QNAP REXP-1600U-RP
SAS/SATA/SSD RAID Expansion Enclosure for Turbo NAS

Features:

High Performance Capacity Expansion for Turbo NAS

The QNAP RAID Expansion Enclosure is designed to provide a high-density, high-efficiency, and high-scalability storage expansion solution for the QNAP Turbo NAS*. With the plug-and-use design, the RAID Expansion Enclosure delivers a fast way to easily scale up storage capacity of the Turbo NAS. Multiple RAID Expansion Enclosures can be cascaded via the high speed SAS interface to provide over 400TB raw capacity. Coupled with the well designed software and intuitive user interface, the RAID Expansion Enclosure offers a seamless way for capacity expansion. Whenever short on storage, plug in a RAID Expansion Enclosure to the QNAP Turbo NAS, and expand its capacity right away.

Highlights

• Plug and use, seamless capacity expansion
• Backup storage for the Turbo NAS
• High density, high efficiency, high scalability
• Supports SAS/SATA 6Gbps hard drives and SSD
  • SAS drives for high performance and high reliability
  • SATA drives for low-cost and high-capacity applications
  • SSD for I/O intensive operations

Plug and use, seamless capacity expansion

Simply connect a RAID Expansion Enclosure to a Turbo NAS and power it on, the Turbo NAS will detect the hard drives in the Enclosure as newly installed local drives. With the disk management software provided by the Turbo NAS, the IT administrators can easily expand an existing volume on the NAS. Multiple RAID Expansion Enclosures can also be cascaded to provide massive capacity. The status and health of the Enclosures can be monitored via the web-based management interface of the Turbo NAS.

High density, high efficiency and high scalability

Two RAID Expansion Enclosure models are available. The REXP-1200U-RP supports 12 SAS/SATA 6Gbps hard drives and SSD in 2U rack space, providing up to 36TB raw capacity. The REXP-1600U-RP supports 16 hard drives and 48TB raw capacity in 3U rack space. These RAID Expansion Enclosure units have two SAS wide ports (IN port and OUT port) for host connectivity and daisy chain respectively. Each SAS wide port combines four SAS channels, with each supporting 6Gbps full duplex speed. The maximum bandwidth per host connection is 24Gbps, which delivers unprecedented performance when daisy-chaining multiple RAID Expansion Enclosures.

Backup storage for Turbo NAS

In addition to expanding an existing volume, the RAID Expansion Enclosure can also be used to host an independent volume. It is an excellent solution for backing up the Turbo NAS. Simply configure the RAID Expansion Enclosure as an independent volume, and start backing up data from the Turbo NAS through blazing fast SAS connection.

Flexible drive type and capacity

The RAID Expansion Enclosure offers flexibility in drive choices which include low-cost, high-capacity SATA hard drives for data archiving, enterprise-level SAS hard drives for mission critical applications, and solid-state drives (SSD) for I/O intensive operations.

Application Scenarios

Expand existing local volume

When being lack of volume capacity, use the RAID Expansion Enclosure to expand the Turbo NAS capacity. Simply connect the RAID Expansion Enclosure to the storage expansion port on the Turbo NAS and more available hard drives will appear instantly in the NAS. The volume management feature provided by the Turbo NAS allows the IT administrator to create a scalable volume. Wide port SAS connections provide 24Gbps connectivity between hosts and ensure the system performance.

Backup to the RAID Expansion Enclosure

Create an independent volume on the RAID Expansion Enclosure and use the backup features provided by the Turbo NAS such as RTRR, rsync, or iSCSI LUN backup to back up the Turbo NAS data to the Enclosure. Data is backed up to an independent file system and device, and therefore protected from file system corruptions as well as hardware failures of the original Turbo NAS. Compared with backing up to another Turbo NAS via network, backing up to the RAID Expansion Enclosure offers a relatively higher transfer rate at a lower cost. Backing up to the RAID Expansion Enclosure offers redundancy, speed, and flexibility at an affordable cost.

Specifications:

Hardware Specification
	REXP-1600U-RP	REXP-1200U-RP
Host Interface	Two SAS 6Gbps wide port (IN port, OUT port)
Hard Drive	16 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA 6Gb/s, SAS/SATA 3Gb/s hard drive or 2.5-inch SAS/SATA, SSD hard drive	12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA SAS/SATA 3Gb/s hard drive or 2.5-inch SAS/SATA, SSD hard drive
LED Indicators	Front panel: Status, fault, system over heat, fan error Rear panel: SAS link, SAS error, enclosure ID
Form Factor	3U, rackmount	2U, rackmount
Dimensions	130(H) x 442.4(W) x 528.3(D) mm 5.12(H) x 17.42(W) x 20.80(D) inch	88(H) x 439(W) x 520(D) mm 3.46(H) x 17.28(W) x 20.47(D) inch
Weight	Net weight: 18.14 kg/39.99 lb Gross weight: 25.92 kg/57.14 lb	Net weight: 14.8 kg/32.63 lb Gross weight: 21.99 kg/48.48 lb
Sound Level	Standby: 30.1 dB In operation: 41.5 dB (with 16 x 1TB hard drive installed)	Standby: 43.3 dB In operation: 41.5 dB (with 12 x 1TB hard drive installed)
Power Supply	600W Redundant Power Supply
Power Consumption	Idle mode: 199W In operation: 289W (with 16x 2TB hard drive installed)	Idle mode: 105W In operation: 147W (with 12 x 500GB hard drive installed)
Temperature	0-40°C
Relative Humidity	0-60%
COM Port	Reserved for system maintenance
Fan	3 x smart cooling fan (hot-swappable fan module)
Management (via QNAP Turbo NAS)	1. Supports disk S.M.A.R.T. information 2. RAID expansion enclosure identifier 3. Locate RAID expansion enclosures 4. Locate hard disks on RAID expansion enclosures 5. Smart fan control In-band SAS firmware update 6. In-band SAS firmware update
NAS Models Supported	TS-879 Pro, TS-1079 Pro, TS-879U-RP, TS-EC879U-RP, TS-1279U-RP, TS-EC1279U-RP, TS-1679U-RP, TS-EC1679U-RP, TS-EC1279U-SAS-RP, TS-EC1679U-SAS-RP

Accessories
Items	Order number	Descriptions
SAS-6G2E-U	Dual-wide-port storage expansion card, SAS 6Gbps, for rackmount model, low-profile bracket
	RAIL-A01-35	A01 series rail kit, max. load 35 kg
	CAB-SAS10M-8088	MiniSAS external cable (SFF-8088 to SFF-8088), 1.0 m
	CAB-SAS05M-8088	MiniSAS external cable (SFF-8088 to SFF-8088), 0.5 m

Optional Accessories:

Accessories(optional purchase)
	Order P/N	Product descriptions
	SAS-6G2E-U	Dual-wide-port storage expansion card, SAS 6Gbps. Applied NAS models: TS-879U-RP, TS-EC879U-RP, TS-1279U-RP, TS-EC1279U-RP, TS-1679U-RP, TS-EC1679U-RP, TS-EC1279U-SAS-RP, TS-EC1679U-SAS-RP, TS-870U-RP, TS-1270U-RP. Note: The storage expansion card is to be installed in the NAS for connecting to the RAID Expansion Enclosures.
	RAIL-A01-35	A01 series (Chassis) rail kit, max. load 35 kg
	CAB-SAS10M-8088	Mini SAS external cable (SFF-8088 to SFF-8088), 1.0 m
	CAB-SAS05M-8088	Mini SAS external cable (SFF-8088 to SFF-8088), 0.5 m

Utilities:

Various handy utilities are available for you to work smartly with your Turbo NAS. These utilities help increase your productivity and make it absolutely easy with connecting the Turbo NAS, setting up the system, data backup and synchronization, downloading files, and so on.

Qfinder

Connect and set up NAS easily
Qfinder is a utility, available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, to quickly find and access the Turbo NAS over the LAN. Install the Finder on your computer, open it, and double click your Turbo NAS name, and the login page is ready for you.

Easily access the NAS by Storage Plug & Connect
Windows version of Qfinder provides a convenient way to connect to the Turbo NAS and map a network drive or a virtual disk. By creating a shared folder on the Turbo NAS and mapping it as a network drive, you can use it as an additional drive and store files on it as it is a local drive of the computer.

myQNAPcloud Connect

NAS Connection by VPN
myQNAPcloud Connect helps you access the published services of the Turbo NAS quickly and securely on the Internet. myQNAPcloud Connect application is designed for Windows PC users. By installing the myQNAPcloud Connect, you will be able to connect to the Turbo NAS and easily manage files by drag-and-drop within the Windows Explorer.

Qsync

Synchronize files anytime, anywhere
Qsync is a useful tool to synchronize files in multiple computers. It creates a specific “Qsync folder” in your devices that you can simply drop files in, and synchronizes the files to all your devices linked to the Turbo NAS.

Sync in multiple ways

Full Sync
Whenever you add, edit, delete or rename a file on one computer, the change applies to all others linked with the Turbo NAS, so you have exactly identical contents on all your devices.

Smart Sync
It allows you to remove files on one computer without affecting the copies stored on others that are linked with the Turbo NAS. However, when someone updates the files you deleted from another computer, you can still retrieve them in the Qsync folder.

Advanced Selective Sync
With both Full Sync or Smart Sync options, you can choose to only sync specific sub-folders within the Qsync folder, useful if your computers have limited storage.

Share files and folders easily

Quickly share files with download links
You can create download links to share files with people, even if they don't have an account on the Turbo NAS. This greatly reduces the time in creating user account and password for users.

Share folders for collaboration
Your life is connected with different groups of people. You can create sub-folders within the Qsync folder, and share each with different groups of Turbo NAS users as a file exchange center. Everyone in the same sub-folder is always kept up-to-date with the latest version of the files.

QNAP NetBak Replicator

Backup data on PC
The QNAP NetBak Replicator, provided with any Turbo NAS unit free of charge, helps you easily back up files from Windows PC - entire disk drives, documents, pictures, music, videos, fonts, emails, and more - to the Turbo NAS. The operation is very simple. You can do the backup task in just a few clicks using NetBak Replicator by the setting of real-time synchronization, scheduled backup and auto-backup from multiple PCs to the Turbo NAS.

NetBak Replicator also supports backing up to a remote server via FTP and WebDAV through the Internet. Imagine that you can backup new photos whenever on vacation. Even you are away from home, the convenient backup supports your memories.

QGet

Download Station monitor widget
QGet is a powerful utility for download management. The software is available for Windows and Mac computers, allowing the management of BT, HTTP, and FTP download tasks of Download Station on multiple Turbo NAS servers.

QGet enables you to add, remove, or watch your BT download jobs from LAN or WAN. You can manage your download tasks in school or at work. QGet supports intuitive drag and drop of torrent files, HTTP or FTP URL to the software interface for convenient adding of download tasks.

vsphere Client plug-in

Manage QNAP NAS within vSphere Client
The Turbo NAS supports vSphere Client Plug-in that allows managing VMware datastores on the Turbo NAS directly from the vSphere client console. In a large-scale server virtualization environment, management is centralized and straightforward. Administrators can easily control the status of the Turbo NAS and datastores and create additional datastores to multiple ESXi hosts in just a few clicks.

Note: The TS-x51 series doesn't support vSphere Client plug-in.

Qsnap Take screenshots, easy and fast Qsnap is a handy utility assisting you to quickly capture screenshots on your PC, and easily edit, save, and share, enabling quick note-taking or productive communication in your work and life. Hotkey capturing: Taking PC screenshots without complicated mouse operations. Easy editing: Add emphasis or remove unnecessary elements with a range of editing tools. Instant sharing: Simply drag and drop the screenshots to instant messengers and emails as attachments to share.

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Documentation:

Download the QNAP Turbo NAS Business Series Datasheet (PDF).