Software

This time around, there was no software disk in the bundle since you don't need any special application to set-up the NAS. However, it would still be nice of QNAP to include the disk all other QNAP NAS boxes we have reviewed so far came with. The company probably meant to make sure you download the latest versions of their applications off their Download Center.

Qfinder

The most interesting utility is probably Qfinder. This program can also make installing your new NAS server a breeze. Once you install and run Qfinder, it will find the NAS' IP address on the network; it will also check for any available firmware updates since QNAP releases firmware updates quite often. You can even map network drives, search for network cameras, and shutdown or restart the NAS, or perform other such useful functions in Qfinder.


You can change the settings of an already configured NAS server in Qfinder.


Qfinder can update the firmware of all of your QNAP servers either automatically or manually, where you get to select and install the firmware image yourself.


Use Qfinder to check on the NAS' available system resources, shutdown or restart the server, see its system details, and perform various general administrative tasks.

NetBack Replicator

NetBack Replicator will back the data on a workstation or client PC up to the NAS.


QNAP provides NetBack for free. Not only does it offer real-time synchronization, but you can also configure it to perform scheduled auto-backups to the NAS from multiple PCs. It even supports backing data up to a remote server over the Internet, via FTP and WebDAV.

MyCloudNAS

The MyCloudNAS application allows you to easily connect to QNAP's free Personal Cloud service.


You can also visit start.qnap.com to enter the "Cloud Key", which can be found in the provided quick-start guide leaflet. The key gives you the ability to quickly set up a QNAPcloud account.

QGet

QGet is QNAP's free download management utility, and it is available for Windows and Mac computers. It allows you to manage BT-, HTTP-, and FTP Download Station tasks on multiple Turbo NAS servers and gives you the ability to add, remove, or watch your BT download jobs on the NAS from a workstation PC.


QGet also supports an intuitive way of dragging and dropping torrent files and HTTP or FTP URLs into its interface.