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TS-531P-8G
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TS-531P

Cost-effective, energy-efficient quad-core business-class NAS with optional 10GbE support
 
Features

 The 5-bay TS-531P is a powerful quad-core network storage system, providing the potential for 10GbE expandability at a budget price to maximize ROI, and doubles the encrypted file transfer performance with a strong hardware-accelerated encryption engine. The energy-efficient ARM® Cortex-A15 processor provides ultra low power consumption for daily business operations to save cost in the long run. Powered by the QTS operating system, the TS-531P provides versatile all-in-one server functionalities as well as unique features including Container Station, which allows you to run multiple isolated Linux systems and containerized applications on the same device. The TS-531P is a cost-effective storage solution designed for growing businesses looking for backup, restoration, private cloud, storage for virtualization, and to future-proof their IT infrastructure for 10GbE networks.

  • 10GbE readiness, quad LAN ports and SSD cache
  • Hardware-accelerated encryption engine for efficient cryptographic performance exceeding 400 MB/s
  • Enjoy LXC and Docker® lightweight virtualization technologies with the Container Station
  • Manage, share, and back up business data with Real-time Remote Replication (RTRR)
  • Qsirch, a near real time full-text search engine, helps quickly find specific NAS data (supported by TS-531P with 8GB RAM)
  •  Scales up to 21 drives with QNAP UX-800P expansion enclosures


Quad-core CPU and hardware-accelerated encryption

The TS-531P is equipped with an Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-314 quad-core 1.4 GHz ARM® Cortex-A15 processor with 2GB/8GB DDR3-1600 RAM (upgradable to 16GB), SATA 6Gb/s, and four Gigabit LAN ports (expandable to 4x GbE + 2x 10GbE ports) for lightning-fast multi-tasking performance with SSD cache support. The TS-531P's hardware-accelerated encryption engine provides unmatched encryption performance in its class, up to 400 MB/s with AES-256 bit full NAS volume encryption, boosting system performance & security while ensuring the safety of sensitive business data stored in the TS-531P.

 


Tested in QNAP Labs. Figures may vary by environment.

Test Environment:

NAS:
OS: QTS 4.2.0
Volume type: RAID 5; 5 x Intel SSD DC S3500 240GB SSD: NAS and PCs are connected.

Client PCs:

Intel® Core™ i7-4770 3.40GHz CPU; DDR3L 1600Hz 16GB; WD 1TB WD10EZEX; Intel Gigabit CT( MTU 1500 ) ; Windows® 7 Professional 64bit SP1
IOMeter configuration: Transferring 8GB file continuously to NAS for 3 minutes. Block size: 64KB for SMB2.0 (Throughput)

Flexible 10GbE connectivity

The TS-531P offers 4 inbuilt Gigabit Ethernet ports and supports 10 Gigabit high-speed networks by installing a 10GbE SFP+ or 10GBASE-T network adapter (optional purchase). The 10GbE-ready TS-531P delivers lightning-fast data throughput for businesses that demand higher bandwidth for virtualization and fast backup and restoration for an ever-growing amount of data. Coupled with its large storage capacity potential, the TS-531P is perfect for companies to store massive data and excels in fast data transmission. 

High Efficiency with quad LAN support

The TS-531P supports multiple port-trunking modes, enabling IT administrators to set up link aggregation to increase total data transmission capability. Failover and dual IP are also supported to ensure continuous system operations. The supported port-trunking modes include: Balance-rr (Round-Robin), Active Backup, Balance XOR, Broadcast, IEEE 802.3ad, Balance-tlb (Adaptive Transmit Load Balancing) and Balance-alb (Adaptive Load Balancing).
 



SSD cache acceleration

The TS-531P supports SSD caching which can greatly boost IOPS performance of storage volumes to increase operational efficiency. It is perfect for improving overall workflow of IOPS-demanding applications and allows the best of both cost and performance by combining SSDs with HDDs.





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-531P 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-531P. Container Station also supports Online Document app*, which allows you to directly view, edit and store files of various types anytime on your NAS, including Office documents, images and text files.

Qsirch – A smarter, faster way to search

TS-531P with 8GB RAM supports Qsirch*, QNAP's unique, powerful, Google Search-like search tool that helps you find what you need on the NAS. You can quickly and easily find documents, photos, videos, and music. 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 time spent looking for files on the NAS, allowing you to focus on other tasks.

Available by end of 2015

Note: Qsirch requires 4GB RAM or above for the best performance. 

QTS - Simple and efficient

Thanks to the intuitive user interface of QTS, your NAS experience is smarter, smoother and spectacular. Its modern flat design streamlines loading times, and the intelligent desktop allows you to find 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 operating efficiency.

Cross-platform file sharing, centralized data storage

The TS-531P supports SMB/CIFS, NFS, and AFP protocols for file sharing across Windows®, Mac®, Linux®/UNIX® networks. Data, logs and ISO images of CDs and DVDs can be centrally stored on the TS-531P and protected by an integrated antivirus solution. The Windows AD® and LDAP services enable system administrators to configure user permissions by using an existing Windows AD server, LDAP server or built-in LDAP service. The TS-531P supports SAMBA v4 and can act as a Windows domain controller to manage privilege settings.

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-531P. The USB 3.0 port on the front panel of the TS-531P features a one-touch-copy function for you to instantly back up data from external drives to the TS-531P with just one click, or alternatively to back up data from the TS-531P to external drives. A wide range of third-party backup software such as Acronis® True Image and Symantec® Backup Exec are also supported.
 
Disaster recovery solutions brings peace of mind

The TS-531P offers various data recovery options. RTRR (Real-Time Remote Replication) supports real time or scheduled data backup to a remote QNAP NAS or FTP server and synchronizes files to a remote folder from a local folder 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-531P also supports the rsync protocol to back up data to another remote server 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.

File synchronization across multiple devices and clouds

Qsync utility turns your TS-531P into a safe, large-capacity data center for file synchronization. Any file uploaded to the TS-531P 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 up-to-date files on different devices. You can also install the Cloud Drive Sync app from QTS App Center to easily sync files with Google Drive™ and Dropbox® cloud storage.

Comprehensive security options

In open network environments, business data may be exposed in a potential hack. The TS-531P provides numerous security options, such as encrypted access, IP blocking, and more. IT administrators can also control the access rights of each user to different folders, preventing unauthorized access to important files. The TS-531P supports AES 256-bit encryption, preventing sensitive business data from unauthorized access and breach even if the hard drives or the entire system were stolen.

Comprehensive surveillance solution providing 24/7 security

Surveillance Station is a professional network surveillance Video Management System (VMS) that offers a user-friendly management interface, 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 monitored channels anytime and 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-531P. The TS-531P offers 2 free IP camera channels and you can expand up to 30 channels by purchasing additional licenses.

Expand storage capacity easily

The TS-531P supports online capacity expansion for archiving rapidly growing data by connecting 2 QNAP expansion enclosures. With the QNAP scale-up solution, the raw storage capacity can be expanded on demand*, making the TS-531P an ideal file center with large storage capacity for storage-intensive business applications such as video surveillance, data archiving, TV broadcast storage, and more.

With the support of QJBOD Express (JBOD enclosures roaming)**, you can just connect a large capacity QNAP expansion enclosure to the TS-531P, and migrate data to another NAS through the JBOD enclosure without network connectivity.

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

Energy-efficient

The TS-531P utilizes an energy-efficient quad-core ARM® processor that features low voltage and low power consumption, maintaining high performance in system operations and suitable for an always-online business cloud without running up a high electricity bill. Additional energy-saving features include S3 sleep mode, hard disk standby, scheduled power on/off, and Wake on LAN. 

 

 Software Spec.

Operating System
QTS 4.2 (embedded Linux)
Power Management
  1. Wake on LAN
  2. Internal hard drive standby mode
  3. Scheduled power on/off
  4. Automatic power on after power recovery
  5. USB and network UPS support with SNMP management
Supported Client OS
  1. Windows 7 (32/64-bit), Windows 8 (32/64-bit), Windows Server 2003/2008 R2/2012/2012R2
  2. Apple Mac OS X
  3. Linux & UNIX
Access Right Management
  1. Batch user creation
  2. Import/Export users
  3. User quota management
  4. Local user access control for CIFS, AFP, FTP, and WebDAV
  5. Application access control for Photo Station, Music Station, Video Station, and File Station
  6. Subfolder permissions support for CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP, and File Station
Supported Browsers
  1. Microsoft Internet Explorer 10+
  2. Mozilla Firefox 8+
  3. Apple Safari 4+
  4. Google Chrome
Domain Authentication Integration
  1. Microsoft Active Directory (AD) & Domain Controller support
  2. LDAP server, LDAP client
  3. Domain users login via CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP, and File Station
Multilingual Support
  1. 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
myQNAPcloud Service
  1. Private cloud storage and sharing
  2. Free host name registration (DDNS)
  3. Supports myQNAPcloud SSL certificates (DDNS)
  4. Auto router configuration (via UPnP)
  5. Web-based file manager with HTTPS 2048-bit encryption
  6. CloudLink for remote access without any complicated router setup
  7. myQNAPcloud connect for easy VPN connection (Windows VPN utility)
File System
  1. Internal Hard Drive: EXT4
  2. External Hard Drive: EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+
Qsync
  1. Syncs files across multiple devices with SSL support
  2. Selective synchronization for only syncing specific folders
  3. Use team folders as a file center for greater team collaboration (maximum sync tasks:32)
  4. Shares files by links via e-mail
  5. Policy settings for conflicting files and file type filter support
  6. Version control: up to 64 versions.
  7. Incremental synchronization for HDD space saving
  8. Unified privilege management
  9. Unified configuration management
  10. Supports central configuration mode
  11. Supports remote erase / restore
  12. Supports shared folders sync
  13. Supports Windows & Mac OS
Networking
  1. TCP/IP (IPv4 & IPv6: Dual Stack)*
  2. 4 x Gigabit NICs with jumbo frame (failover, multi-IP settings, port trunking/NIC teaming)
  3. Service binding based on network interfaces
  4. Squid Proxy server
  5. Proxy client
  6. DHCP client, DHCP server
  7. Protocols: CIFS/SMB, AFP (v3.3), NFS(v3), FTP, FTPS, SFTP, TFTP, HTTP(S), Telnet, SSH, iSCSI, SNMP, SMTP, and SMSC
  8. UPnP & Bonjour Discovery
  9. USB Wi-Fi Adapter Support
    - Not all services supports IPv6.
Web Administration
  1. Movable Icons and personalized desktop
  2. Smart toolbar and dashboard for neat system status display
  3. Smart fan Control
  4. Dynamic DNS (DDNS)
  5. SNMP
  6. Resource monitor
  7. Network recycle bin for file deletion via CIFS/SMB, AFP, and File Station
    - Automatic Cleanup
    - File Type Filter
  8. Comprehensive logs (events & connection)
  9. Syslog client/server
  10. System settings backup and restore
  11. Restore to factory default
  12. Mobile app: Qmanager for remote system monitoring & management
Security
  1. Network access protection with auto-blocking: SSH, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP, CIFS/SMB, AFP
  2. CIFS host access control for shared folders
  3. FIPS 140-2 validated AES 256-bit volume-based and shared folder data encryption*
  4. AES 256-bit external drive encryption*
  5. Importable SSL certificates
  6. Instant alert via E-mail, SMS, beep,and push service
  7. 2-step verification
    -Data encryption functions may be unavailable in accordance with the legislative restrictions of some countries.
File Server
  1. File sharing across Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX
  2. Windows ACL
  3. Advanced folder permissions for CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP
  4. Shared folder aggregation (CIFS/SMB)
Storage Management
  1. QNAP flexible Volume/LUN with thin provisioning and space reclaim
  2. RAID 0/1/5/6/10, + hot spare
  3. Supports storage pools
  4. Online volume expansion&storage pool expansion
  5. Online RAID capacity expansion and online RAID level migration
  6. SMART data migration
  7. Storage expansion via max 2 QNAP UX-500P/UX-800P expansion units
  8. JBOD enclosure roaming
  9. SSD read-only/read-write cache
  10. Bad block scan, recovery, and hard drive S.M.A.R.T.
  11. RAID recovery
  12. Bitmap support
 
 
Powerful All-in-one server
FTP Server
  1. FTP over SSL/TLS (Explicit)
  2. FXP support
  3. Passive ftp port range control
AirPlay& Chromecast
  1. Streams videos, photos and music from NAS to Apple TV or Chromecastvia File Station, Music Station, Photo Station, Video Station or mobile app (Qfile, Qmusic, Qphoto or Qvideo).

Note: Media Streaming add-on app from the App Center is required

File Station
  1. Supports mounting a Cloud Drive (such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Amazon Cloud Drive, Yandex Disk and Box).
  2. Supports mounting remote shared folders through FTP, WebDAV or Microsoft networking (SMB/CIFS)
  3. Supports opening documents via Office Online, Google Docs or Chrome Extension (Edit Office files in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides)
  4. Supports ISO Mounting (Up to 256 ISO Files)
  5. Supports thumbnail display of multimedia files
  6. Supports sharing download links and upload links
  7. Supports sharing to other NAS users
  8. Drag-n-drop Files via Chrome and Firefox Browsers
  9. Photo, music, and video preview and playback
  10. File Compression (ZIP or 7z)
  11. Supports displaying subtitles (*.SRT, UTF-8 format)
  12. Supports slideshow playback in media viewer
  13. Mobile App: Qfile for file browsing and management
Download Station
  1. PC-less BT, FTP/FTPS, and HTTP/HTTPS, Thunder, FlashGet and qqdl download (up to 500 Tasks)
  2. BT download with Magnet Link and PT support
  3. Scheduled download and bandwidth control
  4. RSS subscription and download (broadcatching)
  5. BT search
  6. Proxy support for BT download
  7. Mobile app: Qget for downloads browsing and management
Backup Station
  1. Remote replication server (over rsync)
  2. Real-time remote replication (RTRR) to another QNAP NAS or FTP server
  3. Works as both RTRR server & client with bandwidth control
  4. Real-time & scheduled backup
  5. Backup versioning for RTRR
  6. Snapshot support for RTRR/Rsync
  7. Encryption, compression, file filter, and transfer rate limitation
  8. Encrypted replication between QNAP NAS servers
  9. Desktop backup with QNAP NetBak Replicator for Windows
  10. Apple Time Machine backup support
  11. Data backup to multiple external storage devices
  12. Synchronizes with cloud storage: Amazon S3, ElephantDrive, Symform, Dropbox, and Google Drive
  13. Third party backup software support: Acronis True Image, Arcserve backup, emc retrospect, Symantec Backup Exec, etc.
Storage Plug & Connect
  1. Creating and mapping shared folders by QNAP Windows Qfinder
  2. Creation of and connection to iSCSI target/LUN
Container Station
  1. Supports LXC and Docker
  2. Supports CPU/Memory management
  3. Download applications from the built-in Docker Hub Registry
  4. Supports one-click installation, container export/import & console mode
  5. Supports mounting NAS shared folders and data-only containers
  6.  Supports auto port forwarding
  7. Supports auto-start containers
  8. Supports downloading Docker certificates
iSCSI (IP SAN)
  1. iSCSI target with multi-LUNs per target (Up to 256 targets/LUNs combined)
  2. Supports LUN mapping & masking
  3. Online LUN capacity expansion
  4. Support for SPC-3 persistent reservation
  5. Supports MPIO & MC/S
  6. iSCSI LUN backup, one-time snapshot, and restoration
  7. iSCSI connection and management by QNAP Windows Qfinder
  8. Virtual disk drive (via iSCSI initiator)
  9. Max No. of virtual disk drives: 8
Print Server
  1. Max number of printers: 3
  2. Supports Internet Printing Protocol
  3. Print job display and management
  4. IP-based and domain name-based privilege control
Surveillance Station
  1. Supports over 3,000 IP cameras
  2. Includes 2 free camera licenses, up to 30 camera channels via additional license purchase
  3. Instant playback to check recent events
  4. Online editing to edit cameras during live view
  5. Visual aid by e-map
  6. Playback and speed control using the shuttle bar
  7. Video preview on playback timeline
  8. Intelligent video analytics (IVA) for advanced video searching
  9. Surveillance client for Mac
  10. Mobile surveillance app: Vmobile (iOS and Android)
  11. Mobile recording app: Vcam (iOS and Android)
Photo Station
  1. Show photos by thumbnails, list, timeline, or folder view
  2. Supports virtual/smart albums
  3. Validity control for sharing albums
  4. Tag photos with text, colors, and ratings
  5. Slideshows with background music and different transition effects
  6. Geotag photos and display them on Google maps
  7. Advanced search by tags, metadata, etc
  8. Supports uploading photos/videos to Picasa, Flickr, Weibo, YouTube
  9. Share slideshows links to social websites or by email
  10. Supports Facebook friends login
  11. Backup/Restore album configuration
VPN Server
  1. Secure remote access: PPTP?L2TP/IPsec&OpenVPN VPN services
  2. Max number of clients: 30
Music Station
  1. Play or share music via web browser
  2. Automatic classi?cation via Media Library
  3. Supported audio formats: AIFF, APE, FLAC, M4A, M4A Apple Lossless (ALAC), MP3, OggVorbis, WAV (PCM, LPCM),WMA, WMA PRO, WMA VBR*
  4. Supports streaming music to multiple devices
  5. Supports changing album covers via Google search or uploading photos
  6. Internet radio (MP3)
  7. Up to 8 music alarms
  8. Mobile app: Qmusic for music streaming and management
    * DRM-protected content is not supported.
VPN Client
  1. Supported VPN protocols: PPTP &OpenVPN services
  2. PPTP Authentication: PAP, CHAP, MS-CHAP, MS-CHAPv2
  3. PPTP Encryption: None, AES 40/128 bit, AES 256 bit
  4. OpenVPN Encryption: None, AES 40/128 bit, AES 256 bit
  5. Transmission package monitor
  6. OpenVPN port control
  7. OpenVPN link compression
iTunes Server
  1. Audio and video sharing for Windows & Mac iTunes
DLNA Server
  1. Supports DLNA/UPnP TVs and players such as PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
  2. Supported audio formats: AIFF, APE, DSD (DSF, DFF), FLAC, M4A, M4A Apple Lossless (ALAC), MP3, OggVorbis, WAV (PCM, LPCM), WMA, WMA PRO, WMA VBR*
  3. Support CUE indexing file for APE, FLAC audio format.
*DRM-protected content is not supported.
Video Station
  1. Supports virtual/smart collections
  2. Tag videos with text, color, and ratings
  3. Share video links to social websites or through email
  4. Sort videos automatically into defined classifications
  5. Display movie posters from IMDB or user upload
  6. Supports displaying subtitles (*.SRT,*.ASS, *.SSA)
  7. Supports Facebook friends login
  8. Supports custom video classification
  9. Supports multi-zone video display
  10. Mobile app: Qvideo for online video browsing and management
App Center
  1. Official and community software add-ons such as Signage Station and Notes Station

Designs and specifications are subject to change without notice.

 

CPU Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-314 Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A15 processor
Floating Point Unit ?
Hardware Encryption Engine ?
DRAM System memory:
TS-531P-2G: 2GB DDR3-1600 RAM (1 x 2GB)
TS-531P-8G: 8GB DDR3-1600 RAM (1 x 8GB)
Total memory slots:2 SODIMM
Memory expandable up to: 16 GB (2 x 8GB)
(*For dual-DIMM configurations, you must use a pair of identical DDR3 RAM modules.)
Flash Memory 512MB
Hard Disk Drive 5 x hot-swappable 3.5" or 2.5"SATA 6Gb/s, SATA 3Gb/s hard drive or SSD
LAN Port 4 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet port
(Expandable up to 2 x 10GbE + 4 x GbE)
Network Expansion Slot 1 (PCIe Gen2 x 4)
LED Indicators Status, USB, HDD 1-5
USB 3 x USB 3.0 port (Front: 1, Rear: 2)
Support USB printer, pen drive and USB UPS etc.
Buttons Power/Status, USB One-Touch-Backup, rest
Alarm Buzzer System warning
Form Factor Tower
Dimensions 185 (H) x 210.6 (W) x 235.4 (D) mm
7.28 (H) x 8.29 (W) x 9.27 (D) inch
Weight Net:4.4 kg (9.7 lbs)
Gross:5.8 kg (12.79 lbs)
Power Consumption (W) HDD standby:17.01W
In operation:29.31W
(with 5 x 1TB HDDs intalled)
Temperature 0-40°C
Humidity 5~95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27°C
Power Supply ATX 250W, 110-240V AC, 50-60Hz, 5A
Secure Design Kensington security slot for theft prevention
Fan 1 x quiet cooling fan (12cm, 12V DC)

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