Worried about the safety of storing your data in public cloud storage? ASUSTOR's built-in Cloud Connect function can help you to quickly create your own private cloud [1]. Sign up for a unique and personal Cloud ID and you will be able to connect to your ASUSTOR NAS from almost any corner of the world.

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• NAS 221 Remote Access - Using Cloud Connect™
• NAS 224 Remote Access - Manual Configuration

Once you enable Cloud Connect, you will be able to have a personalized hostname (i.e., allen.myasustor.com) and be able to use MyASUSTOR to connect to your NAS. No matter if you are in the office or on vacation, you will now be able to enjoy the convenience of cloud access from anywhere and at any time.

Can't remember your ever-changing IP address?

Sign up for DDNS service to get an easy to remember hostname for your NAS. Further pair it with the EZ-Router function and you can get remote access to your NAS from anywhere and at any time.

ASUSTOR NAS currently supports the following DDNS providers:

• oray.com
• freedns.afraid.org
• no-ip.com
• Myasustor.com
• Able.or.kr
• twoDNS.de
• 3322.net
• dnsexit.com
• changeip.com
• DynamicDo!.jp
• Dyndns

Still trying to find a way to get remote access to your NAS? Struggling with router configuration and don't know where to start? ADM's built-in EZ-Router function can help you easily complete router configuration in a snap.

EZ-Router allows your NAS to quickly integrate with the cloud by helping you configure designated ports. Additionally, it also gives you the flexibility to specify the services you want enabled helping you to create a customized cloud server for yourself.

EZ-Router allows your NAS to quickly integrate with the cloud by helping you configure designated ports. Additionally, it also gives you the flexibility to specify the services you want enabled helping you to create a customized cloud server for yourself.

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• Takeasy supported websites

Takeasy integrates YouTube channel subscriptions, allowing your NAS to automatically download the newest content from your favorite YouTube channels.

Takeasy supports online media playback. You can preview any downloads in progress and also playback already downloaded videos.

Photo Gallery is a dedicated web photo album that provides easy photo management with a fresh interface that makes searching for photos a breeze. The albums appearing in the Photo Gallery album list feature a cover photo and four smaller thumbnails of the content inside.

Additionally, integration with social media websites allows you to directly post content from Photo Gallery to your personal page* while the source image is kept on your NAS. Now, you no longer need to worry about limits on free online storage space or compression degrading the quality of your uploaded photos.

*Social Media Support: Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Plurk

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• NAS 137 Introduction to Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery provides users with layered permissions management for albums. You can open albums to family and friends, allowing them to manage and upload photos. Photo Gallery truly gives you the power to collaborate while enjoying and collecting your shared memories.

No matter if it’s changing photo album covers, photo descriptions, viewing EXIF information, rotating photos or enjoy slideshow playbacks, Photo Gallery has got you covered. Furthermore, tags for both albums and photos gives you greater flexibility for sorting and organizing.

Note: Photo Gallery’s dedicated mobile app, AiPhoto, will be coming soon!

Sounds good is a Web music player that can play all the music stored on your NAS over the Internet. Now you can access your music from anywhere and even share your music collection with family and friends.

With SoundsGood, each user can have their own personalized music collection and playlists. Users are free to configure any folder on the NAS as a music source along with options for setting the music source as public or private.

Can't decide on what software to use to edit your ID3 tags? SoundsGood's built-in ID3 tag editor allows you to conveniently edit the ID3 tags for your entire music collection without having to use any additional software.

Spending a lot of time fiddling with torrents, trackers and BitTorrent clients? Download Center provides a one stop solution that simplifies the entire download process. Powerful features allow you to easily search for and download the files that you need in the blink of an eye.

The AiDownload mobile App allows you to use your mobile device to search, add and manage your download tasks while on the go. BitTorrent downloads have never been this convenient.

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• NAS 162 Introduction to Download Center
• NAS 265 Automating Download Center

Download Center also offers many intelligent features such as RSS downloading (broadcatching) and scheduled downloads. With RSS downloading, you can have Download Center automatically search RSS feeds for torrents of your favorite content and then have that content automatically downloaded to your AUSTOR NAS as soon as it is released. This feature is great for regularly released content like TV shows.

With the Smart Download Folder function you can specify a folder on the NAS as a Smart Download folder. For any torrents that are added to the folder, a download task will be added and Download Center will automatically begin downloading the torrent.

Still storing your music and movie collections on different computers? Running out of disk space?

iTunes Server is what you need. Now you can store all your music and movies on your ASUSTOR NAS and have them streamed to any Mac or Windows computer within the local network. AirPlay, iOS Remote pairing and playlists are also supported.

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• NAS 165 Introduction to iTunes Server
• NAS 231 Using Remote with iTunes Server
• Turn Your ASUSTOR NAS Into a Hi-Fi Stereo System - Part II

Still using a power consuming computer as your home's multimedia server? Each and every ASUSTOR NAS can be outfitted with the UPnP Multi Media Server App, which allows it to become your home's multimedia streaming server. As long as you have devices that support UPnP (for example, SONY BRAVIA TV or PlayStation3®), you will be able to browse and stream all multimedia stored on your ASUSTOR NAS. Don't forget that you can also use UPnP or DMP compatible applications on your mobile devices to stream multimedia from your NAS.

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• NAS 168 Your Home Media Center

When you are web browsing and come across a file that you want to download, simply right-click on the download link and tell your NAS to download the file for you. It's that simple. Download Center Helper also provides a simple management interface, allowing you to quickly view the status of any downloads in progress. You will be able to execute simple management on current download tasks including pausing, stopping and deleting tasks and even downloading directly to your local computer.

*In order to use Download Center Helper, you must first have Download Center installed on your NAS.

FTP is one of the most widely used and popular transfer protocols in the world. Every ASUSTOR NAS has a built-in FTP server feature that allows you to create a personal FTP server in just a matter of seconds. Hosting your own FTP server will instantly give you the power to share and exchange files over the internet.

With FTP server, you will be able to access your NAS via FTP from almost anywhere in the world. No matter if you are on a business trip or vacation, or wish to share files with family and friends, all that's needed is a device with internet access and the data on your NAS can be accessed in no time.

No matter if it is a personal blog, company website, or e-commerce website, ASUSTOR NAS's Web Server function lets you host your very own website right on the NAS. Furthermore, you can use App Central to download Apps for content management, database management, bulletin board systems and more, allowing you to easily set up all different types of websites in just minutes.

Additionally, for users who wish to host more than one website, the Virtual Host function lets you host multiple websites on the ASUSTOR NAS. This provides for easy maintenance and significantly reduced server setup costs while offering data protection benefits as well.

The ability to send and receive email is fundamental to all businesses. However, expensive implementation costs and complicated management create barriers for most small and medium sized businesses. ASUSTOR’s Mail Server offers a comprehensive and cost-effective solution that allows any business to easily maintain their own dedicated mail server.

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• How to configure Mail-Server app in ASUSTOR NAS

The integration of ADM user accounts and email accounts allows administrators to maintain just a single user list. Furthermore, the ability to limit the size of email accounts and individual email items, view information about queued items along with a bandwidth monitor help to ensure that users will not abuse the email service and waste vital bandwidth resources.

Administrators are able to configure scheduled backups of all Mail Server configuration files and user email to any folder on the NAS. If an accident should cause the original files to become damaged or lost, administrators will be able to quickly restore all files, ensuring the protection of all important email.

The MyArchive function allows you to use hard disks as removable storage archives. Plug in an archive when you need it and swap it out for a different archive when you don't. Enjoy "plug and play" convenience as you swap between different data collections. Furthermore, the MyArchive function helps you to save power as the archives you are not using can be taken out for storage and do not always have to be powered on.

Now, you no longer have to endure slow file transfers over the internet when sharing your multimedia collection with your friends. Have your friend directly plug in one of your MyArchive hard disks to get instant access to terabytes of data.

Insufficient storage space forcing you to consider upgrading your NAS to one with more disk bays?

ASUSTOR NAS supports online capacity expansion¹ which means that you can easily swap out all your old disks for higher capacity ones without turning off your NAS. Now you can increase the storage capacity of your NAS without worrying about getting an entire new system.

¹You must use RAID 1, 5, 6, or 10

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• NAS 352 Online RAID Level Migration and Capacity Expansion

During the capacity expansion process, while your data is being transferred over to the new disks, you will still be able to access everything on the NAS. Online capacity expansion does not require any advanced IT skills to execute and helps you to eliminate cumbersome backup and migration procedures. When it's time to upgrade your NAS's capacity, ASUSTOR simply gets the job done for you without missing a beat.

After using your NAS for a while you may be looking to upgrade the RAID level of your storage volumes in order to reap the benefits of increased data protection. However, you may be a bit apprehensive due to concerns about backing up or migrating your data. ASUSTOR understands your needs, and provides you with online RAID migration which lets you migrate your storage volume's RAID level to a higher one while your NAS is still online. Your NAS remains completely operational and you will have full access to your files while migration is ongoing.

ASUSTOR's RAID migration provides you with a variety of flexible deployment options. If you are on a tight budget and don't want to buy a complete set of hard disks along with your NAS, you can just buy one or two disks according to your needs. Later, when your storage needs require it, you can choose to buy more disks and adjust your RAID level accordingly.

For example, if you started with an AS-606T NAS model (maximum capacity of six disks) and hoped to have a storage volume that could support one faulty disk then you might first purchase two hard disks in order to create a RAID 1 volume. Later, when your storage needs increase, you can add another hard disk to the volume and migrate the original RAID 1 level to RAID 5, giving you additional storage space.

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• NAS 352 Online RAID Level Migration and Capacity Expansion

After using your NAS for a while you may be looking to upgrade the RAID level of your storage volumes in order to reap the benefits of increased data protection. However, you may be a bit apprehensive due to concerns about backing up or migrating your data. ASUSTOR understands your needs, and provides you with online RAID migration which lets you migrate your storage volume's RAID level to a higher one while your NAS is still online. Your NAS remains completely operational and you will have full access to your files while migration is ongoing.

Your most important data deserves the best security. ASUSTOR NAS offers folder based military grade AES 256-bit encryption, giving you the type of security and privacy that you require for your most confidential data. All data stored in encrypted folders will be automatically encrypted and secured to the highest of standards. Should you ever lose your NAS or hard disks, you still needn't worry about your sensitive data falling into the wrong hands.

Use ADM Defender's firewall to control access to your NAS. Ensure the security of your system by deciding who has access to your NAS and who doesn't.

ADM Defender's Network Defender function protects you from malicious attacks and prevents hackers from trying to access your NAS. Any client IP addresses with too many unsuccessful login attempts to your NAS within a specified time period will be blocked by Network Defender.

All users can use Surveillance Center from the comfort of a familiar operating system via Internet Explorer*, Chrome*, FireFox or Safari. Surveillance Center not only provides real-time surveillance monitoring and playback of recordings for multiple camera channels, but also significantly decreases the resources needed to operate Surveillance Center providing you with an optimal and seamless experience.

Note:

Internet Explorer and Chrome is only supported on Windows operating system

Worried about leaving your home unattended? Keep an eye on the most important things with Surveillance Center. Surveillance Center's fully optimized interface allows you to simultaneously view live feeds from up to 4 IP cameras, take snapshots and control the pan tilt and zoom functions of all cameras giving you complete peace of mind.

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• NAS 161 Introduction to Surveillance Center
• NAS 261 Advanced Setup for Surveillance Center
• ASUSTOR Surveillance Center - New Year Edition

The patrol paths function allows you to quickly create up to 5 different camera patrol paths. In addition to allowing cameras to automatically move (PTZ) through the preset positions, you can also configure the time the camera will stop at each position.

ASUSTOR's Surveillance Center comes with 4 license free channels letting you to setup 4 different network IP cameras. This significantly lowers startup costs for your surveillance system. No matter if you prefer to use Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, Surveillance Center's easy-to-use browser based interface and quick start wizard will allow you to create a security surveillance system in a snap.

Surveillance Center offers you a variety of recording options. No matter if you need scheduled continuous recording or recording only when certain events occur, Surveillance Center is sure to satisfy your needs. Surveillance Center's various recording modes are listed below:

• Manual Recording: While viewing a live feed, you can click on the record button at any time to begin or stop recording. In the event that you do not stop your recording, Surveillance Center will record until your designated recording quota has been reached. 
• Continuous or Scheduled Recording: Whether you require 24/7 continuous recording or recording only during a specific time, Surveillance Center can get the job done ensuring that you never miss any critical moments. 
• Motion Trigger Recording: In the event that any motion is detected in the surveilled environment, Surveillance Center will immediately begin recording, allowing you to save significant space on your hard disks and ensuring that you never miss any critical moments. 
• Alarm Trigger Recording: Triggering recording via a camera's alarm mechanism allows you to precisely record all critical events. Not only does this save space on your hard disks but also lowers the amount of reading and writing on your hard disks, prolonging their life. 
• Motion Trigger and Alarm Trigger Recording: This mode combines motion trigger and alarm trigger recording. If either mode is triggered, recording will begin immediately. This is a comprehensive recording mode that ensures you will never miss any critical moments.

Worried about a complicated playback interface?

Surveillance Center will change your mind! With its intuitive time axis and flexible switching between synchronous and asynchronous playback, Surveillance Center allows you to easily view recordings from the time period you require.

Having problems finding critical recordings from amongst mountains of recording data? The smart search function provided by Surveillance Center helps you to search for clues from amongst all recorded videos in order to help you quickly and efficiently find critical events.

• Can quickly search a specified area for times where any motion was detected
• Can simultaneously search up to 3 specified areas
• Can configure the size of the object and level of sensitivity

When disruptions occur, you'll know immediately. You can use Surveillance Center's Event Management function to keep you informed of critical events. Whether these events are an alarm trigger, motion trigger or a disconnected camera, you can configure Surveillance Center to send you notification immediately via email or SMS.

What do you do if your camera is not on Surveillance Center’s compatibility list? Surveillance Center can now receive real-time video streams from cameras via the Generic RTSP function that is supported by the majority of all cameras. This makes basic real-time video streaming and recording with almost any camera a breeze.

• How to connect an IP camera to Surveillance Center with Generic RTSP

Need to monitor more areas? No problem! In addition to the 4 free camera licenses provided by default you can also use ASUSTOR’s flexible add-on camera licenses to add camera channels, allowing you to easily expand the scope of your surveillance system. What’s more, you can also freely transfer camera licenses among different ASUSTOR devices.

• 2 different camera license packages are offered: single channel and 4 channels
• 7 series devices can be expanded to a maximum of 16 channels, 6 series devices to a maximum of 12, and 3/2 series devices to a maximum of 8.

Note:

1. The maximum number of camera channels is determined by the test results of each channel (based on 720P (1280x72)、30 FPS、H.264). Actual performance may differ according to camera settings and NAS load conditions.
2. In order to provide optimal and stable resources for the surveillance system, Surveillance Center’s local display function will be disabled after the camera channel expansion function has been enabled.

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• NAS 262 NAS 262 Managing Surveillance Center Camera Licenses

Surveillance Center on ASUSTOR Portal provides real-time surveillance feeds, allowing ASUSTOR NAS devices to output high resolution video from IP cameras. Users need only connect their NAS to an HD display via HDMI to instantly begin monitoring all of their surveillance feeds. Furthermore, in addition to simultaneously viewing 4 channels of video feeds, users will be able to control Surveillance Center using the ASUSTOR Remote, AiRemote mobile app and USB mouse and keyboard.

• First in the world to support HDMI local output
• Simultaneously view 4 channels of high definition video feeds
• Supports switching between single and 4 feed display as well as automatic cycling between feeds

* Installation of ASUSTOR Portal and Surveillance Center 2.0 is required

** Display performance may vary between different IP camera models and be affected by video content, network bandwidth, recording settings and other applications running on the NAS.