All stock codes associated to this product
TS431X28G, TS-431X2-8G, BAQNTS431X28G, BAQN-TS-431X2-8G, 4713213511695
QNAP TS-431X2-8G 4-Bay NAS System - Diskless, Tower
The TS-431X2 Quad-core NAS supports four hard drives and comes with a
built-in 10GbE SFP+ port for rigorous data processing, providing a
cost-effective storage solution for demanding everyday business tasks. Powered
by the QTS operating system, the TS-431X2 provides versatile all-in-one server
functionalities and unique features including Container Station, which
facilitates Internet of Things (IoT) development, and VJBOD (Virtual JBOD),
which allows for expanding NAS capacity by using the unused storage of another
NAS. The TS-431X2 is an ideal entry-level NAS for businesses looking for backup,
restoration, private cloud, storage for virtualization, and to future-proof
their IT infrastructure for 10GbE networks. The TS-431X2 also supports
Snapshots, allowing you to easily restore your TS-431X2 to a previous state in
the event of an unexpected NAS failure or when struck by a ransomware attack.
- 10GbE readiness, SSD caching and full NAS encryption
- Enjoy containerized virtualization and IoT app development with Container
Station
- Build a private cloud to centrally store, back up, share and restore files
- Rich productivity apps including QmailAgent for central mail management,
Notes Station for collaborative note-taking, Qfiling automated file
organization, Qsirch full-text search engine, and much more
- Use the TS-431X2 to expand the storage capacity of other QNAP NAS with
VJBOD
- Secure access with VPN Server & VPN Client
High-performance quad-core CPU with hardware encryption
engine
The TS-431X2 is equipped with a quad-core AnnapurnaLabs, an Amazon company
Alpine AL-314 1.7 GHz processor and 2GB/8GB DDR3 RAM (upgradable to 8GB). With a
10GbE SFP+ LAN port and two Gigabit LAN ports, the TS-431X2 provides speeds of
up to 1014 MB/s to meet the needs of bandwidth-demanding tasks. Supporting AES
256-bit volume-based data encryption, the TS-431X2 provides excellent speeds of
up to 357 MB/s while ensuring the confidentiality of sensitive business data
stored in the NAS.
10GbE-ready with built-in 10GbE SFP+ port
The TS-431X2 not only provides two inbuilt Gigabit Ethernet ports but also
one 10GbE SFP+ port to fully support 10GbE high-speed networks. 10GbE is capable
of delivering lightning-fast throughput for businesses that demand higher
bandwidth for virtualization and fast backup & restoration for an
ever-growing amount of data.
SSD cache acceleration
The TS-431X2 supports SSD caching to greatly boost the IOPS performance of
storage volumes and increase operational efficiency. It is perfect for improving
overall workflow of IOPS-demanding applications and allows the best of both cost
and performance by combining SSDs with HDDs.
Note: All the drive bays of the TS-431X2 support SSD caching.
Fast Disaster Recovery with Snapshots
The TS-431X2 supports block-based Snapshots, which can record and save the
state of the file system and the metadata of the files outside the file system
at any time. In the event of an unexpected NAS failure or if struck by a
ransomware attack, the snapshots remain intact, allowing you to quickly and
easily restore the system back to a previous normal state. You can preserve and
restore multiple versions of the same file, folder or even the entire volume.
The TS-431X2 supports up to 64 snapshots per volume or LUN (up to 256 in total).
Snapshot Replica facilitates double protection that replicates snapshots to a
remote QNAP NAS or server.
Note: The Snapshots feature will be available from QTS 4.3.4.
Upgrade your IT environment with QNAP's fast and affordable 10GbE
Switch!
QNAP 10GbE/NBASE-T™ unmanaged switches allow you to instantly upgrade your
network environment at a cost-effective price. With a 10GbE network you can
enjoy blazing-fast transfer speeds, empower bandwidth-demanding tasks like
virtualization, and enable simultaneous real-time access to large NAS-based
files using multiple workstations (ideal for video editing and multimedia). QNAP
also provides a 10GbE PCIe network expansion card for Windows®/Linux® PCs to
take advantage of high-speed LAN environments.
Start developing IoT apps with Container Station
Container Station exclusively integrates LXC and Docker® lightweight
virtualization technologies, allowing you to operate multiple isolated Linux®
systems on the TS-431X2 as well as download apps from the built-in Docker Hub®
Registry for unlimited containerized applications. What's better, Container
Station supports the QIoT Containers platform that helps quickly structure your
IoT environment and deployment on your private IoT cloud, boosting microservices
and modernizing legacy applications to drive more business opportunities.
Qfiling automates your file organization
Qfiling helps automate file organization for sorting files spread through
multiple folders, helping reduce the time needed to find important files. Users
can categorize files and determine filing conditions; and schedule filing tasks
to be carried out periodically. The “Recipe” feature allows users to save
frequently-used filing conditions as an “exclusive recipe”, and the next Qfiling
task can be run with just one click using the recipe.
Note: A minimum of 2GB memory is required to use Qfiling
Qsirch - A smarter, faster way to search
The TS-431X2 supports Qsirch, a search tool for quick file searching. Qsirch
supports thumbnail previews, and even remembers your search history, allowing
you to quickly navigate to files you've previously searched for. The revamped
Qsirch adds “search operators” and advanced search filter and tags, allowing you
to find files faster with more precise results. Qsirch also provides a Helper
for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox that allows you to search for files on
your NAS when you use Google Search. 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.
Centralized email and contact management for improved communication
workflows
It can be hard to manage emails and contact information that are scattered
across multiple computers, devices, and accounts - not to mention if important
emails or contact information are lost or become inaccessible due to account
closure or device malfunction/loss. QNAP QmailAgent and Qcontactz helps you
centrally store and manage emails and contact information, making them
accessible to all of your devices at any time - and with the powerful Qsirch
search engine, you can easily find specific contacts and emails whenever needed.
Take, store, share, and collaborate on notes with Notes
Station
Notes Station helps organize notes for your personal and working life. You
can easily edit text, insert images/files from the NAS, fine-tune images with
the image-editing tool, create sharing links to share notes, backup/restore your
notes with snapshots, and ensure privacy with password protection and
encryption. You can also invite people to collaborate on notes for greater
teamwork! Notes Station provides a safe and convenient way of taking notes that
are fully under your control on your TS-431X2's private cloud.
QTS 4.3 – The most intelligent and intuitive NAS operating
system
With modularized multiple applications and functions, QTS enhances management
efficiency, personal productivity, multimedia, and much more. New intelligent
agent services have also been added to simplify system operations and
management. The user-friendly QTS features an intelligent desktop that allows
you to find desired functions quickly, monitor important system information on a
real-time basis, open multiple application windows to run multiple tasks
concurrently with greater working efficiency, and provides a built-in App Center
with install-on-demand apps to extend NAS functionality. QTS breaks the barriers
of devices, platforms, and geography to bring optimized cloud experiences and
incorporates advanced features.
Secure access with VPN & Proxy Server
The new QVPN combines VPN server and VPN client functionality. Through QVPN,
the TS-431X2 can be used as a VPN server with L2TP/ IPsec, OpenVPN, and PPTP
support, allowing you to securely access data shared within the private local
network. The TS-431X2 can also be used as a VPN Client to connect to other VPN
servers or virtual private network through PPTP and OpenVPN for secure data
transmission. VPN Client also allows your NAS to connect to multiple servers at
the same time. You can connect your devices to your NAS and the VPN server at
home to access data on the LAN and via VPN Client on your NAS, you can connect
to international VPN servers for accessing regionally-restricted services such
as Netflix and Hulu in HD Station. The TS-431X2 provides you with various VPN
options and helps secure your data transmission.
Share and sync files across devices
The TS-431X2 supports SMB, NFS and AFP, allowing you to quickly share files
to Windows®, Mac®, and Linux®/UNIX® devices. With QNAP's Qsync utility, the
TS-431X2 becomes a safe data center for file synchronization with huge storage
potential. Any file uploaded to TS-431X2 can be synchronized to all the linked
devices such as computers, laptops and mobile devices. You can also sync shared
folders to increase the flexibility of collaboration and file sharing.
Well-rounded backup & disaster recovery solutions
The TS-431X2 offers flexible backup solutions for Windows® and Mac® users,
Volume/LUN snapshots (up to 256 snapshots per volume or LUN, and maximum 1,024
snapshots per NAS), Snapshot Replica and Clone*. It also supports Hybrid Backup
Sync that consolidates backup, restoration and synchronization functions (using
RTRR, rsync, FTP, CIFS/SMB) for easily transferring data to local, remote and
cloud storage spaces as a comprehensive data storage and disaster recovery plan.
Supported cloud services include Amazon® Glacier, Azure™ Storage, Google Cloud
Storage™, Google Drive™, Microsoft® OneDrive® for Business, Dropbox®, Amazon®
Drive, Yandex® Disk, Box®, hubiC® and Amazon® S3/OpenStack Swift/WebDAV
compatible services.
*A minimum of 4 GB RAM is required to use snapshots
Comprehensive security to protect your data
In open network environments, business data may be exposed in a potential
hack. The TS-431X2 provides numerous security options, such as antivirus,
encrypted access, IP blocking, 2-step verification, and more. IT administrators
can also control the access rights of each user to different folders, preventing
unauthorized access to important files. The TS-431X2 supports AES 256-bit
encryption, preventing sensitive business data from unauthorized access and
breach even if the hard drives or the entire system were stolen. Windows AD
server, LDAP server, and built-in LDAP service are also supported.
Comprehensive surveillance solution providing 24/7 security
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 use iOS® or Android™ Vmobile app 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-431X2. The TS-431X2 offers 2 free IP camera channels
and you can expand up to 30 channels by purchasing additional licenses.
Use NAS to expand other NAS capacity with VJBOD
Besides using physical storage 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 of a QNAP NAS by using
the unused storage space of other QNAP NAS. The TS-431X2 supports VJBOD to
economically expand the storage capacity of other QNAP NAS with its unused
storage space. You can also create virtual storage pools and volumes on the
virtual disks for operating NAS services.
Please note:
- 1. ARM-based NAS currently does not support VJBOD "Host" function to
utilize other NAS storage space.
- 2. The remote QNAP NAS must support iSCSI and Storage Pools and use QTS
4.2.1 (or later).
Easily expand storage capacity
The TS-431X2 supports online capacity expansion by connecting two QNAP
expansion enclosures for storing rapidly-growing data, especially ideal for
storage-intensive applications such as video surveillance, data archiving, TV
broadcast storage, and more. You can gradually expand the TS-431X2's storage on
demand, and use the QTS Storage Manager to easily handle the NAS capacity
expansion and storage expansion enclosure management. With the support of QJBOD
Express (JBOD enclosures roaming)*, you can just connect a large capacity QNAP
expansion enclosure to the TS-431X2, and migrate data to another NAS through the
JBOD enclosure without network connectivity.
Specifications
CPU |
Annapurna Labs AL-314, 4-core,1.7GHz |
System Memory |
8GB DDR3 RAM |
RAM slot |
1 x SODIMM (Max. 8GB) |
Flash Memory |
512MB NAND flash |
Hard Drive Tray |
4 |
Drive Interface |
SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s HDD or SSD; Hot-swappable |
USB |
3 x USB 3.0 port (Front x1 ; Rear x 2) |
10GbE LAN |
1 x 10 Gigabit SFP+ LAN Port |
LAN Port |
2 x GbE RJ45 |
LED Indicators |
System Status, HDD, USB, LAN |
Buttons |
Power, Reset, USB One-Touch-Copy |
System Warning |
Buzzer |
Form Factor |
Tower |
Dimensions |
169 x 160 x 219 mm |
|
6.65 x 6.3 x 8.62 inch |
Weight |
2.03 kg (4.48 lbs) / 3.46 kg (7.63 lbs) |
Power Consumption (W) |
HDD standby: 11.32W |
|
In operation: 26.19W |
Temperature |
0-40˚C |
Relative Humidity |
5~95% non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C |
Power Supply |
External Adapter 90W,12V |
Sound Level |
Operating Low speed: 19.5 dB(A) |
Security Design |
Kensington security slot |
Fan |
1 x 12cm smart Fan (12V
DC) |