QNAP TS-1253U
High-performance 12-bay NAS server for SMBs
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Overview:
The TS-1253U, featuring the easy-to-use QTS operating system, is a powerful, reliable, secure and scalable NAS solution designed for mission-intensive business applications and to meet fast growing data storage needs. The TS-1253U supports SATA 6Gb/s drives and delivers high performance with persistent throughput, providing a comprehensive storage solution for SMBs to build a reliable private cloud.
- Use the TS-1253U as a PC with exclusive QvPC Technology
- Manage, share, and back up business data with Real-time Remote Replication (RTRR)
- NAS and iSCSI-SAN unified storage solution for server virtualization
- Supports VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft Hyper-V and advanced virtualization features
- Enhanced data security with high-performance AES 256-bit encryption and anti-virus
- Run multiple Windows/Linux-based virtual machines with the Virtualization Station
- Transcode Full HD videos on-the-fly or offline with QNAP’s unique transcoding technology
- Expand the total raw storage capacity up to 72TB with the economical UX-800P QNAP expansion enclosure
QTS - Simple and efficient
Thanks to the intuitive user interface of QTS, system operations of the TS-1253U are smooth and handy. Its intelligent desktop allows you to find desired functions quickly, create desktop shortcuts or group shortcuts, monitor important system information on a real-time basis, and open multiple application windows to run multiple tasks concurrently, bringing greater operating efficiency.
High performance
Powered by a cutting-edge 22nm quad-core Intel® Celeron® 2.0GHz processor with 2GB/8GB energy-efficient DDR3L RAM (upgradable to 8GB), coupled with the support of SATA 6Gb/s, 4 Gigabit LAN ports and HDMI output, the TS-1253U is a powerful NAS that delivers up to 415MB/s read & write speeds. The TS-1253U can also automatically increase the processor's clock rate from 2.0GHz to 2.41GHz when needed for CPU-intensive tasks. The TS-1253U’s fast encryption and decryption performance provides transfer speeds of up to 70MB/s with AES-256 bit volume encryption, boosting system performance & security while ensuring the safety of sensitive business data stored in the TS-1253U. When installed with the latest dual-band 2.4GHz/5GHz 802.11ac Wi-Fi network card, the TS-1253U can offer remarkably high speeds for transferring large amount of files and streaming bandwidth-consuming multimedia.
* Tested in QNAP lab. Figures could vary by environments.
SSD cache acceleration
The TS-1253U supports SSD caching which can greatly boost IOPS performance of storage volumes. It is perfect for improving overall workflow of IOPS-demanding applications such as virtualization.
Use your TS-1253U as a PC with the exclusive QvPC Technology
QNAP’s exclusive QvPC Technology consolidates a number of high-end technologies including VM integration, multimedia transcoding, HDMI output, cloud integration and NAS connection technologies, allowing users to operate the TS-1253U as a PC when they plug in a keyboard, mouse and monitor. With QvPC Technology, the TS-1253U is transformed into a cost-effective device with PC functionalities for users to directly access stored data, run multiple applications using Windows/Linux/UNIX/Android-based VMs, surf the web on Google Chrome, enjoy Full HD videos with up to 7.1 channel audio with XBMC, monitor Surveillance Station in real time with local display, and much more.
Run additional operating systems on the TS-1253U
With the support for Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x), the TS-1253U can operate the Virtualization Station, transforming the TS-1253U into a 2-in-a-box NAS that can function as an all-in-one NAS and a virtualization platform that supports multiple operating systems, fast virtual machine (VM) creation, VM import/export, snapshot, and enables desktop operations on web browsers. With the easy-to-use interface, you can centrally manage all of the VMs created on the TS-853 Pro with minimal effort. You can also download VMs on demand from online VM markets and import them to the TS-1253U without any complex procedures.
Note: TS-1253U with 8GB RAM (TS-1253U-8G) is recommended.
Cross-platform file sharing, centralized data storage
The TS-1253U supports SMB/CIFS, NFS, and AFP protocols for file sharing across Windows, Mac, Linux/UNIX networks. Data, logs and ISO images of CDs and DVDs can be centrally stored on the TS-1253U and protected by an integrated antivirus solution. The Windows AD and LDAP services enable system administrators to configure user permissions by using an existing Windows AD server, LDAP server or built-in LDAP service. The TS-1253U supports SAMBA v4 and can act as a Windows domain controller to manage privilege settings.
Well-rounded backup solutions to secure data
QNAP NetBak Replicator supports real-time and scheduled data backup on Windows including Outlook email archiving. Apple Time Machine is also supported to provide Mac OS X users with a solution to effortlessly back up data to the TS-1253U. The USB 3.0 port on the front panel of the TS-1253U features a one-touch-copy function for you to instantly back up data from external drives to the TS-1253U with just one click, or alternatively to back up data from the TS-1253U to external drives. A wide range of third-party backup software such as Acronis® True Image and Symantec® Backup Exec are also supported.
Disaster recovery solutions bring peace of mind
The TS-1253U offers various data recovery options. RTRR (Real-Time Remote Replication) supports real time or scheduled data backup to a remote Turbo NAS or FTP server and synchronizes files to a remote folder from a local folder with better backup efficiency and reduced backup time. The TS-1253U also supports rsync protocol to back up data to another remote server on scheduled basis. Data can also be backed up to and restored from a range of cloud storage services, including Amazon® S3, Amazon Glacier, Microsoft® Azure, ElephantDrive®, Dropbox® and Google® Drive.
Comprehensive security options
In open network environments, business data may be exposed in a potential hack. The TS-1253U provides numerous security options, such as encrypted access, IP blocking, and more. IT administrators can also control the access rights of each user to different folders, preventing unauthorized access to important files. The TS-1253U is validated with military-level FIPS 140-2 AES 256-bit encryption, preventing sensitive business data from unauthorized access and breach even if the hard drives or the entire system were stolen.
Storage for comprehensive virtualization applications
The TS-1253U supports VMware® and Citrix®, and is compatible with Microsoft® Hyper-V™ and Windows Server 2012, benefiting flexible deployment and management in the virtualization environments. The TS-1253U supports VMware VAAI and Microsoft ODX to increase performance by offloading server loading for ESXi server and Hyper-V respectively, and supports QNAP vSphere Client plug-in and QNAP SMI-S provider with enhanced operational efficiency and management in virtualization applications.
Real-time & offline HD video transcoding
The TS-1253U delivers superior real-time Full HD video transcoding to convert videos to formats that can be smoothly played on PCs, mobile devices and Smart TVs. It allows for up to 5 devices to simultaneously view different videos stored on the TS-1253U with on-the-fly hardware accelerated transcoding. The TS-1253U allows you to enjoy instant videos on multiple devices - even those that lack computing power or have limited file format support - without the need for complicated and time-consuming file conversion.
With the benefit of offline transcoding, if you can only connect to an Internet connection with limited/restricted bandwidth, you can still enjoy smooth videos by selecting a pre-rendered lower resolution to play the videos via File Station, Video Station, or the Qfile mobile app without affecting the TS-1253U’s system performance running other applications. This also allows more people to play videos via streaming. The TS-1253U also allows you to set a dedicated folder for automatic video transcoding.
Full HD videos local display with HD Station via HDMI
QNAP HD Station integrates the powerful XBMC v12 media player and web browser. With HDMI 1.4a connectivity, you can connect the TS-1253U to a HDTV to enjoy your multimedia on the big screen. The splendid user interface and support for 7.1-surround sound passthrough* brings smooth playback of Full HD 1080p videos**. You can even watch YouTube videos, surf the web and manage the Turbo NAS using Google Chrome web browser with the HD Station.
It’s convenient & easy to control the HD Station. Turn your mobile devices into remote controls by installing the Qremote app, or use the QNAP RM-IR002 remote control and MCE remote controls via the built-in IR receiver of the TS-1253U. The HD Station also supports YouTube Pairing, allowing you to select a YouTube video on your smartphone, tablet or computer and play it on HDTV via the TS-1253U.
*A receiver with HDMI support is required for decoding multi-channel surround sound.
** The quality of video and music delivery can vary according to hardware and network environments.
Optimize IT assets management with the IT Management Station
The IT Management Station, powered by Mandriva® Pulse, provides a flexible service for managing multi-OS and multi-site IT assets for business of all sizes. By installing the IT Management Station on the TS-1253U, you can centrally manage multiple IT resources with numerous business applications including comprehensive inventory, centralized software deployment & updates, imaging, remote management & support, backup & restore, and more tasks with greater flexibility and productivity.
File synchronization across multiple devices
The Qsync utility turns your TS-1253U into a safe data center for file synchronization with a large storage capacity. Any file uploaded to the TS-1253U will be made available for all linked devices, such as computers, laptops or mobile devices. Qsync is especially useful for frequent travelers to manage files and always have the most updated files on different devices. Qsync provides multiple ways of file synchronization and group file sharing, greatly enhancing the flexibility of collaboration.
Comprehensive surveillance solution with 24/7 security
Surveillance Station is professional network surveillance Video Management System (VMS) that offers a user-friendly management interface, over 2,700 compatible IP camera models, and expandable IP camera channel licenses. It supports real-time monitoring, video & audio recording and playback with a wide range of customizable settings. You can also install the VMobile mobile app on your iOS® or Android™ devices to manage the monitored channels anytime and anywhere to safeguard your office environment, or install the Vcam mobile app to turn your device into a network camera to instantly record to your TS-1253U. The TS-1253U offers 2 free IP camera channels and you can expand up to 24 channels by purchasing additional licenses.
Signage Station - Creatively present your animated content and ads
With the Signage Station, it is easy to create content for a wide range of materials such as menu boards, advertisements, posters, and business profiles. The Signage Station is a great tool to invigorate your advertisements or animated materials for promoting your services, and to update contents in a timely manner. The iArtist Lite application, with intuitive editing tools, helps you create these signs with simple drag & drop tools. Your creativity can now travel around the world with a few simple steps to instantly get published, revised, and shared.
Access, use, sync and enjoy with your tablets and smartphones
The TS-1253U is your private cloud storage that virtually enlarges the capacity of your mobile devices. Qfile allows you to access, upload, download, manage, and share stored files easily as if you are carrying tons of files in your pocket. If Qfile is installed on an iOS device, users can also browse videos & photos stored on the TS-1253U and play via Apple TV. Qmanager lets you monitor & manage the TS-1253U remotely and efficiently without turning on a PC, while Qmusic allows you to listen to your music on the TS-1253U anytime and anywhere, and download to enjoy offline.
Install-on-demand apps to extend NAS functionality
The TS-470 has a built-in App Center that provides various install-on-demand apps developed by QNAP and third-party developers, including tools for backup/sync, business, content management, communications, download, entertainment, and much more. It is also a centralized location for managing & updating installed apps. In addition, QNAP’s development platform embraces the open-source spirit to enable developers to create their own apps, adding potentially limitless opportunities for the TS-470.
Economical storage expansion with scale-up solution
The TS-1253U offers a high performance yet affordable storage solution to fulfill the needs of business in archiving rapidly growing data & large files. The TS-1253U supports capacity expansion by connecting a QNAP expansion enclosure. With the QNAP scale-up solution, the raw storage capacity can be expanded on demand, making the TS-1253U an ideal file center with a large storage capacity for business data. When connecting the TS-1253U to a UX-series expansion enclosure you will have to create a separate volume, and the total usable storage capacity is the volume on the TS-1253U plus the volume on the UX-series expansion enclosure.
The maximum raw storage capacity available by connecting a QNAP expansion enclosure:
| Turbo NAS Model | QNAP Expansion Enclosure | No. of RAID Expansion Enclosure | Total HDD No. (NAS + Enclosure) | Max. Raw Capacity (TB)* |
| TS-1253U | UX-1200U-RP | 1 | 24 | 192 |
| UX-800U-RP | 1 | 20 | 160 |
*The maximum capacity is calculated by using 8TB HDDs.
Energy-saving
The TS-1253U utilizes a 22nm CPU and DDR3L RAM which feature low voltage requirements and low power consumption whilst maintaining high performance in system operations. Other eco-friendly designs include S3 sleep mode, scheduled power on/off, hard disk standby mode, and Wake on LAN.
The optimal storage solution for your smart home
Are you tired of multiple remote controls on your table and messy wires coming from multiple devices? QNAP Turbo NAS is now compatible with industry leading home automation systems such as Control4 and Crestron. You can easily navigate the built-in XBMC media player on your Turbo NAS along with live monitoring from your VioStor NVR through one remote controller or pad. QNAP makes combining your network storage with your existing home automation system more easy than ever. With the integration of a QNAP Turbo NAS with a variety of popular controller systems, you can enjoy your movies and monitor your home in a few simple clicks, allowing a simple way to enjoy the convenience of home automation.
Additional SMB-ready features
The TS-1253U supports various business applications as an all-in-one Turbo NAS with cost-efficiency
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| FTP Server The Turbo NAS supports FTP server to share large size files, coming with user-defined settings including bandwidth limitation, number of connections, and write-only permission. |
Web Server The Turbo NAS supports Web server which allows numerous websites built on the same server conveniently. Administrators can manage up to 32 websites on the single one Turbo NAS with reduced IT cost. |
RADIUS Server The Turbo NAS supports RADIUS server which provides centralized authorization management for computers to connect and use a network service. |
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| VPN Server The Turbo NAS supports VPN server which provides an easy way for IT administrators to build up a secure private network and allows the staff to log on from outside the office and access business resources securely such as files and Internet connections. |
Print Server The Turbo NAS can be used as a Printer server to send remote printing request via the Internet (max. 3 USB printers), and supports IPP (Internet Printing Protocol), Samba, print job management and Bonjour printing for Mac OS X. |
Surveillance Station The Turbo NAS supports Surveillance Station to connect and manage multiple IP cameras remotely, including real-time monitoring, video recording, playback, and event notifications. |
Features:
Modern businesses face the challenge of dramatic digital data growth. Deploying a reliable, affordable, and expandable storage center to securely store, share, and back up digital assets has become an important task for IT administrators. QNAP Turbo NAS provides an efficient and flexible network attached storage solution with the multi-window and multitasking QTS 4.0 Turbo NAS operating system. The TS-x70 series delivers a high-performing storage storage solution with 4 GbE ports and optional 10GbE network expansion for superior performance. QNAP provides powerful utilities and mobile apps which help business users to easily build up private cloud storage for data access, sharing, synchronization, and backup anywhere, anytime via the Internet. With VMware® Ready™ and Citrix® Ready™ certifications, and proven compatibility with Microsoft® Hyper-V™ environments, the Turbo NAS is an ideal shared storage solution in a virtualized and clustered environment. Furthermore, the smart NAS offers built-in App Center with over 90 apps for even more applications in various industries.
QNAP QTS 4.0
Intuitive, innovative operating system featuring synchronization capabilities, multiwindow and easy management.
Innovative Desktop
The QTS 4.0’s intelligent desktop offers an intuitive, sleek, and easy-to-follow graphical user interface, simplifying the whole Turbo NAS experience. It allows you to open multiple application windows and run multiple tasks simultaneously. Application windows can be minimized to the toolbar which allows you to see an overview of the opened applications and switch among the running applications.
Centralized Storage and File Sharing
Cross-platform Sharing
The Turbo NAS supports SMB/CIFS, AFP, and NFS protocols for file sharing across Windows, Mac, or Linux/UNIX networks. User accounts and shared folders can be created via the user-friendly web-based interface without IT expertise.
File Station
Upload, download and manage files anywhere with a web browser. File extraction, folder creation, smart search files or folders are accessed over the Internet. Preview your photos and videos through any web browser too!
Windows ACL
Basic permissions and 13 advanced permissions can be set up from the Windows Explorer and synchronized with the permission settings of the Turbo NAS. In addition, the same permissions can be applied to AFP, FTP, Web File Manager, and Microsoft Networking when Advanced Folder Permissions are enabled at the same time.
Advanced Folder Permissions
Advanced folder permissions allow users to configure folder and subfolder access to the Turbo NAS. Users can manage the folder permissions from the web-based management interface of the Turbo NAS easily.
Windows Active Directory (AD) and LDAP Directory Service
Retrieve multiple user accounts from a Windows AD server or an LDAP directory server by the Turbo NAS for efficient account setup.
Well-rounded Backup Solution
Client Backup
The QNAP Turbo NAS supports NetBak Replicator, Time Machine and more third party backup software.
External Backup
QNAP Turbo NAS comes with a “one touch data copy button” for direct data backup between the Turbo NAS and external USB/eSATA storage devices.
Remote Backup
- Back up the Turbo NAS data to another remote Turbo NAS or an FTP server on a real-time basis via QNAP’s Real-time Remote Replication (RTRR) service.
- Back up the Turbo NAS data to a standard rsync server on scheduled basis via the rsync protocol.
Cloud Backup
- Real-time data backup from the Turbo NAS to online cloud storage services: Amazon S3, ElephantDrive, Symform, Dropbox, or Google Drive.
Video Editing
Digital film and video production produces volumes of data that require high performance RAID storage with sustainable throughput to balance with the demanding output of video editing. The QNAP TSx70 Series Turbo NAS fulfills storage and video editing needs with optional high-speed 10 GbE network interface. Digital videos can be quickly stored and edited on the Turbo NAS directly over the network. The Turbo NAS supports various network file sharing protocols such as NFS, AFP, and SMB/CIFS, so sharing files among PCs with different operating systems is easy.
Superior Performance
Testing Environment:
2 Client PC configurations: Intel®Core™ i7-2600 CPU, 16GB DDR3 RAM, Windows 7 professional 64-bit, Dual-port QNAP LAN-10G2T 10GBASE-T network expansion module, IOMeter sequential read and write.
NAS Configurations:
QNAP LAN-10G2D 10G2T 10GBASE-T network expansion module, 802.3ad trunking mode, full load Samsung HD103SJ 1TB SATA HDD, RAID 5.
Network Configurations:
Connect TS-870 and two client PCs to Cisco 4900M 10GbE switch.
10GbE Storage Solution
The QNAP TS-x70 Series Turbo NAS includes 4 GbE ports for industry-leading performance in business environments. The optional dual-port 10GbE adaptor support makes it ready for the high-speed data transfer craved by data centers.
Private Cloud Storage
myQNAPcloud service
Create your own private cloud with the free myQNAPcloud service. The Turbo NAS creates your own unique URL and in a few easy steps, you will be able to access your files from any web browser.
VPN Server
The VPN server allows you to access the Turbo NAS on the same local network from the Internet and easily manage the files with drag-anddrop through the file browser.
CloudLink
CloudLink helps you pass through the complicated network environment and connect to the Turbo NAS from a remote PC and easily access the data from anywhere without complicated settings.
myQNAPcloud Connect
myQNAPcloud Connect is a Windows VPN connection utility. It can establish a secure VPN connection with the remote NAS over the Internet and enable you to access the NAS as if it were in your local network.
Dropbox-style Data Sync
Qsync
Your Turbo NAS becomes a safe data center for file synchronization with huge storage. Qsync provides multiple ways of file synchronization and group file sharing, greatly enhancing the flexibility of collaboration. Whenever you add, edit, delete or rename a file on one computer, the change applies to all others linked with the Turbo NAS, so you have identical data on all your devices.
Use space effectively
Remove the files on one computer without affecting the files stored on other devices linked with the Turbo NAS. Even when someone updates the same files from another computer, Qsync will ensure that you will always have the latest files. When synchronizing files, you can choose to only sync specific subfolders within the Qsync folder.
Share team folders with different groups of people
Create subfolders within the Qsync folder, and share each with different groups of Turbo NAS users as a file exchange center. Everyone in the same subfolder is always kept up-to-date with the latest version of the files.
Quickly share files with download links
You can create download links to share files with others. This greatly reduces the time in creating user account and password for users just to share less-important documents.
Storage for Virtualization
The QNAP Business Series Turbo NAS is a virtualization-aware storage solution which supports VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer. QNAP vSphere plug-in and QNAP SMI-S provider highly increase the productivity and efficiency.
Datastore for VMware
- VAAI for iSCSI, VAAI for NAS
VMware vStorage APIs Integration (VAAI) is a set of APIs that allow ESXi hosts to offload processing for certain storage-related services to storage systems. The integration of QNAP NAS with VMware VAAI offers optimal performance for customers to deploy a virtualization environment.
The QNAP NAS, VAAI iSCSI and VAAI NAS are VMware certified. Businesses can either select iSCSI or NFS as a centralized storage to boost performance. VAAI for iSCSI supports Full Copy (hardware-assisted copy), Block Zeroing (hardware-assisted zeroing), Hardware-assisted Locking, and Thin Provisioning with space reclaim. VAAI for NAS supports Full File Clone, Extended Statistics, and Reserve Space.
The QNAP NAS uniquely supports VAAI iSCSI and VAAI NAS to enhance storage performance in a virtualized environment. - Enhanced Performance by VAAI
- vSphere Plug-in
The vSphere plug-in allows users to manage the QNAP Turbo NAS directly on the vSphere client, making datastore management more effective.
Storage for Microsoft Hyper-V
- ODX (Offloaded Data Transfer)
With ODX support, the QNAP Turbo NAS becomes a high performance iSCSI storage solution under Windows Server 2012, including Hyper-V virtualized environment. QNAP storage enables full copies of virtual machines within the NAS without requiring the Windows hosts to read and write the data. This highly reduces the loading of Windows hosts and improves the performance of copy and move operations for Windows 2012 hosts using the QNAP iSCSI storage. When providing QNAP storage to a Windows 2012 file server, the end user using Windows 8 client workstation will also benefit from the Offloaded copy process for large file transfers.
- NAS Management via SCVMM
The QNAP SMI-S provider enables management of the QNAP Turbo NAS directly through Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 (SCVMM).
10 Gigabit Ethernet Storage Solution for the Virtualized Data Center
The QNAP TS-x70 Series Turbo NAS supports an optional 10GbE adaptor, including SFP+ and 10G Base-T interface. The 10Gb speed increases the agility of data transmission in a virtualized environment, intensifying NFS and iSCSI connection performance, and enables more VMs with multiple transactions running concurrently without performance penalty.
Proactive Data Protection
QNAP SMART Data Migration
The data stored on the Turbo NAS is constantly monitored to reduce potential data loss and rebuilding time. If the Turbo NAS detects a possible drive failure or abnormal health status, the data will be proactively migrated to a new spare drive. This ensures valuable business assets are well stored and protected.
Supports TLER and ERC
TLER (Time-Limited Error Recovery) and ERC (Error Recovery Control) are now supported with compatible hard drives, improving drive error handling in RAID applications. This latter prevents the hard drives from prematurely failing out of RAID arrays, forcing rebuilds, and RAID volume loss. The data will be retrieved more quickly when a hard drive takes too long to respond from bad blocks.
RAID Read Error Recovery
When read errors are detected in the hard drive blocks, they are automatically corrected with healthy ones. The bad block recovery will run in the background and ensure data is well stored in the hard drives.
RAID Hot-spare and Global Hot-spare Drives
A hot spare drive can be configured so that if a hard drive in a specific RAID group fails, the hot spare drive will operate automatically. Moreover, the QNAP storage also supports global hot spare drives which allow the administrator to share the spare drives efficiently among multiple RAID Groups.
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Web Server Multiple websites can be hosted on the Turbo NAS with the built-in web server and virtual host feature. |
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Syslog Server By collecting and storing the logs of other network devices on the Turbo NAS with the Syslog server support, the IT administrator can monitor the status of these devices and collect the information necessary for further troubleshooting. |
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RADIUS Server The RADIUS server centralizes and consolidates user authentication by maintaining a list of user accounts that are authorized for remote network access through dial-up equipment, Wi-Fi access point, or VPN connections. |
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Proxy Server With the help of the Squid App add-on, the QNAP Turbo NAS can be used as a Proxy Server. |
HIPAA Compliant Storage Solution
While medical data (e.g ePHI) constantly increases, IT administrators are required to develop a strategy of strong storage platforms within their medical organizations. QNAP meets the electronic requirements of HIPAA for storing PHI data by providing a base to protect the confidentiality and security of “individually identifiable health information”. QNAP provides a full range and variety of storage models that can easily fit into different scales of deployment. Choose based upon capacity, performance, and price range to meet the need of any type of medical environment.
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| Policy-based Unauthorized IP Blocking Users can allow, deny or auto block specified IP addresses or network domains which attempt to connect to the Turbo NAS via SSH, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP, Samba, or AFP. |
| Remote Login The Turbo NAS supports remote login by SSH (secure shell) or Telnet connection. |
| SSL Security (HTTPS) The Turbo NAS supports HTTPS. Users can upload a secure certificate and RSA private key in X.509PEM format issued by a trusted provider to allow access the Turbo NAS by secure SSL login. |
| Secure FTP The Turbo NAS offers secure data transfer with SSL/TLS (explicit) encryption. Passive FTP port range setup is also supported. |
| Encrypted Remote Replication by Rsync The data on the Turbo NAS can be backed up to or from another Turbo NAS or rsync server over the network securely. |
| FIPS 140-2 Validated AES 256-bit Volume-based Data Encryption The disk volume with FIPS 140-2 validated AES 256-bit encryption can only be accessed by an authorized encryption password or key. This prevents sensitive data on the Turbo NAS from unauthorized access, even if the hard disk drives or the entire system were stolen.  |
| Advanced Folder Permissions Advanced folder permissions allow users to configure folder/subfolder access to the Turbo NAS. With this feature enabled, users can manage the folder permissions from Microsoft Windows or the web-based management interface of the Turbo NAS without complicated procedures. |
| Antivirus The integrated antivirus solution for the Turbo NAS ensures business continuity by offering detection against the latest viruses, malware, worms, and Trojan horses with continuous free virus database updates.  |
QNAP Flexible Volume
QNAP Flexible Volume provides a more secure and flexible way to store and manage the NAS data. This next generation volume offers powerful features such as storage pooling with multiple RAID, thin-provisioned volume with space reclaim, and online capacity expansion.
Block-based iSCSI LUN
In addition to storing data, the QNAP Flexible Volume can be utilized as an iSCSI LUN at the same time. The block-based iSCSI LUN provides less overhead which improves the overall read/write performance. The blockbased iSCSI LUN takes advantage of Flexible Volume features such as thin provisioning LUN with Space Reclaim and online capacity expansion.
Online Capacity Expansion
Increase the capacity size of the LUNs, volumes, and storage pools on the fly. The Turbo NAS allows you to add more hard drives to increase the storage capacity of the storage pool on demand. The LUN and volumes can also be expanded online without interrupting the services.
Thin-provisioned Volume
Pre-allocate storage to give the appearance of having more capacity than actually available. This allows you to consume storage on demand as data is written to disk, instead of having capacity ahead of time.
Space Reclaim
Space reclaim complements thin provisioning so storage can be recovered and used for other NAS applications. Normally when data is deleted in a volume the storage capacity cannot be transferred back to the overall storage pool. But with space reclaim, space can be recovered and allocated back to the overall storage pool. This provides a much more efficient space usage.
Alert for Volume/LUN Threshold
An alert can be created once a LUN or volume reaches a particular threshold size with email and SMS notifications. This prevents the storage or volume from running out of space, and the administrator can add more storage space or expand an existing volume if necessary.
App Center
Powerful, organized, rich-in-content
The new App Center makes it easy to find and install all sorts of apps and also acts as a central platform to manage and update your installed apps.
Mobility and Remote Access
Qfile
You can manage as many Turbo NAS units as you want with Qfile and conveniently connect to any of them on the login page. Enabling the auto-upload function will let your pictures and photo albums automatically sync to your Turbo NAS and works as a real-time backup of your precious photos. Qfile displays a thumbnail list view for you to easily identify the file type at a glance. You can move, copy, rename or delete files on the Turbo NAS, all with your mobile device.
Qmanager
Qmanager lets you monitor the CPU usage, memory usage, system event info, and active users. You can also remotely check the connection status or logged in users to prevent unauthorized access. Remotely restart or shut down your Turbo NAS, and use Qmanager to turn the application services on and off. You can use Wake on LAN to power on your NAS. It only takes a single click and you are done!
Surveillance
Surveillance Station Pro
The Surveillance Station Pro allows users to easily set up a home security system and flexibly choose the IP cameras for live view monitoring, recording, and playback. The live view provides instant video images from the monitored areas. Event notifications and fast video retrieval are also offered. iOS® or Android™ users can install the VMobile app to monitor the surveillance channels anytime and anywhere.
Specifications:
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| CPU | Quad-core Intel® Celeron® 2.0GHz (up to 2.41GHz) |
| Memory | Installed: 4GB DDR3L SDRAM (1 x 4GB) Slots: 2 SODIMM (Max: 8GB) |
| Flash Memory | 512MB DOM |
| Hard Drive | 12 x 3.5" or 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s, SATA 3Gb/s hard drive or SSD |
| Hard Drive Tray | 12 Hot-swappable and lockable trays |
| Ports | 4 USB 3.0 1 HDMI 1 console (system maintenance) |
| LED Indicators | Status, LAN, USB, HDD 1-12 |
| Buttons | Power, reset |
| Alarm Buzzer | System warning |
| Form Factor | 2U, rack mountable |
| Dimensions | 89 (H) x 482 (W) x 534 (D) mm 3.5 (H) x 18.98 (W) x 21.02 (D) inch |
| Weight | Net weight: 16.14 kg (35.58 lbs.) Gross weight: 18.98 kg (41.84 lbs.) |
| Power Consumption (W) | HDD standby: 35.14W In operation: 83.52W (with 12 x 2TB HDD installed) |
| Temperature | 0-40˚C |
| Relative Humidity | 0~95% R.H. |
| Power Supply | Input: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz; Output: 250W |
| Fan | 2 x 70mm, 12V DC |
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Software Specifications:
Operating System
Supported Clients
Supported Browsers
Multilingual Support
File System
Networking
Security
Storage Management
Power Management
Access Right Management
myQNAPcloud Service
Qsync
Web Administration
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FTP Server
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(1). Not all services are supported.
*The data encryption functions may not available in accordance to the legislative restrictions of some countries.
Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.
Optional Accessories:
| Optional Accessories | |
|---|---|
| Remote Control | |
 RM-IR002 |
IR Remote Control |
| RAM | |
 RAM-1GDR3L-SO-1600 |
1GB DDR3L RAM Module |
RAM-2GDR3L-SO-1600 |
2GB DDR3L RAM Module |
RAM-4GDR3L-SO-1600 |
4GB DDR3L RAM Module |
RAM-8GDR3L-SO-1600 |
8GB DDR3L RAM Module |
Utilities:
Various handy utilities are available for you to work smartly with your Turbo NAS. These utilities help increase your productivity and make it absolutely easy with connecting the Turbo NAS, setting up the system, data backup and synchronization, downloading files, and so on.
Qfinder
Connect and set up NAS easily
Qfinder is a utility, available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, to quickly find and access the Turbo NAS over the LAN. Install the Finder on your computer, open it, and double click your Turbo NAS name, and the login page is ready for you.
Easily access the NAS by Storage Plug & Connect
Windows version of Qfinder provides a convenient way to connect to the Turbo NAS and map a network drive or a virtual disk. By creating a shared folder on the Turbo NAS and mapping it as a network drive, you can use it as an additional drive and store files on it as it is a local drive of the computer.
myQNAPcloud Connect
NAS Connection by VPN
myQNAPcloud Connect helps you access the published services of the Turbo NAS quickly and securely on the Internet. myQNAPcloud Connect application is designed for Windows PC users. By installing the myQNAPcloud Connect, you will be able to connect to the Turbo NAS and easily manage files by drag-and-drop within the Windows Explorer.
Qsync
Synchronize files anytime, anywhere
Qsync is a useful tool to synchronize files in multiple computers. It creates a specific “Qsync folder” in your devices that you can simply drop files in, and synchronizes the files to all your devices linked to the Turbo NAS.
Sync in multiple ways
Full Sync
Whenever you add, edit, delete or rename a file on one computer, the change applies to all others linked with the Turbo NAS, so you have exactly identical contents on all your devices.
Smart Sync
It allows you to remove files on one computer without affecting the copies stored on others that are linked with the Turbo NAS. However, when someone updates the files you deleted from another computer, you can still retrieve them in the Qsync folder.
Advanced Selective Sync
With both Full Sync or Smart Sync options, you can choose to only sync specific sub-folders within the Qsync folder, useful if your computers have limited storage.
Share files and folders easily
Quickly share files with download links
You can create download links to share files with people, even if they don’t have an account on the Turbo NAS. This greatly reduces the time in creating user account and password for users.
Share folders for collaboration
Your life is connected with different groups of people. You can create sub-folders within the Qsync folder, and share each with different groups of Turbo NAS users as a file exchange center. Everyone in the same sub-folder is always kept up-to-date with the latest version of the files.
QNAP NetBak Replicator
Backup data on PC
The QNAP NetBak Replicator, provided with any Turbo NAS unit free of charge, helps you easily back up files from Windows PC - entire disk drives, documents, pictures, music, videos, fonts, emails, and more - to the Turbo NAS. The operation is very simple. You can do the backup task in just a few clicks using NetBak Replicator by the setting of real-time synchronization, scheduled backup and auto-backup from multiple PCs to the Turbo NAS.
NetBak Replicator also supports backing up to a remote server via FTP and WebDAV through the Internet. Imagine that you can backup new photos whenever on vacation. Even you are away from home, the convenient backup supports your memories.
QGet
Download Station monitor widget
QGet is a powerful utility for download management. The software is available for Windows and Mac computers, allowing the management of BT, HTTP, and FTP download tasks of Download Station on multiple Turbo NAS servers.
QGet enables you to add, remove, or watch your BT download jobs from LAN or WAN. You can manage your download tasks in school or at work. QGet supports intuitive drag and drop of torrent files, HTTP or FTP URL to the software interface for convenient adding of download tasks.
vsphere Client plug-in
Manage QNAP NAS within vSphere Client
The Turbo NAS supports vSphere Client Plug-in that allows managing VMware datastores on the Turbo NAS directly from the vSphere client console. In a large-scale server virtualization environment, management is centralized and straightforward. Administrators can easily control the status of the Turbo NAS and datastores and create additional datastores to multiple ESXi hosts in just a few clicks.
Note: The TS-x51 series doesn’t support vSphere Client plug-in.
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Documentation:
Download the QNAP TS-x53U Series Datasheet (PDF).
Pricing Notes:
- Pricing and product availability subject to change without notice.
For TS-x51, 451U, x53, x53U series, TS-453mini, IS-453S, TBS-453A (suggest to use the same size memory for both memory slots) and TVS-x63 series, TS-563, TS-x63U, TVS-x63, TS-251+,TS-451+, TS-x53BU, TS-963X, TS-x31P3
Our Price: $180.00
For TS-x51, 451U, x53, x53U series (suggest to use the same size memory for both memory slots) and TVS-x63 series
Our Price: $100.00
For TS-x51, 451U, x53, x53U series (suggest to use the same size memory for both memory slots) and TVS-x63 series
Our Price: $70.00
For TS-x51, 451U, x53, x53U series (suggest to use the same size memory for both memory slots) and TVS-x63 series
Our Price: $45.00