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QNAP ES2486dc
Midrange · all-flash / hybrid (ssd + hdd) · dual controller - 2U 24-bay SAS dual-active-controller ZFS NAS/SAN (QES) for mission-critical file and virtualization workloads.
| Platform | |
|---|---|
| OEM | QNAP Systems |
| Family | ES Series |
| Class | Midrange |
| Architecture | Dual controller (HA pair) |
| Status | Current |
| Released | n/a |
| Operating system | QES 2 |
| Controllers | 2 |
| Nodes | n/a |
| Cache / memory | 2,048 GB |
| Availability | n/a |
| Capacity and media | |
| Media | All-flash, Hybrid (SSD + HDD) |
| Drive types | SAS SSD, SAS HDD (10K/15K), SATA SSD, SATA HDD |
| Drive note | 24 x 2.5-inch SAS 12Gb/s bays (SAS/SATA HDD or SSD; SATA needs QDA-SA3 adapter); Xeon D-2142IT 8-core per controller |
| Flash drive sizes | n/a |
| HDD sizes | n/a |
| Maximum drives | 136 |
| Controller enclosure | 2U, 24 drive bays |
| Expansion | TL-R1620Sdc 16-bay dual-controller SAS JBOD, up to 7 (over 1 PB) - 16 bays, up to 7 |
| Raw capacity | n/a |
| Cluster maximum | n/a |
| Effective maximum | n/a |
| Data reduction | n/a |
| Protection | n/a |
| Protection note | Active-active dual controllers with failover; ZFS end-to-end checksums; Copy-to-Flash (C2F) write-cache protection; SnapSync block-level replication; up to 65,536 snapshots per iSCSI LUN / shared folder |
| Performance and connectivity | |
| Maximum IOPS | 565,124 |
| Maximum throughput | 12.5 GB/s |
| Latency | n/a |
| Conditions | QNAP lab: 1M sequential read/write 12,473/4,923 MB/s; 4K random read/write 565,124 (2 LUNs)/144,195 IOPS; QES 2.2.0, 24 x Seagate 1.92 TB SAS SSD, 48 GB RAM per controller. Capacity 'over 1 PB' with seven TL-R1620Sdc (no exact figure). Memory 1,024 GB max per controller (2,048 GB per system). drives_max = 24 + 7 x 16. Power 579.59 W typical. |
| Protocols | SMB / CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, iSER |
| Fibre Channel | - |
| Ethernet | 25 GbE |
| Host ports | n/a |
| Limits | |
| Volumes / LUNs | n/a |
| File systems | n/a |
| Snapshots | n/a |
| Management and support | |
| Management | QES web UI |
| Power | 580 W |
| Positioned for | File shares, Virtualization, VDI, Media & entertainment, Video surveillance, Backup target, Mission-critical |
| Warranty | 5 years |
| Design terms | Storage pool · LUN · Host group · Asynchronous replication |
| Data services | |
✓ Deduplication
✓ Compression
? Thin provisioning
✓ Snapshots
? Clones
✓ Asynchronous replication
? Synchronous replication
? Active-active / metro
? Encryption at rest
? Immutable snapshots
? Ransomware detection
? Quality of service
? Automated tiering
? Cloud tiering
? VMware vVols
? Kubernetes CSI
✓ Native file services
? Native object (S3)
? Non-disruptive upgrades
? Scale-out
✓ stated by the OEM · ✕ not offered · ? not stated | |
| Source | |
| Product page | https://www.qnap.com/en/product/es2486dc/specs/hardware |