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QNAP ES1686dc R2 16-Bay 3U Rackmount Enterprise ZFS NAS Enclosure, Intel Xeon D-2142IT, 128GB RAM, Diskless

SKU: QNESIT128GUS MFR: ES1686DC-R2-2142IT-128G-U
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Key Features

  • Experience high performance with the Intel Xeon D-2142IT processor for demanding tasks.
  • Ensure data security and integrity with advanced ZFS NAS features and AES 256-bit encryption.
  • Achieve remarkable scalability with 16 bays and up to 1024GB RAM for growing storage needs.
  • Enjoy ease of use with the intuitive QES 2.2.1 operating system for seamless management.
  • Benefit from robust reliability with redundant power supplies and hot-swappable components.
  • Optimize your workflow with exceptional storage capacity, perfect for enterprise environments.
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QNAP ES1686dc R2 Specifications

Hardware

Hardware

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  • Number of Controller Module

    2

  • CPU

    Intel Xeon D-2142IT 8-core 1.90 GHz processor (burst up to 3.0 GHz) per controller

  • CPU Architecture

    64-bit x86

  • Floating Point Unit

    Yes

  • Encryption Engine

    Yes, (AES-NI)

  • System Memory

    64GB RDIMM DDR4 ECC (4x 16 GB) per controller

  • Maximum Memory

    1024GB (16x 64GB)
    512 GB (8x 64GB) per controller

  • Memory Slot

    16x R-DIMM/LR-DIMM DDR4
    8x R-DIMM/LR-DIMM DDR4 per controller

  • Flash Memory

    4GB (Dual boot OS protection)

  • Drive Bay

    16x 3.5"

  • Drive Compatibility

    3.5" bays:
    3.5" SAS hard disk drives
    2.5" SAS hard disk drives
    2.5" SAS solid state drives

  • Hot-swappable

    Yes
    L1 ARC Read Cache: RAM
    L2 ARC Read Cache: SSD
    ZIL Write Cache: NVRAM (C2F)

  • Cache for Copy To Flash (C2F)

    1 per each controller (64GB M.2 SSD)

  • Gigabit Ethernet Port (RJ45)

    3 for each controller (assign one for remote management)

  • 10 Gigabit Ethernet Port

    4x 10GbE SFP+ for each controller

  • Wake on LAN (WOL)

    Yes

  • Jumbo Frame

    Yes

  • PCIe Slot

    2 per controller
    Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x8 (CPU)
    Slot 2: PCIe Gen 3 x8 (CPU)

  • USB 3.2 Gen 1 port

    2 per each controller

  • Form Factor

    3U Rackmount

  • LED Indicators

    System Power LED (Green): on/off
    System Status (Green/ Orange): in operation, system errors, low power, degraded RAID mode, memory failure, fan/power supply failure, system/disk temperature too high, storage pool reaching threshold value, system performing take-over, power supply unit unplugged
    LCD Status Display (Two-digit number): Status of JBOD connection

  • Buttons

    Power, Reset

  • Operating Temperature

    32 - 104 Degree F (0 - 40 Degree C)

  • Storage Temperature

    -4 - 158 Degree F (-20 - 70 Degree C)

  • Relative Humidity

    5-95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 80.6 Degree F (27 Degree C)

  • Power Supply Unit

    Redundant / Hot Swap Power Vin: 90-264VAC; 700W

  • Power Consumption

    Operating Mode, Typical: 500.87W

  • Fan

    Hot-swappable fan module (2.36 x 2.36 x 1.50" (60 x 60 x 38mm); 3x 16000RPM/12v/2.8A)

  • System Warning

    Buzzer

  • Max. No.of Concurrent Connections (CIFS)

    10000 (with Max. Memory)

  • Safety Standard

    FCC Class A (USA only)
    CE Mark ( EN55022 Class A, EN55024)
    EN60950
    BSMI
    VCCI
    CB
    LVD

  • Battery Info

    Required, Included

  • Battery Material

    Lithium ion

  • Battery Type

    Non-universal

  • Battery Quantity

    2

  • Country of Origin

    Taiwan

  • Dimensions (H x W x D)

    5.2 x 17.57 x 23.14" (13.20 x 44.62 x 58.77cm)

  • Weight

    66.62 lbs (30.21kg)

Software

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  • Operating System

    QES 2.2.1

  • Supported Languages

    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

  • Storage Pool

    Yes

  • Shared Folder Type

    Thick, Thin

  • JBOD Expansion

    Yes

  • Fiber Channel Service

    Yes

  • LUN Type

    Thick, Thin

  • Storage QoS

    Yes

  • Storage Management

    NVRAM write cache (BBU-protected)
    Scheduled Backup Battery Unit (BBU) learning
    Pool scrub for data verification
    Share folder quota management
    Inline deduplication for shared folder/LUN
    Inline compression for shared folder/LUN
    Inline encryption for shared folder/LUN
    WORM (Write Once Read Many) for shared folder
    Online pool, share folder, and LUN expansion

  • Storage Management (Contd.)

    Time-Limited Error Recovery (TLER)
    JBOD ID Reinitialized
    Support optional Fiber channel
    Support expanding the capacity of the storage pool by replacing the disks with larger ones

  • RAID Type

    RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60, RAID TP, triple Mirror

  • RAID Group

    Yes

  • RAID Hot Spare

    Global, Local

  • End-to-End data integrity

    Yes

  • Silent error detection and self-healing

    Yes

  • Internal drive

    ZFS

  • Disk S.M.A.R.T. Scan

    Yes

  • Disk S.M.A.R.T. Data Migration

    Yes

  • SSD Trim

    Yes

  • SSD Life Estimation

    Yes

  • Shared Folder Snapshot

    Yes

  • LUN Snapshot

    Yes

  • Backup Station

    Remote replication server over Rsync
    Remote replication server over SnapSync
    Real-time or scheduled replication over SnapSync
    Compression and Deduplication over SnapSync
    Support Veeam Backup & Replication

  • File Server

    Shared folder for CIFS/SMB, NFS and FTP
    File sharing across Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX
    Windows ACL

  • FTP Server

    FTP over SSL/TLS (Explicit)
    FXP support
    Passive ftp port range control

  • Access Right Management

    Batch users creation
    Import/Export users
    User quota management
    Local user access control for CIFS/SMB and FTP

  • Domain Authentication Integration

    Microsoft Active Directory support
    LDAP client
    Domain users login via CIFS/SMB, FTP

  • Resource Monitor

    Yes

  • SNMP

    V1, V2, V3

  • Network recycle bin

    Network recycle bin for file deletion via CIFS/SMB, File Station and FTP

  • System Log & Notification Center

    System Log: Yes
    Notification Center

  • Smart Fan

    Yes

  • Administration

    Smart file filter
    Comprehensive logs (events & connection)
    Syslog client management
    System settings backup and restore
    Command Line Interface (CLI)

  • Internet protocol

    IPv4 & IPv6

  • 10 Gigabit NICs with jumbo frame

    LACP, Load Balance, Failover, Round Robin

  • Protocols

    CIFS/SMB2/SMB3, NFS v3/NFS v4.1, FTP, FTPS, TFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, iSCSI, Fiber Channel, SNMP, SMTP, and SMSC

  • iSER

    Yes (iSCSI Extensions for RDMA)

  • Bonjour Discovery

    Yes

  • Network access protection

    SSH, HTTP(S), FTP, CIFS/SMB (with auto-blocking)

  • CIFS/SMB host access control

    Yes (for shared folders)

  • AES 256-bit Volume Encryption

    Yes (validated by FIPS 140-2 CAVP)

  • AES 256-bit Folder Encryption

    Yes (validated by FIPS 140-2 CAVP)

  • 2-step verification

    Yes

  • Service binding

    Yes (based on network interfaces)

  • Importable SSL certificates

    Yes

  • HA Manager

    Yes

  • Fail-over

    Yes

  • Rolling Update

    Yes

  • Thirty Party Plug-ins

    SMI-S Provider
    vSphere Web Client Plugin
    VAAI Plug-in (Compatible with ESXi 8): NFS, iSCSI
    VMware Storage Replication Adapter (SRA)
    QNAP Cinder Driver for Openstack block storage
    QNAP Manila Driver for Openstack shared file storage

  • PC Utilities

    Qfinder Pro: Windows, Mac, Linux
    myQNAPcloud Connect: Windows
    Snapshot agent for Windows VSS and VMware
    Qutil (MPIO command line tool for QES)

  • UPC Code

    885022028801

About QNAP ES1686dc R2

Ensure uninterrupted mission-critical business operations with the high-availability ES1686dc R2 NAS. With redundant controllers and power supplies, it minimizes downtime, allowing seamless component replacement without disruption, ensuring reliability and continuity for enterprises.

Active-Standby Architecture
If the active system fails, the standby system starts up and takes over processing.

• Requires purchasing two systems for HA, doubling the cost
• Causes load imbalance as only the active system processes workloads
• A power outage may lead to data loss
• Network disconnection invalidates the HA architecture, rendering it ineffective

Active-Active Architecture
Both systems are active simultaneously.

• Both controllers handle traffic, optimizing workload distribution
• Copy-To-Flash protection safeguards data against power failure
• Dual-path SAS interface ensures seamless connectivity
• Efficient resource utilization, reducing computational waste
• High-speed, uninterrupted, and high-availability storage service
• Supports multiple communication protocols: SMB, NFS, and iSCSI

Note: It is recommended to create multiple storage pools and distribute their ownership between both controllers to leverage the strengths of the ES1686dc R2 active-active controller architecture. This allows simultaneous output from both controllers for better load balancing.

Intel Xeon D processors bring high performance and efficiency
Powered by two Intel Xeon D processors, the ES1686dc R2 features a dual active-active controller architecture that provides failover/failback operations as the standby controller takes over if one controller breaks down.

Multi-level cache technology

Multi-tier caching
The ES1686dc R2 simultaneously supports main memory read cache (L1 ARC), SSD secondary read cache (L2 ARC), and memory write cache (ZFS Intent Log) to meet performance demands of various enterprise applications.

Expand main memory up to 512GB
Both controllers have eight RDIMM slots, allowing for up to 512GB memory.

NVRAM
In the event of power failure, the system can write cache data from the battery-protected DRAM to M.2 SSD through Copy To Flash (C2F) to ensure that data is not lost.

PCIe Gen 3 slots
The ES1686dc R2 provides two PCIe Gen 3 x8 slots per controller connected to the CPU, allowing you to add additional functionality to meet growing workload and business requirements.

Network Card
Supports up to 25GbE, boosting virtualization, media file transfer, or adding support for iSER for improved virtualization performance.

SAS Storage Expansion Card
With the QXP-820S-B3408 SAS storage expansion card, you can scale up the ES1686dc R2 with QNAP's TL SAS expansion enclosures.

Petabyte-scale, dual-controller SAS storage expansion
Gain petabyte-scale storage capacity using the QNAP's expansion enclosure. Dual-channel (dual-path) connections allow service continuity even if one node fails.

QES: ZFS-based OS designed for HA systems
The ES1686dc R2 uses the QES operating system, which is based on the simple and efficient FreeBSD kernel and the ZFS file system that is suitable for high-end enterprise applications.

Self-healing ensures data integrity and reliability
Designed to ensure data integrity, the QES-based ES1686dc R2 uses end-to-end checksums to detect and correct silent data corruption caused by hardware defects, firmware bugs or metadata errors. If integrity violations are detected, QES automatically repairs the damage using data from the other mirror before the data is passed to applications.

Unleashed SSD potential - agile and cost-effective for the ultimate performance
QES 2.2 features QNAP's exclusive Write Coalescing algorithm that further optimizes all-flash performance in ZFS, providing a highly cost-effective all-flash solution for enterprise data management and mission-critical services.

Write Coalescing
Transforms all random writes to sequential writes along with reduced I/O. This not only increases random write performance for all-flash environments, but also improves SSD lifespan.

Pool over-provisioning
Users can allocate additional over-provisioning for SSDs (from 1% to 60%) and Storage Pools (from 1% to 40%) for a constant performance boost of over 100%.

Deduplication and compression maximizes VDI storage performance
In VDI environments where there could be over 90% duplicate data from virtual desktop OS images and applications, the QES-powered ES1686dc R2 provides businesses with the most cost-effective remote virtual desktop platform and mission-critical information warehousing.

Inline data deduplication
Block-based data deduplication optimizes storage usage and significantly decreases storage capacity requirements.

Inline compression
Shrinks data to reduce storage I/O workloads for improved performance. In VDI, deduplicated virtual desktops are easily cached to achieve optimal virtual desktop performance.

Inline compaction
Especially helpful for increasing SSD storage utilization efficiency when highly repetitive data or massive small files (such as transaction logs of banks or e-commerce) are generated. It delivers higher cost efficiency of all-flash storage systems.

Real-time SnapSync ensures minimal RPO with real-time disaster recovery
Real-time SnapSync ensures that both the primary and secondary NAS maintain identical data. When data is written to the source, it is immediately written to the destination. If the primary NAS goes offline, IT staff can simply adjust the privilege settings of the secondary NAS to ensure continuous operations. SnapSync provides the strongest support for nonstop business operations and helps users to reduce the risk of data loss.

Business Continuity
Copy-on-write technology makes QES snapshot creation almost instantaneous without affecting ongoing data writes. SnapSync supports incremental backups, real-time deduplication, and compression. The source ES1686dc R2 performs deduplication before compressing the metadata to reduce synchronized data and save bandwidth.

VMware SRM
SnapSync supports VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) that offers enterprise-class remote backup and disaster recovery solutions for virtual applications. With the Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) for SRM, operation overheads of the ESXi server can be offloaded to a QNAP NAS to accelerate and simplify virtual machine backup/restore.

Compatible with VMware, Microsoft and Citrix virtualization
The ES1686dc R2 supports VMware vSphere, Windows Server, and Citrix XenServer for flexible deployment and management in virtualization environments.

Reliable, high-performance storage for virtualization
The ES1686dc R2 supports block-based iSCSI LUN as a reliable, high-performance, and affordable storage solution for mainstream virtualization environments. It supports VMware VAAI and Microsoft ODX to increase performance by offloading server loading for ESXi server and Hyper-V respectively.

Supports iSER for Improved VM Performance
The ES1686dc R2 supports iSER, combining iSCSI and RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access), which can bypass general network drivers, the socket layer, and to directly enter memory buffers of the server and storage. Response time is also reduced to ensure service quality of the NAS.

Build an affordable Fiber Channel SAN environment
Common Fiber Channel Storage Area Networks (SAN) devices are often costly. By installing QNAP dual-port 16Gb/32Gb Fiber Channel expansion cards in the ES1686dc R2, you have more budget-friendly options to add a NAS to a SAN environment. You can set a Fiber Channel Target using the iSCSI & Fiber Channel app. Moreover, the LUN Masking and Port Binding features provide an additional layer of data security.

QNAP ES1686dc R2 Features

  • Dual active-active controllers provide supreme uptime and redundancy to ensure high availability
  • NVRAM module - NVRAM reduces the risk of losing write cache data if unexpected power failure occurs
  • QES operating system - Supports ZFS near-limitless snapshots, SnapSync, block-level data deduplication, and inline data compression
  • Storage for virtualization - Supports VMware, vSphere, Windows Server and Citrix XenServer for storage virtualization
  • 10GbE SFP+ ports - Four 10GbE SFP+ ports (per controller) accelerate virtualization, large file sharing, and intensive data transfer
  • PCIe Gen 3 slots - Two PCIe slots (per controller) allow for adding 10GbE/25GbE networking cards to increase application performance

Warranty Information

This product has a limited warranty of 60 months.

Key Features

  • Experience high performance with the Intel Xeon D-2142IT processor for demanding tasks.
  • Ensure data security and integrity with advanced ZFS NAS features and AES 256-bit encryption.
  • Achieve remarkable scalability with 16 bays and up to 1024GB RAM for growing storage needs.
  • Enjoy ease of use with the intuitive QES 2.2.1 operating system for seamless management.
  • Benefit from robust reliability with redundant power supplies and hot-swappable components.
  • Optimize your workflow with exceptional storage capacity, perfect for enterprise environments.

What's in the box:

  • QNAP ES1686dc R2 16-Bay 3U Rackmount Enterprise ZFS NAS Enclosure
  • 2x Ethernet Cable
  • 2x Power Cord
  • 64x Flat Head Screw for 3.5" HDD
  • 64x Flat Head Screw for 2.5" HDD
  • E02 Series Chassis Rail Set
  • RJ11 to RS-232 Console Cable
  • 2x Battery Backup Unit
  • User Manual
  • QNAP 5 Year Limited Warranty