Qnap TVS-EC1580MU-SAS-RP-16G-R2, TVSEC1280USASRP8GER2 User Manual
TVS-ECx80U-SAS R2 Qtier™ vNAS
12Gbps SAS JBOD REXP-x20 Series
The world's first Intel Xeon E3 CPU unified auto tiering NAS that leverages
performance optimized SSD, 12Gbps SAS and large capacity SATA HDD
HDD
High Capacity
SAS
High Performance
Use your Turbo vNAS as a PC
SSD
Ultra Performance
TVS-EC1580MU-SAS-RP R2
Qtier™ Technology
Qtier™ (QNAP auto tiering) automatically detects data on
the different level of storage based on frequency of the
data is accessed
Hybrid Backup and Restore
Local, remote and cloud backup management
Qsirch
Real time data seraching and mining
Built-in Dual-port
10GbE SFP+
Network Adapter
9 x 3.5” SSD/HDD
SAS R2
Storage
Expansion
SAS R2
Based on tiered storage architecture with 256GB SSD cache acceleration
Virtualization Station and Container Station Provide the new era of
the virtual computing
Unified storage management support iSCSI(File or Block based), NFS and Samba
Scale up storage with QNAP REXP-1220U-RP / REXP-1620U-RP expansion units,
daisy chaining up to 8 units for total 1024TB raw capacity
Support ECC & Non ECC RAM
2.5’
12Gb/s
10/40
GbE
3.5’
Ready
6 x 2.5” SSD
SSD
cache
ECC
RAM
support
256GB
Snapshots
Reduce the backup space efficiently
TVS-EC2480U-SAS-RP R2
REXP-1620U-RP
TS-EC1280U-SAS-RP R2TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2
REXP-1220U-RP
Overview
In the era of big data, there is a wealth of data generated and exchanged by the
billion of devices on the Internet of Everything (IoE) and across hybrid cloud
devices. The rampant data growth requires increasingly exible storage solutions
that will ensure business continuity. QNAP has strived to provide enterprises
and SMBs with the facilities and tools to attain storage services to meet the evergrowing capacity demand and results in reduced overall operation risks and costs.
Besides managing data growth, another major challenge for an organization is
its ability to keep existing data available and protected in the event of a disaster
or system failure. QNAP’s exible storage solutions incorporate features such as
tiered storage, snapshots, thin provisioning, and LUN backup to better match
specic business requirements and cope with disastrous situations.
The QNAP 12Gbps SAS is more reliable and has better storage I/O performance
than the 6G model. Furthermore, it is backward compatible with 6Gbps SAS HDDs.
Our 12Gbps JBOD Expansion enclosures not only strengthen the organization’s
disaster recovery system but also satisfy the growing need to expand storage
capacity at different stages as organizations seek to adapt to more demanding
business environments.
QNAP NAS has demonstrated its ability to oer a complete product portfolio that
ts for every SMB and small to medium enterprise, including a wide range of hard
disk models and iSCSI SAN solutions.
Table of Contents
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Unified Storage management and data protection
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08
Qtier™ Technology
P.
11
Snapshot
P.
15
File Station 4.2, Management and Sharing
P.
19
Hybrid Backup Solutions
P.
24
QPulse™ Remote Management System
P.
26
Q’center CMS (Central Management System)
P.
28
Virtualization Station 2.0
P.
32
Container Station 1.0
P.
36
QvPC Technology
P.
39
Virtualization Applications
P.
42
QNAP NAS is DataCore Ready
P.
43
Productivity Tools
P.
44
P.
47
P.
49
P.
51
P.
53
P.
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P.
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P.
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P.
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P.
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P.
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P.
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myQNAPcloud 2.0
Qsync Central Center 2.0
Notes Station 2.1
Qsirch 2.1
Surveillance Station 5.1
App Center
Mobile Apps & Utilities
Computer Utilities
Hardware Introduction
40GbE Ready
10GbE/40GbE Application
QNAP 12Gbps SAS JBOD Expansion Enclosure
P.
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Hardware specification
P.
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JBOD Hardware / Accessory / 10GbE LAN card compatibility list
P.
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Software specification
TVS-ECx80U-SAS R2 Series
Unied Storage management and
data protection
A converged management platform combining cloud and tiered storage
technology
In addition to existing storage management and backup functions, the new Snapshot and Backup Versioning help
you improve data security while lowering storage expenses. By integrating public cloud storage and backup services,
your QNAP NAS is a converged storage management platform oering on-premise, private, osite, and cloud services.
Intelligent Storage Manager - Unied storage management
The QTS Storage Manager neatly presents tools and options for managing system storage with an intuitive graphical interface.
From reviewing the system storage allocation in the Dashboard, to managing volumes, Storage Pools, disks and iSCSI storage,
or even the new Snapshot function, the Storage Manager provides a centralized place to simplify hard drive management and
to maximize storage usage.
Cloud Storage
Remote Folder
Volume
Cache Hot Spare RAID RAID
SSD
SSD
Folder iSCSI
LUN
Disk
(SAS/SSD/SATA)
Disk
(SAS/SSD/SATA)
Dashboard
The Storage Manager dashboard provides an overview
for IT administrators to easily monitor and manage
storage allocations. QTS 4.2 provides a more secure
and exible way to store and manage data stored on
your NAS. This next generation volume oers powerful
features such as storage pooling with multiple
RAID groups, thin-provisioned volumes with space
reclamation, and online capacity expansion.
Disk
(SAS/SSD/SATA)
Snapshots
Storage Pool
Disk
(SAS/SSD/SATA)
Snapshot Replica
In addition to Storage Manager, IT administrators can also check volume status of shared folders with File Station.
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Storage management
IT administrators can monitor HDD allocation status for RAID groups in addition to individual HDD information. This ensures
that there are no idle HDDs, maximizing utilization of the storage resources. IT administrators can aggregate multiple RAID
groups into a single storage pool to flexibly utilize the storage capacity as a whole and protect them using redundancy,
allowing for better protection against multiple disk failures for large-capacity environments. Multiple volumes can now be
created on the Storage Pool to provide exible deployment.
Volume
QTS 4.2 supports the creation of multiple volumes within a Storage Pool. View all available storage pools, volumes, and iSCSI
LUNs on the same screen including comprised RAID groups. This enables the expansion or removal of current pools and
volumes, set threshold values for capacity consumption alerts, and RAID group management. Data volumes and LUNs can be
extended without interrupting services.
• Thin provisioning
Over-allocation enables a server to view more storage
capacity than has been allocated in a storage pool. Further,
the physical storage capacity is used only when files are
written by the application, improving utilization rates.
Efficiently use storage spaces with incremental allocation. Allocate all spaces specified and they cannot be used by other
• Thick provisioning
Physical storage capacity is dedicated during the initial
allocation of the storage volume.
volumes or LUNs.
iSCSI (Block based LUN)
QTS 4.2 supports two types of LUNs for ecient storage utilization: block-level and le-level iSCSI LUNs. The Turbo vNAS also
supports multiple types of congurations for server connections:
single LUN or multiple LUNs per iSCSI target.
multiple iSCSI targets for a single LUN, only used for clustered environments
• Block-Level iSCSI LUN
Deploy block-level iSCSI LUN as volumes to reduce overhead and improve overall read/write performance.
• File-Level iSCSI LUN
File-level iSCSI LUNs can be used to create a disk image for an iSCSI LUN where storage space is a premium.
Both block-level and file-level iSCSI LUNs support thin provisioning, space reclamation, and online capacity expansion. We
recommend using block-level iSCSI LUNs unless there is a limitation on space usage.
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Set as Stack Master
Virtual Disk Drives increase storage
expansion exibility
Virtual disks provide a flexible way for IT administrators
to expand storage. By using the built-in iSCSI initiator to
connect an iSCSI target of the Turbo NAS, you can create a
virtual disk on the local server. The Turbo NAS can act as a
stack master to connect up to 8 virtual disks or stack targets,
aggregating storage space from multiple NAS systems. NAS
users then only need to connect to a single target to access
the space from all of the network storage devices.
Turbo vNAS
iSCSI
LUN B
Set as Stack Target
Turbo vNAS
LUN A
LUN B
LUN C
LUN CLUN A
CIFS (SAMBA)
Server Message Block (SMB), a version of which is known as Command Internet File System (CIFS), is the default le-sharing
service on QNAP NAS. It is mainly used for sharing les among systems using this protocol, such as Windows and Unix-like
systems and can also be used as a primary domain controller (PDC).
NFS
QTS 4.2 supports Network File System (NFS), which allows a server to share directories and les with clients over a network.
With NFS, client computers can mount file systems over a network. Users can access shared files on these file systems as
though they are mounted locally.
SAS and SATA storage system performance comparison
SAS-enabled storage systems deliver better IOPS performance and are ideal for applications requiring large amounts of
random accessing such as online transaction processing (OLTP) and Mail Servers.
63,000
54,000
45,500
36,000
27,000
18,000
9,000
Seagate 12Gbps SSD SAS
HGST 12Gbps SAS 15K
Seagate SAS 2.5”
Seagate NL SAS
Seagate SATA
62,248
47,468
6,527
0
5,195
4,300
56,000
48,000
40,000
32,000
24,000
16,000
8,000
0
Seagate 12Gbps SSD SAS
HGST 12Gbps SAS 15K
Seagate SAS 2.5”
Seagate NL SAS
Seagate SATA
56,502
30,498
4,835
2,832 2,441
(Write)
MB/S
Random
IOPS
Testing environment
Seagate ST200FM0053(2.5'' 12Gbps SAS), HGST HUC156030CS4200 (2.5'' 12Gbps SAS, 15,000), Seagate ST9300653SS (2.5" 6Gbps SAS, 15,000) x8,
Seagate ST4000NM0023 (NL-SAS) x8, Seagate ST4000NM0033 (SATA) x 8
RAID Type : RAID5. 4K Random 100% write, 4K Random 100% read.
Hard
drive
Write 62,248 47,468 6,527 5,195 4,300
Read 56,502 30,498 4,835 2,832 2,441
Seagate 12Gbps
SAS SSD
HGST 12Gbps
15K SAS HDD
Seagate 2.5"
SAS HDD
(Read)
Seagate NL-
SAS HDD
Seagate SATA
HDD
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QNAP high-performance unied and tiered storage solutions
Data used by enterprises continues to grow exponentially and with greater diversity in data types and importance. It is
imperative to oer a secure and ecient storage solution that can process this enormous amount of data while minimizing the
total cost of ownership.
Establishing a tiered storage system based on eciency and capacity can aid in improving overall processing eciency.
Enterprises can classify data accordingly by sharing folders with a le-based storage system and processing les that require
more demanding data throughput with a block-based storage system to accommodate dierent usage models.
QNAP Turbo vNAS business series can exibly congure dierent tiers to hard drives on a single unit according to dierent
data usage needs, delivering the best unied and tiered storage solution.
Tiered storage architecture optimizes storage efficiency
Nowadays, business needs for big data storage keeps increasing. It is crucial that businesses can utilize cost-efficient storage
solutions featuring tiered architecture to tackle Hot Data (frequently-used data) and Cold Data (less-used data) applications with
the exible conguration of storage devices to boost storage eciency.
In order to achieve the goal of tiered storage,
generally organizations choose SAS Controllerbased storage system, such as QNAP’s
enterprise-class SAS-enabled Turbo NAS
models.
As different storage devices vary in features,
businesses have to thoroughly assess their
storage needs in performance and capacity
to choose the right business hard drives
for maximum cost efficiency. The following
illustration shows the tiered storage
architecture.
Tier 0
Tier 1
Performance
Tier 2
Tier 3
Capacity
PCIE -SSD
SSD
SAS HDD
NL-SAS & SATA HDD
Storage tiers
Device Used
Needs
Usage Scenarios
Data Usage
Examples
Data Status
Measurement
Standard
Tier 0 Storage Tier 1 Storage Tier 2 Storage Tier 3 Storage
PCI-E SSD or Highperformance SSD
Low latency and high
performance but with lower
capacity
Online transaction
processing (OLTP) database,
online analytical processing
(OLAP)
Records and logs, paging
le metadata or index le,
replication of VM and VDI
connections, merging of I/O
and performance
Operating data Mainly operating data
Focuses on high IOPS and
low latency, low capacity
needs; high cost.
SSD SAS HDD NL-SAS and SATA HDD
Performance, capacities and
availability
Online database server, ERP
database
Operating les, emails,
networks, database tables,
audio, video, VM and VDI,
hosts
Focuses on IOPS, bandwidth,
reliability and low capacity
needs.
Lower performance and
cost, larger capacity
Mail server, snapshot, online
archive, large amount of
data
Main directory, data
acquisition, disk-to-disk
(D2D) backup/restore
Mixed with operating and
idle data
Focuses on space capacity
and reliability; cost is
relatively low for highdensity capacities.
Lowest cost and maximum
capacity; suitable for inactive
or static data
Oine archive, backup copy,
disaster recovery, long-term
data retention.
Applications with low-cost
or high energy-saving
Mainly idle or inactive data
Focuses on space capacities
and cost; lower cost per
terabyte.
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Comparison of storage devices
The following is a comprehensive comparison of general tiered storage devices.
Hard Drive
Features
Price
Capacity
Interface
Performance
RPM
External Continuous
Transfer Performance
Average Response
Time (Milliseconds)
Input/Output
Operations Per
Second (IOPS)
Unrecoverable bit
read error
Mean Time Between
Failures (MTBF, hours)
Reliability
SAS Solid State Drive (SSD) SAS Hard Drive Nearline SAS Hard
Drive
Low power consumption, no
noise, anti-vibration, low heat,
fast speed
$$$$$ $$$$ $$$ $$$
100GB~800GB 300GB~1.8TB 500GB~6TB 500GB~8TB
SAS (Dual Port) / SATA (Single
Port) 12 Gb/s, 6 Gb/s
Very high High Moderate Moderate-low
N/A 10,000-RPM 15,000-RPM 7200-RPM 5,900-RPM 7,200-RPM
800 MB/sec 200 MB/sec 170 MB/sec 170 MB/sec
Less than 0.1 ms 4 ms R:9.5/W:8.5 ms R:9.5/W:8.5 ms
120,000/40,000 (IOPS) > 200 (IOPS) 200~150 (IOPS) < 100 (IOPS)
1 LBA per 10E16 1 LBA per 10E16 1 LBA per 10E15 1 LBA per 10E14
N/A 2 million 1.4 million 0.8 million
N/A Very high High Moderate
Lower latency, high reliability,
best performance in
traditional hard drives
SAS (Dual Port) 12 Gb/s, 6 Gb/
s
Good reliability, large
capacity
SAS (Dual Port) 6 Gb/s SATA (Single Port) 6 Gb/s
SATA Hard Drive
Large capacity,
lower reliability and
performance
SAS interfaces bring you the high performance
The major advantage of the SAS interface is full-duplex data transmission; it is dierent from the half-duplex provided by SATA. SAS
is able to simultaneously process two dierent I/O operations, data transmitted in both directions at the same time. In addition,
SAS features excellent scalability; each SAS port is able to correspond to as many as 16,384 hard drives (in theory), in contrast each
SATA port can only correspond to one hard drive. The SAS interface oers far higher scalability than the SATA interface.
The diagram below shows the TVS-ECx80U-SAS R2 with a 12Gb/s SAS controller, connecting to a CPU with a PCIe Gen3 x 8 (64Gb/
s) bus to provide extremely high throughput. The 12Gb/s SAS ports connect to hard disk drives giving each dedicated bandwidth
and an individual command set. Both SATA and SAS are serial device interfaces that use simplied cabling, smaller connectors,
lower pin counts, and lower power requirements than parallel SCSI. The 12G SAS is capable of much higher data transfer, unlocking
the full potential of PCI Express 3.0 based systems and solid state storage solutions.
JBOD
x24
CPU
PCle Gen.3 x 8
64Gbps
12Gbps SAS
Controller
3008
12Gbps x 4
Mini SAS
Conn.
12Gbps SAS
SAS 12Gbps x 8 SAS 12Gbps x 24
Expander
3 x 36
TVS-ECx80U-SAS R2 12Gbps SAS model block diagram
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(5Gb/s)
The SATA controller uses PCIe Gen2 x1
or Gen2 x2
to the PCIe Gen2 x1 with 5Gb/s while providing connections to two SATA 6Gb/s HDDs. The two SATA 6Gb/s HDDs
(10Gb/s)
. The TS-x80U SATA diagram shows how the SATA controller connects
(12Gb/s total)
share
the maximum available bandwidth of 5Gb/s. Each of the SATA ports therefore can only use 3Gb/s bandwidth despite theirtransfer
capability of 6Gb/s. As such, the SATA controller limits the overall performance.
The overall performance will be dramatically drop QNAP lab do the samba performance with 4 clients on single RAID 0 x 12 SSD
volume. The volume will have 4800MB/S bandwidth. DMI Gen2x4 only have 2000MB/s bandwidth.
The test result: TVS-EC80U-SAS R2 has 18% sequential read performance and 37% sequential write performance enhancement over
80U-SATA.
PCle Gen.2 x 1
5Gbps
6Gbps SATA
Controller
9215
SATA 6Gbps x 1
SATA 6Gbpsx 1
18% 37%
3500
x24
Mother
PCle Gen.2 x 1
5Gbps
Board
TS-x80U R2 SATA model block diagram
6Gbps SATA
Controller
9215
SATA 6Gbps x 1
SATA 6Gbps x 1
SATA 6Gbps x 1
SATA 6Gbps x 1
SATA 6Gbps x 1
SATA 6Gbps x 1
2625
1750
875
0
TVS-EC2480U-SAS R2
Read
Write
TS-EC2480U R2
SATA is marketed as a general-purpose successor to parallel ATA and has become popular in the consumer market, whereas the
SAS targets critical server applications. Furthermore, SAS is full duplex, whereas SATA is half duplex. The SAS transport layer can
transmit data at the full speed of the link in both directions at once.
The previous SAS model, TS-x79U-SAS model, is a 6Gbps SAS model that use the 6Gbps SAS controller connect with PCIe Gen.2x8
(40Gbps). The TVS-ECx80U-SAS R2 12Gbps SAS model total bandwidth (64Gbps) is much higher than the TS-x79U-SAS model
(40Gbps). The 12Gbps SAS backend performance is 37% dramatically higher than 6Gbps SAS model that can provide the usable
data bandwidth.
JBOD
x24
PCle Gen.2 x 8
CPU
TS-x79U-SAS 6G SAS model block diagram
40Gbps
6Gbps SAS
Controller
2008
6Gbps x 4
Mini SAS
Conn.
6Gbps SAS
SAS 6Gbps x 8 SAS 6Gbps x 24
Expander
2 x 36
Reference the SAS history from the wiki,
80
60
40
Gbps
20
0
37%
performance
improve
6Gbps SAS PCle
Gen.2 x8
TS-x79U-SAS TVS-ECx80U-SAS R2
12Gbps SAS PCle
Gen.3 x8
SAS-1: 3.0 Gbit/s, introduced in 2005
SAS-2: 6.0 Gbit/s, available since February 2009
SAS-3: 12.0 Gbit/s, available since March 2013
PCI Express version
SAS-4: 24.0 Gbit/s, under development and expected in 2017
1 8b/10b 2.5 GT/s 2 Gbit/s (250 MB/s)
2 8b/10b 5 GT/s 4 Gbit/s (500 MB/s)
3 8b/10b 8 GT/s 7.877 Gbit/s (984.6 MB/s)
4 128b/130b 16 GT/s 15.754 Gbit/s (1969.2 MB/s)
Line code Transfer rate Bandwidth Per Line
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Enterprise-class solid-state drive (SSD)
The key components of an SSD are the controller and the memory to store the data. There are no moving parts, thus no
restrictions due to mechanical limitations. It reduces the problems of using high RPM for high performance, achieves better
IOPS performances than traditional hard drives, and decreases heat and power consumption and relative cost. However, at
this time SSD storage capacity is very limited, causing a very high unit storage space and making SSDs more suitable for IOPSdemanding applications rather than for storage purposes.
Mainstream SSDs are divided into two types: SLC and MLC.
SLC SSDs: High access times (approximately 100K access times), high cost.
MLC SSDs: Low access times (approximately 10K access times), low cost.
SLC SSDs are more suitable for write-intensive applications and MLC SSD is more suitable for read-intensive applications.
Enterprise 15,000 RPM SAS hard drives
The main selections for enterprise mission critical SAS hard drives are 15,000 RPM or 10,000 RPM, generally used for Tier1
storage. The enterprise 15,000 RPM SAS hard drive uses a high RPM to provide superior performances compared to average
hard drives and features higher security with higher mean time to failure, lower read errors, higher support, and more. The
enterprise 15,000 RPM SAS hard drive is widely used due to its high reliability and high performance. However, because of its
high cost and less storage space oering, it is mostly used with Near-line SAS HDDs for certain applications.
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Large capacity SAS hard drives
Dealing with Cold Data, the data with less usage frequency, large
capacity and low-cost Near-Line SAS hard drive is the ideal choice
for businesses. Near-Line SAS hard drives features large capacity,
high availability and high support, fulfilling businesses’ big data
storage needs with lower cost while only yielding slight decreases in
performance.
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5
0
SATA
3Gbps
SATA/SAS
6Gbps
SAS
12Gbps
SATA hard drives
Generally SATA hard drives have slower performance and lower reliability, but it is perfect for general applications and massive
data storage due to its larger capacity and lower cost.
SAS SSD Real Time Storage:
Suitable for real-time operations
SAS
SSD
requiring super-high
performance and IOPS
High-frequency transactions,
online banking, cloud computing,
online games, big data analysis, etc.
Tiered
Storage
SAS
HDD
SAS HDD
Ultra-speed storage:
Suitable for applications requiring frequent
accessing and high stability
Virtualization computing, real-time video
storage and editing, ERP systems, etc.
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NL SAS /
SATA HDD
NL SAS/SATA HDD
General storage:
Suitable for backup data requiring
large storage capacity but less
performance and access frequency
Secondary backup, small-scale
office applications, general surveillance
monitoring, etc.
SSD RAID Group
SAS RAID Group
SATA RAID Group
TVS-ECx80U-SAS R2 Series
Qtier™ Technology
Exceptional performance in balancing hot & cold data in large
storage environments
An intelligent auto-tiering solution that provides high exibility in large storage environments by recognizing hot and cold data
while also providing the lowest TCO per gigabyte cost, superior system performance and management eciency.
QNAP’s auto-tiering technology, Qtier™, is a multi-tier storage management system. Qtier™ automatically moves the most
active data to the high-performance drives while less active data is migrated to high-capacity drives. This alleviates the burden
on administrators by supporting tasks of performance pre-estimation, layout design, and relocation of data according to
performance and budgets.
SSD RAID Group
SAS RAID Group
SATA RAID Group
Please enable Auto-tiering when creating a Storage Pool.
Storage Pool
Storage Pool
Before
SSD SAS NL-SAS
Most Frequent Normal Activity Seldom Activity
After
SSD SAS NL-SAS
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QNAP Auto-tiering architecture
• Data migration based on Transaction-based B-tree Update
Auto Tiering
Scheduler
Hot
Hot
High Speed Tier High Capacity Tier
SSD / SAS
The goal of the auto-tiering function on the QNAP NAS is to optimize the use of the storage infrastructure by simultaneously improving
storage utilization and performance:
Move frequently used data onto fast disks for
high-availability or high I/O cache throughput
Move less frequently used data onto low-cost,
high-capacity disks for better cost eciency
To achieve the required level of performance and
cost benets, data is categorized based on access
frequency. Service levels such as response times
or runtime must be measured and evaluated in
advance to decide which data must be stored at a
given time in a certain tier.
Data Movement
Engine
Cold Cold
Hot
SATA / NL-SAS
Data Movement
and Detection
Algorithm Engine
Cold
Cold
Cold
Cold
Cold
Based on the results of B-tree calculation, the NAS
will automatically move data blocks with higher
weights to higher tier (e.g. moving data blocks from
HDD RAID Group to SSD RAID Group). Here data
migration and metadata update will not interfere
with normal IO; therefore, transaction-based B-tree
update will avoid problems with data integrity.
You can get the statistics of all data waiting to
be processed as well as finishing processed
in this phase. If the administrators need to do
administrative tasks or there are bandwidth
requirements for external connections, they can
stop data migration in this phase. Furthermore,
assigning weights can help adjust bandwidth
allocation or alleviate congestion between external
IO and internal data migration.
3 levels of tiered storage
Qtier™ offers a 3-tier configuration, namely, ultrahigh speed (SSD), high speed (SAS) and high
capacity (SATA/NL-SAS) for a combination of
dierent disk drives:
Tier 1 (Ultra-high Speed): SSD drives
Tier 2 (High Speed): SAS drives
Tier 3 (Capacity): SATA or NL-SAS drives
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Detailed and visualized statistics for
performance analysis
Historical data assists users in performance tuning and storage
provisioning, enabling accurate adjustment of auto-tiering
policies.
User-dened policies for better
auto-tiering eciency
Policy dened auto-tiering enables dynamic reallocation of data
corresponding to the performance requirements of the data or
applications in addition to scheduling and prioritization of data
migration.
TVS-ECx80U-SAS R2 Series
The following is a comprehensive comparison of storage technologies:
Qtier™ Full SSD SSD Cache
Costs $ $$ $
Storage space Big Small Big
Available SSD
space
Data migration
method
Data migration
mechanism
Application
scenarios
Extends as needed Extends as needed Limited by available memory
Scheduled No Automatic
Moves data according to access frequency All data is in SSD storage
Typically used for predictable I/O
workloads such as le/web/e-mail servers
and application virtualization or video
editing
Typically used for applications requiring
fast/intensive I/O such as databases or
virtualized environments
Replicates frequently accessed data to
SSD storage
Typically used in a highly frequent data
access environment such as virtualized
applications or high-resolution video or
audio processing
Qtier™ with SSD Cache for around-the-clock acceleration
Qtier™ fully supports concurrent tiering and SSD caching. In this mode,
Qtier™ constantly monitors I/O activity and keeps active data that requires
small, mostly random, read and write operations in SSD Read-only or Readwrite cache and other data in the tiered storage automatically moving
data between the appropriate tiers. QNAP unied and tiered storage is an
intelligent, automated storage system for managing data placement to help
optimize performance and cost requirements in multi-tier congurations.
Cache
SSD
Volume / LUN
Tiered Space
Qtier™ Technology is a convenient, economical and insightful way to store
and balance your active (hot) and archived (cold) data. The intelligent
Auto-tiering feature allows you to have your frequently-accessed data on
high-speed SSD in the NAS for quick access and high performance. At the
same time, you still have access to your archived and seldom-used data
on the NAS’s SAS and SATA drives. This provides the versatility of extreme
performance, a large storage capacity and a lower cost per gigabyte to store
and balance your data.
Storage Pool
SSD HDD JBOD
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Snapshot
Block – Level Local Snapshot and Snapshot Replica —An Ecient and economical
way to protect les
QNAP’s Whole Volume/LUN Snapshot Agent records the status of les using the Copy on Write mechanism. This helps
in recovering les to a previously saved state in case of accidental deletion or modication and meeting enterprise
requirements of improving Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO).
Benets of QNAP Snapshot
The block-based QNAP snapshot
technology can assist in saving space
and reserve snapshots for future use
as different from traditional backup,
block-level snapshot technology will
only backup the modified part of a
file. QNAP Snapshot supports up to
256 snapshots for each volume or
LUN, up to 1024 snapshots for the
whole system.
A B C
Block Level
File Level
Only modied data is backed up to save space and increase eciency. Whole data backup (higher space requirement and reduced
eciency).
Snapshot Replica RTRR Rsync NAS to NAS
Data Format
Backup Format
Modified File
Handling
Time
Volume / LUN Shared Folder Shared Folder Shared Folder
Block-based File-level le-based File-level block-based File-Level block-based
Only back up modied le Re back up whole le Compare source and destination les and
Scheduled Real time/ Scheduled Scheduled Scheduled
C1
Snapshoot1
Snapshoot2
A B C
A B C1
Only modied data is backed up to save
space and increase eciency.
Backup 2 will back up the whole le
every time and increase the space and
bandwidth requirement.
transmit only changed data blocks
Encryption
Compression
Memory
Requirement
Remote System
Using Scenario
• Lot of small data
• Large le that need continues
modication
Supported Supported Supported Supported
Supported Supported Supported Supported
4GB RAM Required No Requirement No Requirement No Requirement
QNAP NAS QNAP NAS Rsync Server QNAP NAS
(VM image or backup image)
• Real time replication or
synchronization
• Fast transmit within local LAN
• Large le that need continues
modication
• Transmit in long distance
Local Snapshot to provide continuous data protection
• File-level recovery
The low-impact, small-sized, and user recoverable snapshots offer more benefits of storage administration compared to
traditional le copies, which are often stored as a single large data le. For instance, you can choose to recover a le in a folder
or the entire folder instantly with a few clicks.
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• High Flexibility
Snapshots can be used with iSCSI LUNs and Volumes in QNAP NAS and Expansion Units to achieve full protection. On the
other hand, Snapshot Replica allows you to transfer your snapshot to a remote QNAP NAS for backup.
Turbo NAS and JBOD Volume
Snapshot / Snapshot Clone
iSCSI LUN
• Data visibility
The QNAP Snapshot provides tools in Storage Manager to help
you find specific files to recover. You can easily view files and
folders in a snapshot and browse through dierent snapshots
displayed in chronological order. In addition, le recovery just
takes a few clicks, increasing operational eciency.
• The files in a snapshot clone can be
freely edited by users.
Clone a snapshot as a volume or LUN for quick file access,
eliminating long restore times and reserving sizeable space
for storing backups. The files in a snapshot clone can be
freely edited by users.
Snapshot
Volume
Remotely store Snapshot
• Rsync/RTRR integration
The Rsync/RTRR functions in Backup Station automatically
detect whether the system supports Snapshots. The RTRR/
Rsync functions take snapshots of the volume before
starting replication and then back up snapshots to a
remote server. This greatly enhances data integrity.
• Windows Previous Versions Supports
Snapshots enables Windows users
to restore files directly using the
Windows previous versions feature
in Windows explorer, to save time
and effort without requiring IT
administrators’ support.
• Remote Snapshot Replica prevents data loss
Snapshot Replica
The Remote Snapshot Replica enables you to replicate volume/LUNs
between different remote servers using snapshot technology, which
helps to reduce storage consumption and bandwidth. Either take the
snapshot immediately or set up a snapshot schedule. It is considered
one of the most comprehensive strategies for data backup.
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Snapshot Vault
Snapshot Vault is the backup center for storing and managing every snapshot created remotely from another QNAP NAS. It is also
capable of cloning a snapshot (with specied les in a snapshot) as a local volume for data access. comprehensive strategies for data
backup.
NAS- to-NAS Snapshot Replica
Replication source Replication destination
Snapshot replication on an expansion unit
(Independent Storage Pool)
Volumes of QNAP NAS &
Expansion Unit
Local snapshot
Snapshot replication on a remote NAS unit
Snapshot
Volume
One-to-Many & Many-to-One Snapshot Replication
Replication source Replication destination
Snapshot Vault
Volume of NAS1
Volume of NAS2
Volume of NAS3
Local Snapshot
on each NAS
Remote NAS
Remote Snapshot Replica with
Snapshot Vault to manage
snapshots from other NAS units
• Managing snapshots remotely from another NAS
Use the Clone function to clone (or mount) a snapshot from the Snapshot Vault as a volume or iSCSI LUN on a QNAP NAS.
Directly access these les through File Station or Backup Station. Use an iSCSI initiator to connect to a cloned iSCSI LUN from
another computer.
• Replication Settings
To minimize the risk of data breach, the Snapshot Replica provides the option of file encryption. It also provides file
compression and transfer rate adjustment to lower bandwidth consumption.
• Application Consistent Snapshots with Snapshot Agent
Snapshot Agent, used for iSCSI LUN, allows connecting the Turbo NAS with the remote servers (VMware vCenter or Windows
Server) to ensure consistent snapshots. On those remote servers, the running applications (VMware virtual machines, Hyper-V
virtual machines, SQL server, Windows file server…) will write/flush the data from the memory to the iSCSI LUN prior the
snapshot is taken. The application will then be consistent and include all necessary data. In case of snapshot restoration, no
data will be missing.
Snapshot Agent also includes VSS Hardware Provider for Windows to allow taking snapshot on the NAS from the backup
software use on Windows server. The Snapshot process can be ooaded to the NAS and reduce the loading on the server.
VSS Hardware Provider Work Flow
The Backup software sends
1
a snapshot request to Windows
Snapshot Agent VSS
hardware provider
Turbo NAS receive the request and
3
takes a snapshot for iSCSI LUN
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The system may
temporarily stop to
operate during ushing
data to LUN
Windows VSS ush the data to iSCSI LUN and
2
TM
send the request to VSS hardware provider
Turbo NAS send back the snapshot for Backup software to conduct the backup job
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Snapshot Agent Work Flow
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Snapshot Agent active VSS in windows
2
to ush data to iSCSI LUN
TM
iSCSI LUN
The system may temporarily stop to operate during ushing data to LUN
Snapshot Agent
Snapshot Agent replay that
3
snapshot can be done
Or do a VMware snapshot of all the
VM in the iSCSI LUN
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QNAP and Acronis True Image® BackupSoluation
QTS is compatible with various
renowned backup software
including Acronis® True ImageTM,
Symantec® Backup Exec, and
many others. Backup entire disk
drives, documents, pictures,
music, videos, fonts, emails, and
more – to one or multiple NAS
units. With a very simple setup
process, you can set up real-time
backups and fully automated
scheduled backups. Mac users can
also use Time Machine® to back
up les from Mac workstations.
Backup source
Windows/Mac
Restoration
Use Acronis True Image®
to restore files
Acronis True Image®
A
.tib backup file
Turbo NAS need to
1
start a snapshot job
Turbo NAS need to start a snapshot job
Backup destination Restoration
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Data storage
Snapshot Replica
Remote scheduled
backup
Restoration of remote
snapshot (using a bootable
CD-ROM or USB stick) to
restore .tid files to the source
or other computers
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Remote backup site
The Acronis True Image® Logo and related material are belong Acronis International GmbH, for more information please check
http://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/computer-backup/
• QNAP Snapshot Replica with Industry 4.0 Using Scenario
In production site, business
now look into the concept of
industry 4.0 and continue to
allow manufacturing process
become more intelligent
and automatic, while data
analysis must be in real time
to maximum it’s benefit, you
can setup a Warm Database for
analysis using TVS-ECx80U-SAS
R2 series and Snapshot Replica,
allowing near real time data
analysis while reducing the
loading on the production site’s
data center.
Production Site Data Center Data Analysis Center
Analysis Report back to
production site for
continued improvement
Scheduled Snapshot Replica to continues transmit data to
Analysis Center to conduct analysis
Using TS-ECx80U R2
computing power to
generate Analysis Report
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File Station 4.2
Manage all files from a single management window
With the new remote connection function, the File Station now enables management of les on local, remote, and
cloud storage across geographical boundaries and platforms from a single window anywhere.
In the past, you needed to log into dierent devices individually for data
migration or copying.
Cloud storage Personal computer Local or remote NAS
Now, File Station 4.2 supports remote connection.
• Supports connecting to six cloud
services: Google Drive, Dropbox,
Microsoft OneDrive, Box, Amazon
Cloud Drive, and Yandex Disk.
• Three remote device network
protocols:
1. CIFS: Supports online streaming and thumbnail
display when Microsoft Networking (SMB/
CIFs) is selected. Allows a single folder to be
mounted on your local network or when the
NAS connects to a VPN service.
2. FTP: Allows every folder to be mounted when
using the FTP service for easy access to remote
data.
3. WebDAV: Allows a single folder to be mounted
on local network or over the Internet. WebDAV
uses the HTTP protocol over the standard HTTP
port, making accessing les via WebDAV similar
to downloading les from a webpage.
Network
communication
protocols
Manage all les from a single management
program
4GB
CIFS／SMB
Cloud storage
External devices
CIFS
LAN
NAS
• Also supports searching for devices
on the same network via FTP or CIFS.
Note 1: Please install Connect to Cloud Drive from
the App Center before connecting to cloud
services.
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FTP / WebDAV
NAS on the LAN
Remote NAS
Cloud storage
File Station interface
Folders in tree
structure:
Presents the locations of
data in an easy-to-read
format.
Remote
connection:
View remote
connections here
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Three browsing modes are available:
icon, list, and detailed list.
Features many functions for
easier le management.
Preview for Microsoft Oce les:
• Preview Microsoft Oce les oine with a Chrome browser extension (Chrome browser only and with the Oce Editing for
Docs, Sheets & Slides Chrome extension installed from Chrome Web Store) in the File Station.
Support for le types: .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, and .pptx.
Also supports the online preview of Microsoft Oce les with Oce Online and Google Docs in the File Station.
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Multimedia streaming
Video:
• On-the-fly transcoding enables you to watch a video
while it is being converted in real time. (Please note
that on-the-fly transcoding is only available on certain
models.)
• Background transcoding enables you to convert video
into different resolutions and formats suitable for
multiple devices and multiple networks.
• In addition, playback with VLC player for online video
streaming is now supported.
Photo:
• All new interface with added support for viewing a wider
range of picture formats.
• Playback photos as a slideshow, or set a photo as the QTS
wallpaper directly from the picture viewer.
• Additionally, photo rotation is now supported.
Music:
• Added support for direct playback of even more music
formats.
Smart zonal streaming
Stream multimedia les to dierent devices via Apple TV, DLNA, or Chromecast from the File Station.
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DLNA-compatible TV
DLNA-compatible media player
Upgraded sharing functions
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•
Share space with a user:
System administrators can allocate space to NAS users, and specify a storage quota in File Station.
Share/Upload
Send users a notication of the access link via email when sharing space with a user to streamline the process.
•
Directly share with other NAS users:
• CloudLink enables le sharing from anywhere especially when your network environment does not support port forwarding.
Just log in to myQNAPcloud from your NAS, create a share link with CloudLink, and then share the link with others.
•
Share download links via email:
Users can share links from their own email account.
Supports multiple email accounts.
Share les directly to selected NAS users rather than setting shared folder permissions.
•
Share with social networks:
•
Create share links only:
messengers for others to access it.
•
Mutual file sharing:
le upload to this folder” option, your friends will be able to upload les to your File Station without a user account. Set an
expiration time for shared les.
You can easily share several les in a shared folder with friends via a Share Link. By enabling the “Allow
You can paste the Share Links on social networks of your choice.
Create a share link for files or folders and copy & paste it into forums, websites, and instant
File or folder operations and management
With File Station, you can easily carry out common tasks like uploading, downloading, and managing les.
• Streamlined le operations such as rename, copy, move and delete.
• Compress/Extract multiple les: Choose multiple les in File Station and select “More Actions” > “Compress (Zip)” to compress
the les to a Zip le. Alternatively, you can extract content from a Zip le.
• Instant photo preview: File Station displays thumbnails of photos, album covers, and videos to aid in categorizing and
organizing multimedia les.
• File/Folder Property inspection: You can quickly inspect a le or folder’s detailed properties from its Properties window.
• Auto transcoding: Set a folder as an auto-transcoding folder with its Properties window on the right pane. The Turbo NAS will
automatically convert the videos in this folder to the resolution you have set.
• Media Folders: Similarly, you can designate a folder as a media folder and specify the type of les (photos, videos, music, etc.)
that the media scanner should index from the Properties window.
• File upload: Move les from a local PC/Mac to File Station by drag-and-drop to upload the les to the Turbo NAS easily.
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Hybrid Backup Solutions
Hybrid cloud for a consolidated backup solution
The QTS allows data on PCs, servers, virtual machines, and external drives to be backed up to the Turbo NAS; and
provides disaster recovery solutions to back up data on the Turbo NAS to external devices or remote servers.
Backup from computer to NAS - PC backup
Windows® users can install the free QNAP NetBak Replicator utility to back up files from Windows® PC - entire disk drives,
documents, pictures, music, videos, fonts, emails, and more – to one or multiple Turbo NAS units.
With simple clicks, you can set up real-time backup, scheduled backup and auto-backup. You can set power o after the backup
is nished to save energy; le ltering to exclude les not to back up; and email notication when backup is completed.
3rd party backup software
QTS is compatible with various renowned backup software such as Acronis® True Image and Symantec® Backup Exec. Users
that have adopted such backup software can immediately back up data from other sources to the Turbo NAS.
Virtualization backup server
The Turbo NAS is compatible with VMware® ESX server, Citrix® XenServer, and Microsoft® Hyper-V, enabling your QNAP NAS to
be seamlessly integrated to a virtualized environment as extended storage for data backup.
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QJBOD Express
The new QJBOD Express enables quick back up or migration of large amounts of data to local or to remote sites without using
any network bandwidth.
San Francisco to Los Angeles: Initial transfer costs for 50TB data
Method Time cost Bandwidth cost
100Mbps network About 45 days 50TB
QJBOD Express In two days 0
Back up 50TB data to remote site
1
Back up data to the JBOD
Connect the JBOD and create an encrypted volume for backup. “Safely Detach” the JBOD after the backup job is
completed.
2
Transportation
Transport the JBOD to a remote site.
San Francisco Los Angles
3
Finish backup job
Connect and scan the JBOD. Create the final
incremental backup job.
The remote NAS must support JBOD expansion to
use this feature.
JBODJBOD
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Complete backup and access —anytime, anywhere
The explosive growth of data brings challenges of data protection and management. Unless an organization has
the necessary knowledge and a disaster recovery strategy to protect and recover data, data integrity and data
security will continue to present a problem. Hybrid Backup Restore assists you in managing and planning backup
strategies (including local, remote-site, and cloud backups) with its centralized management capability even in
the most complex data environments.
The HybridCloud Backup/Restore App will be available in the App Center in Q3, 2015.
Local Backup
Use the One Touch Copy button on the front panel of the
NAS to quickly backup data to or from external USB devices
or disks.
Remote-site Backup
With the RTRR service on the QNAP NAS, backing up data to
your NAS is a simple and easy process. Your computer or your
NAS can be the source, destination, or relay server during
the backup process. Access or back up les with the “Remote
Connection” function in File Station using Microsoft® file
sharing (CIFS/SMB) or FTP to mount external folders as if they
were local.
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Smart Version Control
Real-Time Remote Replication (RTRR) version control
enables saving backup files to time based versions. In
case of an incident, les can be restored to earlier backedup versions specified by time and date. Smart versioning
enables you to create backup versions hourly, daily, weekly,
or monthly. Alternatively, simple versioning keeps a fixed
number of versions for a given period and automatically
rotates stored versions.
Remote backup monitoring
System administrators can now monitor backup jobs from
remote servers with QTS 4.2’s Backup Station. The Incoming
List displays the status of backup jobs from other NAS
servers that use the current NAS as a target destination for
their backup.
Two-way shared folder synchronization
Use RTRR (Real-Time Remote Replication) service to set up real-time or scheduled synchronization of shared folders between
two Turbo NAS units. With two-way synchronization, file backup consistency is improved and is especially helpful in
synchronization and collaboration across departments and branch oces.
Cloud Backup
Protecting against potentially disastrous data loss is of paramount importance for all businesses regardless of size. A QNAP
Turbo NAS is a comprehensive backup and recovery solution to back up not only les for all devices on the LAN, but also for
remote-site NAS units and servers. Furthermore, QNAP Turbo NAS fully supports backup from the Turbo NAS to online cloud
storage services (e.g. Amazon® S3, Amazon® Glacier, Microsoft® Azure, Google® Cloud Storage*, IBM® SoftLayer, HP® Cloud,
Rackspace®, and ElephantDrive®). The QTS powerful and comprehensive Backup Station makes backup and recovery simpler
for all business's disaster recovery plan.
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Cloud backup made simple
Compress
1
The CloudBackup Station supports compressed backup files,
scheduled le deletion according to users’ specications and sparse
le detection to avoid backing up unnecessary les. You can screen
files by type, size, and date to ensure only the required files are
saved on the cloud for greater storage and cost eciencies.
Select folder and encrypt
2
The CloudBackup Station features an SSL-secured connection and
military-grade AES 256-bit data encryption to protect your data in
transmission and at rest on the cloud.
Multi-thread transmission
3
The CloudBackup Station supports multi-task processing and multi-
threaded data transfer*. The latter improves le transmission speed
and enhances work eciency by segmenting large les into smaller
ones before uploading. You can preview files in the cloud and
download individual les instead of the entire folder.
WebDAV app does not support multi-threaded data transfer.
Cloud sync solutions
HybridCloud Sync supports four leading cloud storage services and synchronization with designated folders. The HybridCloud
Sync supports Amazon® Cloud Drive, Google™ Drive, Dropbox™, and Microsoft® OneDrive® for continuous synchronization
between your NAS and cloud storage.
Microsoft® OneDrive for Business
Microsoft® OneDrive synchronizes personal files to their free online storage space while its commercial
counterpart provides online stora ge space for enterprise users and use of Oce Online.
Amazon® Cloud Drive Unlimited Photo Storage Plan
This service can save not only photos but also videos and other les.
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Google™ Drive for Work
This service enables users to save all their work in a secured cloud environment to allow access from anywhere
and at anytime, convenient sharing among colleagues with unlimited storage space.
Microsoft Office® for Dropbox™
This service enables editing of Oce les directly from Dropbox on the web.
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