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Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3 Family 3.4 GHz Quad Core Processor
System memory: 4GB DDR3 ECC RAM
Memory module pre-installed: 4 GB
Total memory slots: 4
Memory expandable up to: 32GB (4x 8GB)
512MB DOM
Two mSATA port on board for read caching
24x 3.5" SATA 6Gbps/3Gbps hard drive or 2.5" SATA, 6Gbps/3Gbps hard drive SSD hard drive
24x hot-swappable and lockable tray
4 RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet ports
4 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet port
(Expandable up to 8 x 1GB LAN or 4 x 10GB + 4 x 1GB LAN by installing optional dual-port 10GB and 1GB network card)
Status, 10 GbE, LAN, eSATA, storage expansion port status
4x USB 3.0 port (rear)
4x USB 2.0 port (rear)
Support USB printer, pen drive, USB hub and USB UPS etc.
System: Power button and reset button
System warning
4U, rack mountable
Sound Level (dB) Sound pressure (LpAm) (bystander position): 48.3 dB
(with 24 x HITACHI HUS724020ALA640 hard drive installed)
Sleep mode: 129.43W
In Operation: 263.81W
(with 24 x HITACHI HUS724020ALA640 hard drive installed)
0 to 40 deg. C / 32 to 104 deg. F
5 - 95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27 deg. C/ 81 deg. F
Input: 50-60 Hz, 100-127V/ 8.5A, 200-240V/ 4.2A
Output: 650W
2 (1x PCIe Gen3 x8, 1x PCIe Gen3 x4)
4x 8cm smart cooling fan
QTS 4.1 (embedded Linux)
Windows Server 2003 onward, Apple Mac OS X onward, Linux & UNIX
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10+
Mozilla Firefox 8+
Apple Safari 4+
Google Chrome
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
Internal Hard drive: EXT4
External drive: EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+
TCP/IP (IPv4 & IPv6: Dual Stack)
Quad Gigabit NICs with Jumbo Frame: Failover, Multi-IP Settings, Port Trunking/NIC Teaming (Modes: Balance-RR, Active Backup, Balance XOR, Broadcast, IEEE 802.3ad/Link Aggregation, Balance-TLB and Balance-ALB)
Optional Dual-port 10 GbE and 1 GbE Network Expansion Cards
Service Binding Based on Network Interfaces
Proxy Client, Proxy Server
DHCP Client, DHCP Server
Protocols: CIFS/SMB, AFP (v3.3), NFS (v3), FTP, FTPS, SFTP, TFTP, HTTP(S), Telnet, SSH, iSCSI, SNMP, SMTP and SMSC
UPnP & Bonjour Discovery
USB Wi-Fi Adapter Support
IP Filter & Policy-based Automatic IP Blocking
Network Access Protection with Auto-blocking: SSH, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP, CIFS/SMB, AFP
Encrypted Access: HTTPS, FTP with SSL/ TLS (Explicit), SSH/SFTP (admin only), Encrypted Remote Replication (Rsync over SSH)
CIFS Host Access Control for Shared Folders
Antivirus Protection
FIPS 140-2 Validated AES 256-bit Volume-based Data Encryption
AES 256-bit External Drive Encryption
Importable SSL Certificate
Instant Alert via E-mail, SMS, Beep and LCD Panel
QNAP Flexible volume
Thin-provisioning with space reclamation supported
Online Volume Expansion
Online Storage Pool Expansion (via QNAP RAID expansion enclosure)
Single Disk, JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
RAID Hot Spare and Global Hot Spare
Online RAID Capacity Expansion and Online RAID Level Migration
Bad Block Scan and Hard Drive S.M.A.R.T.
Bad Block Recovery
RAID Recovery
Bitmap Support
Wake on LAN
Internal Hard Drive Standby Mode
Scheduled Power on/off
Automatic Power on after Power Recovery
USB and Network UPS Support with SNMP Management
Batch Users Creation
Import/Export Users
User Quota Management
Local User Access Control for CIFS, AFP, FTP and WebDAV,
Subfolder Permissions Support for CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP and Web File Manager
Microsoft Active Directory (AD)
LDAP Server
LDAP Client
Domain Users Login via CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP and File Station
Multi-window, Multi-tasking based System Management
Movable Icons and Personalized Desktop
Smart Toolbar and Dashboard for Neat Display on System Status
Smart Fan Control
Dynamic DNS (DDNS)
SNMP (v2 & v3)
Resource Monitor
Network Recycle Bin for File Deletion via CIFS/SMB and AFP: Automatic Cleanup, File Type Filter
Comprehensive Logs (Events & Connection)
Syslog Client
Firmware Live Update
System Settings Backup and Restore
Restore to Factory Default
Mobile App Qmanager for Remote Monitoring
File Sharing across Windows, Mac and Linux/UNIX
Protocols: CIFS/SMB, AFP, NFS, FTP/FTPS, HTTP/HTTPS (Web File Manager), WebDAV
Windows ACL
Advanced Folder Permission for CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP
Shared Folder Aggregation (CIFS/SMB)
Supports ISO Mounting (Up to 256 ISO Files)
Creates and Sends Download Links for Sharing Public Files with Expiration Time and Password Protection
Drag-n-drop Files via Chrome and Firefox Browsers
Photo, Music and Video Preview and Playback Empowered by Built-in Transcoding Technology
File Compression (ZIP or 7z)
Advanced Search
Mobile App: Qfile for File Browsing and Management
FTP over SSL/TLS (Explicit)
Concurrent Connections: Max 256
Passive FTP Port Range Control
FTP Bandwidth & Connection Control
Supports FXP & Unicode
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
Encryption, Compression, File Filter and Transfer Rate Limitation
Encrypted Replication between QNAP NAS Servers
Desktop Backup by QNAP NetBak Replicator for Windows
Apple Time Machine Support with Backup Management
Data Backup to Multiple External Storage Devices
Synchronizes with Cloud Storage: Amazon S3, ElephantDrive, Symform, Dropbox and Google Cloud Storage
Third Party Backup Software Support: Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis True
Image, ARCserve Backup, EMC Retrospect, Symantec Backup Exec, LaCie SilverKeeper, etc.
Transcode video files to 240p, 360p, 480p, 720p and 1080p resolutions
Automatic video transcoding for watched folders
Hardware-accelerated transcoding support
Embed subtitles with videos in background transcoding
iSCSI Target
Multi-LUNs per Target
Up to 256 Targets/LUNs Combined
Supports LUN Mapping & Masking
Block-based LUN
Thin-provisioned LUN with Space Reclamation supported
Online LUN Capacity Expansion
Supports SPC-3 Persistent Reservation
Supports MPIO & MC/S
iSCSI LUN Backup, One-time Snapshot and Restore
iSCSI Connection and Management by QNAP Finder (Windows)
Virtual Disk Drive (via iSCSI Initiator)
Stack Chaining Master
Max No. of Virtual Disk Drives: 8
VMware vSphere (ESX/ESXi 4.x, 5.x)
VMware VAAI for iSCSI and VAAI for NAS
vSphere Plug-in
Citrix XenServer (6.0)
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
Supports Microsoft ODX
QNAP SMI-S provider for Microsoft SCVMM
Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering
Support up to 8 Virtual Machine (32GB RAM is required) creating to run an operating system such as Windows, Linux, Unix.
VM import from Virtual Appliances
VM export into a virtual appliance in OVF / QVM format
VM clone
VM snapshot
HTML5 based shared remote console
Create and Map Shared Folders
Create and Connect to iSCSI Target/LUN
Private Cloud Storage and Sharing
Free Host Name Registration (DDNS)
Auto Router Configuration (via UPnP)
CloudLink for Remote Access without Complicated Router Setup
myQNAPcloud Connect for Easy VPN Connection (Windows VPN Utility)
Syncs Files among Multiple Devices through the NAS
Option for Not Removing Files on the NAS during Synchronization
Selective Synchronization
Shares Securely with SSL
Team Folder
Shares Files by Links via E-mail
Uploads Photos or Videos to Qsync Folder Automatically via Qfile
Restores Files from Network Recycle Bin
File Name Conflict Policy
Option for Filter Settings
Privilege Control for Qsync Users
Supports Windows & Mac OS
HTTP/HTTPS Connections
Built-in MySQL Server
Web-based Management via (QPKG)
Virtual Hosts: Max 32
Centralized Log Monitoring and Archiving
Immediate Email Alerts
Supports Log Filtering
Max No. of Printers: 3
Supports Internet Printing Protocol
Print Job Display and Management
IP-based and Domain Name-based Privilege Control
Supports Apple Bonjour Printing
Built-in MySQL Server
Web-based Management via
Centralized Account Management and Authentication for Network Access
Supports 802.1x Security Authentication
TFTP Server with PXE Booting (Read-only)
Secure Remote Access: PPTP & OpenVPN VPN services
Remote Access to Other Resources on Local Network
Max No. of Clients: 30
Supports over 1400 IP Cameras
Includes 8 Free Camera License
Up to 80 Camera Channels via Additional License Purchase
Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) for Advanced Video Search
Visual Aid by E-map
Surveillance Client for Mac
Mobile App: Vmobile (iOS and Android)
Supports ClamAV (free) and McAfee (optional purchase ) virus scanner.
Protection against Viruses, Trojans and Other Threats
Free Virus Databases Update on Manual or Scheduled Basis
Multiple Scan Tasks (Max: 64, Concurrent: 5) with Custom Folder Selection and Scheduled Scanning
Email Notification upon Task Completion or Virus Detection
Quarantines or Deletes Infected Files
Add New Features by Online Installation of over 90 Official and Community Software
The actual available software add-ons may vary depending on the NAS platform
6.94 x 17.42 x 20.89" / 17.63 x 44.25 x 53.06cm
50.88lbs / 23.08kg
885022005468
QNAP TS-EC2480U-RP, featuring the easy-to-use QTS operating system, provides a reliable and scalable NAS solution to fulfill data backup, file synchronization and remote access. The TS-EC2480U-RP is 10GbE-ready, delivers exceptional performance and supports cross-platform file sharing, comprehensive backup solutions, iSCSI and virtualization applications and many practical business functions, making it the ideal choice for SMBs to secure important business data. It also includes abundant multimedia applications backed by its powerful hardware specifications.
3700+ MB/s throughput and 410,000+ IOPS
Two internal cache ports and up to 4 SSDs for caching
Scalable design, up to 912TB raw capacity
Virtualization-ready, centralized data storage, backup, sharing and disaster recovery
QTS - Simple and efficient
Thanks to QTS's intuitive user interface, system operations of the TS-EC2480U-RP are smooth and handy. Its intelligent desktop allows you to find the 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 working efficiency.
Qsirch - A smarter, faster way to search
Quickly and easily find documents, photos, videos and music with Qsirch, QNAP's new built-in NAS search application lets you find what you need by real-time, natural search. Simply type in as much as you know about what you are trying to find, including bits of the file name or even words/phrases in the document and Qsirch will display a list of matches, complete with thumbnails, as you type. Qsirch even remembers your search history so you can quickly navigate to files you've previously searched for. Qsirch is a huge productivity boost - it greatly reduces the amount of time spent looking for files on the NAS so you can focus on other tasks.
Breakthrough performance
The TS-EC2480U-RP supports 6Gbps hard drives driving over 3,700 MB/s throughput and 410,000 IOPS. Featuring with Intel Xeon E3 v3 Quad-Core Processor and 4 GB DDR3 ECC RAM, the TS-EC2480U-RP greatly enhances efficiency of CPU-consuming tasks and serves more concurrent tasks at the same time.
Internal cache port for IO acceleration
The TS-EC2480U-RP supports two on-board mSATA internal cache ports and up to 4 SSDs can be used for caching. By installing mSATA flash modules (optional purchase), the IOPS performance of storage volumes can remarkably boost. It is perfect for improving overall workflow of random IOPS demanding applications such as database and virtualization. The internal cache port design reserves the space of hard drive tray for more storage capacity.
Removable motherboard drawer for easy maintenance
With the TS-EC2480U-RP's removable motherboard drawer, IT administrators have easier access in upgrading/installing components such as RAM, the internal cache and 10GbE adapter. The motherboard itself can be removed and replaced without needing to remove the heavy TS-EC2480U-RP from the rack cabinet, making it especially useful in maintaining the TS-EC2480U-RP in data centers with multiple rack cabinets.
10GbE ready
The TS-EC2480U-RP offers four inbuilt Gigabit Ethernet ports and supports 10 Gigabit high speed network by installing 10GbE network adapter. The 10GbE-ready TS-EC2480U-RP delivers lightening data throughput. Coupled with the support for large storage capacity, the TS-EC2480U-RP is perfect for data centers to storage big data and excel in fast data transmission and for editing large size videos on-the-fly without transferring the videos between the TS-EC2480U-RP and desktop computers.
Seamless capacity expansion
The TS-EC2480U-RP supports online capacity expansion by cascading multiple QNAP RAID expansion enclosures to meet the needs of growing business data. With the QNAP scale-up solution, raw storage capacity can be gradually expanded to 912TB. It is especially useful for large data applications, such as video surveillance, data archiving and TV broadcast storage, to name few.
Powerful QNAP flexible volume
QNAP flexible volume provides a more secure and flexible way to store the NAS data. This next generation volume offers powerful features such as storage pooling with multiple RAID group protection, thin provisioned volume with space reclaim, block-level iSCSI LUN and online capacity expansion. The QTS Storage Manager neatly presents tools and options for managing system storage which simplifies the process of NAS capacity expansion and QNAP RAID expansion enclosure management.
Cross-platform file sharing, centralized data storage
The TS-EC2480U-RP supports SMB/CIFS, NFS and AFP protocols for file sharing across Windows, Mac, Linux/UNIX networks. Data, logs and ISO image of CDs and DVDs can be centralized store in the NAS and protected by integrated antivirus solution. The Windows AD and LDAP services enable system administrators to configure user permissions by using existing Windows AD server, LDAP server or NAS build-in LDAP service.
Well-rounded backup solutions to secure data
The TS-EC2480U-RP offers well-rounded backup solutions as a reliable backup center. QNAP NetBak Replicator supports scheduled and real-time data backUpon Windows OS. Mac Time Machine is also supported to provide Mac OS X users with an effortless solution to back up data to the TS-EC2480U-RP.
Disaster recovery solutions brings peace of mind
The TS-EC2480U-RP 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-EC2480U-RP also supports rsync protocol to back up data to another remote server on scheduling basis. Besides, data can be backed up to cloud storage, such as Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Microsoft Azure, ElephantDrive, Symform, Dropbox and Google Cloud Storage and restored to the TS-EC2480U-RP anytime.
Comprehensive security options
In the open network environment, business data might be exposed in potential hack. The TS-EC2480U-RP provides numerous security options, such as encrypted access, IP blocking and so on. Besides, IT administrators can control the access rights of each user to different folders, preventing unauthorized access to important files. The TS-EC2480U-RP is validated with military level FIPS 140-2 AES 256-bit encryption, preventing the sensitive business data from unauthorized access and breach even if the hard disk drives or the entire system were stolen.
Storage for comprehensive virtualization applications
The TS-EC2480U-RP is VMware Ready, Citrix Ready, compatible with Microsoft Hyper-V certification and Windows Server 2012, benefiting flexible deployment and management in the virtualization environments. The TS-EC2480U-RP supports VMware VAAI and Microsoft ODX to increase performance by offloading server loading for ESXi and Hyper-V respectively and supports QNAP vSphere Client plug-in and QNAP SMI-S provider with enhanced efficiency of operations and management in virtualization applications.
Run multiple OS' on the TS-EC2480U-RP
The Virtualization Station transforms the TS-EC2480U-RP into a 2-in-a-box NAS that can function as an all-in-one NAS and a virtualization platform supporting multiple operating systems, fast virtual machine creation, virtual machine import/export, snapshot and enables desktop operations on web browser. With the easy-to-use interface, you can centrally manage all virtual machines created on the TS-EC2480U-RP with least efforts. Furthermore, you can download VMs on demand from the online VM markets and import them to TS-EC2480U-RP to use directly without any complex procedure.
Highly-efficient storage solution for 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 TS-EC2480U-RP fulfills storage and video editing needs with a high speed 10GbE network interface. Digital videos can be quickly stored and edited on the TS-EC2480U-RP directly over the network.
File synchronization across multiple devices
The Qsync utility turns your TS-EC2480U-RP into a safe data center for file synchronization with large storage capacity. Any file uploaded to the TS-EC2480U-RP 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
The TS-EC2480U-RP Surveillance Station is a professional surveillance solution with a wide range of over 2,600 compatible IP camera models and expandable IP camera channel licenses. It supports real-time monitoring, video and audio recording and playback with flexible options to customize.
Install-on-demand apps extend NAS features
The TS-EC2480U-RP has built in App Center providing various install-on-demand apps developed by QNAP and third-party developers, including backup/sync, business, content management, communications, download, entertainment and so on.