QNAP Systems, Inc. A company headquartered in Taipei Taiwan is a well-known provider of cutting-edge Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices is pleased to announce that Plex will be supported by QNAP’s new ARMv8 64-bit NAS models. Alpha testing is currently in process and we invite passionate QNAP users who are Plex Pass holders to take part here

Plex For QNAP Now In Alpha Testing

By providing official support for Plex on ARMv8 64-bit QNAP NAS, users of these NAS (especially the multimedia-focused TS-128A, TS-228A and TS-328) will enjoy a one-stop entertainment portal alongside complete file storage and multimedia applications. Learn more about Plex for QNAP NAS at https://www.qnap.com/solution/plex-best-nas/en-us/.

With the Plex Media Server app (available from the QTS App Center), setting up QNAP NAS as a Plex Media Server is easy, and allows users to stream media files from their NAS to mobile devices, DLNA-compatible devices, and TV by using common streaming devices (including Roku, Apple TV®, Google Chromecast, and Amazon Fire TV).

QNAP offers quality NAS products for home and business users, providing solutions for storage, backup/snapshot, virtualization, teamwork, multimedia, and more. QNAP envisions NAS as being more than "simple storage", and has created many NAS-based innovations to encourage users to host and develop Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and machine learning solutions on their QNAP NAS.

QNAP NAS with the ARMv8 64-bit platform:

Realtek processor: TS-128A, TS-228A, TS-328Marvell ARMADA 8040 processor: TS-1635AXAnnapurna Labs Alpine AL-324 processor: TS-832X, TS-932X, TS-432XU, TS-432XU-RP, TS-832XU, TS-832XU-RP, TS-1232XU, and TS-1232XU-RP

QNAP says they are working hard on preparing full release on these products eventually, to move out of the alpha phase and to quickly move to beta once enough data and feedback has been collected.

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