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QNAP TS-509 Pro Turbo NAS Review

Author: Dennis Garcia

One nice thing about all of the QNAP NAS units is that they all have very similar feature sets and can all be setup in a similar manner.  The TS-509 Pro is no exception however it does come with a touch-n-go PC-less interface that allows you to setup and administer the unit without needing a PC or the QFinder software.

This interface is nothing more than an LED display and 2 buttons.  If you have ever configured a network printer you will be more than familiar with the new QNAP display.

For this review we loaded the TS-509 Pro up with 4 36gig Raptor drives that we had lying around.  When the system was powered on the OS detected the drives and asked us what we wanted to do.  Since this was a new installation we are presented with a series of screens that walks you thru the basic configuration including network setup and RAID configurations.

We decided to configure a RAID-5 array, and after a quick format the 97GB array was ready to use.