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While intended for home use, the TAS-268 has many of the same features as QNAP's higher end offerings. In addition to an easy to use, web-based interface, its embedded Linux-based operating system provides cross platform file sharing over various network protocols including CIFS/SMB, AFP and NFS. The TAS-268 also includes support for RAID, Qsync file synchronization and a private cloud courtesy of the myQNAPCloud service.

Operating System
  • QTS 4.2 (embedded Linux)

Supported Clients

  • Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 onward
  • Apple Mac OS X
  • Linux & UNIX

Supported Browsers

  • Google Chrome
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 10+
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Apple Safari

Multilingual Support

  • Chinese (Traditional & Simplified), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

File System

  • Internal Hard Drive: EXT4
  • External Hard Drive: EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+

Networking

  • TCP/IP: IPv4 & IPv6
  • Gigabit NICs with Jumbo Frame (
    • Failover
    • Multi-IP Settings
    • Port Trunking/NIC Teaming
  • Proxy Client, Proxy Server
  • DHCP Client
  • Protocols: CIFS/SMB, AFP (v3.3), NFS(v3), FTP, FTPS, SFTP, TFTP, HTTP(S), Telnet, SSH, iSCSI, SNMP, SMTP, and SMSC
  • UPnP & Bonjour Discovery

Security

  • Network access protection with auto-blocking: SSH, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP, CIFS/SMB, AFP
  • CIFS host access control for shared folders
  • Importable SSL certificate
  • Instant alert via E-mail, SMS and beep
Power Management
  • Internal hard drive standby mode
  • Scheduled power on/off
  • Automatic power on after power recovery
  • USB and network UPS Support with SNMP Management
 Storage Management
  • Single Disk, JBOD, RAID 0, 1
  • Bad block scan and hard drive S.M.A.R.T.
  • Bad block recovery
  • RAID recovery
  • Bitmap support

Access Right Management

  • Batch users creation
  • Import/export users
  • User quota management
  • Local user access control for CIFS, AFP, FTP, and WebDAV,
  • Application access control for Photo Station, Music Station, Video Station, and Multimedia Station
  • Subfolder permissions support for CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP, and File Station

myQNAPcloud Service

  • Private cloud storage and sharing with myQNAPcloud id (QID)
  • Free host name registration (DDNS)
  • Auto router configuration (via UPnP)
  • Web-based file manager with HTTPS 2048-bit encyrption
  • CloudLink for remote access without complicated router setup

Qsync

  • Syncs files among multiple devices with SSL support
  • Selective synchronization for syncing specific folders only
  • Share team folder as a file center for team collaboration
  • Shares files by links via e-mail
  • Policy settings for conflicted files and file type filter support
  • Version control: up to 64 versions.
  • Incremental synchronization for HDD space saving
  • Supports Windows & Mac OS

Web Administration

  • Multi-window, multi-tasking based system management
  • Personalized desktop
  • Smart toolbar and dashboard for system status
  • Login screen with personalized photo-wall style
  • Smart fan control
  • Dynamic DNS (DDNS)
  • SNMP (v2 & v3)
  • Resource monitor
  • Network recycle bin for file deletion via CIFS/SMB, AFP and File Station
    • Automatic cleanup
    • File type filter
  • Comprehensive logs (events & connection)
  • Syslog client/server
  • System settings backup and restore
  • Restore to factory default
  • Mobile App Qmanager for Remote Monitoring

The TAS-268 includes a number of built in services for file sharing, backups and media streaming. Its Android system also lets you playback videos, music and photos on your TV over HDMI and download apps from the Google Play store. If this still isn't enough, the TAS-268's capabilities can be expanded even further by downloading add-ons through QNAP's App Center. 

File Server
  • File Sharing across Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX
  • Advanced folder permission for CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP
  • Shared Folder Aggregation (CIFS/SMB)

FTP Server

  • FTP over SSL/TLS (Explicit)
  • FXP supported
  • Passive FTP port range control

File Station

  • Supports ISO Mounting (Up to 256 ISO Files)
  • Supports thumbnail display of multimedia files
  • Supports share download link and upload link
  • Drag-n-drop Files via Chrome and Firefox Browsers
  • Photo, music, and video preview and playback with hardware accelerated transcoding
  • File Compression and decompression (ZIP and 7z)

Backup Station

  • Remote replication server (over Rsync)
  • Real-time remote replication (RTRR) to another QNAP NAS or FTP server
  • Works as both RTRR server & client with bandwidth control
  • Real-time & scheduled backup
  • Compression, file filter, and transfer rate limitation
  • Desktop backup by QNAP NetBak Replicator for Windows
  • Apple Time Machine backup support
  • Data backup to multiple external storage devices
  • Synchronizes with cloud storage: Amazon S3, ElephantDrive, Dropbox, and Google Cloud Storage
  • Third party backup software support: Veeam backup & replication, Acronis True Image, Arcserve backup, emc retrospect, Symantec Backup Exec, etc.

Cloud Drive Sync Station (Beta)

  • Dropbox
  • Google Drive
Photo Station
  • Shows photos in thumbnails, list, timeline, or folder view
  • Supports virtual/smart album
  • Validity control for sharing albums
  • Tags photos with text, color, and rating
  • Slideshows with background music and different transition effects
  • Animated thumbnails for videos
  • Geotags photos and display them on Google maps
  • Shares slideshows link to social websites or through email
  • Supports Facebook friends login
  • Supports modification on photo taken date
 Music Station
  • Plays or Shares Music Collections with Web Browser
  • Automatic Classification via Media Library
  • Internet Radio (MP3)

iTunes Server

  • Audio and Video Sharing for Windows & Mac iTunes

Video Station

  • Shows photos in thumbnails, list, timeline, or folder view
  • Supports virtual/smart collection
  • Validity control for sharing collections
  • Tags videos with text, color, and rating
  • Animated thumbnails for videos
  • Shares video collection link to social websites or through email
  • Sorts videos automatically into defined classifications
  • Displays movie information from IMDB

DLNA Server

  • Supports DLNA/UPnP TVs and Players such as PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
  • Supports CUE indexing file

Download Station

  • PC-less BT, FTP/FTPS, and HTTP/HTTPS download (up to 500 Tasks)
  • BT download with Magnet Link and PT support
  • Scheduled download and bandwidth control
  • RSS subscription and download (broadcatching)
  • Bulk download and wildcard settings
  • BT search
  • Proxy support for BT download
  • PC utility: Qget for downloads browsing and management
  • Mobile app: Qget for downloads browsing and management

Android Station

  • Playback videos, music, photos on tv with Kodi via hdmi output
  • Watch various online contents such as Flickr, Picasa, Shoutcast, etc.
  • Web browser
  • Supports USB U.S. keyboard and mouse for Windows.
  • Apple keyboard and mouse is not supported.
  • Download Apps from Google Play for fun.

Mobile Apps

  • Qfile: iOS, Android Phone, Windows phone & tablets
  • Qmanager: iOS, Android Phone
  • Qmusic: iOS, Android Phone
  • Qget: Android Phone
  • Vmobile: iOS, iPad, Android Phone

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