All stock codes associated to this product
TVSEC1680USASRP16GR2, TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP-16G-R2, QN17727ARR2
Qnap TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP-16G-R2 16-Bay NAS - Diskless, 3U
Rackmount
Descriptions
16-bay 12Gbps SAS-enabled high-performance NAS/iSCSI/IP-SAN unified storage
with dual built-in 10GbE ports
Features
QNAP TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 is the world's first unified NAS supporting Auto
Tiering to deliver ongoing optimization of data across high-performance SSD,
12Gbps SAS drives and high-capacity SATA disks. Powered by an Intel® Xeon E3
CPU, the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 delivers exceptional performance and supports
cross-platform file sharing, comprehensive backup solutions, iSCSI &
virtualization applications, and more practical business functions. With the
powerful QTS operating system, the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 performs as a reliable,
scalable and unbeatable unified and tiered storage solution for businesses.
- Built-in 10GbE, highly-efficient storage solution with high speed network
for HD video editing and sharing
- 3,800+ MB/s throughput and 268,000+ IOPS
- Qtier Technology drives Auto Tiering for optimal storage efficiency
- Built-in 256GB mSATA modules for caching, beneficial to IOPS-demanding
applications
- Scalable design, up to 144 drives
- Virtualization-ready, centralized data storage, backup, sharing and
disaster recovery
- Backward compatible with SAS/SATA 6Gbps drives
- 5 year warranty - Global warranty inclusive
Overview
Enable Auto Tiering with Qtier Technology
QNAP’s Qtier Technology empowers the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 with Auto Tiering
that helps continuously optimize storage efficiency. With Auto Tiering, the
TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 can automatically move hot data to high-performance
storage tiers and cold data to lower-cost, higher-capacity drives, making the
TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 an extremely efficient shared resource. Businesses will no
longer have to invest heavily in expensive Flash technology, but can still enjoy
exceptional application performance and lower TCO of storage from Auto Tiering
with the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2.
12Gbps DataBoltâ„¢ Advantage
Implementing DataBolt technology, the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 can deliver twice
the throughput for 6Gbps SAS drives by automatically aggregating the bandwidth
from 3Gbps and 6Gbps drives to fully utilize 12Gbps, effectively accelerating
the existing infrastructure.
Excellent performance
The TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 supports 12Gbps SAS drives to provide fast data
transmission speeds and drive up to 3,820 MB/s throughput and 268,152 IOPS*.
Powered by an Intel® Xeon® E3 v3 quad-core processor with 16GB or 8GB DDR3 ECC
RAM, the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 greatly enhances the efficiency of CPU-demanding
tasks and serves more concurrent tasks.
Tested in QNAP Lab. Figures may vary by environment.
Test Environment:
4 Client PC configurations: Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz CPU,
16GB DDR3 RAM, Windows 7 professional 64-bit, Dual-port Intel X520 10GbE Server
Adapter, IOMeter sequential read and write.
SSD cache acceleration
The TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 features 2 pre-installed 128GB mSATA modules, and
there are no limits on using SSDs for caching. By installing high-performance
SSDs, 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 TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2's removable motherboard drawer, IT
administrators have easier access in upgrading/installing RAM, the internal
cache, 40GbE adapter and other components. The motherboard itself can be removed
and replaced without needing to remove the heavy TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 from the
rack cabinet, making it especially useful in maintaining the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP
R2 in data centers with multiple rack cabinets.
Note: The TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 is not hot-pluggable and must be powered-off
before removing the motherboard drawer.
Get ready for 40GbE to your TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2
The TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 offers four inbuilt Gigabit Ethernet ports and
features two inbuilt 10GbE SFP+ ports to deliver 10 Gigabit high speed network.
If 10GbE is insufficient for some workloads, the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 supports
Mellanox® ConnectX-3 Pro adapter cards with 10/40/56 Gigabit Ethernet
connectivity to deliver the most cost-effective computing and storage Ethernet
Interconnection solution. It helps achieve significantly higher throughput for
high-performance embedded I/O applications and virtualization acceleration.
Businesses can greatly benefit from the fast, flexible storage network of the
40GbE-expandable TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 for boosting their mission-critical IT
performance.
5 year warranty - Global warranty inclusive
QNAP's TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 offers 5 year warranty with 3-year global
warranty inclusive at no extra cost. This premier warranty demonstrates QNAP's
attention to the essential business needs of continuous operations and
non-interrupted services to their customers.
QTS - Simple and efficient
Thanks to the intuitive user interface of QTS, your NAS experience is
smarter, smoother and spectacular. Its modern flat design streamlines loading
times, and the 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 working efficiency.
QRM+: Centralized management solution for networked computing
devices
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 NAS, IT
infrastructure and device security is enhanced while troubleshooting and network
resource performance analysis is greatly simplified.
Volume & LUN snapshot simplifies restoration
QTS Storage Manager adds an easy-to-use web-based snapshot tool for you to
easily back up and restore data on the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 back to any point
of time to prevent loss of important data. You can take snapshots for both
volumes and LUN, efficiently replicate volume/LUN snapshots to remote servers by
copying only the changes made, and quickly clone a volume /LUN snapshot as a
local volume without interrupting the current system operation. You can even set
up the system to automatically take a snapshot of the volume before backup via
RTRR/rsync, even when the file is opened.
Seamless capacity expansion
The TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 supports online capacity expansion by cascading
multiple QNAP RAID expansion enclosures to meet the needs of growing business
data. With QNAP scale-up solution, total storage capacity can be gradually
expanded on demand. It is especially useful for large data applications, such as
video surveillance, data archiving, and TV broadcast storage.
The maximum number of drives available by connecting QNAP expansion
enclosures:
Turbo NAS Model |
RAID Expansion Enclosure |
No. of RAID Expansion
Enclosure |
Total HDD No. |
TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 |
REXP-1620U-RP |
(NAS + Enclosure) |
8 |
144 |
7 |
128 |
6 |
112 |
5 |
96 |
4 |
80 |
3 |
64 |
2 |
48 |
1 |
32 |
REXP-1220U-RP |
8 |
112 |
7 |
100 |
6 |
88 |
5 |
76 |
4 |
64 |
3 |
52 |
2 |
40 |
1 |
28 |
Powerful QNAP flexible volume
QNAP's flexible volume provides a more secure and flexible way to store 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.
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 parts 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 that greatly reduces the time spent looking for files on the NAS, allowing
you to focus on other tasks.
Monitor and manage multiple NAS with Q'center
Q'center turns your TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 into a central management system to
manage multiple QNAP NAS units. After installing Q'center in the QTS App Center,
you can use the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 to centrally manage multi-site QNAP NAS
for monitoring system logs, manage firmware updates & maintenance, and enjoy
major benefits including ease-of-use, cost-efficiency, convenience and
flexibility. Managing multiple QNAP NAS becomes effortlessly easy and efficient.
Cross-platform file sharing, centralized data storage
The TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 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 TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 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.
Well-rounded backup solutions to secure data
The 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
TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2.
Disaster recovery solutions brings peace of mind
The TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 offers various data recovery options. RTRR
(Real-Time Remote Replication) supports real time or scheduled data backup to a
remote QNAP NAS or FTP server and synchronizes files to a remote folder from a
local folder with better backup efficiency and reduced backup time. The
TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 also supports rsync protocol to back up data to another
remote server on a scheduled basis. Data can also be backed up to and restored
from a range of cloud storage services, including Amazon® S3, Amazon Glacier,
Microsoft® OneDrive, Windows Azure, ElephantDrive®, Dropbox®, Google® Drive,
Yandex, Google Cloud Storage, and more.
Comprehensive security options
In an open network environment, business data may be exposed in a potential
hack. The TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 provides numerous security options, such as
encrypted access, IP blocking, and more. Besides, IT administrators can control
the access rights of each user to different folders, preventing unauthorized
access to important files. The TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 provided AES 256-bit
folder-based and volume-based encryptions which are validated by FIPS 140-2 CAVP
(Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program), 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 TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 supports VMware® and Citrix®, and is compatible
with Microsoft® Hyper-V™ and Windows Server 2012, benefiting flexible deployment
and management in virtualization environments. The TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2
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 efficiency of
operations and management in virtualization applications.
Run multiple operating systems on the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2
The Virtualization Station transforms the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 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 (VM)
creation, VM backup & restoration, VM import/export, snapshot, and enables
desktop operations in web browsers. With an easy-to-use interface, you can
centrally manage every VM created on the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 with minimal
effort. You can download VMs on demand from online VM markets and import them to
TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 to use directly without any complex procedures.
Container Station – LXC and Docker Containers inclusive
QNAP Container Station exclusively integrates LXC and Docker lightweight
virtualization technologies, allowing you to operate multiple isolated Linux
systems on the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 as well as download apps from the built-in
Docker Hub Registry. It supports container import/export and permission
settings, and features an informative dashboard and flexible user interface for
you to manage multiple containers. You can experience the amazing Container
Station and enjoy the playground of virtual containers with the
TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2.
Highly-efficient storage solution for video editing
Digital video production produces a significant amount of data that requires
high-performance storage with sustainable throughput to meet the demanding
output of video editing. The TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 fulfills storage and video
editing needs with a high-speed 10GbE network interface. Videos can be quickly
stored and edited on the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 directly over the network.
File synchronization across multiple devices
The Qsync utility turns your TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 into a safe data center
for file synchronization with a large storage capacity. Any file uploaded to the
TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 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.
The TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2’s Surveillance Station offers a professional
surveillance solution with a user-friendly management interface, a wide range of
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™ mobile devices to manage the monitored
channels anytime and anywhere to safeguard your office environment, or install
the Vcam app to turn your mobile device into a network camera to instantly
record any moment around you to your TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2.
Install-on-demand apps extend NAS features
The TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 has a built-in App Center that provides over 100
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 potential for the TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2.
Additional SMB-ready features
The TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 supports various business applications as an
all-in-one Turbo NAS with cost-efficiency.
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.
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.
Printer Server
The Turbo NAS supports Printer server to send remote printing request over
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.
Specifications
CPU |
Intel® Xeon® E3-1245 v3 3.4 GHz Quad-core Processor, E3-1246 v3 3.5 GHz
Quad-core Processor or a compatible E3-1200 v3 family
Processor |
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Memory |
|
Total memory slots |
4 |
TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP-8GE-R2 |
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System memory |
8 GB DDR3 ECC RAM |
Memory module pre-installed |
4 GB x2 |
Memory expandable up to |
32 GB (8GB x4) |
TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP-16G-R2 |
|
System memory |
16 GB DDR3 non-ECC RAM |
Memory module pre-installed |
8 GB x2 |
Memory expandable up to |
32 GB (8GB x4) |
|
|
Internal Cache Port |
Two mSATA port on board for read caching. The standard system is
shipped with two 128GB mSATA flash. |
|
|
Hard Drive |
16 x 3.5-inch SAS 12Gbps, SAS/SATA 6Gbps/3Gbps hard drive or 2.5-inch
SAS/SATA SSD hard drive |
|
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Hard Drive Tray |
16 x hot-swappable and lockable tray |
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LAN Port |
Built-in 2 x 10 GbE SFP+ ports (LAN-10G2SF-MLX) and 4 x GbE
ports |
|
40GbE is optional |
|
|
LED Indicators |
10 GbE, Status, LAN, Storage expansion port status |
|
|
USB |
4x USB 3.0 port (rear) |
|
4x USB 2.0 port (rear) |
|
Support USB printer, pen drive, USB hub, and USB UPS
etc. |
|
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Buttons |
|
System |
Power button and reset button |
|
|
Alarm Buzzer |
System warning |
|
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Form Factor |
3U, Rackmount |
|
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Dimensions |
130(H) x 442.5(W) x 530.5(D) mm |
|
5.12(H) x 17.42(W) x 20.89(D) inch |
|
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Weight |
|
Net weight (NAS only) |
18.3 kg/40.34 lb |
Gross weight (with packing and accessories) |
24.18 kg/ 53.30 lb |
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Sound Level (dB) |
|
Sound Level (dB) Sound pressure (LpAm) (bystander
position) |
35.5 dB |
|
(with 16 x HITACHI HUS724020ALA640 hard drive
installed) |
|
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Power Consumption (W) |
|
Sleep mode |
136.57 |
In Operation |
212.51 W |
|
(with 16 x HITACHI HUS724020ALA640 hard drive
installed) |
|
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Temperature |
0-40˚C |
|
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Relative Humidity |
5~95% non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C. |
|
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Power Supply |
Redundant power: Input 90~264VAC; 650W x 2 |
|
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PCIe Slot |
2 (Right slot: 1* PCIe Gen3 x8; Left slot: 1* PCIe Gen3
x4) |
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Note: |
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The PCIe Gen3 x8 slot is occupied by a 10GbE network
adapter. |
|
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Fan |
4 x 8 cm smart cooling fan |
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Power Button |
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LED Indicators: 10 GbE, Status, LAN, Storage Expansion Port
Status |
|
Password & Network Settings Reset Button |
|
USB 2.0 Port x 4 |
|
Gigabit LAN x 4 |
|
USB 3.0 Port x 4 |
|
HDMI |
|
12G mini SAS connector |
|
Console |
|
PCIe slot (PCIe Gen3 x4) |
|
Dual port 10GbE SFP+ |
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Power Connector |