| Brand | QNAP |
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| Product Dimensions | 16.6 x 8.5 x 21.8 cm; 997.9 g |
| Item model number | TS-212P |
| Manufacturer | QNAP |
| Processor Brand | ARM |
| Processor Speed | 1.6 GHz |
| RAM Size | 512 MB |
| Hard Drive Size | 500 GB |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
| Wattage | 13 watts |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 998 g |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
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| Brand | QNAP |
| Size | Enclosure |
| Compatible devices | Server, Desktop |
| Item weight | 2.2 Pounds |
| Mounting type | Tabletop |
About this item
- Multi-window, multi-tasking GUI
- Data storage, backup, sharing and disaster recovery
- Rich multimedia applications for entertainment
- Dropbox-like file synchronization
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Product Description
QNAP TS-212P
2-bay home & SOHO NAS for personal cloud and social sharing
Multi-window, multi-tasking GUI
Data storage, backup, sharing and disaster recovery
Rich multimedia applications for entertainment
Dropbox like file synchronization
Featuring the QTS 4.0 Operating System
The TS-212P is a powerful yet easy to use network storage center for data storage, 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-212P featuring the QTS 4.0 can make your digital life easier, simpler and more convenient.
Organize your data/content and backups in one centralized location.
Synchronize files across computers, tablets, and mobile devices, and share files across different groups and communities.
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.
Extend your diverse applications on the TS-212P by installing more than 80 apps on demand in the App Center.>/p>
Centralize and Protect your Data
The TS-212P is a high-performance cross-platform storage with many friendly storage and backup options that centralizes and protects all your important files on one single device.
Apple Time Machine Backup
Time Machine is fully supported to help Mac OS X users create a more efficient and convenient backup solution. The TS-212P works with Time Machine wirelessly over the same network so you no longer need an external drive.
More Backup Options
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.
Synchronize and Share
Access from anywhere
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.
Community Share
Qsync makes your TS-212P 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. Qsync provides the function of file synchronization like Dropbox service, and brings forth a cost-effective way to share files across groups and communities.
Enjoy your Videos via AirPlay
The TS-212P supports Apple AirPlay. You can enjoy video and multimedia contents on AirPlay supported devices with the QAirplay application or the Qfile mobile app.
Available in the App Center, QAirplay allows you to steam your media content directly on TV via AirPlay-enabled devices such as Apple TV. The media contents are streaming on Apple TV, bypassing your mobile device, thus saves the energy of your mobile device.
Alternatively, the Qfile mobile app allows you to browse videos and photos stored on the TS-212P and play on the TV via AirPlay-enabled devices such as Apple TV. It is just that convenient to enjoy multimedia entertainment through the wireless experience.
A Sharing Center for your Home Theater
The TS-212P 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.
- QNAP DLNA Media Server supports wireless streaming of all the videos, photos and music stored in the Media Library to any DLNA certified devices, such as PS3, Xbox360, and so on. It supports thumbnails shown on the DLNA devices for identifying the content quickly.
- TwonkyMedia DLNA Server is also supported to share and stream media contents in the multimedia folder of the TS-212P.
- Use the TS-212P as a PLEX media server and enjoy your content through any Plex client or Smart TV.
- The TS-212P can work with different media players through SMB/CIFS or other standard protocols.
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| ASIN | B00GJ3V394 |
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| Customer Reviews |
4.0 out of 5 stars |
| Date First Available | 1 Jan. 2012 |
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Customers like the value for money, ease of setup, and build quality of the system cabinet. They mention it's an excellent piece of kit, straightforward to upgrade, and stable as a shared network folder. Some are also happy with the app quality and quality. However, some customers disagree on its functionality.
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Customers appreciate the value for money of the system cabinet. They mention it's an excellent piece of kit, with all the features they need. Some say it would make a great home server and decent backup storage device for music lovers and photographers.
"This is a superb and very reasonably priced nas...." Read more
"...It's faster, safer, and can be cheaper (per Meg), plus upgrading is straightforward and lossless." Read more
"Superb device, note - it is often cheaper to buy external housed drives for this and take them apart - cheaper than a bare drive !! -..." Read more
"...This will make a very decent backup storage device for music lovers, photographers and anyone else with a good amount of data that needs that extra..." Read more
Customers find the system cabinet easy to setup. They mention that the QFinder app is easy to use and dragging and dropping files is straightforward. Some say the software provided is reasonable.
"...Setting up backups to go to the USB drives was straight forward with plenty of options for scheduling tasks or running in real time...." Read more
"Very easy to set up and configure...." Read more
"...'s faster, safer, and can be cheaper (per Meg), plus upgrading is straightforward and lossless." Read more
"...the 2 bay 212p was easy to set up and so far so good...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the build quality of the system cabinet. They mention it's a solid product with loads of features, and should last for the long run. Customers also say it's reliable and stable as a shared network folder.
"...Build quality is faultless and this unit should last the long run. Highly recommended get one" Read more
"...It is very reliable and stable as a shared network folder...." Read more
"...This is a quality device." Read more
"Cracking home server. Quick. Responsive. Easy peasy to setup. My only quibble is you dont seem to br able to delete some of the default folder names...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the features of the system cabinet. They mention it has a wide range of additional uses and configuration options.
"...basic functional NAS it does the job very well, as an extended function device it's also great...." Read more
"...Very please with the basic device and it looks to a wide range of additional uses looking at all the applications available." Read more
"...There's tons of configuration options and I haven't even begun to scratch the surface. Great device overall. I love it." Read more
"Great for the money with all the features you need ......" Read more
Customers are satisfied with the quality of the apps. They mention the apps give great access and control from their phones.
"...QNAP is fantastic, the firmware and apps are first class. Just the job." Read more
"...and as Im constantly looking at free cloud storage the qsync app is exceptionally useful." Read more
"...The QNAP apps are also really good and give great access and control from you phone/tablet/etc" Read more
Customers are satisfied with the quality of the system cabinet. They mention it's superb and reasonably priced.
"This is a superb and very reasonably priced nas...." Read more
"Superb NAS, been sitting under my TV doing it's thing for over a Year now and it's solid and reliable. Very good bit of kit." Read more
"Great NAS - Needs a technical person for install..." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the speed of the system cabinet. They mention it's faster, safer, and can be cheaper per byte. Some also say it's a cracking home server and responsive.
"...It's faster, safer, and can be cheaper (per Meg), plus upgrading is straightforward and lossless." Read more
"...The copying is quite fast given I'm moving 80 Gb of music and several large movie files...." Read more
"Cracking home server. Quick. Responsive. Easy peasy to setup. My only quibble is you dont seem to br able to delete some of the default folder names...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the functionality of the system cabinet. Some mention it works fairly well overall, while others say it cannot be used until a host of other settings have been made. They also say the CPU in this model is nearly inadequate for simple usage and doesn't seem to run their videos.
"...Power on off, wake on lan and sleep modes all work great. These facilities are not always included on the similar priced synology units..." Read more
"...However, I do use it with iTunes to store all my audio files which works flawlessly...." Read more
"...However the product cannot actually be used until a host of other settings have been made, because nothing is enabled by default...." Read more
"...I use it as a shared network drive, which works very well with windows 8 File History (Start -> File History)...." Read more
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You can install just about anything thats usefull for a nas. I have digital tv station recording all my tv progs and it works fantastic because it uses tvheadend.
Power on off, wake on lan and sleep modes all work great. These facilities are not always included on the similar priced synology units
Build quality is faultless and this unit should last the long run.
Highly recommended get one
Setting up the unit was pretty straight forward. I'm probably using it a little different to most folks so just wanted to relay my set up and functionality I have used it for.
I initially installed 2 x 4TB HDDs in a RAID configuration. However, as I like to keep backups of my files on additional USB drives off site I changed this. I had several USB HDD drives spare so have set them up to do backups of various folders on the 2 x 4TB HDDs installed in the unit.
Setting up backups to go to the USB drives was straight forward with plenty of options for scheduling tasks or running in real time. As I use the unit as my media hub for all my audio and video files this works perfectly for me. I have had up to 4 USB HDD drive connected at 1 time and the Qnap didn't seem to struggle.
I use a Mac and connect to the Qnap via Samba shares. The QFinder app is easy to use and dragging and dropping files, editing them, etc is a breeze. I initially used the AFP Apple standard but found this to not be as friendly with access times taking much longer than with Samba plus regularly losing connection with Server. No such issues with Samba.
I don't use any of the Photostation, Videostation apps so can't comment on how well they do or don't work. However, I do use it with iTunes to store all my audio files which works flawlessly. I use a Raspberry Pi computer running XBMC for video files and this has no issues picking up the Samba shares and streaming full 1080p files ripped from my BluRay discs smoothly.
I have used the facility to create a link for a friend to be able to download a file over the Internet which works with no issues. I've shared files from my home in London with a friend in LA!
I am competent with networking but don't consider myself an expert and have not had any issues adjusting various settings on the Qnap to make things run smoothly including setting a static IP address.
In all, I would recommend this device especially for home media streaming.
I didn't have much luck with setting it up as an ISCSI drive (so it appears like a local hard drive attached to your computer). I found ISCSI + windows 8.1 + file history caused random lock-ups of my laptop (both when connected to my home network and away). It was better on my wife's windows 7 computer, but the iscsi drive disconnected itself before a full backup of her machine could complete (on a fast wired network connection - not wifi). I don't think the lockups I saw are the QNAPs fault (as it happens when not connected to the network), but the drive disconnecting itself before the backup completes probably is as QNAP software fault.
It is very reliable and stable as a shared network folder.
I like the power schedule option, so you can have the device shutdown during hours when you know it is not in use and wake up in the morning.
Frankly this was a mistake, as I am only competent at Linux, not an expert (see other reviews). So it took several wasted weeks to get this unit configured to work any where close to a sensible level, and I am stuck at mirroring (i.e. needing 4T to get a usable 2T) as JBOD defeats the object of NAS.
So, save yourself some agro, and go for any of the 4 (or more) disc units, and configure these as Raid 5 (three physical discs or more). It's faster, safer, and can be cheaper (per Meg), plus upgrading is straightforward and lossless.
the 2 bay 212p was easy to set up and so far so good. I'm using it with surveillance station for a couple of cameras and backing up the family photos. This is a quality device.
QNAP is fantastic, the firmware and apps are first class.
Just the job.
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Update nach 4 Jahren: Habe immer noch Freude an diesem Gerät. Seit längerem wir dieses Gerät nur noch zur Datensicherung diverser Geräte, ein Paar Datenbanken für Kodi und als VPN endpoint genutzt. Über USB 3 ist eine weitere Festlatte zur Datensicherung angebunden. Viele Usecases wurden durch einen weiteren Server abgelöst, um einfach bei Scripten und Programmen mehr Kontrolle zu haben, ohne mich mit ungewohnten Paketmanagern herumärgern zu müssen. Aber trotzdem erledigt dieses Gerät zuverlässig die Aufgaben, die man ihm entgegen wirft. Bin nach 4 Jahren noch immer der Ansicht, dass es sich um ein sehr nettes Einsteigermodell handelt.
giudizio finale 10+
Como punto a mejorar está el sonido, es bastante más ruidoso de lo que yo esperaba. Y bueno, la CPU y ram podrían ser un poco mejores, pero bueno....
Saludos.
Volevo fare un piccolo commenti a tutti quelli che mettono recensioni negative solo perchè non hanno la conoscenza per poterlo utilizzare o per la sua rumorosità che non riaulta poi cosi rumorosa come dicono, è nello standard.
Le prestazioni sono più che normali dato l'infrastuttura che abbiamo in italia e sia quella domestica, se volete un web server che spicchi il volo ovviamente dovete investire almeno 600€ e non cercare un prodotto economico che ti faccia anche il caffè! Quindi per il suo prezzo lo reputo il migliore.
Per quanto riguarda il sw sono rimasto davvero sopreso per la sua facilità di installazione e di utilizzo con tutte le varie funzioni e istruzioni dettagliate per ogni comando. Bene io vi consiglio vivamente l'acquisto del prodotto per una piccola rete domestica in casa per uso personale e famigliare, e lasciando perdere tutti queli commenti negativi di utenti che non sanno nemmeno cosa acquistano.
Ripeto se voglio prestazioni, funzioni e quant'altro consiglierei di fare meno gli spilorci e acquistarne uno decisamente superiore.








