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QNAP TS-253Be 16TB 2-Bay NAS Enclosure

User Manual for QNAP TS-253Be 16TB 2-Bay NAS Enclosure Kit with Seagate NAS Drives

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Product description

• QNAP TS-253Be 2-Bay NAS Enclosure Built for media creators and creative professionals working in office and home environments, the TS-253Be 2-Bay NAS Enclosure from QNAP features an empty PCIe 2.0 x2 slot that can further boost productivity via a separately sold QNAP QM2 expansion card to add M.2 SSD caching/10GbE connectivity and support for Qtier auto-tiering technology, or install a compatible wireless card to use the TS-253Be as a wireless access point. Also supported is dual-channel 4K H.264/H.265 processing to provide a smooth media viewing experience on connected devices, as well as a wide range of separately sold productivity tools.
  
  The TS-253Be is powered by a 1.5 GHz Intel Celeron J3455 Quad-Core processor, which can be overclocked to 2.3 GHz, and 2GB of DDR3L RAM, which can be upgraded to 8GB. Network connectivity is achieved using the dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, which support failover, multi-IP settings, port trunking, and NIC teaming. Using both Gigabit Ethernet ports, read and write speeds max out at 225 MB/s, with and without encryption, while sequential throughputs with dual 10GbE ports deliver read speeds up to 659 MB/s and write speeds up to 648 MB/s.
  
  The TS-253Be has two drive bays that can natively house both 3.5" and 2.5" SATA III hard drives or SSDs. Using the five 5 Gb/s USB 3.0 Type-A ports, this QNAP NAS can be connected to other QNAP devices, including UX-800P and UX-500P expansion enclosures. Additionally, the TS-253Be is validated with AES-NI and FIPS 140-2 AES 256-bit encryption, helping to prevent sensitive business data from unauthorized access and breaches.
  
  QNAP has engineered the TS-253Be to support JBOD and single disk modes, plus a variety of RAID modes, including RAID 0, which supports enhance performance, and RAID 1, which supports 1:1 data redundancy. It operates using an included 65W power supply and also includes two Ethernet cables, a power cord, and a 2.5"/3.5" drive screw kit. Protection is provided by a limited 2-year warranty.

  General Features

  Extend NAS Functionalities with the PCIe Slot
  • With PCIe expansion, the TS-253Be provides flexibility in extending NAS functionality and potential applications. Install a QNAP QM2 card to provide M.2 SSD caching/10GbE connectivity, or use the TS-253Be as a wireless access point by installing a compatible wireless network card (ex. QNAP QWA-AC2600), or boost the USB connectivity of the TS-253Be by installing a 10 Gb/s USB 3.1 card (USB 3.1 Gen 2).
  1.5 GHz Intel Celeron J3455 Quad-Core CPU with AES-NI Encryption
  • Powered by a 1.5 GHz Intel Celeron J3455 Quad-Core processor (burst up to 2.3 GHz), 2GB of DDR3L RAM (up to 8GB), dual Gigabit LAN ports, and supporting SATA III 6 Gb/s hard drives and solid-state drives, the TS-253Be provides dependable performance, wtih read and write speeds of up to 225 MB/s. The TS-253Be features Intel AES-NI hardware-accelerated encryption to drive transfer speeds of up to 225 MB/s with AES 256-bit encryption for both full NAS volumes and shared folders, boosting system performance while ensuring the security of sensitive data stored in the TS-253Be. When used with dual 10GbE ports via an optional expansion card, read speeds are boosted up to 659 MB/s and write speeds increase up to 648 MB/s.
  Protect Data with Snapshots
  • Snapshots help protect your data by fully recording the NAS system state and metadata. If a file is accidentally deleted or modified, you can use snapshots to quickly restore the file to its previously-recorded state. QNAP snapshots are block-based and only record the changed data. Not only does this save storage space but also reduces the time required to back up and restore data. The TS-253Be supports up to 1024 snapshots per NAS and up to 256 snapshots per volume or LUN.
  Upgrade Your IT Environment with QNAP's 10GbE Switch
  • QNAP 10GbE/NBASE-T unmanaged switches allow you to instantly upgrade your network environment at a cost-effective price. With a 10GbE network, you can enjoy faster transfer speeds, empower bandwidth-demanding tasks like virtualization, and enable simultaneous real-time access to large NAS-based files using multiple workstations (good for video editing and multimedia). QNAP also provide a 10GbE PCIe network expansion card for the TS-253Be and Windows/Linux systems to take advantage of high-speed LAN environments.
  Real-Time Video Transcoding
  • Featuring 9th-generation Intel HD Graphics, the TS-253Be supports dual-channel 4K H.264/H.265 hardware decoding and real-time transcoding, allowing you to convert videos to universal file formats that can be smoothly played on multiple devices. Therefore, you can easily share movies and videos stored on your NAS with family and friends for their enjoyment on a range of devices. The QNAP RM-IR004 remote control (sold separately) can be configured using QButton to customize the actions of individual buttons, providing a more convenient NAS experience.
    
    Note: The TS-253Be's hardware provides H.264/H.265 hardware decoding, encoding, and transcoding capabilities. However, playback quality may vary due to factors, including playback software, file formats, system usage, and available bandwidth.
  Multiple Ways to Enjoy Videos
  • NAP provides a wide range of multimedia applications for you to easily enjoy photos, music, and videos. QVHelper allows users to stream media files or music playlists from a QNAP NAS to VLC player. Qmedia allows music, photos, and videos to be streamed to Android TVs or set top boxes. Lastly, Video HD is a free KODI add-on that combines KODI's streaming and video decoding capabilities and fully supports Video Station's features.
  Multiply Your Productivity
  • The app-driven QTS operating system provides solutions for simplifying file backup, management, search, and more. With File Station, you can view and manage your files not only from the NAS, but also from multiple storage devices. The OCR Converter allows you to extract text from images, Qfiling helps automate file organization, and Qsirch helps quickly find files.
    
    Centralized File Management
    Use File Station to directly access files on USB devices, including optical disc drives. Files form different devices can be easily viewed and managed on a single interface.
    
    File Digitization
    OCR Converter extracts texts from images, helping to boost productivity and make it easier to find files.
    
    Smart Filing
    Qfiling automates file organization. Files are automatically archives into folders based on your settings.
    
    Full-Text Search
    Qsirch quickly finds images, music, videos, documents, emails, and other files.
  Multi-Point Backup and Access
  • With integrated data backup, restoration, and synchronization, Hybrid Backup Sync helps you back up or synchronize data on the TS-253Be to other QNAP NAS, USB storage (one touch copy), or cloud storage. With Qsync, you can also access your NAS files from desktops, laptops, or mobile devices connected with the TS-253Be.
  NAS - A Multi-OS Platform
  • Virtualization Station and Container Station provide comprehensive solutions for creating virtualized environments to improve business IT infrastructure, workflows, and productivity.
    
    Virtualization Station
    Virtualization Station allows you to run multiple Windows, Linux, UNIX, and Android virtual machines on the TS-253Be. You can use Virtual Network Computing (VNC) through a browser to manage the VMs. Virtualization Station is designed for organizations to run multiple applications on a single NAS.
    
    Container Station
    Container Station integrates LXC and Docker lightweight virtualization technologies. You can download apps from the built-in Docker Hub to import/export container apps and manage access control, enjoying the benefit of easy installation, transferability, and high-efficiency.
  Supports 360° Panorama Photos and Videos
  • QNAP NAS now supports the 360° panorama recording format. By clicking the 360° panorama display button, these photos and videos will be displayed as 360° panorama media files. The QNAP mobile apps Qfile, Qphoto, and Qvideo also support 360-° format viewing.
  QVR Pro Surveillance Solution
  • QNAP's QVR Pro surveillance solution allows you to arrange a dedicated, independent storage space for surveillance data on TS-253Be and leverage the advantages of scalability and storage manageability from QTS. With QVR Pro, camera management, storage space allocation, camera live view, and playback become more user-friendly. You can also use QVR Pro Client's mobile app to monitor camera footage, or use a USB webcam as an ONVIF network camera with the QUSBCam2 app.
  Comprehensive Surveillance Solution for 24/7 Monitoring
  • Surveillance Station provides an intelligent video management system to assist in managing real-time monitoring, video & audio recording, and playback with a wide range of customizable settings to safeguard your physical environment. You can use the Vmobile mobile app to manage the monitored channels at anytime and anywhere, or install the Vcam mobile app to turn your device into a network camera to instantly record to your NAS.
  Flexible and Economical Storage Expansion
  • You need an easy solution to increase storage capacity when running out of space. QNAP provides several ways to expand your NAS storage as needed to accommodate data and business growth.
    
    Upgrade RAID Capacity
    Hot swap lower-capacity drives with larger-capacity drives so that your QNAP NAS can grow with your business.
    
    Attach Expansion Enclosures
    Connect a UX-800P or UX-500P expansion enclosure and use the QTS Storage & Snapshots Manager to easily handle NAS capacity expansion.
    
    VJBOD
    Use VJBOD (Virtual JBOD) to expand your storage capacity by using the unused storage of other QNAP NAS. Up to eight QNAP NAS can be mounted as local disks on the TS-253Be.
    
    Migrate to a New NAS
    Install your NAS hard drives into a larger QNAP NAS and retain all your existing data and configurations.
  UPC: 885022014392
• 2 x Seagate 8TB IronWolf 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD Designed for use in 1-8 bay NAS environments within home, SOHO, and SMB environments, the 8TB IronWolf 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD from Seagate is built to withstand 24x7 operations, or 8760 hours per year. This 8TB drive has been equipped with a SATA III 6 Gb/s interface, a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, a 3.5" form factor, and a 256MB cache, providing users with an ample storage capacity and data transfer speeds of up to 210 MB/s. This IronWolf hard drive also has an MTBF rating of 1 million hours, 600,000 load/unload cycles, 1 in 10¹⁵ non-recoverable read errors per bits read, and a workload rate of up to 180TB per year. Protection is provided by a limited 3-year warranty.

  General Features

  Optimized for NAS with AgileArray
  • AgileArray is built for dual-plane balancing and RAID optimization in multi-bay environments with advanced power management
  Reduced Lag Times
  • Improved performance means reduced lag times or downtime for users during high traffic time for the NAS
  IronWolf Health Management
  • IronWolf Health Management focuses on prevention, intervention, and recovery
  Rotational Vibration (RV) Mitigation
  • IronWolf comes standard with RV sensors to maintain high performance in multi-bay NAS enclosures
  Multi-User Environments
  • IronWolf provides a workload rate of 180TB per year
  Cache Memory
  • IronWolf provides 256MB of cache memory, allowing your NAS to serve data faster
  1.0 Million Hours MTBF | Limited 3-Year Warranty
  • This represents an improved total cost of ownership (TCO) over desktop drives with reduced maintenance costs
  Designed for 24x7 Performance
  • Access your data on your NAS at virtually any time, whether remotely or on site

  Best-Fit Applications

  • 1-8 bay business network attached storage (NAS)
  • Desktop RAIDs and servers
  • Multimedia server storage
  • Private cloud
  UPC: 763649117552

• TS-253Be 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
• 2 x Ethernet Cables
• 6 x 2.5"/3.5" Drive Screw Kit
• AC Adapter
• Power Cord
• Limited 2-Year Warranty

• 2 x Seagate - 8TB IronWolf 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD

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Technical parameters

• QNAP TS-253Be 2-Bay NAS Enclosure

  Number of Bays	2 x 2.5"/3.5"
  Media Card Slots	None
  Connections	5 x USB Type-A (USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s)) 2 x HDMI Type-A (HDMI 1.4b) 2 x RJ45 (Gigabit Ethernet) 2 x 3.5 mm (Audio In) 1 x 3.5 mm (Audio Out)
  Compatible Drive Interface	SATA III
  Form Factor	Desktop
  RAID Modes	RAID 0, 1, JBOD, Single
  Hot-Swap Support	Yes
  Expansion Slots	1 x PCIe 2.0 x2
  Link Aggregation and Failover Support	Yes
  Wake on LAN	Yes

  Total Raw Capacity	None
  Type	None
  Flash Memory	None

  Processor	Intel Celeron J3455 Quad-Core
  Clock Speed	Base: 1.5GHz / Maximum Boost: 2.3 GHz
  GPU	Intel HD Graphics 500
  Total Installed Memory	2 GB DDR3L
  User-Replaceable Memory	1 x 2 GB
  Maximum Memory Capacity	8 GB

  Supported Protocols	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP L2TP/IPSec OpenVPN PPTP
  iSCSI Target	256
  Max Cameras Supported	40
  Max Concurrent Connections	90
  Max Sync Tasks	500

  Installed Operating System	QTS 4.3.4
  OS Compatibility	macOS 10.7 or Later Linux UNIX Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 10 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016
  File System Formats Supported	Internal: EXT4 External: EXT3, EXT4, FAT32, HFS+, NTFS, exFAT
  Supported Browsers	Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari
  Supported Languages	Brazilian Portuguese Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Romanian Russian Simplified English Spanish Swedish Thai Traditional Chinese Turkish

  Power Consumption	20.42 W (Typical) 13.07 W (Standby)
  Power Source	AC Adapter
  PSU Wattage	1 x 65 W
  AC Input Power	100 to 240 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz

  Encryption	256-Bit AES, AES-NI
  Security Features	Kensington Security Slot

  Operating Temperature	32 to 104°F / 0 to 40°C
  Operating Humidity	5 to 95%

  Cooling	1 x 70 mm Fan
  Built-In Speakers	Yes, 1
  IR Sensor	Yes
  Status Monitoring	LED Indicator
  Dimensions	4.1 x 6.6 x 8.9" / 104.1 x 167.6 x 226.1 mm
  Weight	3.7 lb / 1.7 kg

  Box Dimensions (LxWxH)	12.3 x 10.9 x 8.1"

• 2 x Seagate 8TB IronWolf 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD

  Drive Capacity	8.0 TB
  Cache Memory	256 MB

  Interface	SATA III (6 Gb/s)
  Maximum Read Speed	210 MB/s

  Drive Type	HDD
  Form Factor	3.5"
  Noise Level	2.7 dB (Idle) 2.8 dB (Active)

  Spindle Speed (RPM)	7200 RPM

  Encryption	None
  Endurance (Total Bytes Written)	180 TB
  Load/Unload Cycles	600,000
  Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)	1.0 Million Hours
  Non-Recoverable Read Errors per Bits Read	1 in 1015

  Power Draw	9.0 W (Active) 7.2 W (Idle) 0.6 W (Standby)
  Supported Voltage	5 VDC, 12 VDC
  Current	2.0 A at 12 VDC

  Operating Shock	70 G / 2.0 ms
  Storage Shock	250 G / 2.0 ms
  Operating Temperature	41 to 158°F / 5 to 70°C
  Storage Temperature	-40 to 158°F / -40 to 70°C

  Dimensions (W x H x D)	4.0 x 1.0 x 5.8" / 101.8 x 26.2 x 147.1 mm
  Weight	1.7 lb / 780.2 g

  Box Dimensions (LxWxH)	7.8 x 6.0 x 2.3"

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