SB-356A

£2,245.00

Powerful, reliable and scalable NAS for SMBs

SKU: SB-356A

Description

The SB-356A, featuring the easy-to-use QTS operating system, is a powerful, reliable, secure and scalable NAS solution designed for mission-critical business applications and to meet fast growing data storage needs. The TS-653 Pro supports SATA 6Gb/s drives and delivers high performance with persistent throughput, providing a comprehensive storage solution for SMBs to build a reliable private cloud.

  • Use the SB-356A as a PC with exclusive QvPC Technology
  • Manage, share, and back up business data with Real-time Remote Replication (RTRR)
  • NAS and iSCSI-SAN unified storage solution for server virtualization
  • Supports VMware®, Citrix®, and Microsoft® Hyper-V and advanced virtualization features
  • Enhanced data security with high-performance AES 256-bit encryption and anti-virus
  • Run multiple Windows/Linux-based virtual machines with the Virtualization Station
  • Transcode Full HD videos on-the-fly or offline with QNAP’s unique transcoding technology*
  • Expand the total raw storage capacity up to 84TB with the economical UX-800P QNAP expansion enclosure

Hardware

CPU Intel® Celeron® 2.0GHz quad-core processor (burst up to 2.42GHz)

DRAM TS-653 Pro-8G: 8GB DDR3L RAM (4GB x 2)
TS-653 Pro: 2GB DDR3L RAM
Total memory slots: 2 (expandable up to 8GB)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 Module Installation Guide.

Flash Memory 512MB DOM

Hard Disk Drive 6 x 3.5”or 2.5”SATA 6Gb/s, SATA 3Gb/s hard drive or SSD

NOTE:
1. The system is shipped without HDD.
2. For the HDD compatibility list, please visit Compatibility list


Hard Disk Tray 6 x Hot-swappable tray

LAN Port 4 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet port

LED Indicators Status, LAN, USB, HDD 1-6

USB 3 x USB 3.0 port (Front: 1, Rear: 2)
2 x USB 2.0 port (Rear: 2)
Support USB printer, pen drive, and USB UPS etc.

HDMI 1

Buttons Power/Status, USB One-Touch-Backup, reset

Alarm Buzzer System warning

IR Receiver MCE-compatible

Form Factor Tower

Dimensions 175(H) x 257(W) x 235(D) mm
6.89(H) x 10.12(W) x 9.25(D) inch

Weight Net: 5.2 kg (11.46lbs)
Gross: 6.5 kg (14.33lbs)

Power Consumption (W) HDD standby: 22.95W
S3 sleep: 1.09W
In operation: 41.65W
(with 6 x 1TB HDD installed)

Sound Level* Sound pressure (LpAm) :21.3 dB(A)

Temperature 0-40˚C

Humidity 5~95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C

Sound Level* Sound pressure (LpAm) :21.3 dB(A)

Power Supply ATX 250W, 100-240V

Secure Design Kensington security slot for theft prevention

Fan 2 x quiet cooling fan ( 9cm, 12V DC)

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


Software

Operating System QTS 4.1 (embedded Linux)

Supported Clients* 1. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003 onward, Apple Mac OS X onward, Linux & UNIX

Supported Browsers 1. Google Chrome
2. Microsoft Internet Explorer 10+
3. Mozilla Firefox
4. Apple Safari

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

File System 1. Internal hard drive: EXT4
2. External hard drive: EXT4, EXT3, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+

Networking 1. TCP/IP: IPv4 & IPv6**
2. Gigabit NICs with jumbo frame (failover, multi-IP settings, port trunking/NIC teaming )
3. Service Binding based on Network Interfaces
4. Proxy client, proxy server
5. DHCP client, DHCP server
6. NTP 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

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 data encryption*
4. AES 256-bit external drive encryption*
5. Importable SSL certificate
6. Instant alert via E-mail, SMS, and beep
7. Antivirus protection

Storage Management 1. Online Volume Expansion
2. RAID types: Single Disk, JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 5/6/10 + hot spares
3. Global hot spare
4. Online RAID Capacity Expansion***
5. Online RAID Level Migration
6. Storage expansion via QNAP UX-500P / UX-800P expansion unit (Max: 1 unit)
7. Bad block scan and hard drive S.M.A.R.T.
8. Bad block recovery
9. RAID recovery
10. Bitmap support

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
6. System sleep mode (S3)

Access Right Management 1. Access Right Management
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 Multimedia Station
6. Subfolder permissions support for CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP, and File Station

myQNAPcloud Service 1. Private cloud storage and sharing with myQNAPcloud id (QID)
2. Free host name registration (DDNS)
3. Auto router (via UPnP) configuration
4. Web-based file manager with HTTPS 2048-bit encryption
5. Cloudlink for remote access without complicated router setup
6. myQNAPcloud connect for easy VPN connection (Windows VPN utility)

Qsync 1. Syncs files among multiple devices with SSL support
2. Selective synchronization for syncing specific folders only
3. Share team folder as a file center for team collaboration
4. Shares files by links via e-mail
5. Policy settings for conflicted files and file type filter support
6. Version control: up to 64 versions.
7. Incremental synchronization for HDD space saving
8. Supports Windows & Mac OS

Web Administration 1. Personalized desktop
2. Smart toolbar and dashboard for system status
3. Smart fan control
4. Dynamic DNS (DDNS)
5. SNMP (v2 & v3)
6. Resource monitor
7. Network recycle bin for file deletion via CIFS/SMB, AFP and File Station
a. Automatic cleanup
b. File type filter
8. Comprehensive logs (events & connection)
9. Syslog client/server
10. Mobile app: Qmanager for remote system monitoring & management

Powerful All-in-one server


File Server 1. File Sharing across Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX
2. Windows ACL
3. Advanced folder permission for CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP
4. Shared Folder Aggregation (CIFS/SMB)

FTP Server 1. FTP over SSL/TLS (Explicit)
2. FXP supported
3. Passive ftp port range control

File Station 1. Supports ISO Mounting (Up to 256 ISO Files)
2. Support thumbnail display of multimedia files
3. Support share download link and upload link
4. Drag-n-drop Files via Chrome and Firefox Browsers
5. Photo, music, and video preview and playback with hardware accelerated transcoding
6. File Compression and decompression (ZIP and 7z)

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. Encryption, compression, file filter, and transfer rate limitation
6. Encrypted replication between QNAP NAS servers
7. Desktop backup with QNAP NetBak Replicator for Windows
8. Apple Time Machine backup support
9. Data backup to multiple external storage devices
10. Third party backup software support: Veeam backup & replication, Acronis True Image, Arcserve backup, EMC retrospect, Symantec Backup Exec, etc.

Cloud Storage Backup 1, Amazon S3
2, Amazon Glacier
3. WebDAV-based cloud storage
4. Microsoft Azure
5. Open Stack
6. Google Cloud Storage
7. Dropbox
8. ElephantDrive

Print Server 1. Max number of printers: 3
2. Print job display and management
3. IP-based and domain name-based privilege control
4. IP- and Domain Name-based Privilege Control

Virtualization Station 1. Support Virtual Machine (VM) creation to run an operating system such as Windows, Linux, Unix and Android
2. Support importing VM from the other virtual platform, e.g. VirtualBox, VMware Workstation
3. Support exporting VM with *.ovf, *.qvm formats
4. VM clone
5. VM snapshot
6. HTML5-based shared remote console
7. User-based permission setting
8. Support USB device pass-through
9. Support VM console display via HDMI

Signage Station 1. Support dynamic content includes video, image, music, and text message
2. Multi-user collaboration
3. Support email and social network sharing
4. Support design software – iArtist Lite for Windows®
5. Support various browser playback ( Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari)
6. Support most viewed, latest released and different categories content list

iSCSI (IP SAN) 1. iSCSI Target
2. Multi-LUNs per Target
3. Up to 256 Targets/LUNs Combined
4. Supports LUN Mapping & Masking
5. File-based LUN
6. Online LUN Capacity Expansion
7. Supports SPC-3 Persistent Reservation, MPIO, MC/S
8. iSCSI LUN Backup, One-time Snapshot, and Restore
9. iSCSI Connection and Management by QNAP Finder (Windows)
10. Virtual Disk Drive (via iSCSI Initiator)
11. Max No. of Virtual Disk Drives: 8

Server Virtualization & Clustering 1. Server Virtualization & Clustering
2. VMware vSphere (ESXi 5.x)
3. VMware VAAI for iSCSI and VAAI for NAS
4. vSphere Plug-in
5. Citrix XenServer (6.2)
6. Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
7. Supports Microsoft ODX
8. QNAP SMI-S provider for Microsoft SCVMM

Transcode Management 1. Transcode video files to 240p, 360p, 480p, 720p and 1080p resolution
2. Automatic video transcoding for watched folders
3. Hardware accelerated transcoding support

Surveillance Station 1. Supports over 2,700 IP cameras
2. Includes 2 free camera licenses, up to 40 camera channels via additional license purchase
3. Instant playback to check the recent event
4. Online editing to edit cameras when live view
5. Visual aid by e-map
6. Playback and speed control by shuttle bar
7. Video preview on playback timeline
8. Intelligent video analytics (iva) for advanced video search
9. Surveillance client for Mac
10. Mobile surveillance app: vmobile (iOS and Android)
11. Mobile recording app: vcam (iOS and Android)

Notes Station 1. Graphical web-based editor for taking notes
2. Integrate with NAS file system: insert attachment or image from NAS file system
3. Event calendar and to-do list
4. Image editor: a easy way to highlight the focus in your image
5. Support note publishing with a single link
6. Support key word search
7. Provide Chrome Extension: Notes Station Clipper
a. Clip web page content to your note
8. Mobile app: Qnotes

VPN Server 1. Secure remote access: PPTP & OpenVPN VPN services
2. Max number of clients: 15 for PPTP & 15 for OpenVPN

Domain Authentication Integration 1. Microsoft Active Directory (AD)
2. Domain controller
3. LDAP server, LDAP client
4. Domain users login via CIFS/SMB, AFP, FTP, and File Station

App Center 1. More than 100 official and community software add-ons (ex: Dropbox, Google Cloud Storage Sync, McAfee, WordPress, HappyGet II, etc.)
2. Photo Station
3. Music Station
4. Video Station
5. iTunes Server
6. DLNA Server
7. AirPlay: Streams videos, photos and music from NAS to Apple TV via Qfile or Media Streaming add-on
8. Download Station
9. HD Station + Kodi media player + Google Chrome

Mobile Apps 1. Qfile: iOS, Android Phone, window phone
2. Qfile HD: iPad version
3. Qmanager: iOS, Android Phone
4. Qmusic: iOS, Android Phone
5. Qremote: iOS, Android Phone
6. Qget: Android Phone
7. Vmobile: iOS, iPad, Android Phone

(1). Not all services are supported.

*The data encryption functions may not available in accordance to the legislative restrictions of some countries.
Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.