The high-capacity TS-855X has six 3.5-inch SATA drive bays (for HDDs), two 2.5-inch SATA drive bays (for SSDs) and an 8-core processor supporting Intel® QuickAssist Technology (QAT), greatly assisting businesses in deploying a data storage and virtualization environment. The built-in 10GbE/2.5GbE high-speed connectivity helps realize fast data access, backup/restoration, file server, and virtualization applications. Running the QTS operating system as standard, the TS-855X can be switched to use the ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system based on your requirements. The TS-855X will be available and supported by QNAP for an extended period (up to 2027), ideal for businesses requiring matching NAS models deployed in long-term projects.
Dual-port 2.5GbE and single-port 10GbE connectivity. The dual 2.5GbE ports also support SMB Multichannel for up to 5 Gbps!
Connect TL-R1620Sep-RP / TL-R1220Sep-RP JBOD units to the TS-855X for adding up to 48 additional drive capacity to match your business growth.
Features two PCIe Gen 3 slots for installing 5/10/25GbE network cards, QM2 cards or Fibre Channel cards.
Dual M.2 PCIe NVMe slots enable SSD caching, SSD storage pools, or Qtierâ„¢ auto-tiered storage.
Host virtual machines and containerized apps on one device to optimize resource utilization and IT budgeting. Supports SR-IOV.
A reliable backup center for your PC/Macs, virtual machines, containers, cloud data, and SaaS data.
Intel ® Atom® C5125 8-core processor, 2.8GHz, 8 GB UDIMM DDR4 (1 x 8 GB)
The TS-855X delivers exceptional 8-core performance for running multiple concurrent tasks. AES-NI encryption and Intel® QuickAssist Technology (QAT) are supported to offload resource-demanding compression and improving IPsec/SSL cryptography performance. The TS-855X comes with four UDIMM DDR4 slots (8 GB preinstalled) that can be upgraded to 128 GB ECC RAM for higher workloads. Combining high performance, reliability, and capacity, the TS-855X is an all-round budget-friendly storage solution for diverse applications, such as file servers, high-speed storage/backup/recovery, and virtualization.
Intel® Atom® C5125 8-core 2.8 GHz processor
8 GB DDR4 ECC memory (up to 128 GB, 4x 32 GB)
Note: Only ECC RAM is supported.
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Windows File Transfer (2 x 2.5GbE) |
Download 589 MB/s |
Upload 586 MB/s |
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Windows File Transfer with Encryption (2 x 2.5GbE) |
Download 575 MB/s |
Upload 589 MB/s |
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SMB Sequential Throughput 1MB ( 1 x 10GbE) |
Read 1181 MB/s |
Write 1181 MB/s |
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SMB Sequential Throughput 1MB (2 x 25GbE) |
Read 3505 MB/s |
Write 2288 MB/s |
Tested in QNAP Labs. Figures may vary by environment.
Test Environment:
NAS : with QXG-25G2SF-CX6
OS : QTS 5.0.1
Volume type : 8 x Samsung 860 EVO 1 TB SATA , RAID 5, thick volume
Client PC : Windows Server 2016 Standard, Intel i7-6700 3.4GHz, 64GB RAM
IOmeter : 16MB, 30-sec ramp up time, 3-min seq. run time, 16 workers, 4-outstanding
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Featuring two native 2.5GbE RJ45 (2.5G/1G/100M) LAN ports and a 10GBASE-T (2.5G/1G/100M) port, the TS-855X satisfies bandwidth and reliability demanding business applications including virtualization, large file transfers, high-speed backup/restoration, and real-time applications. Combine the dual 2.5GbE ports with SMB 3.0 Multichannel for up to 5 Gbps fault-tolerant connections! 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.
Learn More: SMB 3.0 Multichannel, QNAP 10GbE network solution, QNAP 2.5GbE network solution, QNAP switches
The TS-855X comes with two M.2 PCIe Gen 3 slots that allow for installing M.2 2280 NVMe SSDs (including SSD brands of Micron®, Seagate® and WD®) or Edge TPU (sold separately) to boost NAS performance.
Configure SSD caching with M.2 SSDs and obtain optimal I/O and reduced latency without occupying any 3.5-inch drive bays.
Learn More: SSD cache acceleration, QNAP SSD Technology
Qtierâ„¢ technology empowers the TS-855X with auto tiering to continuously optimize storage efficiency across all installed storage devices.
Learn More: Qtier auto-tiering
Coral M.2 Accelerator with Edge TPU provides an affordable solution to leverage AI acceleration for faster image recognition in your NAS applications. (Purchase from the Coral website)
The TS-855X has two PCIe Gen 3 x4 slots that allow for installing various expansion cards to increase its application potential.
Enable lightning-fast throughput for bandwidth-demanding tasks (virtualization, huge data transmission, and fast backup/restore).
Learn More: QNAP network expansion cards
Add M.2 SSDs or 2.5GbE/10GbE connectivity to the TS-855X for optimized performance and bandwidth.
Learn More: QM2 card
Connect the TS-855X to SAS 12Gb/s or SATA 6Gb/s expansion units for huge storage capacity.
Learn More: QNAP storage expansion cards, Compatible expansion enclosures
Your team needs a high-speed environment and productivity boost, and the TS-855X delivers with two 2.5GbE ports. By installing two 4-port PCIe network cards (QXG-2G4T-I225) the TS-855X can directly connect to up to ten PC/workstations - no switch required – for faster large file transfer/backup, video editing, and much more.
Superior hardware performance with an all-in-one Backup Solution to speed up backup/recovery tasks.
Sync your computer files to NAS with Qsync. TS-855X also supports Time Machine for Mac computers.
Back up multiple VMware® and Hyper-V™ VMs using Hyper Data Protector.
Supports multiple protocols such as Rsync, FTP and CIFS for backing up different file servers.
Use Boxafe to easily back up Google™ Workspace and Microsoft 365® business account data.
The exclusive MARS service enables backing up Google Photos and WordPress databases and files to NAS.
Back up data on a local NAS to another remote NAS using Hybrid Backup Sync. You can also deduplicate your backup using QuDedup to save time and storage space.
Hybrid Backup Sync supports mainstream public cloud services for backing up or syncing data from NAS to Cloud.
VJBOD Cloud connects cloud object storage (Bucket) and back up data from NAS to the cloud.
Use Snapshot Replica to back up NAS snapshots to another NAS and recover when needed.
The TS-855X 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.
Take snapshots in seconds and revert the entire volume/LUN back to a specific point in time to prevent loss of important data.
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.
Multiply data protection by backing up snapshot files! Replicate volume/LUN snapshots in the TS-855X 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.
The TS-855X 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.
By running multiple virtual machines and containers on the TS-855X, 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.
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.
Learn More: Virtualization Station, QuTScloud on hypervisors
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.
Learn More: Container 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.
Learn More: Linux Station
By installing an SR-IOV compatible PCIe SmartNIC in the TS-855X, you can allocate bandwidth resources from a physical network card directly to VMs, increasing network efficiency and reduced CPU overheads.
Note: SR-IOV is supported by specific QNAP NAS models and should work with SR-IOV compatible adapters. Click here to check compatibility.
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.
Learn More: QuTScloud for private cloud
The TS-855X is loaded with flexible privilege settings and security measures. Besides IP blocking, QNAP Authenticator, HTTPS connection, there are more apps that help ensure optimal NAS protection against threats like malware and hackers.
myQNAPcloud allows convenient connection to the TS-855X 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.
Learn More: myQNAPcloud service
The TS-855X 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.
Supports IPv6, firewall access lists, and GeoIP filtering to restrict access based on geographical locations for higher NAS network security.
Learn More: QuFirewall
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-855X as a VPN server, and WireGuard® VPN service with an easy-to-use interface for setting up a secure connection.
Learn More: QVPN
A security portal for the TS-855X to check for weaknesses and offer recommendations for enhancing NAS security. It also integrates anti-virus and anti-malware scanning software.
Learn More: Security Counselor
Regularly scan your TS-855X using the latest malware definitions. If infected files are detected, they will be immediately removed to ensure NAS data security.
Learn More: Malware Remover
The TS-855X 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.
Make any file uploaded to a TS-855X available to linked devices, such as computers, laptops and mobile devices. You can sync shared folders and team folders for group file sharing to enhance the flexibility of team projects and collaboration.
Learn More: Qsync
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-855X, 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.
Learn More: QNAP NAS supports Fibre Channel SAN, QNAP Fibre Channel cards
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-855X and enjoy simplified camera management, storage space allocation, camera live viewing and playback.
QVR Elite smart surveillance system
2 IP camera channels
Scalable with optional licenses
Monthly US $1.99 /channel
MP4
QVR Pro Client and mobile app
NAS expansion units
QNAP provides easy ways to expand your storage capacity. Here are several ways to expand your TS-855X storage as needed to accommodate data and business growth.
Connect expansion enclosures to the TS-855X, and manage NAS storage expansion with the user-friendly Storage & Snapshots Manager app.
Mount cloud storage or remote file servers to expand the capacity of the TS-855X while also centrally managing files on the NAS, cloud storage, and remote devices.
Install your NAS hard drives into a larger QNAP NAS and retain all your existing data and configurations.
Hot-swap lower-capacity drives with larger-capacity drives to expand your NAS capacity so it can grow with your business.
The TS-855X provides an App Center that includes feature-rich apps to expand your NAS potential!
An AI-powered photo management app, supporting automated photo categorization with AI Albums, iOS® Live Photo display, and powerful search tools for the ultimate photo management and sharing solution.
Run a high-performance S3 compatible development environment on your TS-855X to simplify service development workflows from testing to production. You can also move cold data from the cloud to an on-premises QuObjects to save cloud storage costs.
Consolidates all system events, alerts, and notifications for smooth and easy NAS management, keeping you always informed of your NAS status.
The best email backup solution that allows you to easily backup/recover and manage multiple email accounts in their native format with strong security and data integrity.
The TS-855X 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.
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.
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.
Learn More: DA Drive Analyzer
The TS-855X 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.
Suited for cross-teams file sync, and HDD-SSD hybrid storage applications
Featuring highly reliable data protection and data reduction, and optimized for SSD-based applications
How to choose between QTS and QuTS hero? Click to learn more
Learn More: QuTS hero operating system, How to migrate data & folder permissions between QTS and QuTS hero with HBS3?
1. QTS and QuTS hero use different file systems. You must remove all the drives from the TS-855X before switching from QTS to QuTS hero.
2. QuTS hero requires a NAS with at least 8 GB memory.
3. Inline Data Deduplication requires a NAS with at least 16 GB memory (at least 32 GB memory is recommended for optimal performance).
4. It is recommended to create an SSD RAID with at least two SSDs for the QuTS hero system drive to attain optimal system performance. Please note that M.2 SSD hot-swapping is only supported by M.2 SSD slots on PCIe cards (such as the QM2). M.2 SSD slots that are built into the NAS do not support hot-swapping.
The TS-855X is backed by a 3-year warranty at no additional cost. You can also purchase a warranty extension that extends your warranty coverage up to 5 years.
| CPU | Intel ® Atom® C5125 8-core processor, 2.8GHz |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit x86 |
| Floating Point Unit | |
| Encryption Engine | (AES-NI) |
| System Memory | 8 GB UDIMM DDR4 (1 x 8 GB) |
| Maximum Memory | 128 GB (4 x 32 GB) |
| Memory Slot | 4 x U-DIMM DDR4 Support ECC memory |
| Flash Memory | 5GB (Dual boot OS protection) |
| Drive Bay | 6 x 3.5-inch + 2 x 2.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s |
| Drive Compatibility | 3.5-inch bays: 3.5-inch SATA hard disk drives 2.5-inch SATA solid state drives 2.5-inch bays: 2.5-inch SATA solid state drives |
| Hot-swappable |
The following are not hot-swappable: M.2 SSDs, SSD cache drives, SSDs using PCIe expansion slots.
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| M.2 Slot |
2 x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3 x4 slots The M.2 SSD is not included as standard.
M.2 SSD operations can easily generate excessive heat. It is recommended to install a heatsink (from QNAP or a third-party provider) on the M.2 SSD. |
| SSD Cache Acceleration Support | |
| SR-IOV | |
| 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Port (2.5G/1G/100M) | 2 (2.5G/1G/100M/10M) |
| 10 Gigabit Ethernet Port | 1 x 10GBASE-T |
| 25 Gigabit Ethernet Port | Optional via PCIe expansion card |
| Wake on LAN (WOL) |
Only the 2.5GbE port
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| Jumbo Frame | |
| PCIe Slot |
2 Card dimensions for PCIe slot 1：150 x 68.9 x 18.76 mm / 5.90 x 2.71 x 0.74 inches.
Card dimensions for PCIe slot 2：150 x 68.9 x 18.76 mm / 5.90 x 2.71 x 0.74 inches. |
| USB 2.0 port | 1 |
| USB 3.2 Gen 1 port | 3 |
| Form Factor | Tower |
| LED Indicators | Power/Status, LAN, USB, HDD1-6, SSD 1-2, M.2 SSD 1-2 |
| Buttons | Power, Reset, USB Auto Copy |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 231.9 × 292.9 × 319.8 mm |
| Weight (Net) | 8.5 kg |
| Weight (Gross) | 10.11 kg |
| Operating Temperature | 0 - 40°C (32°F - 104°F) |
| Storage Temperature | -20 - 70°C (-4°F - 158°F) |
| Relative Humidity | 5-95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C (80.6˚F) |
| Power Supply Unit | 250W PSU, 100~240V |
| Power Consumption: Operating Mode, Typical |
75.79 W Tested with drives fully populated.
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| Fan | System fan: 2 x 80mm, 12VDC CPU fan: 1 x 90mm, 12VDC |
| Other Interfaces | Kensington security slot |
| System Warning | Buzzer |
| Kensington Security Slot | |
| Standard Warranty | 3 |
| Max. Number of Concurrent Connections (CIFS) - with Max. Memory | 700 |
| SKU | TS-855X-8G |
| Barcode # | 4711103084007 |
| Brand | QNAP |
| Shipping Weight | 16.0000kg |
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