QNAP TS-431XeU-2G User Manual

1U 4-bay 12-inch Rackmount NAS

TS-431XeU

With Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-314 quad-core 1.7 GHz processor
and built-in 10GbE SFP+ network port

Comes with QTS 4.3.4

Snapshot

Easily protect important data

Quickly restore data to a previous version

Compared with typical 1U rackmount NAS

reduced space

40%

SFP+

2GB / 8GB DDR3 memory

Expandable to 8GB

◆ Centralized management, shared data, and Hybrid Backup Sync enterprise-grade data backup

◆ 24/7 surveillance solution that includes 2 free camera channels (supports up to 30 channels)

◆ Hardware-accelerated Encryption Engine performance of over 362MB/s (1x 10GbE)

◆ Quickly nd les with Qsirch - the full-text NAS search engine

◆ Supports up to 24 hard disks by using QNAP expansion enclosures (UX-1200U-RP or UX-800U-RP)

10GbE SFP+ network port

580-1055MB/s read/write performance

noise reduction

10%

saved energy

30%

Host IoT applications with Container Station

Integrated LXC and Docker lightweight virtualization technologies

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Energy-ecient quad-core processor with encryption engine

The TS-431XeU uses a low-power, high-performance ARM® Cortex®-A15 core architecture Alpine AL-314 quad-core 1.7 GHz
processor developed by Annapurna Labs from Amazon®. It is equipped with a hardware-accelerated encryption engine,
2GB/8GB DDR3 RAM and a built-in 10GbE SFP+ network port. With its hardware-accelerated encryption engine, the TS-431XeU
delivers speeds of up to 362 MB/s when using AES-256-bit encryption to provide data security without sacricing performance.

TS-431XeU

Windows File Transfer (1 x 10GbE)

Windows Download

Windows Upload

MB/s

Tested in QNAP laboratories. Data may vary due to
dierences in physical environments.
Test environment
NAS:
OS: QTS 4.3
Disk Array: RAID 5; 4x Intel SSD DC S3500 240G

0 400 800 1200

580

1055

Client PC:
Intel® Core i7™-6700 @ 3.40 GHz CPU; 32GB DDR4 RAM; Mellanox ConnectX-3 dual-port 10GbE SFP+ NIC;
Microsoft Windows 10 64bit; 10GB le transfer by Robocopy.

10GbE Readiness

In addition to two Gigabit network ports, the TS-431XeU also
has a built-in 10GbE SFP+ port that can empower bandwidth­demanding applications including virtualization, huge
backup/recovery tasks, surveillance, and more.

Encrypted Disk Group File Transfer (1 x 10GbE)

Windows Download

Windows Upload

0 150 300 450

362

345

Easily monitor network status with LED lights

In addition to front panel system status LED lights, the TS­431XeU also has separate drive bay and network LED lights, so
that system administrators can quickly determine power and
network status.

1 x 10GbE SFP+ 2 x 1GbE RJ-45

The 10GbE Era

10GbE high-speed networks empower multiple cloud and virtualization applications, and can meet an enterprise's requirements
for high-speed le transfer, backup and more. In the past, 10GbE infrastructure was expensive, rare, and lacked applications that
would take full advantage of its high bandwidth. With the growing need for more bandwidth and performance, 10GbE
infrastructure has become increasingly mainstream and costs have steadily lowered to the point where 10GbE is accessible to
small business users. You can use the TS-431XeU's built-in 10GbE SFP+ port in combination with low-cost 10GbE switches to
quickly create high-speed environments, or with high-level AP or Routers to set up multiple directly or wirelessly connected
application workstations.

PC NAS Laptop

10GbE 10GbE GbE

GbE

TS-431XeU TS-431XeU

10GbE SFP+

10GbE Switch

High-speed le sharing via 10GbE switch Wireless AP synchronous support of 10GbE transmission

GbE

GbE

10GbE SFP+

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Advanced cooling for quiet operation

The TS-431XeU intelligently detects system load and automatically adjusts fan speed and power consumption. When running
in general mode, it ensures the best balance between heat dispersion and noise reduction. When running in silent mode, the
fan speed can even be reduced to below the preset minimum at low load to save power and run without any noise. The noise
measured in a quiet library at room temperature is usually about 30dB, an idle TS-431XeU system can reach a minimum of only

20.3 dB (A) to provide quiet operation

Compact design for convenient and flexible
space utilization

The TS-431XeU has a more compact design than typical 4-bay
rackmount NAS, with a depth of only 291 mm (11.46 inches). With
the optional QNAP RAIL-B02, it can easily t into most small racks,
and save valuable space for cabling and cooling. The reduced
physical footprint not only makes deployment more exible, but
also makes the aordable hardware more suitable for fast-growing
small and medium enterprises.

With the optional QNAP RAIL-B02 rail kit, even when installed in a wall-mounted case with a depth of less than 600 mm, there
is still adequate space for cabling, cooling, or soundproong. The TS-431XeU is very suitable for small oces and studios that
lack adequate space for servers and other large IT infrastructure. The TS-431XeU can also be used with industrial control
cabinets, built-in uninterruptible power supplies, and network switches to set up a simple central control system, or
combined with integrated office cabling, be used in large conference centers or audio-visual media centers.

TS-431XeU ◆ 1U 4-bay 12-inch (291mm) Rackmount NAS

QTSQTS

Centralized Storage & Snapshot Management

The Storage and Snapshot Manager in QTS 4.3.4 aims to be the industry's best storage system management tool. With a new
storage space setup wizard, storage space monitoring interfaces, and simplied layout for managing various storage settings,
users can easily manage disks, storage spaces, iSCSI services, and block-level snapshots.

Well-rounded data protection
Local snapshot and remote snapshot backup
tasks

QNAP Snapshots keep track of block-level dierences caused
by le modication at a specic point in time. This not only
eectively reduces storage space usage, but also allows users
to use Snapshot Revert to restore an entire disk volume or
block-level iSCSI LUN in the shortest time possible to meet
the enterprise's high requirements for Recovery Time Objective
(RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO).

SSD caching

The TS-431XeU supports SSD caching to enhance IOPS
performance and accelerate disk access. It is especially suitable
for IOPS-demanding applications such as virtualization and
databases. By combining SSDs and HDDs, system performance
is increased in a cost-ecient manner.

Easily sync f iles with Qsync Central

Qsync allows for les that have been added to a TS-431XeU to
be synchronized with connected devices, including laptops
and mobile devices. For those who are frequently on the move,
Qsync can help them access the latest les at any time.

Centralized backup, recovery and synchronization management with Hybrid Backup Sync

Hybrid Backup Sync integrates data backup, recovery and synchronization functions (via RTRR, rsync, FTP, CIFS / SMB protocols) into
a single application to help you easily backup or synchronize data from TS-431XeU to another QNAP NAS, remote server, or cloud
backup space. Hybrid Backup Sync supports multi-version backup, exible work scheduling, le compression backup and more.

Amazon Glacier Amazon S3

DAV

WebDAV

Storage

Backup sync

Yandex Disk

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Instantly f

Qsirch is a full-text search engine that helps nd les quickly and
provides thumbnail preview, summary, keyword annotations
and more. The Qsirch Helper (for Google Chrome and Mozilla
Firefox) is a browser extension/add-on that allows you to
search for les on your TS-431XeU when using Google Search.
Qsirch is perfectly integrated into QmailAgent to provide a
powerful email search engine. You can also use QmailAgent
to quickly search through all the .eml les stored on the QNAP
NAS for better work eciency.

ind f iles with Qsirch

Automatic f

Organizing an ever-increasing collection of les and data that
are distributed across a vast number of folders can be dicult
and time consuming. With Qling's automatic le organization
and preset classification conditions, you can automatically
organize and sort files and save lots of time.

ile organization

QmailAgent

QmailAgent is a NAS-based email client that can centrally
manage multiple email accounts. You can manage and access
all of your email accounts from a single app. You can also
attach files directly from the TS-431XeU to outgoing emails.

Qcontactz

Qcontactz, the private cloud contacts manager, helps you centralize and manage contact information for all your friends, family
and work partners. Qcontactz has multiple ways of importing your contacts, including syncing with your Google Account
contacts or importing from CSV and vCARD 3.0 files.

Productivity

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Rapid IoT application deployment with Container Station

QNAP Container Station innovatively integrates two lightweight virtualization technologies: LXC and Docker®. You can run a full
Linux® virtual machine on the TS-431XeU and download thousands of applications from the Docker Hub® online marketplace.
It supports container import/export, access settings, and provides a graphical design overview page with a exible interface to
help easily manage multiple containers. Container Station also provides the best platform for developers to easily and quickly
develop apps, and it also facilitates the deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Search for "IoT" in Container Station,
download the appropriate software container, and use QIoT Containers to quickly design your own IoT system.

Devices

Any

Connectivity

Public Cloud

Rules Engine Storage

Application

Data Push

Data Pull

Container apps designed specially for IoT

Container Station provides Ponte, Node-RED, MongoDB, Freeboard and other dedicated IoT software containers to create
IoT environments. A typical IoT architecture combines sensors with development boards (such as Raspberry Pi), Ponte (data
receiving), Node-RED (data analysis), MongoDB (data storage) and Freeboard (data presentation) on QNAP NAS.

Module Protocol converter Message broker Rules engine Database

Usually through a mobile
device, a wearable device,
and a web/device app.
Monitor and control Internet
of Things devices.

Description

QNAP's QBridge can
bridge two different
protocols in the Field
Gateway.

Responsible for receiving
messages, parsing, and
then sending out the
message.

Processes the received
message, and gives
your devices (Things)
the ability to interact
with a particular service.

Use a NoSQL database
to capture and manage
large amounts of data
from sensors, devices
and gateways.

Presentation

(Presentation)

Software
container

QNAP QBridge

Kafka
Ponte

RabbitMQ

Container Station

Gateway

Container Station v1.6 supports various IoT applications including:

◆

•

Kafka

RabbitMQ

•

MQTT

•

Freeboard

•

Rules Engine

HTTP, MQTT and CoAP

Node-RED

•

Node-RED

Blockly

freeboard

Database Dashboard

Redis

•

MongoDB

•

Ponte

•

MongoDB

Redis

MariaDB

Dashing

•

Freeboard

•

Freeboard

Dashing

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24/7 Security monitoring solution

Surveillance Station is a professional network security monitoring solution with a user-friendly interface that supports over 3,000
IP camera models and features a scalable IP camera channel license. With Surveillance Station you can easily set up a professional
security monitoring center for real-time monitoring, video recording and playback. You can use the Vmobile mobile app to
monitor your surveillance feeds from anywhere on a mobile device. The Vcam mobile app can also be used to turn your mobile
device into a IP camera and instantly save the footage to the TS-431XeU. The TS-431XeU provides 2 free IP camera channel
licenses, and you can purchase more as-needed to expand up to 30 channels.

Includes two free channel licenses

(supports up to 30 channels)

Real-time

Monitoring

Fast Playback

Remote replication

and storage expansion

Supports high-capacity

hard drives

Manual Recording

Microphone

Audio

Snapshot

Digital Zoom

Camera

Configuration

Information

ROI

Camera

QUSBCam2 turns a USB webcam into a
surveillance camera

QUSBCam2 turns a USB webcam into an IP camera with ONVIF
standards and RTSP streaming protocol support. In two steps,
you can view and share real-time footage in a web browser.
No cumbersome settings are needed, and no extra software or
drivers are required. With Surveillance Station, you can not only
synchronize the recording of USB webcams and IP cameras, but
you can also monitor them from a unied interface.

Supports ONVIF, features
quick installation interface

Vmobile and Vcam

Qdewarp Fisheye Reduction

Remotely manage your surveillance
with Vmobile

Connect to your video surveillance system anytime, anywhere,
with the Vmobile mobile app.

Hardware Specif ications

NAS Model TS-431XeU

Ordering SKU TS-431XeU-2G TS-431XeU-8G

CPU Annapurna Labs, an Amazon company, Alpine AL-314 Quad-Core 1.7 GHz processor

Hardware Encryption Engine



System memory 1 x 2GB SO DIMM DDR3 (expandable up to 1 x 8GB) 1 x 8GB SO DIMM DDR3

Flash Memory 512MB

Drive Type 4x 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s drives

10GbE 1x 10 Gigabit SFP+ LAN port

1GbE 2 x Gigabit RJ-45 LAN ports

USB 4x USB 3.0

Dimensions
(Height x Width x Depth)

44 x 439 x 291 mm

1.73 x 17.28 x 11.46 inch

Power 100 W, 100V-240V (50Hz-60Hz)

Cooling 3x 4 cm Silent fan (12V DC)

Noise (dB) 20.3 dB (A)*

Operating temperature 0 to 40˚C (32 to 104˚F)

Relative humidity 5 to 95% (RH), wet bulb temperature: 27˚C (80.6˚F), non-condensing

Included items TS-431XeU, accessories package, power cord, RJ-45 network cable, quick installation guide

Accessories

Noise level test environment:

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Reference standard: ISO 7779. Mount the maximum number of hard disks, measure according to the Bystander Position, and take average data from one meter in
front of the machine.

RAIL-B02 QNAP assembly kit, UX-800U-RP / UX-1200U-RP storage expansion device, DDR3 4GB / 8GB memory,

10GbE DAC network cable

Software Specif

Supported disk
group types

RAID 0/1/5/6/10, RAID 5+ hot spare, single, JBOD

ications

Supported protocols CIFS/SMB, AFP (v3.3), NFS (v3), FTP, FTPS, SFTP, TFTP, HTTP (S), Telnet, SSH, iSCSI, SNMP, SMTP and SMSC

File sharing

Other Features

Maximum number of users: 4096; Maximum number of user groups: 512;
Maximum shared folders: 512; Maximum simultaneous connections: 700

File Station, Photo Station, Music Station, Video Station, Download Station, Qsync, Notes Station, FTP Server, Print Server,
VPN Server, VPN Client, Antivirus Protection

Streaming server DLNA Server, Airplay, Chromecast, iTunes Server

Model specications are subject to change without notice. Please refer to www.qnap.com for the latest information.

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