QNAP 2U Short Depth Rackmount 8-Bay NAS – TS-855EU-8G

Designed for flexible IT deployment and comprehensive virtualization applications, the short-depth TS-855eU 2.5GbE NAS can easily fit in a compact rack in offices or audiovisual rooms. Powered by an Intel® 8-core processor, the TS-855eU packs excellent performance and computing benefits to empower fast data access, backup/restoration, file server, and virtualization applications. Running the QTS operating system as standard, the TS-855eU can be switched to use the ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system based on your requirements. The TS-855eU will be available and supported by QNAP for an extended period (up to 2030) , ideal for businesses requiring matching NAS models deployed for long-term projects.

• Compact, Space Saving:The TS-855eU has a depth of only 11.7 inches (297.4 mm) and is perfectly suited for installation in a compact rack, or places with a lot of cabling.
• Dual 2.5GbE Connectivity: Features two 2.5GbE ports (backwards compatible with 1G/100M). Supports port trunking for enhanced performance and fault tolerance.
• PCIe Expandability: Features two PCIe Gen 3 slots for installing 5/10/25GbE network cards, QM2 cards or Fibre Channel cards.
• Optimized SSD Performance: Dual M.2 PCIe NVMe slots enable SSD caching or SSD storage pool for the system drive of QuTS hero.
• Virtual Machines And Containers: Centralize your virtualization storage, and host multiple virtual machines and containerized apps.

2U Short-Depth Design For Up To 38% Reduction In Size

The rackmount TS-855eU has a short depth design of only 11.7 inches (297.4 mm), making it an excellent choice for smaller racks, wall-mount AV rack cabinets, and network rack cabinets. The space saved by the short depth design can be reserved for cabling or ventilation. The TS-855eU is space-saving for flexible deployment and is especially suitable for compact offices, audiovisual rooms, and security surveillance recording.

Ultimate 8-Core Performance With Up To 64 GB RAM And Intel® QuickAssist Technology

Designed for heavy business workloads, the TS-855eU delivers exceptional 8-core performance for running multiple concurrent tasks. AES-NI encryption and Intel® QuickAssist Technology (QAT) is supported to offload computationally-intensive compression and improving IPsec/SSL cryptography performance. Up to 64 GB ECC RAM is supported. Combining high performance, reliability, and capacity, the TS-855eU is an all-round budget-friendly storage solution for diverse applications, such as file servers, high-speed storage/backup/recovery, and virtualization.

• CPU: Intel® Atom® C5125 8 core 2.8 GHz processor
• Memory: 8GB DDR4 non-ECC memory (up to 64GB, 2x 32GB)

Affordable 2.5GbE Meets High-Bandwidth Demands

With two 2.5GbE RJ45 LAN ports (backwards compatible with 1G/100M), the TS-855eU allows businesses to easily upgrade network speeds from 1 Gigabit to 2.5 Gigabit using existing CAT5e cables. Port Trunking and failover also reinforce applications demanding higher bandwidth and reliability, including virtualization, large file transfers, high-speed backup/restoration, and real-time applications. QNAP also offers numerous managed/unmanaged 2.5GbE/10GbE switches, assisting organizations in implementing high-speed, secure, and scalable network environments without going over budget.

M.2 PCIe Slots For SSD Caching And Accelerated AI-Powered Image Recognition

The TS-855eU comes with two M.2 PCIe Gen 3 slots that allow for installing M.2 2280 NVMe SSDs or Edge TPU (sold separately) to boost NAS performance.

• SSD Caching: Configure SSD caching with M.2 SSDs and obtain optimal I/O and reduced latency without occupying any 3.5-inch drive bays.
• Set As The System Drive For QuTS Hero: Creating an SSD RAID with two SSDs as the system drive boosts metadata management and database efficiency, optimizing overall performance while preserving storage space.
• Faster Image Recognition With Edge TPU: Coral M.2 Accelerator with Edge TPU provides an affordable solution to leverage AI acceleration for faster image recognition in your NAS applications

Abundant I/O Capabilities With Pcie Expansion

The TS-855eU has two PCIe Gen 3 x4 slots that allow for installing various expansion cards for expanding application potential.

• 5/10/25GbE Network Card: Enable lightning-fast throughput for bandwidth-demanding tasks (virtualization, mass data transmission, and fast backup/restore).
• QM2 CARD: Add M.2 SSDs or 2.5GbE/10GbE connectivity to the TS-855eU for optimized performance and bandwidth.
• SAS / SATA Storage Expansion Cards: Connect the TS-855eU to SAS 12Gb/s or SATA 6Gb/s expansion units for petabyte-scale storage capacity.

Build An Affordable Fibre Channel SAN Environment

Common Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SAN) devices are often costly. By installing QNAP dual-port 16Gb /32Gb Fibre Channel expansion cards in the TS-855eU, you have more budget-friendly options to add a NAS to a SAN environment. You can set a Fibre Channel Target using the iSCSI & Fibre Channel app. Moreover, the LUN Masking and Port Binding features provide an additional layer of data security.

Simple Backup:

Superior hardware performance with an all in one Backup Solution to speed up backup/recovery tasks.

Back Up All Your Devices

• PC and Mac backup: Sync your computer files to NAS with Qsync. TS-855eU also supports Time Machine for Mac computers.
• License-free VM backup: Back up multiple VMware® and Hyper-V™ VMs using HDP for PC/VM
• File server backup: Supports multiple protocols such as Rsync, FTP and CIFS for backing up different file servers.
• SaaS Business Backup Solution: Use HDP for SaaS to easily back up Google™ Workspace and Microsoft 365® business account data.
• WordPress backup: The HDP for WordPress enables backing up WordPress databases and files to NAS.

Remote Replication for NAS data

• Back up data from one NAS to another NAS
• Back Up NAS Data To The Cloud
• Cloud Storage Gateway
• Back Up NAS Snapshots

Multi-version Snapshots Mitigate Ransomware Threats

The TS-855eU supports block-based snapshots that record the state of the system at any time. It helps protect data, which can be restored back to a specific point of time, greatly helping in mitigating the threat of ransomware.

• Volume And LUN Snapshots: Take snapshots in seconds and revert the entire volume/LUN back to a specific point in time to prevent loss of important data.
• Instantly Restore Snapshots: Snapshot content can be quickly restored to a local NAS, or restored on a folder/file basis to a local/remote NAS or cloud storage. You can also conveniently view and restore snapshots from the client side.
• Back Up Snapshots: Multiply data protection by backing up snapshot files! Replicate volume/LUN snapshots in the TS-855eU to a remote NAS (Snapshot Replica) by copying only the changes made. This helps save time & bandwidth, and can be run manually or on a scheduled basis.

Reliable, High-Performance Storage For Virtualization

The TS-855eU supports block-based iSCSI LUN as a reliable, high-performance, and affordable storage solution for mainstream virtualization environments. It supports VMware® VAAI and Microsoft® ODX to increase performance by offloading server loading for ESXi server and Hyper-V respectively.

All-In-One Solution For Hosting Virtual Machines And Containers

By running multiple virtual machines and containers on the TS-855eU, you can deploy multi-tenant environments and applications to increase management efficiency and save hardware costs. Coupled with the Network & Virtual Switch app that boosts interoperability between virtual machines, containers, QNAP NAS, and other physical devices on the network, you can flexibly allocate physical and virtual network resources to simplify network deployment.

• Virtualization Station: Run multiple Windows®, Linux®, UNIX®, Android™, and QuTScloud virtual machines and access them via a web browser or Virtual Network Computing (VNC). Businesses can run virtualized server applications on a single NAS without needing additional physical servers.
• Container Station: Experience Docker®, LXD, and Kata Containers lightweight virtualization technologies, download apps from the built-in Docker Hub Registry®, import/export containers, and create abundant microservices.
• Linux Station: Run Linux® applications (including apps from the Software Center) directly on the NAS and remotely access the Linux® desktop from a web browser. The open-source Linux® platform is also ideal for Internet of Things development.
• Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV): By installing an SR-IOV compatible PCIe SmartNIC in the TS-855eU, you can allocate bandwidth resources from a physical network card directly to VMs, increasing network efficiency and reduced CPU overheads.
• QuTScloud virtual NAS: QuTScloud is a virtual appliance based on the QTS operating system. Enterprises can quickly launch QuTScloud on hypervisors including Linux® KVM, Microsoft® Hyper-V, and VMware ESXi™ to acquire advanced NAS features without requiring additional NAS hardware.

Comprehensive security and privilege settings

• myQNAPcloud Secures Remote Access: myQNAPcloud allows convenient connection to the TS-855eU through the Internet without any complex DDNS settings. To ensure your remote access service is secure, myQNAPcloud strengthens keys on SSL Certificates to 2048-bits.
• Simplified Privilege Settings: The TS-855eU supports comprehensive access right settings for shared folders, Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS), LDAP, and Windows ACL to help IT staff efficiently manage user accounts and access rights for multiple NAS systems
• QuFirewall Protection: Supports IPv6, firewall access lists, and GeoIP filtering to restrict access based on geographical locations for higher NAS network security.
• Superior Security With QVPN: A virtual private network (VPN) allows secure access to network resources and services across public networks. QVPN supports creating a VPN client, using the TS-855eU as a VPN server, and WireGuard® VPN service with an easy-to-use interface for setting up a secure connection.
• QuWAN SD-WAN: To facilitate digital transformation, multi-site expansion and remote working, QuWAN SD-WAN helps automatically mesh multi-site VPN. It features IPsec encryption and cloud-centric management, allowing secure multi-site network including QNAP NAS and VMware ESXi platforms.
• Security Center: A security portal for the TS-855eU to proactively detect NAS status, unusual file activity and potential security threats – offering instant protective measures against vulnerabilities to safeguard your system and data.
• Malware Remover: Regularly scan your TS-855eU using the latest malware definitions. If infected files are detected, they will be immediately removed to ensure NAS data security.
• TeamViewer Remote Access: TeamViewer app enables remote management and connectivity to multiple NAS devices from Windows® PCs with an unparalleled level of safety, while increasing IT efficiency and end user productivity.

The Best File Storage And Collaboration Center

The TS-855eU integrates rich apps for storing, managing, synchronizing, searching, and archiving files. It supports SMB/CIFS, AFP, and NFS protocols for streamlined file sharing across Windows®, Mac®, and Linux®/UNIX®, and provides the smartest NAS solution for professionally managing your files.

Short-Depth Surveillance NAS – Ideal Video Surveillance Solution For Factories

The short-depth TS-855eU is exceptionally suitable for wall mount rack cabinets or space-limited IT rooms, allowing production lines to maximize their space utilization. Enterprises can benefit from the TS-855eU as an all-in-one Surveillance NAS, designed with superb hardware performance and integrated QNAP surveillance software, and take advantages of its large capacity, high expandability, and high transmission efficiency for building the most cost-effective and reliable surveillance system in manufacturing facilities and factories.

Smart Surveillance Solution For 24/7 Security

QVR Elite is QNAP’s subscription-based smart surveillance solution, allowing you to easily build a surveillance system with lower TCO and higher scalability. Recordings are saved as MP4 files, allowing playback on nearly every device. QVR Elite also integrates QNAP AI-based solutions to build smart facial recognition for retail and door access systems with QNAP NAS. You can arrange a dedicated, independent storage space for surveillance data on the TS-855eU and enjoy simplified camera management, storage space allocation, camera live viewing and playback.

• Free embedded channels: 2 IP camera channels
• Total camera channels: Scalable with optional licenses
• Subscription-based: Monthly US $1.99 /channel
• Video format: MP4
• Mobile app: QVR Pro Client and mobile app
• Scalable storage: NAS expansion units

Flexible and economical storage expansion

QNAP provides easy ways to expand your storage capacity. Here are several ways to expand your TS-855eU storage as needed to accommodate data and business growth.

• Attach QNAP expansion enclosures: Connect expansion enclosures to the TS-855eU, and manage NAS storage expansion with the user-friendly Storage & Snapshots Manager app.
• Mount cloud storage or remote file servers: Mount cloud storage or remote file servers to expand the capacity of the TS-855eU while also centrally managing files on the NAS, cloud storage, and remote devices.
• Migrate to a new NAS: Install your NAS hard drives into a larger QNAP NAS and retain all your existing data and configurations.
• Upgrade RAID capacity: Hot-swap lower-capacity drives with larger-capacity drives to expand your NAS capacity so it can grow with your business.

More Productivity-Boosting Applications

The TS-855eU provides an App Center that includes feature-rich apps to expand your NAS potential!

• QuFTP: The TS-855eU can perform as an FTP server featuring SSL/TLS encryption, QoS bandwidth controls, and permission settings for efficiently and securely transferring large amounts of data. FTP Client is also supported.
• Notification Center: Consolidates all system events, alerts, and notifications for smooth and easy NAS management, keeping you always informed of your NAS status.

A Health Check For Your Hard Drives

Hard drives are at the heart of your NAS, and ensuring their long-term health and reliability is absolutely crucial. QNAP provides various methods and tools to help you monitor hard drive health, ensuring that you can take proactive decisions to safeguard your data and files.

• S.M.A.R.T. and back block scanning: If any of the S.M.A.R.T. values are reported as abnormal, or bad blocks are detected, you can take early action and replace drives before potential data loss occurs
• DA Drive Analyzer: The DA Drive Analyzer leverages ULINK cloud-based AI to predict the expected lifespan of drives, assisting you in planning future drive replacements to protect against NAS downtime and data loss.
• Seagate® IronWolf™ Health Management: When using supported IronWolf™ or IronWolf Pro™ hard drives, overall system reliability is improved by providing you with actionable prevention, intervention, and recovery options.

Switch To QuTS Hero Operating System For Optimal Data Integrity And Reliability

The TS-855eU also supports QuTS hero – QNAP’s ZFS-based NAS operating system. Providing end-to-end data integrity, data reduction (inline data deduplication, compression, and compaction), and much more, QuTS hero uses additional system resources to ensure an optimal environment for protecting business data.

• QTS: Suited for cross-teams file sync, and HDD-SSD hybrid storage applications
• QuTS hero: Featuring highly reliable data protection and data reduction, and optimized for SSD-based applications

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