complete information to assist IT administrators in making decisions with greater efficiency.

“The new Q’center focuses more on strengthening security management in business storage environments, while also making Q’center host servers available for ARM-based NAS to lower the threshold for SMBs to deploy a NAS central management system,” said Ripple Wu, product manager, Qnap.

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With Q’center v1.8, the firm’s 64-bit ARM-based NAS models can perform as host servers to deliver high cost-efficiency. Besides managing physical company’s NAS systems, Q’center host servers can manage vQTS – virtual QTS OSs. By centrally deploying and monitoring multiple vQTS, IT administrators can manage integrated NAS experiences including aspects from vQTS.

Q’center v1.8 adds integration with Windows Active Directory, allowing multiple NAS to be joined to Windows AD and allows the domain users to use the same Windows AD account name and password to connect to different firm’s NAS on the local network. IT administrators can also create shared folders with access rights verification for different AD accounts, allowing them to save precious time for other more important tasks.

IT administrators can use Q’center to set alerts for unauthorized access. If unauthorized access is detected, they can change the username and password for multiple NAS systems at once using Q’center and centrally collect all the access logs for a greater control of NAS data security.

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Q’center delivers a solution for business storage environments. It provides reports for current and previous NAS statistics, and the ability to create universal and unified NAS settings for managing multiple NAS units efficiently, including firmware updates, app installation, shared folder creation, and privilege settings for multiple client NAS.

Q’center v1.8 is available from the QTS App Center.

Q’center host server requirements:

• Qnap NAS with QTS 4.3.3 (or later).

• Supported models: x86-based NAS (Intel or AMD processor), and 64-bit ARM-based NAS (TS-932X, TS-832X, TS-1635AX and TS-x32XU series)