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Product description The QNAP TVS-1282T 12-Bay NAS Enclosure lets you build a centralized storage solution that shares files and streams videos to all your connected devices. The TVS-1282T holds larger-capacity 2.5"/3.5" hard drives in eight SATA III bays and supports faster SSDs in four 2.5" SATA III bays. Additionally, it can house up to two M.2 SATA III SSDs, which can be used for caching data. To manage the data and QTS operating system, it is powered by a 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7-6700 quad-core processor along with 32GB of 2133 MHz DDR4 memory. This version of the TVS-1282 series comes outfitted with Thunderbolt 2 and 10GbE adapters that provide it with two 10GbE and two Thunderbolt 2 ports.
QTS lets you configure your drives in a RAID array, such as RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, + Hot Spare, and JBOD, and provides additional storage options that might not be available on other storage units. You can activate the Tiered Storage feature, which continuously optimizes storage efficiency across M.2 SSDs, 2.5" SSDs, and SATA-based hard drives or create multiple storage pools that utilize different types of storage drives. With Application-based Partitioning, it automatically runs demanding apps on your faster SSDs and stores less-frequently accessed files on larger-capacity hard drives. In addition, the M.2 SSDs can be configured to the boost the performance of the overall file access system.
QNAP has outfitted this enclosure with three HMDI ports and five USB 3.0 ports so you can use it as a standalone system. It delivers 4K visuals utilizing integrated Intel HD Graphics or an optional graphics card installed in one of the three PCIe 3.0 slots. For powering your drives and PCIe cards, it comes built with a 250W PSU. To cool your components, three 80mm fans are on board. Moreover, data can be delivered to connected systems via four Gigabit Ethernet ports.
QNAP's TVS-1282T 12-Bay NAS Enclosure is operates using 100-240V at 50-60 Hz and includes four Ethernet cables, two 10GbE Ethernet cables, a power cord, two M.2 screws and two M.2 bolts, twenty-four flathead screws for 2.5" HDDs, two M.2 SSD heatsinks, and an IR remote control. Protection is provided by a limited two-year warranty. General Features - 6th-Generation Intel Processor
- The TVS-1282T is powered by a 3.4 GHz 6th-Generation Intel Core i7-6700 quad-core processor, increasing system performance by 20 to 30% when compared with previous generations. It enhances the efficiency of CPU-demanding applications such as virtualization, real-time 4K video playback, and serving large numbers of simultaneous connections.
- Hardware Capabilities
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- Four 2.5" SSD bays provide flexible configuration in tiered storage and enables cache acceleration
- Tool-less design for easy installation and replacement of drives
- Built-in M.2 SSD slots support SATA M.2 SSDs with 2242, 2260, 2280, and 22110 form factors
- 32GB of DDR4 2133 MHz memory installed (Max: 64GB)
- Supports PCIe Gen.3 and DMI 3.0 for performance and efficient data transmission
- Three PCIe 3.0 expansion slots support 40GbE adapters, PCIe NVMe SSDs, graphics cards (AMD Radeon R7), and USB 3.1 expansion cards
- Four Gigabit Ethernet ports allow for optimized network traffic distribution for diverse applications
- Thunderbolt 2 ports offer 20 Gb/s speeds and Thunderbolt DAS/NAS/iSCSI connectivity
- One HDMI 2.0 port and two HDMI 1.4b ports to support duplicated and extended desktop options
- HDMI 2.0 increases bandwidth up to 18 Gbps and delivers 4K 60 fps videos
- Separately detects the CPU and hard drive temperatures
- Connect speakers or headphones for direct audio output
- Supports direct audio output and provides verbal system warnings
- M.2 SATA 6 Gb/s SSD and 2.5" SSD Cache
- The TVS-1282T features two M.2 slots designed for caching to increase IOPS performance, transfer speed, and reliability. SSD cache boosts overall system performance and is suitable for improving overall workflow of random IOPS demanding applications such as virtualization. The TVS-1282T combines M.2 SSDs, 2.5" SSDs, and 3.5" HDDs in one box to effectively realize tiered storage for increasing application performance and lower TCO of storage at the same time.
- Tiered Storage
- QNAP's Qtier Technology empowers the TVS-1282T with Auto Tiering that continuously optimizes the storage pool utilizing PCIe NVMe SSD, M.2 SSDs, SSDs, and SATA-based drives. With Auto Tiering, the TVS-1282T automatically moves frequently-used "hot" data to high-performance storage tiers and less-accessed "cold" data to lower-cost, higher-capacity drives. Businesses will no longer have to invest in expensive flash technology, but still enjoy improved application performance and cost efficiency from Auto Tiering.
- Application-Based Partitioning
- Every application requires different performance such as Surveillance Station that requires higher-priority access to storage to ensure the integrity of recordings, while normal transmission speeds are sufficient for file sharing. However, when multiple applications are running on the same storage media, the required throughput level cannot be guaranteed as the storage media is busy handling I/O requests from all of them. The TVS-1282T supports three different types of storage media: M.2, SSD, and SATA hard drive, and they can be configured as independent partitions for different applications, ensuring a sufficient throughput level for every application.
- Network Traffic Distribution
- With four Gigabit Ethernet ports and two 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports, the TVS-1282T allows applications to use dedicated interfaces to meet network traffic distribution requirements. Network interfaces can be managed with the Network & Virtual Switch app, which enables optimized network resources for the TVS-1282T, virtual machines, and containerized apps.
- HDMI 2.0
- The TVS-1282T features three HDMI ports, including one HDMI 2.0 port for smoothly playing Ultra HD 4K (4096 x 2304) videos. You can connect the TVS-1282T to a TV or A/V receiver and use a Kodi media player and a QNAP remote control to enjoy rich media content and 4K 60 fps videos. Featuring Intel HD Graphics, the TVS-1282T delivers real-time 4K (H.264) and 1080p video transcoding, which converts videos to universal formats that can be smoothly played on PCs, mobile devices, and Smart TVs.
- Three HDMI Outputs
- The TVS-1282T comes with three HDMI outputs that can support three monitors in either "duplicated" or "extended" desktop configuration. Duplicating will display the same content on every display, and extended desktop mode allows users to display applications across the displays for improved multitasking convenience and productivity. When displaying content using HDMI, you can use the TVS-1282T as a multimedia player by using HD Station. Alternatively, you can choose to output the Linux operating system desktop to use the TVS-1282T as a PC.
- Thunderbolt/Ethernet Dual Network
- The Thunderbolt 2 protocol uses industry-standard networking technologies, which provide a high-speed transmission over your Thunderbolt 2 cable to run all network services such as file sharing, FTP, and other services. The TVS-1282T can also simultaneously run general Ethernet services in addition to the Thunderbolt 2 network, completely independently and with no bandwidth interference. You can flexibly allocate proper bandwidth for different concurrent tasks.
- DAS/NAS/iSCSI-SAN Triple Solution
- The TVS-1282T combines DAS, NASs and iSCSI-SAN into one box. It prevents the restriction of DAS connecting to only one device and breaks the cost barrier for creating 10GbE high-speed network environments. This TVS-1282T Thunderbolt 2 NAS provides the same features of a DAS and NAS.
DAS File-Based Mode You can directly access files on the TVS-1282T on a file-based level. Simply attach your Mac computer to the TVS-1282T with an optional Thunderbolt 2 cable, and you will find the TVS-1282T in the Finder file browser with shared folders available. Thunderbolt/Ethernet NAS Mode The TVS-1282T features Thunderbolt & Ethernet dual networking for flexible file sharing across multiple devices simultaneously, using SMB/CIFS, NFS, and AFP protocols for sharing across Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX networks. Use Qfinder Pro to find the TVS-1282T attached to your computer, and you can find the Thunderbolt IP and Ethernet IP for file sharing based on your needs. iSCSI SAN Block-Based Mode The TVS-1282T supports an iSCSI SAN configuration, and the Thunderbolt interface can enhance the configuration's performance. After creating an iSCSI target on the TVS-1282T, you can access the iSCSI with your computer through a Thunderbolt IP. - Capacity Expansion
- The TVS-1282T supports capacity expansion by connecting up to six Thunderbolt 2 storage expansion enclosures. You can gradually expand the TVS-1282T's storage on demand, and use the QTS Storage Manager to handle the NAS capacity expansion and storage expansion enclosure management.
- Virtual JBOD
- QNAP VJBOD (Virtual JBOD) is network-based JBOD, allowing you to expand storage of your QNAP NAS with multiple QNAP NAS units. You can mount iSCSI LUNs from a QNAP NAS to the TVS-1282T as local disks and create virtual storage pools and volumes for operating NAS functionalities such as creating and reverting snapshots and indexing multimedia files into the media library. With VJBOD, you can centrally utilize the storage space from multiple QNAP NAS units and manage it with the interface on the local NAS. VJBOD supports 10GbE/40GbE Ethernet connection interfaces and port trunking (link aggregation with multiple LAN ports) that increases the performance and reliability of your VJBOD storage.
- Flexibly Attach, Share, and Expand in Four Ways
- With two Thunderbolt 2 ports available on the TVS-1282T, you can flexibly arrange the connection of your computer workstations with the TVS-1282T and optional storage expansion enclosures based on your needs.
Attach one Mac workstation to the TVS-1282T via Thunderbolt 2 for online video editing with 20 Gb/s bandwidth speeds, while the other Thunderbolt 2 port is used for storage expansion by connecting up to six TX-500P/TX-800P NAS expansion enclosures. Additionally, you can take advantage of the built-in 10GbE LAN card for multi-device file sharing over a 10GbE network, providing the potential to utilize 10Gb network bandwidth at the same time.
When using two workstations together to speed up a project, you can connect each workstation separately to the Thunderbolt 2 ports on the TVS-1282T.
Large-sized video production studios often require multiple servers to increase productivity with different workflow stages such as capturing, editing, production, post-production, and dubbing. In this situation, it can be helpful to daisy chain an additional six units of TVS-1282T to the primary TVS-1282T and arrange each NAS for dedicated workflow stages, while the other Thunderbolt 2 port is connected to the workstation for smoothly accessing large-sized video files. Meanwhile, each TVS-1282T allows file sharing with multiple devices through Gigabit or 10 Gigabit Ethernet network.
The TVS-1282T supports seamless capacity expansion to offer you abundant storage by connecting up to six TX-500P/TX-800P NAS expansion enclosures to the TVS-1282T through Thunderbolt 2 ports for up to 448TB total storage capacity and sharing files via 10GbE. - Suitable for Thunderbolt-Equipped Mac Users
- The TVS-1282T is compatible with Thunderbolt 2-capable Macs such as Mac Pros, MacBook Pros, and iMacs. Up to 2 Thunderbolt devices can connect to the TVS-1282T to process real-time video editing simultaneously without sacrificing the TVS-1282T's performance. In addition, 4K videos can be directly displayed through the TVS-1282T's HDMI ports. Coupled with its large capacity, the TVS-1282T is a suitable storage solution, which is hot-pluggable and easy moved between your Mac computers, and delivers performance for high-resolution file storage and I/O-intensive tasks to increase your productivity.
- QTS
- The intuitive QTS features a modern flat design to streamline loading times. It provides an intelligent desktop that allows you to find desired functions quickly, monitor important system information on a real-time basis, and open multiple application windows to run multiple tasks concurrently, bringing operating efficiency.
- QRM+: Centralized Remote Server Management Solution
- QRM+ is QNAP's Centralized Remote Server Management solution designed for IT teams. It provides a web-based solution—accessible from any web browser—to discover, map, monitor, and manage all of the critical computing devices on the network such as servers, PCs, embedded PCs, and thin clients from a single-point. Supporting IPMI 1.5 and 2.0, QRM+ provides remote KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) for certain IPMI devices and supports tracking every action using KVM recording and playback. With centralized management by QRM+, IT infrastructure and device security are enhanced while troubleshooting & network resource performance analysis is simplified.
- QmailAgent
- QmailAgent is an online email client that helps you manage multiple email accounts, allowing you to access all of your emails and to easily switch between different accounts. It provides complete functionality for composing, reading, and organizing emails. You can even attach files, photos, and documents from the TVS-1282T when composing emails. Qmail also allows iOS and Android users to quickly check multiple email accounts with mobile devices and to browse & send emails using the QmailAgent on their TVS-1282T.
- Storage for Hosting Virtual Machines and Containerized Applications
- Virtualization Station allows you to host virtual machines (VM) on the TVS-1282T and access them via a web browser or VNC. Virtualization Station supports multiple operating systems, fast VM creation, VM backup & restoration, VM import/export, snapshot, and Device Management for centrally managing VMs. It lets the TVS-1282T and VMs to share the same LAN port. No longer constrained by physical network performance, high-speed virtual switches increase the data transfer between VMs as well as between VMs and NAS through the internal interface. An optional AMD Radeon R7 Series graphics card can also be installed into the TVS-1282T's PCIe slot for GPU passthrough to virtual machines, boosting the computational and rendering power of virtualized applications.
The TVS-1282T also features Container Station, which integrates LXC and Docker lightweight virtualization technologies. You can operate multiple isolated Linux systems on the TVS-1282T as well as download apps from the built-in Docker Hub Registry. - Storage for Comprehensive Virtualization Applications
- As an iSCSI/IP-SAN storage solution, the TVS-1282T supports VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Windows Server 2012 R2, benefiting flexible deployment and management in virtualization environments. The TVS-1282T supports VMware VAAI and Microsoft ODX to increase performance by offloading server loading for ESXi server and Hyper-V respectively. It is compatible with a QNAP vSphere Client plug-in and QNAP SMI-S provider with enhanced efficiency of operations and management in virtualization applications.
- PC Capabilities
- QNAP's QvPC Technology allows you to operate the TVS-1282T as a PC by plugging in a keyboard, mouse, and HDMI display. You can directly access stored data, run multiple applications using Windows, Linux, UNIX, Android-based VMs with the Virtualization Station, surf the web, enjoy 4K or 1080p videos with up to 7.1 channel audio with Kodi, monitor surveillance live feeds with local display, and more.
- Comprehensive Security
- QNAP's full NAS encryption by volume-based technology ensures data security by encrypting all of the files stored in the default shared folders on the TVS-1282T. Besides AES 256-bit encryption for both volumes and shared folders, the TVS-1282T also provides numerous security options such as encrypted access, IP blocking, 2-step verification, and more.
- Disaster Recovery Solutions
- The TVS-1282T offers flexible backup solutions for Windows and Mac users, Volume/LUN snapshots (up to 256 snapshots per volume or LUN, and maximum 1,024 snapshots per NAS), Snapshot Replica and Clone, and disaster recovery solutions including RTRR, rsync, and cloud storage backup.
- Cross-Device File Synchronization
- Qsync provides multiple ways of file synchronization and group file sharing, enhancing the flexibility of collaboration. Any file uploaded to the TVS-1282T will be made available for all linked devices such as computers, laptops, or mobile devices. Qsync is especially useful for frequent travelers to manage files and always have the most up-to-date files on different devices.
- Install-On-Demand Apps
- The built-in App Center provides over 100 apps including tools for backup/sync, business, content management, communications, downloading, entertainment, and more. You can freely install apps as needed to expand the TVS-1282T's functionality.
- SMB Features
- The TVS-1282T supports various business applications as an all-in-one Turbo NAS with cost-efficiency:
FTP Server - shares large-size files, coming with user-defined settings including bandwidth limitation, number of connections, and write-only permission Web Server - allows numerous websites built on the same server. Administrators can manage up to 32 websites on the single one Turbo NAS with reduced IT costs RADIUS Server - provides centralized authorization management for computers to connect and use a network service VPN Server - provides an easy way for IT administrators to build up a secure private network and allows the staff to log on from outside the office and access business resources securely such as files and Internet connections Printer Server - send remote printing requests over the Internet (max. 3 USB printers), and supports IPP (Internet Printing Protocol), Samba, print job management, and Bonjour printing for Mac OS X Surveillance Station - connect and manage multiple IP cameras remotely including real-time monitoring, video recording, playback, and event notifications UPC: 885022011247 In the Box QNAP TVS-1282T 12-Bay NAS Enclosure 4 x Ethernet Cables 2 x 10Gbase-T Ethernet Cables Power Cord M.2 Installation Kit Package of Screws IR Remote Control Limited 2-Year Warranty More info from QNAP wfsvddyfvcwrvqswvefzrxcxwxxztf Table of Contents
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Technical parametersQNAP TVS-1282T-I7-32G-US Specs | | | Number of Bays | 2 x M.2 (22110) 4 x 2.5" 8 x 2.5"/3.5" | | Media Card Slots | None | | Connections | 2 x 6.3 mm (Audio In) 1 x 3.5 mm (Audio Out) 2 x HDMI Type-A (HDMI 1.4b) 1 x HDMI Type-A (HDMI 2.0) 5 x USB Type-A (USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s)) 2 x Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt 2 (20 Gb/s)) 4 x RJ45 (Gigabit Ethernet) 2 x RJ45 (10GbE) | | Compatible Drive Interface | SATA III | | Form Factor | Desktop | | RAID Modes | RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 5+Spare, 6, JBOD | | Hot-Swap Support | Yes | | Expansion Slots | 1 x PCIe 3.0 x8 2 x PCIe 3.0 x4 | | | | Total Raw Capacity | None | | Type | None | | Flash Memory | 512 MB | | | | Processor | Intel Core i7-6700 Quad-Core | | Clock Speed | Base: 3.4GHz | | Total Installed Memory | 32 GB | | User-Replaceable Memory | 4 x 8 GB | | Total Memory Slots | 4 x DIMM | | Maximum Memory Capacity | 64 GB | | | | Supported Protocols | AFP CIFS/SMB FTP FTPS HTTP HTTPS IPv4 IPv6 NFS SFTP SMSC SMTP SNMP SSH TFTP Telnet iSCSI | | iSCSI LUN | 256 | | iSCSI Target | 256 | | | | Installed Operating System | QTS 4.2 | | File System Formats Supported | External: EXT3, EXT4, FAT32, HFS+, NTFS Internal: EXT4 | | Supported Browsers | Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari | | Supported Languages | Brazilian Portuguese Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Polish Romanian Russian Simplified Chinese Spanish Swedish Thai Traditional Chinese Turkish | | Max Number of Printers Supported | 3 | | | | Power Source | Internal Power Supply | | PSU Wattage | 1 x 250 W | | AC Input Power | 100 to 240 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz at 1.5 to 3 A | | | | Encryption | 256-Bit AES, FIPS 140-2 Level 1 | | | | Operating Temperature | 32 to 104°F / 0 to 40°C | | Operating Humidity | 5 to 95% | | | | Cooling | 3 x 80 mm Fans | | Noise Level | 21.6 dBA | | Built-In Speakers | Yes, 2 | | Audible Alarm | Yes | | Status Monitoring | LCD Screen, LED Indicator | | Dimensions | 9.2 x 14.6 x 12.6" / 233.7 x 370.8 x 320.0 mm | | Weight | 25.6 lb / 11.6 kg | | | | Package Weight | 34.0 lb | | Box Dimensions (LxWxH) | 19.5 x 17.5 x 15.0" |
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