QNAP TES-1885U-D1521-8GR

Excellent hardware: immensely, durable & compact

The TES-1885U supports SAS 12Gb/s 3.5”/2.5” drives, allowing for SAS 12Gb/s and SATA 6Gb/s hard drives and SSDs. Businesses can create the most cost-effective storage by implementing suitable drives based on their needs.

1. Intel Xeon D multi-core processor

14nm energy-efficient SoC, supports DDR4 RAM and PCIe Gen.3 per-lane throughput.

2. DDR4 2133 MHz memory

Supports four DDR4 RAM modules for UDIMM and ECC RDIMM (up to 64GB UDIMM RAM, up to 128GB RDIMM RAM).

3. 12Gb/s SAS controllers

Supports 12Gb/s SAS hard drives and SSDs for fast data transfer and highly-reliable storage.

4. Hot swappable fans

Four hot-swappable 6cm cooling fans that can be quickly and easily replaced.

5. 2 x Built-in 10GbE SFP+ ports

Boosts iSCSI/NFS/CIFS network transfer for virtualization applications, data backup/restoration and massive data transmission.

6. 4 x Gigabit ports

Ideal for service binding, port trunking, and MPIO configurations.

7. 4 x PCIe slots

Three high-speed PCIe Gen.3 and one PCIe Gen.2; supports 10GbE/ 40GbE adapters and PCIe NVMe SSD.

8. 6 x 2.5” SATA SSD slots

Used for caching, high-performance storage pools, or the QES OS drive.

The TES-1885U supports the brand-new QES (QNAP Enterprise Storage) operating system, which is based on the simple and efficient FreeBSD kernel and the ZFS file system that has been proven through years of experience to be most suitable for high-end enterprise applications. Continuing the same user experience with the QTS operating system, QES provides business users with an easy learning curve to quickly deploy the TES-1885U, and provides the best storage solution jointly with the current QNAP NAS.

The TES-1885U features ZFS, a combined file system and logical volume manager, to support various advanced functions for high-end enterprise storage, including powerful storage expansion, flexible storage pools, RAID-Z for data protection, simplified management, high-performance SSD cache, nearly limitless snapshots and cloning, data deduplication, in-line compression, self-healing, and thin provisioning with reclaim for optimized utilization for virtual machine storage. ZFS is designed with a focus on data integrity, and uses its end-to-end checksums to detect and correct silent data corruption caused by hardware defects, bugs in firmware or metadata errors, effectively protecting user’s data.

All-flash storage featuring high-performance random I/O is advantageous for databases, online transaction processing (OLTP), and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) applications. Though the cost of all-flash storage is higher than using normal hard drives, data deduplication and compression technology can greatly assist in storing more data in less storage space with greater cost-efficiency and performance gains. Using VDI for example, there could be over 90% duplicate data from OS images and applications that are spread over virtual desktops. The TES-1885U supports block-based data deduplication to optimize storage usage from redundant data. Deduplicated virtual desktops become easier to be cached to achieve optimal virtual desktop performance. In-line data compression helps shrink data size, further optimizing storage usage. For mastering storage in a virtualized environment, the TES-1885U provides businesses with the most cost-effective remote virtual desktop platform and mission-critical information warehousing.

The TES-1885U supports up to 65,536 snapshots for iSCSI LUN and shared folders. When executing a remote snapshot backup, it only needs to transfer changed data, and can use deduplication and compression to significantly reduce the amount of transferred data. The TES-1885U can provide remote backup SnapSync for snapshots at the shortest interval of every five minutes, fully supports VMware vCenter Site Recovery (SRM) technology, provides Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) for SRM, and provides enterprise-class remote backup & disaster recovery solution to fulfill business continuity.

QNAP NetBak Replicator is easy-to-use and VSS-aware backup software, and helps businesses to create complete backups in datacenter and virtualization environments without needing to purchase expensive and complex commercial software. To build a QNAP Snap Agent and VSS Hardware Provider operating environment, all applications (including VSS Service, Requestor, Provider and QNAP Snap Agent) can be deployed with VSS-Aware applications on the same server, and the minimal requirements are only one TES-1885U and one server for it to be operational.

The TES-1885U supports VMware® vSphere™ 6.5 and Citrix® XenServer™ 6.5, and is compatible with Microsoft® Hyper-V®, benefiting flexible deployment and management in virtualization environments. The TES-1885U 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, Web plug-in and QNAP SMI-S provider with enhanced efficiency of operations and management in virtualization applications.

When running the QES operating system, the TES-1885U is the perfect backup storage for the dual-controller Enterprise ZFS NAS using SnapSync. If the Enterprise ZFS NAS unexpectedly stops, the TES-1885U can immediately recover all the backed up data locally to take over operations and services with maximized uptime. It prevents the downtime required to restore data from a remote QTS NAS/rsync server back to the recovered Enterprise ZFS NAS, making the TES-1885U the best option to pair with the Enterprise ZFS NAS as a backup NAS to achieve optimal recovery time objectives.

QNAP’s Qtier Technology empowers the TES-1885U with Auto Tiering that helps continuously optimize storage efficiency across SSDs and SAS/SATA drives. With Auto Tiering, the TES-1885U can automatically move frequently-used „hot” data to high-performance storage tiers and less-accessed „cold” data to lower-cost, higher-capacity drives, making the TES-1885U an extremely efficient shared resource. SSDs and SAS/SATA drives can also be configured as independent partitions for different applications, ensuring a sufficient throughput level for every application.

The TES-1885U supports SMB/CIFS, NFS, and AFP protocols for file sharing across Windows®, Mac®, and Linux®/UNIX® networks. Data, logs and ISO images of CDs and DVDs can be centrally stored on the TES-1885U and protected by an 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 services. The TES-1885U supports SAMBA v4 and can act as a domain controller for Windows®.

The TES-1885U offers flexible backup solutions for Windows® and Mac® users, Volume/LUN snapshots, Snapshot Replica and Clone, and disaster recovery solutions including RTRR, rsync and cloud storage backup (Amazon® Glacier, Azure™ Storage, Google Cloud Storage™, Google Drive™, Microsoft® OneDrive, Dropbox®, Amazon® Drive, Yandex® Disk, Box®, and Amazon® S3/OpenStack Swift/WebDAV compatible cloud services) are also included.

QTS Storage Manager features an easy-to-use web-based snapshot tool for you to easily back up and restore data on the TES-1885U back to any point of time to prevent losing important data. You can take snapshots for both volumes and LUN (block-based LUN* and file-based LUN), efficiently replicate volume/LUN snapshots to remote servers by only copying the changes made, and quickly clone a volume/LUN snapshot as a local volume without interrupting current system operations. You can even set up the system to automatically take a snapshot of the volume before backup via RTRR/rsync, even when files are open.

Virtualization Station allows you to directly host virtual machines (VM) on the TES-1885U and access them via a web browser or VNC. Virtualization Station supports multiple operating systems, fast VM creation, VM backup & restoration, VM import/export, snapshot, and Device Management for centrally managing VMs. Virtualization Station allows the TES-1885U and VMs to share the same LAN port, and high-speed virtual switches greatly increases transfer speeds between VMs as well as between VMs and the data stored on the TES-1885U. The TES-1885U also features Container Station, which integrates LXC and Docker® lightweight virtualization technologies. You can operate multiple isolated Linux® systems on the TES-1885U as well as download apps from the built-in Docker Hub Registry®. What’s more, QNAP provides comprehensive „QIoT Containers” for Container Station as an ideal platform with countless hands-on containerized apps that helps developers easily apply, rapidly develop, and conveniently deploy IoT applications.

Besides using expansion enclosures, there is an additional option to expand NAS storage capacity. QNAP VJBOD (Virtual JBOD) is network-based JBOD, allowing you to expand the storage capacity of a QNAP NAS using other QNAP NAS units. You can mount iSCSI LUNs from a QNAP NAS to the TES-1885U as local disks, and create virtual storage pools and volumes for operating NAS functionalities, such as creating and reverting snapshots, indexing multimedia files into the media library, and even further creating iSCSI LUNs. With VJBOD, you can centrally utilize the storage space from multiple QNAP NAS units* and manage it with the interface on the local NAS.

The Helpdesk app allows you to directly send support requests to QNAP engineers and also allows – with your permission – these engineers to remotely access your NAS over a secure 256-bit encrypted connection to fix serious issues. The Helpdesk also consolidates a wealth of useful information including tutorials, FAQs, online resources and device compatibility lists. Whether you are new to QNAP NAS or an expert user, you can easily find helpful advice and information to effectively solve problems.

QRM+ is QNAP’s Centralized Management Solution, designed for IT teams, for networked computing devices. It provides a single-point solution to discover, map, monitor and manage all of the critical computing devices (including servers, PCs, and thin clients) in your network, and facilitates device discovery with the graphical topology diagram. QRM+ supports IPMI 2.0, provides remote KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) for certain IPMI devices, and supports tracking every action using KVM recording and playback. Simply install QRMAgent on your Windows® and Linux® devices and you will see their system status on the QRM+ management interface. With centralized management using QRM+ on the TES-1885U, IT infrastructure and device security is enhanced while troubleshooting and network resource performance analysis is greatly simplified.

Qsync provides multiple ways of file synchronization and group file sharing, greatly enhancing the flexibility of collaboration. Any file uploaded to the TES-1885U 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 up-to-date files on different devices. More advanced features include: syncing shared folders or team folders to increase collaboration; centralized configuration that allows for remotely erasing the Qsync folder on a lost device to avoid data breaches, and even restoring it after the device is retrieved.

Surveillance Station is a professional network surveillance Video Management System (VMS) that offers a user-friendly management interface, over 3,000 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 app on your iOS® or Android™ devices to manage 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 TES-1885U. The TES-1885U includes 8 free IP camera channels and you can expand up to 80 channels by purchasing additional licenses.

Common Fibre Channel SAN (Storage Area Networks) devices are often expensive. Now you have more budge-friendly options to easily add your NAS to a SAN environment. Once a Marvell®, ATTO® or QNAP Fibre Channel card has been installed in the TES-1885U, you can set a Fibre Channel Target using the iSCSI & Fibre Channel app, and leverage the many benefits from QNAP NAS including snapshot protection, Qtier™ tiering storage, SSD cache acceleration and more. In addition, the LUN Masking and Port Binding features provide an additional layer of security for your data.

The maximum number of drives available by connecting QNAP expansion enclosures: