Software

Put the bundled software disk into a drive and take a good look at the quick installation guide before proceeding with NAS installation. Besides the aforementioned guide, which we will check out later, you will also find several useful utilities you should install on a client PC—namely, Qfinder, NetBack Replicator, Qget, which allows you to manage BT/HTTP/FTP download jobs on your Windows PC remotely, and MyCloudNAS Connect.


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


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


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" on the sticker at the top the NAS, which will quickly setup a QNAPcloud account.


QGet is QNAP's free utility for download management. The software 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 enables you to add, remove, or watch your BT download jobs on the NAS from a workstation.


QGet supports intuitive Drag and Drop of torrent files and HTTP or FTP URL to the software interface for convenient adding of download tasks.

Quick-Installation Guide

The quick installation guide includes easy-to-follow instructions that are supported by intuitive schemes. It will, firstly, inform you about all the necessary components you will need, like a PC system, a network, some HDDs, and a screwdriver, before listing all the packaged contents and guiding you through the process of installing the HDDs onto the trays, and that of connecting all network- and power cables. It will, finally, prompt you to turn the NAS on while describing all operating LED indicators.


The guide will also give you step-by-step instructions on more advanced topics, like how to install a new network card since one is already installed in the corresponding expansion slot of the TS-470.


There are two methods through which this NAS can be configured. The illustrations above cover both.


Two illustrations provide information on all buttons, indicators, and I/O ports found at the front and rear of the NAS.


You only have to press its front on/off button for more than 1.5 seconds, as in the first illustration above, to shut the NAS server down. The last illustration of the quick installation guide provides you with all the relevant contact information should you need any support.