TS-1685

Model: TS-1685

High-capacity 16-bay Xeon D Super NAS with exceptional performance

Supporting up to twelve 3.5" HDDs and four 2.5" SSDs, the TS-1685 is a high-capacity, robust, and reliable business NAS powered by an Intel®


Supporting up to twelve 3.5" HDDs and four 2.5" SSDs, the TS-1685 is a high-capacity, robust, and reliable business NAS powered by an Intel® Xeon® D processor. Designed to optimize enterprise IT infrastructure, the TS-1685 comes with three PCIe slots that support 10GbE/40GbE NIC, PCIe NVMe SSD, graphics cards, and USB 3.1 expansion cards. Incorporating security and scalability, the TS-1685 presents an ideal choice for a complete business-ready storage solution with cross-platform file sharing, comprehensive backup and disaster recovery, iSCSI & virtualization, and more business applications.

  • NAS and iSCSI-SAN unified storage solution
  • Built-in M.2 SATA 6Gb/s slots & 2.5” SSD slots
  • Qtier technology and SSD caching enable 24/7 optimized storage efficiency
  • 10GbE/40GbE expandability, highly-efficient storage solution for virtualization and intensive data transmission
  • Supports virtualization, containerized apps, centralized storage, backup, sharing, and disaster recovery
  • Q’center for centrally managing all of your NAS devices, and QRM+ as a centralized management solution for networked computing devices
  • Qfiling enabling automated file organization, Qsirch full-text search engine, and QmailAgent for centralized email management
  • Scalable up to 56 drive capacity with QNAP expansion enclosures

Epic 16-bay high-capacity data center

The TS-1685 supports up to 16 hard drives, providing the storage potential to be a high-capacity data center. Its high-quality hardware enables optimum performance to fulfill diversified application needs.

1. 12 x SATA 6Gb/s slots for 3.5"/2.5" HDD/SSD

Epic storage potential with flexible high-capacity HDDs and high-performance SSDs.

2. 4 x SATA 6Gb/s slots for 2.5” SSD

Native high-speed SATA 6Gb/s empowers SSD caching.

3. LCD display

Provides real-time system information for easier system management.

4. USB one-touch-copy

Press the “Copy” button to instantly back up data from external drives to the NAS, or alternatively to back up data from the NAS to external drives.

5. 6 x built-in M.2 SSD slots

Supports SATA 6Gb/s M.2 SSD with 2242, 2260, 2280, and 22110 form factors to provide the greatest flexibility in tiered storage configuration and enables cache acceleration. The TS-1685 features M.2 cooling modules for keeping the M.2 SSDs cool and stable.

Note:
  1. M.2 SSD is optional; M.2 cooling modules are built-in.
  2. M.2 SSD operations can easily generate excessive heat, and it is recommended to install a heatsink (from QNAP or a third-party provider) on the M.2 SSD.
6. Intel® Xeon® D Processor

Featuring the latest 14nm energy-efficient SoC, supporting DDR4 RAM and PCIe Gen.3 per-lane throughput.

7. DDR4 2133 MHz memory

Supports four DDR4 memory modules for a maximum of 128GB RAM. Comes preinstalled with 16GB/32GB/64GB/128GB RAM.

8. 3 x PCIe expansion slots

Two PCIe Gen3 x8 slots and one PCIe Gen2 x4 slot. Supports 10GbE/ 40GbE adapters, PCIe NVMe SSD, external graphics cards, and USB 3.1 expansion cards.

9. 3.5 mm audio jack

Connect speakers or headphones for direct audio output from the NAS.

10. 4 x Gigabit Ethernet ports

Ideal for service binding, port trunking and MPIO configurations.

11. 2 x built-in 10GBASE-T network ports

Fully supports 10GbE high-speed networks for iSCSI/NFS/CIFS data transmission.

12. Compartmentalized smart cooling

Separately detects the CPU and hard drive temperatures to dynamically control fan speeds for quieter operations.

13. Built-in speaker

Supports direct audio output and provides verbal system warnings.

Intel® Xeon® D processor, extraordinary performance

The TS-1685 is powered by a high-performance Intel® Xeon® D multi-core processor with up to 128GB DDR4 RAM (comes preinstalled with 16GB/32GB/64GB/128GB RAM), delivering outstanding performance with up to 2,339 MB/s throughout to enhance the efficiency of CPU-demanding applications such as virtualization and large numbers of simultaneous connections.

Tested in QNAP Labs. Figures may vary by environment.

Test environment:
NAS:
OS: QTS 4.3.3
Volume type: RAID 5; 12x Intel SSD DC S3500
Network environment: direct connection between NAS and two PCs, 10GbE with built-in 10GBase-T ports (MTU 9000)

Client PCs:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 3.60GHz CPU; DDR3 1600Hz 16GB; Seagate ST500DM002; 10GbE with QNAP LAN-10G2T-X550 dual-port PCIe NIC (MTU 9000); Windows® 10 Professional 64bit SP1

IOMeter configuration: Transferring 128GB file continuously to/from 2 PCs for 3 minutes. Block size: 64KB for SMB2.1 (Throughput)

M.2 SATA 6Gb/s SSD & 2.5” SSD cache with Qtier optimization

The TS-1685 provides four 2.5” SSD slots dedicated for caching to increase IOPS performance, and supports higher transfer speeds and reliability with optional six M.2 SATA 6Gb/s SSDs. Using an SSD cache boosts overall system performance, and is perfect for improving the overall workflow of random IOPS demanding applications such as virtualization. QNAP’s Qtier Technology empowers the TS-1685 with Auto Tiering that further helps continuously optimize storage efficiency across M.2 SSD, SSD, high-capacity SATA drives, and the optional PCIe NVMe SSD with around-the-clock acceleration. Qtier now supports “On Demand Allocation Priority”, providing customizable flexibility to arrange tiered storage suited for your system environments and application demands.

Note:
  1. M.2 SSD is optional; M.2 cooling modules are built-in.
  2. M.2 SSD operations can easily generate excessive heat, and it is recommended to install a heatsink (from QNAP or a third-party provider) on the M.2 SSD.

Learn more: SSD cache, Qtier

Built-in 10GbE ports with 40GbE compatibility

The TS-1685 offers not only four inbuilt Gigabit Ethernet ports but also two 10GBASE-T ports to fully support 10GbE high-speed networks, capable of delivering lightning-fast throughput for businesses that demand higher bandwidth for virtualization and fast backup & restoration for an ever-growing amount of data. The extra PCIe slots allow for installing optional 10GbE/ 40GbE network cards for flexible high-speed network deployment. Coupled with its large storage capacity potential, the 10GbE-ready TS-1685 is perfect for companies to store massive amounts of data and excel in fast data transmission.

Learn more: 10GbE NAS solution

550W power supply fuels GPU passthrough

Graphics cards are optimized for graphical calculations and transformations, but require significantly more power compared to other hardware. The TS-1685 offers an option with a 550 watt power supply that is capable of powering an AMD Radeon™ RX 480 graphics card for smooth GPU passthrough to virtual machines.

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