QNAP TS-x79/TS-x69 Series Turbo NAS is VMware Ready

QNAP TS-x79 / TS-x69 Series Turbo NAS Officially Certified VMware Ready for ESXi 5 with support for both vSphere 4 and vSphere 5

QNAP Systems, Inc. today announced that all models of its ultra-high performing TS-x79 and TS-x69 series Turbo NAS line-up are now officially certified VMware Ready^TM for ESXi 5, supporting vSphere 4 and vSphere 5; providing high performance, more flexibility in storage management, and easy site recovery.
The new Storage Distributed Resource Scheduler^TM (SDRS) technology that comes with VMware vSphere 5 can automatically balance the loading and capacity of the virtual machine among storage devices, improving efficiency and avoiding storage resource bottlenecks. Furthermore, the TS-x79 and TS-x69 series Turbo NAS are now compatible with vCenter Site Recovery Manager^TM (SRM) offering users a fully automated site recovery and migration option.
"We are proud to announce that QNAP is now fully compatible with VMware vSphere 5," said Jérôme Jaussaud, product manager of QNAP. "With the support of VMware vSphere 5, we hope QNAP users can benefit from the new technologies and optimized virtualization environment it offers," Jaussaud added.
TS-x79 series has passed both iSCSI and NAS certification; TS-x69 series has passed NAS certification.
To learn more about the enhancements of VMware vSphere 5, visit:
https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-esx-vcenter-server-50-new-features.html
VMware Compatibility Guide: https://partnerweb.vmware.com/

Applicable Models

TS-EC1679U-RP, TS-1679U-RP, TS-EC1279U-RP, TS-1279U-RP, TS-EC879U-RP, TS-879U-RP, TS-1079 Pro, TS-879 Pro, TS-1269U-RP, TS-869U-RP, TS-469U-RP, TS-869 Pro, TS-669 Pro, TS-569 Pro, TS-469 Pro, TS-269 Pro Turbo NAS units installed with NAS firmware version 3.7.2 onward are now VMware® Ready^TM for ESXi 5. Learn more about the supported models of the QNAP Turbo NAS lineup at www.qnap.com.

About QNAP

QNAP Systems, Inc., as its brand promise "Quality Network Appliance Provider", aims to deliver comprehensive offerings of cutting edge network attached storage (NAS) and network video recorder (NVR) solutions featured with ease-of-use, robust operation, large storage capacity, and trustworthy reliability. QNAP integrates technologies and designs to bring forth quality products that effectively improve business efficiency on file sharing, virtualization applications, storage management and surveillance in the business environments, as well as enrich entertainment life for home users with the offering of a fun multimedia center experience. Headquartered in Taipei, QNAP delivers its solutions to the global market with nonstop innovation and passion.