QNAP TS-EC880U-E3-4GE-R2 8 Bay Enterprise NAS Dual-core i3-4150 8GB RAM

QNAP TS-EC880U R2, featuring the easy-to-use QTS operating system, provides a reliable and scalable NAS solution to fulfill data backup, file synchronization and remote access. The TS-EC880U R2 is 10GbE-ready, delivers exceptional performance, and supports cross-platform file sharing, comprehensive backup solutions, iSCSI and virtualization applications, and many practical business functions, making it the ideal choice for SMBs to secure important business data. It also includes abundant multimedia applications backed by its powerful hardware specifications.

Built-in 10GbE, highly-efficient storage solution for HD video editing and sharing
3,700+ MB/s throughput and 400,000+ IOPS
Two internal cache ports and up to 4 SSDs for caching
Scalable design, up to 816TB raw capacity
Virtualization-ready, centralized data storage, backup, sharing and disaster recovery

QTS - Simple and efficient

Thanks to QTS’s intuitive user interface, system operations of the TS-EC880U R2 are smooth and handy. Its intelligent desktop allows you to find the 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.

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 bits 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 – it greatly reduces the amount of time spent looking for files on the NAS so you can focus on other tasks.

Note: 2GB RAM (4GB or more RAM is recommended for optimum performance) and QTS 4.1 or newer firmware is required.

Breakthrough performance

The TS-EC880U R2 supports 6Gbps hard drives driving over 3,700 MB/s throughput and 400,000 IOPS*. Featuring with Intel® Xeon® E3 v3 Quad-Core Processor and 4 GB DDR3 ECC RAM, the TS-EC880U R2 greatly enhances efficiency of CPU-consuming tasks and serves more concurrent tasks at the same time.

*Tested in QNAP Lab. Figures could vary by environment.

Test Environment： 4 Client PC configurations: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU, 16GB DDR3 RAM, Windows 7 professional 64-bit, Dual-port Intel X520 10GbE Server Adapter, IOMeter sequential read and write. NAS Configuration： OCZ Vertex4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G SSDs with RAID 5 configuration, QNAP LAN-10G2T-X550 dual-port 10GBase-T network adapter*2

Internal cache port for IO acceleration

The TS-EC880U R2 supports two on-board mSATA internal cache ports, and up to 4 SSDs can be used for caching. By installing mSATA flash modules (optional purchase), 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.

*Instead of installing the mSATA in the internal cache port, SSDs are supported to

Removable motherboard drawer for easy maintenance

With the TS-EC880U R2's removable motherboard drawer, IT administrators have easier access in upgrading/installing components such as RAM, the internal cache and 10GbE adapter. The motherboard itself can be removed and replaced without needing to remove the heavy TS-EC880U R2 from the rack cabinet, making it especially useful in maintaining the TS-EC880U R2 in data centers with multiple rack cabinets.

Note: Power-off is necessary before removing the motherboard drawer. It is not hot-pluggable.

10GbE ready

The TS-EC880U R2 offers four inbuilt Gigabit Ethernet ports and features two inbuilt 10GbE SFP+ ports to deliver 10 Gigabit high speed network. The 10GbE-ready TS-EC880U R2 delivers lightening data throughput. Coupled with the support for large storage capacity, the TS-EC880U R2 is perfect for data centers to storage big data and excel in fast data transmission, and for editing large size videos on-the-fly without transferring the videos between the TS-EC880U R2 and desktop computers.

Seamless capacity expansion

The TS-EC880U R2 supports online capacity expansion by cascading multiple QNAP RAID expansion enclosures to meet the needs of growing business data. With the QNAP scale-up solution, raw storage capacity can be gradually expanded to 816TB. It is especially useful for large data applications, such as video surveillance, data archiving, and TV broadcast storage, to name few.

The maximum raw storage capacity available by connecting RAID expansion enclosures:

Turbo NAS Model	RAID Expansion Enclosure	No. of RAID Expansion Enclosure	Total HDD No. (NAS + Enclosure)	Max. Raw Capacity (TB) *
TS-EC880U R2	REXP-1620U-RP	8	136	816
		7	120	720
		6	104	624
		5	88	528
		4	72	432
		3	56	336
		2	40	240
		1	24	144
	REXP-1220U-RP	8	104	624
		7	92	552
		6	80	480
		5	68	408
		4	56	336
		3	44	264
		2	32	192
		1	20	120

*The maximum capacity is calculated by 6TB HDDs.

Learn more: RAID expansion enclosures

Powerful QNAP flexible volume

QNAP flexible volume provides a more secure and flexible way to store the 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.

Cross-platform file sharing, centralized data storage

The TS-EC880U R2 supports SMB/CIFS, NFS, and AFP protocols for file sharing across Windows, Mac, Linux/UNIX networks. Data, logs and ISO image of CDs and DVDs can be centralized store in the NAS and protected by 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 service.

Learn more: ISO share, Syslog service, Antivirus, Windows Active Directory (AD), LDAP Directory Service

Well-rounded backup solutions to secure data

The TS-EC880U R2 offers well-rounded backup solutions as a reliable backup center. QNAP NetBak Replicator supports scheduled and real-time data backup on Windows OS. Mac Time Machine is also supported to provide Mac OS X users with an effortless solution to back up data to the TS-EC880U R2.

Learn more: NetBak Replicator, Time Machine backup

Disaster recovery solutions brings peace of mind

The TS-EC880U R2 offers various data recovery options. RTRR (Real-Time Remote Replication) supports real time or scheduled data backup to a remote Turbo NAS or FTP server and synchronizes files to a remote folder from a local folder with better backup efficiency and reduced backup time. The TS-EC880U R2 also supports rsync protocol to back up data to another remote server on scheduling basis. Besides, data can be backed up to cloud storage, such as Amazon® S3, Amazon Glacier, Microsoft® Azure, ElephantDrive®, Dropbox® and Google Cloud Storage, and restored to the TS-EC880U R2 anytime.

Learn more: Cloud storage backup, RTRR

Comprehensive security options

In the open network environment, business data might be exposed in potential hack. The TS-EC880U R2 provides numerous security options, such as encrypted access, IP blocking, and so on. Besides, IT administrators can control the access rights of each user to different folders, preventing unauthorized access to important files. The TS-EC880U R2 is validated with military level FIPS 140-2 AES 256-bit encryption, preventing the sensitive business data from unauthorized access and breach even if the hard disk drives or the entire system were stolen.

Learn more: Encrypted access, IP blocking, Hard drive encryption

Storage for comprehensive virtualization applications

The TS-EC880U R2 is VMware® Ready™, Citrix® Ready™, compatible with Microsoft® Hyper-V™ certification and Windows Server 2012, benefiting flexible deployment and management in the virtualization environments. The TS-EC880U R2 supports VMware VAAI and Microsoft ODX to increase performance by offloading server loading for ESXi 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.

Learn more： VMware® Ready™, Citrix® /Ready™, Microsoft® Hyper-V™, VMware VAAI, Microsoft ODX, SMI-S provider for Microsoft SCVMM

Run multiple OS’ on the TS-EC880U R2

The Virtualization Station transforms the TS-EC880U 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 creation, virtual machine import/export, snapshot, and enables desktop operations on web browser. With the easy-to-use interface, you can centrally manage all virtual machines created on the TS-EC880U R2 with least efforts. Furthermore, you can download VMs on demand from the online VM markets and import them to TS-EC880U R2 to use directly without any complex procedure.

Note: Pre-installed with 4GB RAM x1. You can upgrade the RAM to 32GB to run 8 virtual machines.

Learn more: Virtualization Station

Highly-efficient storage solution for video editing

Digital film and video production produces volumes of data that require high performance RAID storage with sustainable throughput to balance with the demanding output of video editing. The TS-EC880U R2 fulfills storage and video editing needs with a high speed 10GbE network interface. Digital videos can be quickly stored and edited on the TS-EC880U R2 directly over the network.

File synchronization across multiple devices

The Qsync utility turns your TS-EC880U R2 into a safe data center for file synchronization with large storage capacity. Any file uploaded to the TS-EC880U 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.

Learn more: Qsync

Comprehensive surveillance solution with 24/7 security

The TS-EC880U R2 Surveillance Station is a professional surveillance solution with a wide range of over 2,600 compatible IP camera models and expandable IP camera channel licenses. It supports real-time monitoring, video and audio recording and playback with flexible options to customize. You can also install the Vmobile app on your iOS® or Android™ mobile devices to manage the monitoring channels anytime and anywhere, and safeguard your office environment.

Learn more: Surveillance Station

Specifications

Model Name	TS-EC880U-E3-4GE-R2 TS-EC880U-i3-4GE-R2 TS-EC880U-i3-8G-R2
CPU	TS-EC880U-E3-4GE-R2: Intel® Xeon® E3-1246 v3 Quad-core processor TS-EC880U-i3-4GE-R2: Intel ® Core i3-4150 processor TS-EC880U-i3-8G-R2:Intel® Core i3-4150 processor
Memory	Total memory slots: 4 TS-EC880U-E3-4GE-R2/ TS-EC880U-i3-4GE-R2: System memory: 4 GB DDR3 ECC RAM Memory module pre-installed: 2 GB x2 Memory expandable up to: 32 GB (8GB x4) TS-EC880U-i3-8G-R2: System memory: 8 GB DDR3 non-ECC RAM Memory module pre-installed: 4 GB x2 Memory expandable up to: 32 GB (8GB x4) Note: When upgrading RAM to more than 28GB, the original 4GB RAM modules must be removed. For the information of RAM module installation and compatible NAS models, please refer to the QNAP RAM Module Installation Guide
Flash Memory	512MB DOM
Internal Cache Port	Two mSATA port on board for read caching Note: The standard system is shipped without mSATA flash. For the optional mSATA flash, please visit http://shop.qnap.com/
Hard Drive	8 x 3.5-inch SATA 6Gbps/3Gbps hard drive or 2.5-inch SATA, 6Gbps/3Gbps hard drive SSD hard drive NOTE: The standard system is shipped without hard drives. For the hard drive compatibility list, please visit Compatibility list
Hard Drive Tray	8 x hot-swappable and lockable tray
LAN Port	Built-in 2 x 10 GbE SFP+ ports (LAN-10G2SF-MLX) and 4 x GbE ports 40GbE is optional Note: 1. For the optional network card compatibility list, please visit Compatibility list of Expansion Card 2. For the information of network card installation, please refer to chapter 6 in the Turbo NAS Hardware Manual.
LED Indicators	Status, 10 GbE, LAN, eSATA, 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.
Buttons	System: Power button and reset button
Alarm Buzzer	System warning
Form Factor	2U, Rackmount
Dimensions	88(H) x 442.5(W) x 530.5(D) mm 3.46(H) x 17.42(W) x 20.89(D) inch
Weight	Net weight (NAS only) : 14.39 kg/ 31.72 lb Gross weight (with packing and accessories) : 20.54 kg/ 45.28 lb
Sound Level*	Sound pressure (LpAm) :55.2 dB(A)
Power Consumption (W)	Sleep mode: 73.38 In Operation: 133.88 W (with 12 x 1TB hard drive installed)
Temperature	0-40˚C
Relative Humidity	5~95% non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C.
Power Supply	Redundant power: Input: 47-63 Hz; 100-127V~/ 8A; 200-240V/ 4A Output: 400W
PCIe Slot	2 (Right slot: 1* PCIe Gen3 x8; Left slot: 1* PCIe Gen3 x4) Note: The PCIe Gen3 x8 slot is occupied by a 10GbE network adapter.
Fan	4 x 6 cm smart cooling fan

1.	Power Button	6.	USB 3.0 Port x 4
2.	LED Indicators: 10 GbE, Status, LAN, Storage Expansion Port Status	7.	HDMI port
3.	Password & Network Settings Reset Button	8.	Dual port 10GbE SFP+
4.	USB 2.0 Port x 4	9.	PCIe slot (PCIe Gen3 x4)
5.	Gigabit LAN x 4	10.	Power connector

Remark:
The TS-x80 rack mount models comply with ANSI/EIA-RS-310-D rack mounting standards. Before purchasing the server racks for these models, please make sure the server racks conform to the following criteria:

1. Rack size

Mounting post width : ≥ 451mm
Panel width : ≥ 485mm
Mounting post depth : 579.1mm~873.5mm
The distance between two rack posts is 465mm (center-to-center measurement of the rack's square holes)

2. The optional rack kits for the TS-x80 rack mount models are only compatible with square-hole server racks.

* Testing Environment:
Refer to ISO 7779 ; Maximum HDD loaded ; Bystander Position ; Average data from 1 meter in front of operating NAS

Operating System

QTS (QNAP Turbo NAS System)

Disk Management

QNAP Flexible volume
Thin-provisioning with space reclamation supported
Online Volume Expansion
Online Storage Pool Expansion (via QNAP RAID expansion enclosure)
Single Disk, JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
RAID Hot Spare and Global Hot Spare
Online RAID Capacity Expansion and Online RAID Level Migration
Bad Block Scan and Hard Drive S.M.A.R.T.
Bad Block Recovery
RAID Recovery
Bitmap Support

Supported Clients

Windows Server 2003 onward, Apple Mac OS X onward, Linux & UNIX

Power Management

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

Supported Browsers

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10+
Mozilla Firefox 8+
Apple Safari 4+
Google Chrome

Access Right Management

Batch Users Creation
Import/Export Users
User Quota Management
Local User Access Control for CIFS, AFP, FTP, and WebDAV,
Subfolder Permissions Support for CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP, and Web File Manager

Multilingual Support

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

Domain Authentication Integration

Microsoft Active Directory (AD)
LDAP Server
LDAP Client
Domain Users Login via CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP, and File Station

File System

Internal Hard Drive: EXT4
External Hard Drive: EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+

Web Administration

Multi-window, Multi-tasking based System Management
Movable Icons and Personalized Desktop
Smart Toolbar and Dashboard for Neat Display on System Status
Smart Fan Control
Dynamic DNS (DDNS)
SNMP (v2 & v3)
Resource Monitor
Network Recycle Bin for File Deletion via CIFS/SMB and AFP
- Automatic Cleanup
- File Type Filter
Comprehensive Logs (Events & Connection)
Syslog Client
Firmware Live Update
System Settings Backup and Restore
Restore to Factory Default
Mobile App Qmanager for Remote Monitoring

Networking

TCP/IP (IPv4 & IPv6: Dual Stack)
Quad Gigabit NICs with Jumbo Frame*
- Failover
- Multi-IP Settings
- Port Trunking/NIC Teaming (Modes: Balance-RR, Active Backup, Balance XOR, Broadcast, IEEE 802.3ad/Link Aggregation, Balance-TLB and Balance-ALB)
Optional Dual-port 10 GbE and 1 GbE Network Expansion Cards*
Service Binding Based on Network Interfaces*
Proxy Client, Proxy Server
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

File Server

File Sharing across Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX
Protocols: CIFS/SMB, AFP, NFS, FTP/FTPS, HTTP/HTTPS (Web File Manager), WebDAV
Windows ACL
Advanced Folder Permission for CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP
Shared Folder Aggregation (CIFS/SMB)

Security

IP Filter & Policy-based Automatic IP Blocking
Network Access Protection with Auto-blocking: SSH, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP, CIFS/SMB, AFP
Encrypted Access: HTTPS, FTP with SSL/ TLS (Explicit), SSH/SFTP (admin only), Encrypted Remote Replication (Rsync over SSH)
CIFS Host Access Control for Shared Folders
Antivirus Protection
FIPS 140-2 Validated AES 256-bit Volume-based Data Encryption**
AES 256-bit External Drive Encryption*
Importable SSL Certificate
Instant Alert via E-mail, SMS, Beep, and LCD Panel*

File Station

Supports ISO Mounting (Up to 256 ISO Files)
Creates and Sends Download Links for Sharing Public Files with Expiration Time and Password Protection
Drag-n-drop Files via Chrome and Firefox Browsers
Photo, Music, and Video Preview and Playback Empowered by Built-in Transcoding Technology
File Compression (ZIP or 7z)
Advanced Search
Mobile App: Qfile for File Browsing and Management

Powerful All-in-one server

FTP Server

FTP over SSL/TLS (Explicit)
Concurrent Connections: Max 256
Passive FTP Port Range Control
FTP Bandwidth & Connection Control
Supports FXP & Unicode

Syslog Server

Centralized Log Monitoring and Archiving
Immediate Email Alerts
Supports Log Filtering

Backup 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
Encryption, Compression, File Filter, and Transfer Rate Limitation
Encrypted Replication between QNAP NAS Servers
Desktop Backup by QNAP NetBak Replicator for Windows
Apple Time Machine Support with Backup Management
Data Backup to Multiple External Storage Devices
Synchronizes with Cloud Storage: Amazon S3, ElephantDrive, Dropbox, and Google Cloud Storage
Third Party Backup Software Support: Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis True
Image, ARCserve Backup, EMC Retrospect, Symantec Backup Exec, LaCie SilverKeeper, etc.

Print Server

Max No. of Printers: 3
Supports Internet Printing Protocol
Print Job Display and Management
IP-based and Domain Name-based Privilege Control
Supports Apple Bonjour Printing

iSCSI (IP SAN)

iSCSI Target
Multi-LUNs per Target
Up to 256 Targets/LUNs Combined
Supports LUN Mapping & Masking
Block-based LUN
Thin-provisioned LUN with Space Reclamation supported
Online LUN Capacity Expansion
Supports SPC-3 Persistent Reservation
Supports MPIO & MC/S
iSCSI LUN Backup, One-time Snapshot, and Restore
iSCSI Connection and Management by QNAP Finder (Windows)
Virtual Disk Drive (via iSCSI Initiator)
Stack Chaining Master
Max No. of Virtual Disk Drives: 8

Database Server

Built-in MySQL Server
Web-based Management via phpMyAdmin

Server Virtualization & Clustering

VMware vSphere (ESX/ESXi 4.x, 5.x)
VMware VAAI for iSCSI and VAAI for NAS
vSphere Plug-in
Citrix XenServer (6.0)
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
Supports Microsoft ODX
QNAP SMI-S provider for Microsoft SCVMM
Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering

RADIUS Server

Centralized Account Management and Authentication for Network Access
Supports 802.1x Security Authentication
TFTP Server with PXE Booting (Read-only)

Virtualization Station

Support up to 8 Virtual Machine (32GB RAM is required) creating to run an operating system such as Windows, Linux, Unix.
VM import from Virtual Appliances
VM export into a virtual appliance in OVF / QVM format
VM clone
VM snapshot
HTML5 based shared remote console

VPN Server

Secure Remote Access: PPTP & OpenVPN VPN services
Remote Access to Other Resources on Local Network
Max No. of Clients: 30

Storage Plug & Connect via Windows Qfinder Pro by QNAP

Create and Map Shared Folders
Create and Connect to iSCSI Target/LUN

Surveillance Station

Supports over 1,400 IP Cameras
Includes 8 Free Camera License
Up to 80 Camera Channels via Additional License Purchase*
Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) for Advanced Video Search
Visual Aid by E-map
Surveillance Client for Mac
Mobile App: Vmobile (iOS and Android)

myQNAPcloud Service

Private Cloud Storage and Sharing
Free Host Name Registration (DDNS)
Auto Router Configuration (via UPnP)
CloudLink for Remote Access without Complicated Router Setup
myQNAPcloud Connect for Easy VPN Connection (Windows VPN Utility)

Antivirus

Supports ClamAV (free) and McAfee (optional purchase ) virus scanner.
Protection against Viruses, Trojans, and Other Threats
Free Virus Databases Update on Manual or Scheduled Basis
Multiple Scan Tasks (Max: 64, Concurrent: 5) with Custom Folder Selection and Scheduled Scanning
Email Notification upon Task Completion or Virus Detection
Quarantines or Deletes Infected Files

Qsync

Syncs Files among Multiple Devices through the NAS
Option for Not Removing Files on the NAS during Synchronization
Selective Synchronization
Shares Securely with SSL
Team Folder
Shares Files by Links via E-mail
Uploads Photos or Videos to Qsync Folder Automatically via Qfile
Restores Files from Network Recycle Bin
File Name Conflict Policy
Option for Filter Settings
Privilege Control for Qsync Users
Supports Windows & Mac OS

APP Center

Add New Features by Online Installation of over 90 Official and Community Software

Web Server

HTTP/HTTPS Connections
Built-in MySQL Server
Web-based Management via phpMyAdmin (QPKG)
Virtual Hosts: Max 32

Add-ons

(The actual available software add-ons may vary depending on the NAS platform)

* This feature may vary according to different models.
** The data encryption functions may not available in accordance with the legislative restrictions of some countries.

Designs and specifications are subject to change without notice.