QNAP typically provides security updates for four years after a product has reached EOL status.

The reason for that, the company says, is that some models may be technologically deprecated and may lack performance capabilities and operational memory, meaning that they may not receive updated drivers.

However, due to evolving security threats targeting QNAP models, the NAS manufacturer has decided to extend until October 2022 the security updates for some models that have reached EOL, so that users have more time to upgrade devices.