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QNAP TS-421U 4 Bay 1U Rackmount NAS Datasheet Online RAID Capacity Expansion Online RAID Level Migration RAID 1 Single 500GB 500GB 500GB 500GB 500GB 500GB RAID 5 1TB 1TB 1TB 1TB 1TB 1TB + RAID 6 2.5TB (RAID5) 5TB (RAID5) Superior Performance NAS with iSCSI for Business iSCSI and Virtualization Deployment Advanced RAID Management with Hot-swap Design Authority Control & Management Complete Backup Solution Benefits of Dual LAN Deployment Business Series Turbo NAS QNAP Business Series Turbo NAS servers are fully VMware and Citrix ready and The Turbo NAS offers advanced RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 5 + hot spare, 6 + hot spare , Windows Active Directory (AD): The Turbo NAS provides various backup solutions including the Windows- The Turbo NAS supports multiple bonding modes: Balance-rr (Round-Robin), Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V clusters compliant. 10 + hot spare*, single, and JBOD disk configurations. It also supports hot-swap The Windows AD feature enables you to retrieve the user accounts from the based utility NetBak Replicator for data backup from PCs to the NAS and Active Backup,Primary Network Balance Connection XOR, Broadcast, IEEE 802.3ad, Balancetlb (Adaptive Primary Network Connection Switch design that a failed drive can be replaced by hot swapping without turning off Windows AD server to the NAS to reduce the time and effort for account setup. Apple Time Machine support for backup from Mac OS. The NAS data can Transmit Load Balancing)Switch and Balance-alb (Adaptive Load Balancing). NAS + iSCSI Combo Solution: the server. Users can use the same set of login name and password to access the NAS. also be backed up to cloud storage (Amazon S3), remote encrypted remote SecondarySecondary Network Network Connection Failover: The Turbo NAS can serve as a NAS for file sharing and iSCSI storage replication, server by, or external storage devices by one touch copy button. Primary Network Connection concurrently. Online RAID Capacity Switch The LAN ports can be configured as failover Online RAID Capacity Expansion OnlineShare Folder RAID Aggregation: Level Migration which allows the Turbo NAS server to Expansion: Secondary Network Connection iSCSI storage VM-Server #1 VM-Server #2 VM-Server #3 You can connect to the share folders of other servers on Microsoft Networking TS-259 Pro+/TS-239 Pro II+* TS-459 Pro+/TS-439 Pro II+* TS-559 Pro+ TS-659 Pro+ TS-859 Pro+ TS-809 Pro MPIO MC/S LUN1 for (Cluster) The storage capacity of a sustain the failure of one network port to Flexible Management: server #1 RAID 1 Switch through the “portal folder” on the Turbo NAS. This saves your time and effort to LUN2 for 3rd Party provide continuous services. CPU Dual-core Intel® Atom™ Processor (1.8GHz )/Single-core Intel® Atom™ Processor (1.8GHz ) * Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor (2.8GHz) The NAS supports server #2 RAID configuration can be login different servers one by one. Backup NetBak External Storage multiple LUNs (Logical expanded by replacing the Single Software Replicator 1. Data flow from clients RAM 1GB RAM 2GB DDRII RAM 2. Data traffic evenly distributed 500GB 500GB 500GB 500GB 500GB Ready Load Balancing: 500GB RAID 5 Cloud Storage (Amazon S3) 1TB 1TB 1. Data flow from clients VMware ESX VMware ESX 1TB 1TB 1TB to balance network loading Supported by many applications Enhanced performance hard drives with larger ones. 1TB Unit Numbers) and Host A Host C Router 2. Data traffic evenly distributed Failover Failover LUN3 for The dual LAN ports can also be configured Max. Number of server #3 + Switch 2 4 5 6 8 8 Load balancing Load balancing iSCSI targets. The LUNs All the data will be kept and to balance network loading Internal Hard Disks ReplicationRemote as load balancing mode for bandwidth Router Switch can be flexibly mapped Application Server Application Server seamlessly moved to the RAID 6 1. Data flow from clients • 150(H) x 102(W) x 216(D) mm • 177(H) x 180(W) x 235(D) mm • 185(H) x 210.6(W) x 235.4(D) mm • 175(H) x 257(W) x 235(D) mm • 185.2(H) x 298.2(W) x 235.4(D) mm • 298(H) x 200(W) x 270(D) mm aggregation to boost the file transfer newly installed hard drives. Public Law_Share 2. Data traffic evenly distributed Dimensions to, unmapped from, to balance network loading • 5.91(H) x 4.02(W) x 8.5(D) inch • 6.97(H) x 7.09(W) x 9.25(D) inch • 7.28(H) x 8.29(W) x 9.27(D) inch • 6.89(H) x 10.12(W) x 9.25(D) inch • 7.29(H) x 11.74(W) x 9.27(D) inch • 11.73(H) x 7.87(W) x 10.63(D) inch Public Office 2.5TB (RAID5) 5TB (RAID5) speed. (It works with managed Ethernet and switched among Switch Hardware • 1.74kg/3.84 lb (Net) • 3.65kg/8.04 lb (Net) • 5.1kg/11.24 lb (Net) • 5.2kg/11.46 lb (Net) • 7.3kg/16.08 lb (Net) • 8.1kg/17.86 lb (Net) Partner Host B Host D switch with 802.3ad configured.) Weight different iSCSI targets. Router • 2.92kg/6.44 lb (Gross) • 4.65kg/10.24 lb (Gross) • 6.5kg/14.33 lb (Gross) • 6.5kg/14.33 lb (Gross) • 8.6kg/18.94 lb (Gross) • 9.8kg/21.61 lb (Gross) Switch USB Other_A OTB Sales Multi-IP Setting: • AC Input Power Voltage: 100V–240V • AC Input Power Voltage: 100V–240V • AC Input Power Voltage: 100V–240V • AC Input Power Voltage: 100V–240V Other_B NAS file sharing B A Time Machine Rsync Server QNAP NAS LAN 1 LAN 2 Power • Power Frequency: 50Hz–60Hz • Power Frequency: 50Hz–60Hz • Power Frequency: 50Hz–60Hz • Power Frequency: 47Hz–63HzB Secure Deployment: Online RAID Level HR_Share RD_Share The Turbo NAS can be deployed with two Portal_folder • External Power Adaptor • Internal Power Supply: 250W • Internal Power Supply: 350W • Internal Power Supply: 350W Stack Target Designed with CHAP Online RAID Capacity Expansion Online RAID Level Migration Switch Switch Stack Target Migration: different IP settings for sharing among QNAP NAS RAID 1 Fan Smart Fan: 1 (7cm, 12V DC) Smart Fan: 1 (9cm, 12V DC) Smart Fan: 1 (12cm, 12V DC) Smart Fan: 2 (9cm, 12V DC) Smart Fan: 2 (12cm, 12V DC) Smart Fan: 2 (12cm, 12V DC) authentication and LUN masking, the advanced ACL (Access Control List) offers You can upgrade the disk LAN 1 LAN 2 different workgroups in two different A Router Support access of multiple IP from different LAN areas C you Bthe capability to block unauthorized access from the initiators. Sleep: 16W/15W* Sleep: 19W/19W* Sleep: 21W Sleep: 22W Sleep: 30W Sleep: 42W QNAP NAS configuration to higher Switch Switch subnets. Stack Master C Single Power Consumption Stack Target 500GB 500GB 500GB 500GB 500GB In Operation: 25W/22W* In Operation: 35W/33W* In Operation: 38W In Operation: 43W In Operation: 59W In Operation: 81W 500GB RAID 5 RAID level with the data 1TB 1TB 1TB 1TB 1TB 1TB LAN 1 LAN 2 Single Disk, JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, Single Disk, JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, Single Disk, JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, Designed for Virtualized and Clustered Environments: + retained. There is no Single Disk, JBOD, RAID 0, 1 Support accessSwitch of multiple IP from differentSwitch LAN areas Disk Management 5 + Hot Spare 5 + Hot Spare, 6 + Hot Spare, 10 + Hot Spare 5 + Hot Spare, 6 + Hot Spare, 10 + Hot Spare Comparing with the high cost Fibre Channel SAN, the Turbo NAS is an affordable RAID 6 need to turn off the Turbo Abundant Business Features Max. User Accounts: 2048 Max. User Accounts: 4096 system that can be deployed as a storage center for virtualized and clustered NAS during the process. 2.5TB (RAID5) 5TB (RAID5) Software Access Right Management Max. Groups: 256 Max. Groups: 512 server environments, such as VMware and Microsoft Windows Failover Cluster. The Turbo NAS provides diversified server applications in the business environment. Support access of multiple IP from different LAN areas Max. Share Folders: 256 Max. Share Folders: 512 IP Camera Support 2 4 SPC-3 Persistent Reservation Supported: * The RAID configurations available vary depending on to the product models and the number of hard disk The built-in iSCSI service supports enterprise level features such as SPC-3 Surveillance Station: Touch-N-Go Installation - Yes drives installed. Printer Server: persistent reservation for clustering in VMware and Windows 2008. You You can connect to the IP cameras via the • 115.1/105.7 • 115.4/107.0 The NAS offers cross-platform printer SAMBA (Read/Write) (MB/sec) (MB/sec) 116.1/104.3 (MB/sec) 116.1/103.4 (MB/sec) 116.1/106.8 (MB/sec) 115.4/101.2 (MB/sec) can set up Microsoft Failover Cluster environment and use Cluster Shared Turbo NAS and set up a video surveillance • 114.7/100.8* • 115.1/88.3* sharing over the network and remote Performance Volume for Hyper-V. This allows you to execute virtual machine live migration system with comprehensive monitoring, • 115.7/114.4 • 116.4/115.4 printing over Internet (max. 3 USB FTP (Read/Write) (MB/sec) (MB/sec) 113.5/101.3 (MB/sec) 115.0/102.4 (MB/sec) 115.2/102.4 (MB/sec) 115.6/97.7 (MB/sec) between Hyper-V hosts. recording, and playback features. • 115.1/108.7* • 115.4/93.7* Secure Measures for Data Storage and Access printers). It supports IPP (Internet Advanced MPIO and MC/S Supported: Printing Protocol), print job management With the support of MPIO (Multipath Input Output) and MC/S (Multiple Policy-based Unauthorized IP Blocking: and Bonjour printing for Mac OS X.
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