Today’s modern businesses face the challenge of finding a cost effective and robust storage solution that has the ability to scale with the growth of their organization. From massive amounts of shared documents to old archived files deploying an appropriate storage solution is business critical. The ability to securely store, share, and back up digital assets has become one of the most important tasks for an SMB IT administrator, choosing the right option will significantly enhance business productivity and crucially offer a reliable disaster recovery solution in an age when downtime of any nature impacts profitability.

 The QNAP TS-870U-RP is an 8-bay, all-in-one NAS server that we first saw at CES 2013 and I was quickly informed I would have one at my doorstep very soon.

 Features of this 8 bay rackmount solution include, secure cross-platform file sharing for Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX users, along with an iSCSI/ IP-SAN storage combo solution. With a well-rounded set of backup solutions integrated in the QNAP TS-870U-RP, critical business information can be safely protected against unexpected data loss.