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QNAP TS-251+
2-bay High-performance Intel quad-core NAS supporting virtualization, transcoding, and HDMI for home and SOHO users

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Overview:

Package Content

  • QNAP TS-251+ 2-Bay Home and SOHO NAS Enclosure
  • 2 x Ethernet Cable
  • Quick Installation Guide (QIG)
  • 8 x Flat Head Screws (for 3.5" HDD)
  • 6 x Flat Head Screws (for 2.5" HDD)
  • AC Adapter
  • Power Cord
  • IR Remote Control

File storage, sharing, and increased multimedia usage are driving demand for affordable, flexible NAS solutions that can meet ever-growing capacity and management needs. The TS-251+/451+ quad-core 2.0GHz (upgradable to 2.42GHz) is a perfect match for SOHO, home theater enthusiasts, and audiophiles looking to maximize their audiovisual experience. The TS-251+/451+ are designed to provide superior performance and expansion capabilities enabling you to grow cost effectively while reducing operational overhead.The QNAP operating system, QTS 4.2, is equipped with a variety of intelligent and easy to use applications. QTS is simply designed to meet all your needs for storage, synchronization, management, backup, multimedia, remote access, and surveillance. QTS 4.2 is the ideal platform from which to build your private cloud. Use the TS-251+/451+ with a screen, keyboard, and mouse connections to transform your virtual machines into physical computers.The TS-251+/451+ is a cost-efficient, flexible, and reliable high performance NAS with a huge range of cross platform support.

Connect the TS-251+/451+ to an HDTV or A/V receiver via HDMI and use the HybridDesk Station (HD Station) with the free QNAP remote control to enjoy rich multimedia content for the best audiovisual experience.Use the bundled QNAP remote control for watching movies, listening to music, or enjoying a slideshow of treasured photos. Just grab the remote control and enjoy the best in QNAP NAS convenience.Every family member can enjoy entertainment on demand, and from different locations. Centrally manage and stream photos, music, and videos from the TS-251+/451+ to different rooms from a single device using Bluetooth®, USB devices, HDMI, DLNA®, Apple TV® and Chromecast™. The TS-251+/451+ supports Roku® and Amazon Fire® TV™, and Google TV™ in addition to fully supporting Plex media server for the ultimate in flexibility. Search for, install, remove, and update apps through the App Center to extend the functionality of your QNAP NAS.

The QTS App Center provides a wide range of install-on-demand apps for you to enjoy. The available applications include media servers for family entertainment, cloud backup and synchronization tools, helpful communication platforms, and many many more.The TS-251+/451+ are completely flexible, perfect companions for SOHO users as a file manager, backup manager, download manager, permissions manager, and multimedia center.

TS-251+ and TS-451+

TS-251+ and TS-451+

Features:

Quad-core 64-bit Intel® Celeron® CPU for exceptional performance

The TS-251+ is powered by a 64-bit Intel® Celeron® quad-core 2.0GHz processor and has 2GB/8GB energy-efficient DDR3L RAM (upgradable to 8GB) an dual gigabit LAN ports, delivering up to 225 MB/s read & write speeds with port trunking mode. The TS-251+ can also automatically increase the processor's clock rate from 2.0GHz to 2.42GHz when needed for CPU-intensive tasks. The TS-251+ supports AES 256-bit volume & folder encryption with transfer speeds of up to 205 MB/s, boosting system performance & security while ensuring the safety of sensitive personal data stored in the TS-251+.

Throughput

TS-251+ Throughput diagram

Windows Upload/Download, 2 x GbE

AES 256-bit Encryption

TS-251+ AES Encryption diagram

Windows Upload/Download, 2 x GbE

Tested in QNAP Lab. Figures could vary by environment.
Test environment: NAS: OS: QTS 4.2.0 Volume type: RAID 5; 4 x Seagate 1TB HDD (ST1000NM0033) Network environment: direct connection between NAS and PC, 1GbE LAN (MTU 1500)
Client PCs: Intel® Core™ i7-4790 3.60GHz CPU; DDR3-1600 16GB; Seagate 500GB ST500DM002; Intel Gigabit CT (MTU 1500);Windows® 7Professional 64bit SP1 IOMeter configuration: Transferring 8GB file continuously to/from 4 PCs for 3 minutes. Block size: 64KB for SMB2.0 (Throughput)

Use your TS-251+ as a PC with QvPC Technology

QNAP's exclusive QvPC Technology consolidates a number of high-end technologies including VM integration, multimedia transcoding, HDMI output, cloud integration and NAS connection technologies, allowing users to operate the TS-251+ as a PC when they plug in a keyboard, mouse and HDMI monitor. With QvPC Technology, the TS-251+ is transformed into a cost-effective device with PC functionalities for users to directly access stored data, run multiple applications using Windows®/Linux®/UNIX®/Android™ based VMs, surf the web, enjoy Full HD videos with Kodi™, monitor surveillance live feeds from IP cameras in real time, and much more.

TS-251+ QvPC Technology


Enjoy videos on TV via HDMI with bundled remote control

QNAP HD Station integrates the powerful Kodi™ media player and web browser. With HDMI connectivity, you can connect the TS-251+ to a HDTV to watch your rich multimedia content on the big screen. The splendid user interface and support for 7.1-channel audio passthrough* bring smooth playback of 1080p videos**. You can even watch YouTube™ videos, surf the web and manage the TS-251+ using Google Chrome™ or Mozilla Firefox® with multilingual keyboard input. HD Station supports multi-tasking and user authentication so only authorised users can access the stored data via HDMI monitors.

The TS-251+ is packed with the QNAP RM-IR002 remote control for you to conveniently control HD Station via the built-in IR receiver. You can also turn your mobile devices into remote controls by installing the Qremote app. HD Station also supports YouTube Pairing, allowing you to select a YouTube™ video on your smartphone, tablet or computer and play it on your HDTV via the TS-251+.

*A receiver with HDMI support is required for decoding multi-channel surround sound. ** The quality of video and music delivery may vary depending on hardware and network environments.

TS-251+ RM-IR002 remote control


Real-time & offline HD video transcoding

The TS-251+ delivers superior real-time Full HD video transcoding to convert your videos to formats that can be smoothly played on PCs, mobile devices and Smart TVs. It allows for multiple devices to simultaneously view different videos stored on the TS-251+ with on-the-fly hardware accelerated transcoding, saving your time in converting videos to different formats for different devices.

With the benefits of offline transcoding, if you can only connect to an Internet connection with limited/restricted bandwidth, you can still enjoy smooth videos via File Station, Video Station, or the Qfile app by selecting a pre-rendered lower-resolution video, saving system resources of the TS-251+ for other applications. The TS-251+ also allows you to set a dedicated folder for automatic video transcoding.

Real-time & offline HD video transcoding


Enjoy media freely with multi-zone multimedia control

Use your TS-251+ as a multi-zone multimedia system to fill every corner of your house with your choice of media. You can centrally manage and stream photos, music and videos from the TS-251+ to different rooms from a single device using Bluetooth® & USB devices connected to the TS-251+ (for music streaming only), HDMI, DLNA®, Apple TV® and Chromecast™*. Every room member in different zones can enjoy the convenience and simplicity for media playback and multimedia storage.

Alternatively, to enjoy multimedia yourself, you can choose DLNA-compatible devices, use the Qfile app on an iOS® device to browse videos/photos and play on the TV via Apple TV®, install the Media Streaming add-on app from the QTS App Center to stream media content directly on a TV via Apple TV® or Chromecast™, or transform the TS-251+ into a powerful streaming machine with DLNA®, Roku®, Amazon® Fire TV, and Google TV™ support with the support of Plex Media Server.

*To stream multimedia via Chromecast, you must first install the multimedia extension pack from the QTS App Center.

Multi-Zone multimedia control


Your Ultimate Multimedia Hub

It's never been this easy to stream your multimedia content on your HDTV. Use DLNA-compatible devices such as HDTVs, Smart TVs, Sony® PS3, Sony® PS4, Microsoft® Xbox 360 and Hi-Fi systems to enjoy HD quality videos and high-resolution audio content such as DSD (Direct Stream Digital) audio format stored on the TS-251+. You can also use the NAS as your Plex Media Server, which organizes all of your media and allows you to access all your movies and media on your mobile phones and tables. The TS-251+ is a powerful streaming machine that can be accessed through DLNA, Roku (Qmedia app), Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Google TV.

Multimedia Hub


QTS 4.2 - Simple and efficient

Thanks to the intuitive user interface of QTS 4.2, your NAS experience is smarter, smoother and spectacular. Its modern flat design streamlines loading times, and the intelligent desktop allows you to quickly find desired functions, 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 operating efficiency. QTS breaks the barriers of devices, platforms and geography to bring optimized cloud experiences to you, and incorporates more advanced features including volume/LUN snapshot, remote connection to public cloud services in File Station, multi-zone multimedia system, and more.

QTS 4.2


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 amount of time spent looking for files on the NAS so you can focus on other tasks.

Qsirch


Run additional operating systems on the TS-251+

The Virtualization Station transforms the TS-251+ into a 2-in-a-box NAS that can function as an all-in-one NAS and a virtualization platform that supports multiple operating systems, fast VM creation, VM backup & restoration, VM import/export, snapshot, Device Management for centrally managing VM, and enables desktop operations on web browsers. With the easy-to-use interface, you can centrally manage all of the VMs created on the TS-251+ with minimal effort. You can also download VMs on demand from online VM markets and import them to the TS-251+ without any complex procedures.

Virtualization Station




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 TS-251+ 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 TS-251+.

Container Station

Cross-platform file sharing and centralized data storage

Cross-platform file sharing, centralized data storage

The TS-251+ supports SMB/CIFS, NFS, and AFP protocols for file sharing across Windows®, Mac® and Linux®/UNIX®. Data, logs and ISO image of CDs and DVDs can be centrally stored in the TS-251+ and protected by an integrated antivirus solution.


File Station integrated with cloud services

The web-based File Station enables you to easily upload, download, and manage files on your TS-251+ wherever there is an internet connection. Supporting file extraction, folder creation, and smart search for files and folders, the File Station also allows you to easily share files with friends & family via unique URLs, email, and a shared space. What's even better, you can also directly browse and transfer files between the TS-251+ and public cloud services like Google Drive™, Dropbox®, Microsoft® OneDrive, Box®, Yandex® Disk and Amazon® Cloud Drive through File Station, and view files with Office Online and Google Docs™ or directly open them with a Google Chrome™ office extension.

File Station Cloud


Well-rounded backup solutions to secure data

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 TS-251+. The front panel USB 3.0 port on the TS-251+ features a one-touch-copy function for you to instantly back up data on external drives to the TS-251+ with just one click, or alternatively to back up data from the TS-251+ to external drives. A wide range of third-party backup software such as Acronis® True Image and Symantec® Backup Exec are also supported.

Backup Solutions

Disaster recovery solutions bring peace of mind

The TS-251+ offers various data recovery options. RTRR (Real-Time Remote Replication) supports real time and scheduled data backup to remote QNAP NAS or FTP servers and synchronizes files to remote folders from local folders with better backup efficiency. You can enjoy backup versioning to preserve a certain amount of versions, with options of simple versioning to schedule how many versions should be retained and for how long, or smart versioning with a rotation scheme that automatically replaces earlier backup versions. The TS-251+ also supports rsync protocol to back up data to remote servers 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® Azure, ElephantDrive®, Dropbox®, Google Drive™, Google Cloud Storage™, and more.

Disaster Recovery Solutions


Volume & LUN snapshot simplifies restoration

Not limited to high-end models, the TS-251+ brings the highly-anticipated snapshot function for your flexible usage. QTS Storage Manager adds an easy-to-use web-based snapshot tool for you to easily back up and restore data on the TS-251+ back to any point of time to prevent loss of important data. You can take up to 256 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.

Snapshot


Comprehensive security options

In open network environments, data on the connected devices may be exposed in a potential hack. The TS-251+ provides numerous security options, such as 2-step verification, encrypted access, IP blocking, and more. Administrators can also control the access rights of each user to different folders, preventing unauthorised access to important files. The TS-251+ is validated with military-level FIPS 140-2 AES 256-bit encryption, preventing sensitive data from unauthorised access and breach even if the hard drives or the entire system were stolen.

Security


VPN access


Secure access with VPN Server & VPN Client

The TS-251+ can be a VPN server with L2TP/IPsec, OpenVPN, and PPTP support, allowing you to securely access data shared within the private local network. The TS-251+ also supports VPN Client for PPTP and OpenVPN to protect your privacy during data transmission.


File synchronization across multiple devices

With Qsync, your TS-251+ is turned into a safe data center for file synchronization. Any file uploaded to the TS-251+ will be made available for all linked devices, such as computers, laptops and mobile devices. Qsync is especially useful for frequent travelers in managing files and ensuring that different devices have the most up-to-date files. Qsync provides multiple ways for file synchronization and group file sharing, greatly enhancing the flexibility of team projects and collaboration. The centralized configuration allows you to remotely erase the Qsync folder on a lost device to avoid data breaches, and even restore it after you have retrieved the device.

Qsync


Comprehensive surveillance solution providing 24/7 security

The TS-251+'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™ devices to manage the monitoring of cameras anytime, 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-251+. The TS-251+ offers 2 free IP camera channels and you can expand up to 40 channels by purchasing additional licenses.

24/7 Surveillance


Access and enjoy with your mobile devices

The TS-251+ is your private cloud storage that virtually enlarges the capacity of your smart mobile devices. Qfile allows you to access, upload, download, manage, and share stored files easily as if you are carrying tons of files in your pocket. If Qfile is installed on an iOS® device, users can also browse videos & photos stored on the TS-251+ and play on a TV via Apple® TV. Qmanager lets you monitor & manage the TS-251+ remotely and efficiently without turning on your PC. You can take and share digital notes with Qnotes, and enjoy and share music, photos and videos on the TS-251+ anywhere and anytime with Qmusic, Qphoto and Qvideo apps.

Mobile application

Install-on-demand apps to extend NAS functionality

The TS-251+ has a built-in App Center that provides various 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 TS-251+.

Application Center


LED indicators with adjustable brightness controls

With adjustable 3-stage brightness controls for LED indicators, the TS-251+ provides flexible LED brightness options. Based on the surrounding environment, you can adjust the brightness of all system indicators and also schedule the system to automatically dim the LEDs at certain times when needed.

LED indicators


Expand storage capacity easily

The TS-251+ supports online capacity expansion for archiving rapidly growing data by connecting a QNAP expansion enclosure. With the QNAP scale-up solution, the raw storage capacity can be expanded on demand, making the TS-251+ an ideal file center with large storage capacity for personal video collections.

With the support of QJBOD Express (JBOD enclosures roaming)*, you can just connect a large capacity QNAP expansion enclosure to the TS-251+, and migrate data to another NAS through the JBOD enclosure without network connectivity.

The maximum raw storage capacity available by connecting a QNAP expansion enclosure:

NAS Model RAID Expansion Enclosure No. of RAID Expansion Enclosure Total HDD No. (NAS + Enclosure) Max. Raw Capacity (TB)**
TS-251+ UX-800P 1 10 80
UX-500P 1 7 56
*RAID groups of storage pools cannot cross multiple enclosures. **The maximum capacity is calculated by using 8TB HDDs.

Energy-saving & eco-friendly

The TS-251+ utilizes a 22nm CPU and DDR3L RAM which feature low voltage, low power consumption, maintaining high performance in system operations with the benefit of energy-saving. Other eco-friendly designs include S3 sleep mode, HDD standby, scheduled power on/off, hard disk standby mode, and Wake on LAN. QNAP also packs the TS-251+ in an eco-friendly box to minimize the environmental impact.

Power Consumption

TS-251+ Energy saving & eco-friendly


Easy-to-use NAS management tools

The TS-251+ provides comprehensive system tools to increase management efficiency.

Instant Alert Notifications

Instant Alert Notifications

With the SMTP and SMS settings on the Turbo NAS, system administrators will get notifications via SMS or email if an error occurs.

Resource Monitor

Resource Monitor

Easily monitor CPU, memory, disk & network bandwidth usage, as well as currently-running Turbo NAS apps and services.

Wake on LAN

Wake on LAN

Administrators can turn on the Turbo NAS via LAN to save energy and improve security.

Scheduled Power on/off

Scheduled Power on/off

Administrators can flexibly set up the time of powering on/off the Turbo NAS, with a maximum of 15 schedules for setting powering on, off, or rebooting.

S.M.A.R.T. & Advanced Hard Drive Health Scan (HHS)

S.M.A.R.T. & Advanced Hard Drive Health Scan (HHS)

The Turbo NAS supports HDD S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) which monitors the hard drive status, and sends out email notifications for administrators to take action. The HHD Health Scanning technology can also examine hard drive status and prevent possible data loss.

Comprehensive Event Logs

Comprehensive Event Logs

The Turbo NAS supports Syslog server that collects logs from various connected devices over the Internet and saves the data, enabling centralized log management with greater efficiency.


Additional features

The TS-251+ supports various applications for home offices as an all-in-one Turbo NAS with cost-efficiency.

FTP Server

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

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 for reduced IT costs.

RADIUS Server

RADIUS Server

The Turbo NAS supports RADIUS server which provides centralized authorization management for computers to connect and use a network service.

VPN Client

VPN Client

QTS also supports VPN Client for PPTP and OpenVPN to protect your privacy during data transmission.

Printer Server

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

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 Quad-Core Intel® Celeron® 2.0GHz (burst up to 2.42GHz)
Floating Point Unit V
GPU Intel® HD Graphics
Hardware-Acclerated Transcoding V
Memory System memory:
  • TS-251+-2G: 2GB DDR3L RAM (1 x 2GB)
  • TS-251+-8G: 8GB DDR3L RAM (2 x 4GB)
Total memory slots: 2 SODIMM
Expandable up to: 8 GB
NOTE:
  1. When installing two memory modules, please ensure that they are the same size and ideally use the same type of RAM for both memory slots.
  2. For the information of RAM module installation and compatible NAS models, please refer to the QNAP RAM
Flash Memory 512MB
Drive 2 x 2.5" or 3.5" SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s HDD or SSD; hot swappable trays
Expansion Unit Max. 1 (UX-800P, UX-500P)
Gigabit LAN Ports 2
USB 2 x USB 3.0 (Front: 1, Rear: 1)
2 x USB 2.0 (Rear)
IR Receiver Yes (QNAP RM-IR002 remote control)
HDMI 1
LED Indicators Power/Status, LAN, USB, HDD1-2
Buttons Power, Reset, USB Auto Copy
Alarm Buzzer System warning
Form Factor Tower
Dimensions (HxWxD) 168.5 x 102 x 225 mm
6.63 x 4.02 x 8.86 inch
Weight (Net / Gross) 1.28 kg (2.82 lbs) / 2.32 kg (5.11 lbs)
System Fan 1 x 7cm, 12V DC
Kensington Security Slot 1
Power Supply External Power Adapter, 60W, 100-240V
Power Consumption (W) S3 sleep: 0.57
HDD standby: 10.56
In operation (typical): 18.09
Sound Level* Sound pressure (LpAm) :15.4 dB(A)
Temperature 0 - 40 °C
Humidity 5~95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C
* Testing Environment:
Refer to ISO 7779 ; Maximum HDD loaded ; Bystander Position ; Average data from 1 meter in front of operating NAS

Software Specifications:

Operating System File System
QTS 4.2 (embedded Linux)
  • Internal Hard Drive: EXT4
  • External Hard Drive: EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+
Supported Client OS Power Management
  • Windows 7 (32/64-bit), Windows 8 (32/64-bit), Windows Server 2003/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2
  • Apple Mac OS X
  • Linux & UNIX
  • Wake on LAN
  • Internal hard drive standby mode
  • Scheduled power on/off
  • Automatic power on after power recovery
  • USB and network UPS support with SNMP management
  • System sleep mode (S3)
Supported Browsers Access Right Management
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 10+
  • Mozilla Firefox 8+
  • Apple Safari 4+
  • Google Chrome
  • Batch users creation
  • Import/Export users
  • User quota management
  • Local user access control for CIFS, AFP, FTP, and WebDAV
  • Application access control for Photo Station, Music Station, Video Station, and File Station
  • Subfolder permissions support for CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP, and File Station
Multilingual Support Domain Authentication Integration
  • 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
  • Microsoft Active Directory (AD) & Domain Controller support
  • LDAP server, LDAP client
  • Domain users login via CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP, and File Station
Storage Management myQNAPcloud Service
  • QNAP flexible Volume/LUN with thin provisioning and space reclaim
  • Disk volume types: RAID 0,1, 5, 5 + hot spare, 6, 10, JBOD, Single
  • Supports storage pools*
  • Supports snapshots (4GB System RAM required)
    • Supports Volume/LUN snapshot (Max 256 snapshots)
    • Snapshot manager
    • Snapshot clone
    • Snapshot vault
    • Snapshot replica
    • Snapshot agent for Windows VSS and VMware
  • Online volume expansion
  • Online storage pool expansion
  • Online RAID capacity expansion and online RAID level migration
  • SMART data migration
  • Storage expansion via a QNAP UX-500P/UX-800P expansion unit
  • JBOD enclosure roaming
  • SSD read-only/read-write cache
  • Bad block scan and hard drive S.M.A.R.T.
  • Bad block recovery
  • RAID recovery
  • Bitmap support
  • Private cloud storage and sharing
  • Free host name registration (DDNS)
  • Supports myQNAPcloud SSL certificates (DDNS)
  • Auto router configuration (via UPnP)
  • Web-based file manager with HTTPS 2048-bit encryption
  • CloudLink for remote access without any complicated router setup
  • myQNAPcloud connect for easy VPN connection (Windows VPN utility)
Networking Qsync
  • TCP/IP (IPv4 & IPv6: Dual Stack)
  • Dual Gigabit NICs with jumbo frame (failover, multi-IP settings, port trunking/NIC teaming)
  • Service binding based on network interfaces
  • Proxy server (Squid Proxy Server via App Center)
  • Proxy client
  • DHCP client, DHCP server
  • Protocols: CIFS/SMB, AFP (v3.3), NFS(v3), FTP, FTPS, SFTP, TFTP, HTTP(S), Telnet, SSH, iSCSI, SNMP, SMTP, and SMSC
  • UPnP & Bonjour Discovery
  • USB Wi-Fi Adapter Support
* Not all services supports IPv6.
  • Syncs files across multiple devices with SSL support
  • Selective synchronization for only syncing specific folders
  • Use team folders as a file center for greater team collaboration (maximum sync tasks:32)
  • Shares files by links via e-mail
  • Policy settings for conflicting files and file type filter support
  • Version control: up to 64 versions
  • Incremental synchronization for HDD space saving
  • Unified privilege management
  • Unified configuration management
  • Supports central configuration mode
  • Supports remote erase / restore
  • Supports shared folders sync
  • Supports Windows & Mac OS
Security Web Administration
  • Network access protection with auto-blocking: SSH, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP, CIFS/SMB, AFP
  • CIFS host access control for shared folders
  • FIPS 140-2 validated AES 256-bit volume-based and shared folder data encryption*
  • AES 256-bit external drive encryption*
  • Importable SSL certificates
  • Instant alert via E-mail, SMS, beep, and push notification service
  • 2-step verification
* The data encryption functions may be unavailablenot available in accordance with the legislative restrictions of some countries.
  • Movable Icons and personalized desktop
  • Smart toolbar and dashboard for neat system status display
  • Smart fan Control
  • Dynamic DNS (DDNS)
  • SNMP (v2 & v3)
  • Resource monitor
  • Network recycle bin for file deletion via CIFS/SMB, AFP, and File Station
    • Automatic Cleanup
    • File Type Filter
  • Comprehensive logs (events & connection)
  • Syslog client/server
  • System settings backup and restore
  • Restore to factory default
  • Mobile app: Qmanager for remote system monitoring & management
Powerful All-in-one server
File Server Download Station
  • File sharing across Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX
  • Windows ACL
  • Advanced folder permissions for CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP
  • Shared folder aggregation (CIFS/SMB)
  • PC-less BT, FTP/FTPS, and HTTP/HTTPS, Thunder, FlashGet and qqdl download (up to 500 Tasks)
  • BT download with Magnet Link and PT support
  • Scheduled download and bandwidth control
  • RSS subscription and download (broadcatching)
  • BT search
  • Proxy support for BT download
FTP Server Notes Station
  • FTP over SSL/TLS (Explicit)
  • FXP support
  • Passive ftp port range control
  • A handy note-taking tool for everywhere you go via your private cloud
  • Direct and quick backup from Evernote with re-editing availability
  • Supports Google Calendar
  • Import/Export PDF file
  • RSS live feed and auto update
  • Online quick preview of multimedia attachments
  • Notes encrypt/decrypt
  • Smart snapshot for version control
  • Collaborate on notes with multiple users
  • Provides Chrome Extension: Notes Station Clipper (Clip web page content to your notes)
File Station HD (HybridDesk) Station 3.0
  • Supports mounting a Cloud Drive (such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Amazon Cloud Drive, Yandex Disk and Box)
  • Supports mounting remote shared folders through FTP, WebDAV or Microsoft networking (SMB/CIFS)
  • Supports opening documents via Office Online, Google Docs or Chrome Extension (Edit Office files in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides)
  • Supports ISO Mounting (Up to 256 ISO Files)
  • Supports thumbnail display of multimedia files
  • Supports sharing download links and upload links
  • Supports sharing to other NAS users
  • Drag-n-drop Files via Chrome and Firefox Browsers
  • Photo, music, and video preview and playback with hardware-accelerated transcoding
  • File Compression (ZIP or 7z)
  • Creation of and sending download links for sharing public files with expiration date and password protection
  • Supports displaying subtitles (*.SRT, UTF-8 format)
    • Video seeking support for video playback during on-the-fly transcoding
    • Supports slideshow playback in media viewer
  • Mobile App: Qfile for file browsing and management
  • Playback videos, music, photos on TV with KODI via HDMI
  • Watch various online content such as YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, Shoutcast, etc.
  • Web browsers (Chrome, Firefox)
  • Supports multi-lingual keyboard, input and mouse
  • Supports QNAP Qremote app and the official KODI remote app
  • Supports user login permissions
  • A variety of applications are available including Skype, Plex, and more
Note:
- The playback and quality of some video files may be affected by the system's CPU and GPU decoding abilities.
- Up to 7.1 channel audio passthrough is supported
Transcode Management Virtualization Station
  • Transcode video files to 240p, 360p, 480p, 720p and 1080p resolution
  • Automatic video transcoding for watched folders
  • Hardware accelerated transcoding support
  • Embed subtitles into videos for background transcoding
  • Supports Virtual Machine (VM) creation to run operating systems such as Windows, Linux, Unix and Android
  • Supports VM import and export
  • Supports VM cloning
  • Supports VM snapshots
  • Supports VM backup and restore
  • Support three different networking modes: Isolated, External-only and Bridged
  • VM console can be displayed via HDMI output - QVM
  • HTML5-based shared remote console
Backup Station Signage Station
  • Remote replication server (over rsync)
  • Real-time remote replication (RTRR) to another QNAP NAS or FTP server
  • Works as both RTRR server & client with bandwidth control
  • Real-time & scheduled backup
  • Backup versioning for RTRR
  • Snapshot support for RTRR/Rsync
  • Encryption, compression, file filter, and transfer rate limitation
  • Encrypted replication between QNAP NAS servers
  • Desktop backup with QNAP NetBak Replicator for Windows
  • Apple Time Machine backup support
  • Data backup to multiple external storage devices
  • Third party backup software support: Veeam backup & replication, Acronis True Image, Arcserve backup, emc retrospect, Symantec Backup Exec, etc.
  • Supports dynamic content including videos, images, music, and text
  • Supports multi-user collaboration
  • Supports searching using keywords
  • Supports sharing by email and social network
  • Supports design software: iArtist Lite
  • Supports account authority management
  • Supports playback on various browsers (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari)
  • Supports most viewed, latest released and different categories content list
Print Server Storage Plug & Connect
  • Max number of printers: 3
  • Supports Internet Printing Protocol
  • Print job display and management
  • IP-based and domain name-based privilege control
  • Creating and mapping shared folders by QNAP Windows Qfinder Pro
  • Creation of and connection to iSCSI target/LUN
Photo Station iSCSI (IP SAN)
  • Show photos by thumbnails, list, timeline, or folder view
  • Supports virtual/smart albums
  • Validity control for sharing albums
  • Tag photos with text, colors, and ratings
  • Slideshows with background music and different transition effects
  • Animated thumbnails for videos
  • Geotag photos and display them on Google maps
  • Advanced search by tags, metadata, etc
  • Supports uploading photos/videos to Picasa, Flickr, Weibo, YouTube
  • Supports face detection (with the Photo Station Extension)
  • Supports PDF to image conversion (with the Photo Station Extension)
  • Share slideshows links to social websites or by email
  • Supports Facebook friends login
  • Backup/Restore album configuration
  • iSCSI target with multi-LUNs per target (Up to 256 targets/LUNs combined)
  • Supports LUN mapping & masking
  • Online LUN capacity expansion
  • iSCSI LUN backup, one-time snapshot, and restoration
  • iSCSI connection and management by QNAP Windows Qfinder Pro
  • Virtual disk drive (via iSCSI initiator)
  • Stack chaining master
  • Max No. of virtual disk drives: 8
Music Station Surveillance Station
  • Play or share music via web browser*
  • Automatic classification via Media Library
  • Supports streaming music to multiple devices
  • Supports changing album covers via Google search or uploading photos
  • Internet radio (MP3)
  • Up to 8 music alarms
  • Mobile app: Qmusic for music streaming and management
* DRM-protected content is not supported.
  • Supports over 3,000 IP cameras
  • Includes 2 free camera licenses, up to 40 camera channels via additional license purchase
  • Instant playback to check recent events
  • Online editing to edit cameras during live view
  • Visual aid by e-map
  • Playback and speed control using the shuttle bar
  • Video preview on playback timeline
  • Intelligent video analytics (IVA) for advanced video searching
  • Surveillance client for Mac
  • Mobile surveillance app: Vmobile (iOS and Android)
  • Mobile recording app: Vcam (iOS and Android)
iTunes Server VPN Server
  • Audio and video sharing for Windows & Mac iTunes
  • Secure remote access: PPTP、L2TP/IPsec & OpenVPN VPN services
  • Max number of clients: 30
Video Station VPN Client
  • Show photos by thumbnails, list, timeline, or folder view
  • Supports virtual/smart collections
  • Validity control for sharing collections
  • Tag videos with text, color, and ratings
  • Animated thumbnails for videos
  • Share video links to social websites or through email
  • Sort videos automatically into defined classifications
  • Display movie information from IMDB
  • Display movie posters from IMDB or user upload
  • Supports displaying subtitles (*.SRT,*.ASS, *.SSA)
  • Supports searching for subtitles online
  • Supports importing subtitles
  • Supports Facebook friends login
  • Supports custom video classification
  • Supports multi-zone video display
  • Video seeking support for video playback during on-the-fly transcoding
  • Mobile app: Qvideo for online video browsing and management
  • Supported VPN protocols: PPTP & OpenVPN services
  • PPTP Authentication: PAP, CHAP, MS-CHAP, MS-CHAPv2
  • PPTP Encryption: None, AES 40/128 bit, AES 256 bit
  • OpenVPN Encryption: None, AES 40/128 bit, AES 256 bit
  • Transmission package monitor
  • OpenVPN port control
  • OpenVPN link compression
Cloud Backup Station DLNA Server
  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon Glacier
  • WebDAV-based cloud storage
  • Microsoft Azure
  • OpenStack
  • Supports DLNA/UPnP TVs and players such as PlayStation 3/4 and Xbox 360/One
  • Supported audio formats: AIFF, APE, DSD (DSF, DFF), FLAC, M4A, M4A Apple Lossless (ALAC), MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV (PCM, LPCM), WMA, WMA PRO, WMA VBR*
  • Support CUE indexing file for APE, FLAC audio format.
  • Video and Audio On-the-fly Transcoding
* DRM-protected content is not supported.
AirPlay & Chromecast Q'center (NAS CMS)
  • Streams videos, photos and music from the NAS to Apple TV via Qfile or Media Streaming add-on.
  • Streams videos, photos and music from the NAS to TV with a Chromecast dongle via Qfile , Qvideo or Media Streaming add-on.
  • Multiple NAS monitoring
  • Utilization history reports
  • Unified configuration management
  • Visual display reports
  • Monitor NAS behind NAT router with Q'center Assistant
  • Virtual appliances supported for Hyper-V and VMware
App Center  
  • Over 100 official and community software add-ons
 
Designs and specifications are subject to change without notice.

Optional Accessories:

Category Order No. Description
Expansion units UX-500P

UX-500P

QNAP 5-bay Expansion unit
185.2 (H) x 210.6 (W) x 235.4 (D) mm
7.29 (H) x 8.29 (W) x 9.27 (D) inch, 5.1 kg / 11.24 lbs
UX-800P

UX-800P

QNAP 8-bay Expansion unit
185.2 (H) x 298.2 (W) x 235.4 (D) mm
7.29 (H) x 11.74 (W) x 9.27 (D) inch, 7.3 kg / 16.08 lbs
RAM RAM-2GDR3L-SO-1600

RAM-2GDR3L-SO-1600

2GB DDR3 RAM, 1600 MHz, SO-DIMM
RAM-4GDR3L-SO-1600

RAM-4GDR3L-SO-1600

4GB DDR3 RAM, 1600 MHz, SO-DIMM
RAM-8GDR3L-SO-1600

RAM-8GDR3L-SO-1600

8GB DDR3 RAM, 1600 MHz, SO-DIMM
Remote control

RM-IR002 Remote ControlRM-IR002

QNAP IR-002 remote conyrol (included)

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 Pro

Connect and set up NAS easily

Qfinder Pro 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.

Chromebook-ready

If you're finding it difficult to connect your NAS to a Chromebook, Qfinder Pro for Chrome allows you to quickly find & connect to the Turbo NAS over LAN. Just download Qfinder Pro from the Chrome Web Store and enjoy easy access to your Turbo NAS now.

*Qfinder Pro Chrome is for Chromebooks & Chrome only.
Qfinder Pro Set up
Qfinder Pro NAS access

Easily access the NAS by Storage Plug & Connect

Windows version of Qfinder Pro 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.

*Storage Plug & Connect is for Windows version only.

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.

NAS Conection by VPN

Qsync

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.

Full Sync
Smart Sync

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.

Advanced Selective Sync
Share files and folders easily

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.

Backup data on PC

vSphere (Web) Client plug-in

Manage QNAP NAS within vSphere (Web) Client

The Turbo NAS supports vSphere (Web) Client Plug-in that allows managing VMware datastores on the Turbo NAS directly from the vSphere (Web) 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 (Web) Client plug-in.
Manage QNAP NAS within vSphere

Q'center Virtual Appliance

Q'center Virtual Appliance

Deploy Q'center as virtual appliance

Q'center is a powerful QNAP NAS management system. The Q'center Virtual Appliance can be easily deployed in Microsoft® Hyper-V™ or VMware® ESXi™ to increase its flexibility and connectivity for large storage environments.

Minimum requirements:108 GB free disk space, 1 GB memory and 4 virtual CPUs
Supported platforms: VMware ESXi (ESXi 5.0, ESXi 5.1, ESXi 5.5), VMware Fusion 7, VMware Workstation 11, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V 3.0.

Use Q'center to monitor multiple NAS.

With Q'center, you can view the status and system information of multiple QNAP NAS units at the same time, inspect system resource usage, monitor disk/volume health and perform other management tasks. With these features, Q'center can better assist IT administrators and QNAP NAS users in system resource allocation and future capacity planning.

Use Q'center to monitor multiple NAS.

QNAP Snapshot Agent

Storage Manager's Snapshot function

In QTS 4.2, the Storage Manager's Snapshot function supports iSCSI LUNs to rapidly back up and restore data. When creating a LUN snapshot, QNAP Snapshot Agent for Windows Server or VMware vCenter allows the NAS to communicate with the remote server when taking snapshots and ensures Application-consistent LUN snapshots.

VSS Hardware Provider also allows NAS ROW (Redirect on Write) instead of Windows COW (Copy on Write) to increase backup efficiency and to offload the snapshot to the NAS for reducing the performance impact on the Windows server.

VSS Hardware Provider

Qsnap

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.

Documentation:

Download the QNAP TS-x51 Series Datasheet (PDF).

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