QNAP TS-431 Personal Cloud Network Attached Storage (4 Bay)(2 x 3TB)

The TS-420 is a powerful yet easy to use networked storage center for backup, synchronization, remote access, and home entertainment. As your personal cloud, you will always be connected to your files and your files are always under your control. See how TS-420 featuring the QTS 4.0 can make your digital life easier, simpler and more convenient.

- Organize your content and backups in one centralized location.
- Synchronize files between computers, tablets, and mobile devices.
- Collect, enjoy, and share your large photo, music, and video collection.
- Enjoy HD movies or family videos on TV when streamed through various network players.
- Access, manage and enjoy all your files with your tablets and smartphones.
- Enjoy the App Center with more than 80 install-on-demand apps to increase diverse applications on the TS-420.

The QTS 4.0 Desktop including quick start menu, graphic dashboard, drag-and-drop icons, multiple desktops, personalized wallpapers, and the smart toolbar making system operations much easier. In addition, multi-tasking is supported which allows multiple windows to be open to access multiple applications concurrently.

The TS-420 is a high performance storage with many friendly backup options that centralizes and protects all your important files on one single device.

Time Machine is fully supported to help Mac OS X users create a more efficient and convenient backup solution. The TS-420 works with Time Machine wirelessly over the same network so you no longer need an external drive.

Netbak Replicator is the license-free backup software which allows you to back up your files in multiple Window client PCs in schedule or real time. You can also gain a disaster recovery solution with our RTRR (Real Time Remote Replication) feature by replicating data in multiple shared folders from one NAS to another NAS over the network to ensure the safety of your important data. Besides, the data can also be backed up to another FTP server, external disk, or to online cloud storage services.

All your digital files stored can be managed to share with your family and friends. User accounts, user groups, shared folder access right, and user quota can be flexibly and easily set up by yourself.

A comprehensive list granting proper access from different users based on IP address can be established to authorize or deny access to the TS-420.

The TS-420 has a built in anti-virus feature to detect and protect against viruses, malware, worms, and Trojan horses.

SSH remote login, SSL security (HTTPS), Secure FTP, and encrypted remote replication are supported.

Detail logs of file-level access to the TS-420 via different file transfer protocols, and services accessed by online users can all be recorded.

All of your content is available on the go! Through any Web browser or the free app for tablets and smartphones the TS-420 becomes your personal cloud so you are always connected to your data. Take advantage of the myQNAPcloud service, which allows you to remotely access your TS-420 wherever you are. Instantly stream or share your multimedia contents and share them with your friends.

Qsync is a new feature that allows you to sync all your devices on the go! It can be synced literally anywhere- on the web, at your home, in the office and on the go.

Qsync makes your TS-420 a team sharing device- allowing you to share and edit files among your teammates with automatic updates on the files your team is working on.

The TS-420 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-420 to create and organize your photo albums through a web browser to share with your family and friends. Your mobile devices are useful too, with the Qfile mobile app in your iOS® or Android™ devices you can instantly upload photos to the TS-420.

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 anywhere, anytime with a few clicks. Thousands of local and global online Internet radio programs are built-into Music Station for you to enjoy.

Many applications on the TS-420 are designed with friendly options allowing you to share and connect with your social media communities. When you use Photo Station, or Video Station, you can pick and share photos and video links directly to your Facebook. DJ Station allows you to stream and share your music playlist with your friends and family on your social media platforms.

The TS-420 supports Apple® AirPlay. You can enjoy video and multimedia contents on AirPlay supported devices.

The TS-420 is an ideal video storage center for you to store your movie and home video collection. It features high-speed data transfer, fast enough to support multiple 1080p HD streams. The quiet operation design brings you the best cinema-grade home theater experience right to your living room.

Ever wanted to archive your favorite YouTube videos? HappyGet is a useful feature that allows you to control the TS-420 to download and backup videos from Youtube, Facebook and Vimeo directly to the TS-420 without storing them on a computer. By installing the HappyGet plug-in on the Chrome Web Store, with the embedded HappyGet button, you can select your preferred playlist and download an array of videos all at once.

The TS-420 is a perfect download center for high speed BT, Magnet, PT (Private Trackers), eMule, FTP, and HTTP download. Your computer never needs to be on when you download your files and managing your download can be done through any web browser. With the QGet utility you can manage your download tasks on multiple NAS devices remotely on the local network or the Internet. The TS-420 also supports continuous NZB download, and eMule download by installed App Center apps without turning on a PC. Now, it also supports RSS download (broad catching) for automatic BT download.

The App Center centralizes various apps developed by QNAP and third-party developers. Popular apps such as Google Drive, Plex media server, NZBGet, Python, and more are available in the App center for you to enhance your TS-420 experience. Installation is virtually immediate, with just one click the App will start installing onto the NAS.

The Surveillance Station Pro brings home surveillance to the TS-420. The TS-420 becomes a professional surveillance station to view IP cameras from your web browser and mobile devices. Supporting over 1,000 IP camera advance features are also included with the Surveillance Station Pro software, such as real-time monitoring, recording, and playback. With the user-friendly interface and the expandable IP camera channel licenses, Surveillance Station Pro builds a professional surveillance center for you to monitor your things that you value easier.

The TS-420 is your private cloud storage that virtually enlarges the capacity of your smart mobile devices. Qfile allows you to access, upload, download, manage, and share stored files easily as if you are carrying tons of files in your pocket. Music, photos and videos can be streamed, enjoyed and shared anytime, anywhere. Qmanager lets you monitor and manage the TS-420 remotely and efficiently without turning on a PC.

Installation process is done completely through the cloud. Simply visit the setup portal, start.qnap.com, follow the setup guide to complete the system setup and download the utilities you want. That’ s it, your TS-420 is ready to go!

The TS-420 supports large storage capacity, fulfilling the increasing demand for storage. It supports comprehensive RAID management and online RAID capacity expansion appropriately storing important data and reducing risks of data loss.

Powered by the Marvell ARM 1.6 GHz processor, the TS-420 provides a large storage capacity for archiving files, videos, and music. The TS-420 can handle multiple users accessing the system and multiple applications running at the same time. USB 3.0 ports for high speed file backup to external hard drives are also included for high speed data backup to external drives.

The TS-420 brings you extra with all-in-one home server features, e.g. iTunes server, UPnP media server, backup server, printer server, FTP server, Web server, database server, and etc.

The TS-420 is designed to be eco friendly, and to help you save on your electricity bill. The smart fan can automatically adjust its speed based on system pre-defined criteria or a specific temperature. The hard disk standby mode sets the hard disks to enter standby mode if there is no disk access within the specified period, lowering energy consumption and extending the lifespan of the hard disks. The Turbo NAS can also be setup to automatically power on, off, or reset.