Qsan XN3000T, XN5000T, XN7000T, XN8000T User Manual

Data Storage, Security & Performance

XN3000T / XN5000T / XN7000T / XN8000T Series

• N+1 hybrid storage: 3.5” SATA HDDs and additional 2.5’’ SATA SSD for optimizing data processing without sacrificing the storage capacity.

• Flexible host interface with 10GB/40GB/Thunderbolt™ 3.0 options.

• Screw-less HDD/SSD tray design for easy installation and maintenance.

• Brand new enterprise level QSM 3.O with all new interface and features to empower SMB solutions.

• Unified storage architecture with full virtualization support.

P1 | Product Overview

Customized Hardware Platform For Enterprise Applications

Feature Highlight

Innovative (N+1) Hybrid Storage Capacity

Leading Enterprise-level NAS Operating System

High Expandability & Scalability

The Next Generation Thunderbolt™ 3 Solution

High speed 10Gb/40Gb High Speed Adapter Card

Efficient Management And Maintenance

Intuitive Interface

Account Setting And Management

P10

Quality of Service (QOS)

P10

Smart Monitor

P11

System Notification

P11

Define Your Own Business With Advanced Storage Technology

P12

Centralized Data Storage & File Sharing

P15

Cross Platform Access

P15

Powerful Web File Explorer

P17

File Manager

P17

Universal and Efficient Data Backup

P20

Backup Your Business

P20

Client Backup

P21

Remote Backup

P22

Local Backup

P22

Cloud Backup

P23

Disaster Recovery

P23

Security & Data Protection

P24

Network Environment Protection

P25

Data Security & Anti-Virus protection

P25

Transmission Protection

P27

Comprehensive Business Solution

P28

Virtualization

P29

Virtualization Ready Storage

P29

Offload Data Transfer (ODX)

P30

Full VMware Support

P30

Access Your Data Anywhere

P32

Reach XCubeNAS Via QSAN Cloud

P32

Mobile On The Go

P33

Utility

P34

Find NAS Tools

P34

Accessory

P35

Hardware Specifications

P36

Software Specifications

P38

| Product Overview

XCubeNAS Series Tower Product Overview

The XCubeNAS series (XN3000T / XN5000T / XN7000T / XN8000T) is a simple, solid and stylish NAS system which is designed for Workgroup and SMB applications. The XCubeNAS is powered by specifies hardware N+1(3.5’’ LFF xN + 2.5’’ SFF x1) design, with additional onboard SATA SSD slot for blazing performance and capacity expansion that can benefit every workgroup and SMB user.

The XCubeNAS operating system is the brand new, and totally reimagined QSM3.0 brings the enterprise level features into the Work group and SMB storage. QSM3.0 supports comprehensive enterprise level storage features including SSD caching, thin provisioning, auto-tiering, data deduplication and data compression that transform the efficiency of every resource to bring you commercial value.

Customized Hardware Platform For Enterprise Applications

The XCubeNAS is perfectly designed for Workgroups and SMB by the latest hardware specification. Humanized mechanical design makes the installation and maintenance much easier than you can imagine. Meanwhile, the customized hardware platform with QSAN enterprise level operation system provides efficiently applications, enterprise level storage solutions, and extended network bandwidth for comprehensive office environments. With additional PCIe slots on XCubeNAS, ultra-high-speed data transmission, such as 10GbE, 40GbE and Thunderbolt 3, is also capable for multiple purposes.

The Latest Processor

XN3000T with high performance Intel Celeron processor; XN5000T/XN7000T/XN8000T with Intel latest 7th generation processor to provides abundant resources to meet computational requirements of a wide variety of applications.

Up to 4 x 1 GbE Network Interface

XN3000T built-in two 1GbE Ethernet ports; XN5000T/XN7000T/XN8000T built-in four 1GbE Ethernet ports which meet iSCSI/NFS/CIFS network data transmission requirements.

Feature Highlight

Effortlessly Installation and Maintenance

Screw-less tray design for 2.5" SSD and 3.5" HDD anyone can install the HDD and boost up performance without IT background.

Exclusive Service Door for Memory Upgrade.

XN3000T supports DDR3LSO-DIMM RAM that can be expanded up to 8GB; XN5000T/XN7000T/XN8000T build in 8GB DDR4 SO-DIMM RAM that can be expanded up to 32GB.

| Feature Highlight

Flexible Expansion PCIe Slot

XN5000T/XN7000T/XN8000T have an additional PCIe expansion slots give the XCubeNAS the flexibly to respond to various application demands. Thunderbolt™ 3 and 10GbE/40GbE network adapter cards are supported to greatly enhance the data transmission speeds. Moreover, Thunderbolt 3 adapter cards are also able to enlarge the storage capacity to 246TB.

Thunderbolt 3.0

10G/40G NIC

| Hybrid Storage Capacity

Innovative

(N+1)

Hybrid Storage Capacity

The innovative mechanical design makes the XCubeNAS a versatile hybrid storage device. Without affecting existing large form factor slots, the XCubeNAS positions small form factor bays for SATA SSD at the left side of the system, this way we can ensure that both the demands for capacity and performance can be satisfied.

Other Brand Tower NAS

1 SSD Cache + RAID 0 (1 HDD)

1 SSD Cache + RAID 0 (3 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 1 (3 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 5 (3 HDD)

1 SSD Cache + RAID 0 (5 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 1 (5 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 5 (5 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 6 (5 HDD)

XN3002T

XN 3004T, X N500 4T,

XN7004T, XN8004T

XN3006T, XN5006T,

XN7006T, XN8006T

XCubeNAS

1 SSD Cache + RAID 0 (2 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 1 (2 HDD)

1 SSD Cache + RAID 0 (4 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 1 (4 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 5 (4 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 6 (4 HDD)

1 SSD Cache + RAID 0 (6 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 1 (6 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 5 (6 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 6 (6 HDD)

1 SSD Cache + RAID 0 (8 HDD)

XN 3008 T, XN500 8T, XN7008T, XN8008T

N : Large Form Factor

Large form factor slots drive trays feature not only 3.5 inch drive support but also 2.5 inch mounting holes are included as standard on all bays on the XCubeNAS. Fitted with up to 10TB drives in the 3.5 inch HDD bays, the XCubeNAS can fulfill capacity demands, and exceed them after adding our XCubeDAS systems.

1 : Small Form Factor

Additional 2.5 inch small form factor are provided in order to enable advanced features without sacrificing storage capacity. In addition to being used for SSD caching for boosting data access performance, our auto-tiering architecture can be utilized to offer a complete ongoing optimization.

1 SSD Cache + RAID 1 (8 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 5 (8 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 6 (8 HDD)

1 SSD Cache + RAID 0 (7 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 1 (7 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 5 (7 HDD) 1 SSD Cache + RAID 6 (7 HDD)

N : Large Form Factor

Support 3.5’’ and 2.5’’ HDD and SSD

1 : Small Form Factor

Support SATA SSD

| NAS Operating System

Leading Enterprise-level NAS Operating System

QSM 3.0 (QSAN Storage Manager 3.0) is an innovative storage operating system designed for QSAN XCubeNAS products. Based on Linux and 128-bit ZFS (Zeta-byte File System), QSM 3.0 not only inherits the amazing native features of ZFS but is also adjusted with several bespoke optimization enhancements that make the XCubeNAS series a high-performance, efficient and superior network attached storage device.

QSM 3.0 guarantees data integrity, and security. The built in checksum mechanism can automatically correct corrupted data using file snapshots. A wide range of supported RAID types, file and block level snapshots and various backup solution support ensures that data always well-protected. AES-256 pool encryption, WORM and SED drive support prevent confidential data from being either stolen or modified.

QSM 3.0 utilizes every resource to achieve data efficiency. Data deduplication and compression technology reduce storing duplicate data blocks and files to maximize storage capacity, making the XCubeNAS capable of storing beyond its raw storage capacity.

QSM 3.0 effectively addresses the performance demands of various applications. The SSD caching boosts up data access speed. And classifying data by access frequency lets auto-tiering help you fetch frequently used files even faster.

Value-added functionalitys such as virtualization capability, multiple server center, centralized file station etc. are also provided making QSM 3.0 robust and able to carry out dedicated applications.

Multi NAS Sync Snapshot Replica PC / Server Backup Utility Real Time Remote Backup

Web File Manager Dropbox Google Drive One Drive Sync Mobile App Internet Connection Tool

AD/LDAP Domain User/ Folder Quota Windows ACL Advanced ACL SMB

Cloud Service

File Sharing

Server

iSCSI

Virtual Disk

Backup Service

SED

WORM

Compression

Deduplication

Virtual Hypervisor Server

NAS

Snapshot

Pool & Folder

ZFS

Linux

Encryption

SQL Server

Web Server

Scale-up

Instant RAID

SSD Trim

SSD Cache

VPN Server

Media Editing

Storage

Microsoft Exchange

Storage

Thin Provision

Virtualization Storage (Hyper-V, Citrix, VMware)

Auto Tiering

Surveillance

Storage

High Expandability & Scalability

Empowered by the advantages of PCIe expansion slots, the XCubeNAS could instantly and effectively respond to application demands. Using Thunderbolt™ adapter card to connect to remote virtual volume of another XCubeNAS can easily scale storage capacity up. Network speed can be greatly enhanced by using Thunderbolt™, 10G and 40G network adapter cards.

The Next Generation Thunderbolt™ 3 Solution

QSAN is proud to be providing the latest Thunderbolt™ 3 adapter card as an option for our XCubeNAS series NAS. You can create lightning throughput and reliable connectivity between XCubeNAS storage systems and a work station, MacBook or iMac directly with the QSAN Thunderbolt™ 3 solution.

In addition to the lightning throughput, the Thunderbolt™ 3 ports can be directly attached to the QSAN XCubeNAS series NAS products for expending client’s data storage capacity or can hook up as an external device for fast data backup to the XCubeNAS. Thunderbolt™ 3 not only delivers an amazing 40 Gbps data transmission rate but also provides more than a 100% increase in bandwidth than the 2nd generation.

Theoretically the Thunderbolt™ 3 solution is up to eight times faster than USB 3.0. So a XCubeNAS with a Thunderbolt™ 3 adapter is an ideal solution for throughput demanding applications such as video editing and production, music production, digital photography editing, high speed external device data backup to NAS and more.

4K / 2K Video Editing

Data Backup

Direct Attach Storage

Capacity Expansion

XCubeN AS Thunderbolt™ 3 Applications

| Thunderbolt™ 3 Solution

High-Performance: Breaking The I/O Throughput

With next generation Thunderbolt™ 3 technology, you can connect a Thunderbolt™ 3 device to an XCubeNAS directly with a 40Gb/s data transmission

40Gb/s

20Gb/s

Thunderbolt 3

Thunderbolt 2

rate.

10Gb/s

USB 3.1

XCubeNAS with Thunderbolt™ 3 is capable of transferring high-resolution video smoothly and

5Gb/s

USB 3

handling relative workloads with ease. Copy a 4.7GB DVD video will on average take under a minute.

Type CD 700MB DVD 4.7GB Blue-ray 25GB

Thunderbolt™ 3 (40Gb/s) 0.14 0.95 5

Thunderbolt 2 (20Gb/s) 0.28 1.88 10

Thunderbolt (10Gb/s) 0.56 3.76 20

USB 3.1 (10 Gb/s) 0.56 3.76 20

USB 3.0 (5 Gb/s) 1.12 7.52 40

FireWire 800 (800Mb/s) 7 47 250

USB 2.0 (480Mb/s) 11.66 78.33 416.66

High-efficient: 4K Video Editing

The XCubeNAS fulfils storage and video editing needs with high-speed Thunderbolt™3 . Digital videos can be quickly stored and edited on the XCubeNAS via a stable transmission tunnel without dropping a single frame. So you can are able to achieve blazingly fast transfer speeds to your workstation at up to 40 Gb/s speed with a single cable connection. That’s more than enough bandwidth to handle the highest resolution video formats including Ultra HD and 4K, or even the highly demanding stereoscopic 3D files.

Ingest the Videos

Thunderbolt™ 3 Connection

Video Editing Station

· Large Capacity

· High Throughput

Work Group

Video Sharing

High Capacity: Scale-Up Solution

The XCubeNAS provides a massive scale-up capability by connecting other XCubeNAS with the thunderbolt technology. It can support up to whopping 27 disk drives or up to 246 TB of raw storage space by using 10TB HDD drives.

Maximum Raw Storage Capacity

| Thunderbolt™ 3 Solution

NAS Models

XN8008T XN7008T XN5008T

XN8006T XN7006T XN5006T

XN8004T XN7004T XN5004T

Enclosure

Front Factor

Tower 8 +1bay

( LFF 8 + SFF 1 )

Tower 6+1 bay

( LFF 6 + SFF 1 )

Tower 4+1 bay

( LFF 4 + SFF 1 )

Max. No. of

Expansion Units

2 9+9*2=27 198 TB 246 TB

2 7+7*2=21 150TB 186TB

2 5+5*2=15 102TB 126TB

Highly Expandability: Enlarge Your MAC’s Capacity

With storage in modern computers at a premium, running out of storage seems like an every day issue. With the XCubeNAS when you are out of storage space, simply connect XCubeNAS it to your MAC via the Thunderbolt port. It can will then provide extra space in a secure and high performance environment. Moreover, Choosing stable Thunderbolt interface to share your MAC’s data to another workstation by separating the XCubeNAS from your MAC and attach to the workstation. Using the Thunderbolt connectivity also allows flexibility. To share work between desktops, simply disconnect the cable from your machine, and attach it to another.

Max. No. of Hard Drives

Max. Raw Capacity

LFF 8TB

SFF 2TB (SATA)

LFF 10TB

SFF 2TB (SATA)

| High Speed Adapter Card

High speed 10GbE/40GbE High Speed Adapter Card

A 10GbE/40GbE (10 Gigabit/ 40 Gigabit Ethernet) network is essential for businesses that demand high bandwidth for virtualization, and fast backup and restore for an ever-growing amount of data. The XCubeNAS Tower series is an affordable and reliable storage solution for deploying a 10GbE / 40GbE environment.

Unleash The Full Potential Of Virtualization

Application and processing requirements constantly evolve, heightening the need for higher performance storage, and with virtualization of IT resources, the need for high performance storage is essential. The XCubeNAS offers class leading hardware matched with unparalleled 10Gbps/40Gbps speed for all virtualization needs. The 10Gbps/40Gbps speed will increase the agility of data transmission in a virtualized environment, therefore intensifying NFS and iSCSI connection performance.

VM VM VM

Hypervisor Hypervisor

Gigabit Network

VM VM VM VM VM

10/40 Gb Network

High-Performance I/O Throughput

10/40 GbE high-speed networks are highly beneficial for IOPS-demanding applications such as virtualization, databases, high-resolution video editing, and sharing workflows.

4000

3000

2000

1000

0 (MB/s)

Throughput

3920

Read

10 Gigabit LAN port x4

3831

Write

260000

195000

130000

65000

0 (MB/s)

IOPS

268,152

Read

10 Gigabit LAN port x4

250,208

Write

Efficient Management & Maintenance

With the powerful QSM 3.0 file system and intuitive interface, IT administrator are able to efficiently manage account, storage, network bandwidth and monitor the activities occurring on the XCubeNAS, and react on a moment’s notice if something goes wrong.

Intuitive Interface

It’s important for users to easily operate and manage the XCubeNAS. With the simple, clear and intuitive interface such as graphic icons and tablet / phone-like interface, making the XCubeNAS easier and more pleasant for everyone to use without any professional knowledges.

Furthermore, QSM exclusive design Dock is the bar of icons that sits at the bottom, you can pin your access most App on Dock. It provides easy way to access your QSM.

| Account Setting

Account Setting & Management

Users are allowed to create multiple user accounts and share folders, and authorized by those shared folders with the support of privilege settings. There are features that IT administrators can set the access control on the XCubeNAS.

Privilege Setting

The XCubeNAS has the ability on setting user’s windows permission of the specific share folder and its subfolder, or limit user to access specific services. Ensure the data security on the XCubeNAS and prevent the invasion of privacy among every user.

User And Folder Quota

By adding quotas (limits) to users, the XCubeNAS can decide the storage space on the individual user folder and limit the storage capacity in each volume. With this feature, the admin will has the ability of complete control on the NAS storage allocation.

Quality of Service (QOS)

Streaming media or editing files online may lower the input/output speed. To prevent being cut into the bandwidth, the XCubeNAS provides services that allows users to take control of the bandwidth. Service binding is a technique for binding a particular service (like SMB/CIFS or FTP or etc.) to a specific port, each service can use specific port. This effect dedicates the full bandwidth of the LAN port to that specific service.

Smart Monitor

| Smart Monitor

Monitor Center

The XCubeNAS has its system monitor center for users to efficiently monitor the resource status( like CPU, RAM , memory, pool status...), hardware information, network service (like WebDAV, Rsync, NFS, FTP...), and view all the system logs.

Dashboard

Graphically presenting system health, hardware/ network information, system logs and notifications on desktop, the XCubeNAS provides dashboard that can inform the IT administrator of the latest system information in real-time.

System Notification

The IT administrator must always have the most comprehensive and up-to-date information about their XCubeNAS. The XCubeNAS supports Buzzer alert email and SNMP service that can ensure them to respond to incidents immediately and more efficiently.

Buzzer Alert

The XCubeNAS will make buzzer alert to notify the user when detecting the abnormal situation on the system. Allowing users to figure out that something problems happened on their NAS at the shortest time.

Notification Via Email

When encountering some system problems, the administrator can get the notification at the same time via email with the support of email alert services such as Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook and other custom settings.

SNMP Service

XCubeNAS supports SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) service that allows network administrators to use any SNMP-based NMS (Network Management System) to monitor the status of the connected XCubeNAS with network management software. With SNMP trap capability provided, XCubeNAS can send notification to NMS actively when the pre-defined levels of events occur.

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