Qnap TS-431X: 4-Bay Entry-Level NAS for SMBs

QNAP, Systems, Inc. announced the TS-431X NAS – a cost-effective dual-core business NAS supporting 4 drives, one built-in 10GbE SFP+ port, and hardware-accelerated encryption.

Along with its application-aware design and productive features including containerized virtualization, centralized email management, a private-cloud-based note-taking tool, and Virtual JBOD, the 10GbE-ready TS-431X is a NAS for SMBs looking for backup, restoration, private cloud, and higher bandwidth for rigorous data processing.

Powered by a dual-core AnnapurnaLabs Ltd, an Amazon company Alpine AL-212 1.7 GHz processor and 2GB/8GB DDR3 RAM (upgradable to 8GB), the TS-431X delivers up to 956MB/s read speed with 10GbE, and up to 312MB/s read speed with AES 256-bit volume-based data encryption. The integrated 10GbE SFP+ port enables fast throughput for intensive data transfer, and fast backup and restoration for an ever-growing amount of data.

“Designed to solve more complex and demanding applications in today’s IT environments, the TS-431X is well suited for organizations that have budget constraints but require high bandwidth to tackle inefficiencies,” said Dan Lin, product manager, QNAP.

The TS-431X features Container Station that integrates LXC and Docker lightweight virtualization technologies, enabling unlimited containerized applications. It offers the QIoT Containers to store IoT data, and helps organizations boost IoT-based microservices and modernize legacy applications to drive more business opportunities.

The TS-431X is an all-in-one NAS supporting essential cross-platform file sharing, backup, restoration, and security, and also exclusive productivity apps. QmailAgent allows users to centrally manage multiple email accounts from popular email services and IMAP servers; Notes Station provides an online note-taking tool enabling collaborative writing; Qsync enables cross-devices file synchronization and team folders sync; and the Qsirch full-text search engine helps quickly find files on the NAS. The TS-431X also supports VPN server and VPN client, IP surveillance system, and VJBOD (Virtual JBOD) to expand the storage capacity of other QNAP NAS.

Key specs:

• TS-431X-2G: 2GB DDR3 RAM (2GB x1)
• TS-431X-8G: 8GB DDR3 RAM (8GB x1)

4-bay tower model; AnnapurnaLabs Alpine AL-212 1.7 GHz dual-core processor, hardware-accelerated encryption engine; hot-swappable 2.5/3.5 6Gb SATA HDD or SSD; 1 x 10 Gigabit SFP+ port, 2 x Gigabit RJ45 ports; 3 x USB 3.0 port, Kensington security slot

The TS-431X NAS are available.