Cost-effective auto-tiered NAS solution for virtualization and data-intensive enterprise applications
As a high-performance and cost-effective NAS solution designed for enterprises, the 2U rackmount TS-1886XU-RP provides 12 3.5-inch drive-bays and 6 SSD dedicated slots. Additionally, powered by an Intel® Xeon® D processor with up to 128 GB DDR4 Error Correcting Code (ECC) memory, the TS-1886XU-RP delivers server-grade performance with dependable reliability. The pre-installed dual-port 10GbE SFP+ network card not only empowers bandwidth-demanding applications but also supports RDMA/RoCE to improve performance and lower CPU consumption. Moreover, the scalable TS-1886XU-RP satisfies growing data storage needs, along with advanced business-ready features for streamlined data and IT management, including SSD over-provisioning, comprehensive virtualization support, software-defined networking and virtual switch, QuDedup source-based data deduplication, elastic cloud storage gateway services, and more.
DDR4 ECC memory detects and then corrects single-bit memory errors, demonstrating high reliability for crucial applications.
Supports SSD caching to boost IOPS performance, Qtier for auto-tiered storage, and software-defined SSD extra over-provisioning to combat write amplification and optimize SSD performance and lifespan.
Two 10GbE SFP+ SmartNIC ports with RDMA support accelerate large file sharing and intensive data transfer.
PCIe expandability allows for 10GbE/ 25GbE/ 40GbE adapters, QM2 cards, Fibre Channel cards, or graphics cards to increase application potential.
Supports storage for virtualization of VMware®, Citrix®, Microsoft® Hyper-V® and Windows Server® 2019, and hosts independent virtual machines and containerized apps.
Provides your NAS comprehensive security management and a secure portal to keep you informed of the NAS status at all times. Supports self-encrypting drive (SED).
Available Models
TS-1886XU-RP-D1602-4G
Intel® Xeon® D-1602 2 cores/4 threads 2.5 GHz processor (burst up to 3.2 GHz), 4 GB DDR4 ECC RAM (1 x 4 GB); redundant power supply
TS-1886XU-RP-D1622-8G
Intel® Xeon® D-1622 4 cores/8 threads 2.6 GHz processor (burst up to 3.2 GHz), 8 GB DDR4 ECC RAM (2 x 4 GB); redundant power supply
Cost-effective NAS solution with powerful Intel® Xeon® D processor
The TS-1886XU-RP features an Intel® Xeon® D-1600 series processor, with up to 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory, and a redundant power supply, delivering server-grade performance and dependable reliability for rugged enterprise IT environments as a cost-efficient NAS solution. By connecting multiple QNAP expansion enclosures or enabling Virtual JBOD (VJBOD) to leverage other QNAP NAS storage, the storage capacity of the TS-1886XU-RP can be easily expanded to satisfy fast-growing data and budget flexibility.
ECC memory forestalls data corruption to assure reliability
The TS-1886XU-RP uses ECC memory that can detect and correct single-bit memory errors as they occur to prevent downtime and data loss, which is essential for always-on, mission-critical, server-grade applications. The TS-1886XU-RP supports dual-channel DDR4 memory in four Long-DIMM slots. When using paired memory modules, the TS-1886XU-RP can leverage the power of dual-channel architecture to boost performance. You can also customize memory configuration (supports up to 128 GB RAM) of the TS-1886XU-RP for greater performance to tackle dynamically-changing workloads, such as virtualization.
HDD + SSD hybrid structure to optimize storage performance and utilization
The TS-1886XU-RP features outstanding hardware and expandable architecture, enabling optimum performance and flexibility to satisfy business needs in various applications.
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Intel® Xeon® D processor
Intel® Xeon® D-1600 series processors with multi-core computing power.
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DDR4 ECC memory
Support four DDR4 dual-channel Long-DIMM memory modules for a maximum memory of 128 GB RAM.
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6x 2.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s SSD slots
Support SSD cache acceleration or Qtier for auto-tiering storage.
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4x Gigabit Ethernet ports
Ideal for service binding, port trunking and MPIO configurations.
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2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
Delivers transfer speeds up to 5Gbps. Supports external hard drives or UPS.
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Dual-port 10GbE SFP+ network expansion card
Uses Broadcom® or NVIDIA® Mellanox SmartNIC controller and supports RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE and RoCEv2). Additionally, 10GbE bandwidth boosts virtualization, large file sharing, and data-intensive applications.
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4x PCIe expansion slots
Support 10GbE/25GbE/40GbE network cards, QM2 cards, SAS expansion cards, graphics cards, and Fibre Channel cards for greater application potential (one slot comes with a pre-installed dual-port 10GbE SFP+ adapter).
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550W power supply units
Redundant 550W power supplies ensure continuous system uptime.
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System fans
Monitors system temperatures and automatically adjusts fan speeds accordingly.
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Air ducts
Connect to SSD slots for centralizing air flow and pressure from the system fans to effectively disperse SSD heat.
Virtualization Certifications Supported by TS-1886XU-RP
SSD caching and auto-tiering enable 24/7 optimized storage efficiency
While SSD prices have dropped significantly, and SSD capacity and performance have been greatly optimized, organizations can easily take advantage of SSD strengths. With the native six 2.5-inch SSD slots and QNAP’s SSD-aware features, the TS-1886XU-RP can maximize performance with high cost-effectiveness.
| SSD over-provisioning | SSD cache acceleration | Qtier for auto-tiering |
| You can add additional SSD over-provisioning (1% ~60%) to prevent the write amplification issue and improve SSD random write speeds and endurance. You can potentially attain enterprise-grade SSD performance levels even from affordable consumer SSDs! | Enables SSD caching for increasing IOPS performance and reducing latency for storage volume. This feature is perfect for IOPS-demanding applications including databases and virtualization. The TS-1886XU-RP also supports write-only cache to boost write-intensive applications and RAID 5/6 SSD caches to optimize performance and caching space. | Qtier technology drives auto-tiered storage with continuous data optimization across high-performance SSDs and high-capacity HDDs based on access frequency. I/O-Aware Qtier can reserve a cache-like space in the SSD tiered to handle burst I/O in real time. |
Dual 10GbE connectivity optimizes high-speed data transfer and supports RDMA/RoCE
The TS-1886XU-RP comes with a pre-installed dual-port 10GbE SFP+ Smart NIC (that uses the Broadcom NetXtreme®-E Series BCM57412, NVIDIA® Mellanox ConnectX®-4 Lx, or the same level SmartNIC) to improve bandwidth-demanding data center and virtualization applications and to support RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE and RoCEv2), allowing data to bypass general network drivers, the socket layer, and directly enter ESXi server and storage memory buffer. RoCE technology can improve NAS performance while lowering CPU consumption of applications that use an Ethernet network, ideal for low-latency and high-speed large data transferring.
Abundant I/O capability with PCIe expansion
The TS-1886XU-RP features four PCIe Gen3 x4 slots (one slot pre-installed with a dual-port 10GbE expansion card) that allow for various expansion cards for expanding application potential.
Note: 2U rackmount NAS model uses low-profile graphics cards.
10GbE/25GbE /40GbE network cardsEnable lightning-fast throughput for bandwidth-hungry tasks (such as virtualization, massive data transmission, and fast backup/restoration). |  |
QM2 M.2 SSD/10GbE cardsAdd M.2 SSD caching or 10GbE (10GBASE-T) connectivity for optimized performance and bandwidth. |  |
SAS expansion cardsDesigned for connecting the TS-1886XU-RP to REXP expansion units to increase storage capacity by adding up to 128 SAS/SATA drives. |  |
Graphics cardsThe TS-1886XU-RP supports low-profile graphics cards that do not require additional external power to improve QTS imaging processing and virtual machine performance (via GPU passthrough).
Note: When Virtualization Station uses graphics card, the NAS will temporarily stop hardware transcoding acceleration for QTS (and vice versa). |  |
10GbE/25GbE/40GbE network cards
Enable lightning-fast throughput for bandwidth-demanding tasks, such as virtualization, massive data transmission, and fast backup/restoration.
QM2 M.2 SSD/10GbE cards
Adds M.2 SSD caching or 10GbE (10GBASE-T) connectivity to the NAS for optimized performance and bandwidth.
SAS expansion cards
Designed for connecting the TS-1886XU-RP to REXP expansion units to increase storage capacity by adding up to 128 SAS/SATA drives.
Graphics cards
The TS-1886XU-RP supports low-profile graphics cards that do not require additional external power to improve QTS imaging processing and virtual machine performance (via GPU passthrough).
Note: When Virtualization Station uses graphics card, the NAS will temporarily stop hardware transcoding acceleration for QTS (and vice versa).
All-in-one server to host virtual machines and containers
Regardless of your virtualization needs, you can count on Virtualization Station and Container Station for complete virtualization support. You can use Network & Virtual Switch to allocate adequate physical network resources to virtual machines, containers, and the NAS to simplify network deployment.
Run multiple Windows®, Linux®, UNIX®, and Android™ virtual machines and access them via a web browser or Virtual Network Computing (VNC). Businesses can run virtualized server applications on a single NAS without the need for additional physical servers.
Experience LXC and Docker® lightweight virtualization technologies, download apps from the built-in Docker Hub Registry®, import and export containers, and create abundant microservices.
Block-based iSCSI LUN: Ideal choice for virtualization storage
The TS-1886XU-RP supports block-based iSCSI LUN and is compatible for VMware®, Citrix®, Microsoft® Hyper-V®, and Windows Server® 2019 virtualization environments to provide a high-performance and affordable storage solution. The TS-1886XU-RP also supports VMware VAAI and Microsoft ODX to increase performance by offloading server loading for ESXi server and Hyper-V respectively, and supporting QNAP vSphere Client plug-in with enhanced operational efficiency and management in virtualization applications.
Move business data to the cloud flexibly and economically
The TS-1886XU-RP perfectly integrates NAS with mainstream cloud services. By deploying cloud storage gateways and enabling local caching on the NAS, you can seamlessly use the cloud for storage, backup, and data recovery with low-latency access, providing an innovative hybrid cloud experience.
Flexibly expand your storage capacity by connecting to cloud storage. You can leverage QTS apps to manage and edit your cloud files or multimedia files. HybridMount is ideal for file server online collaboration and file-level data analysis.
VJBOD Cloud supports mounting object cloud storage as a block-based volume or LUN on a NAS. The block-based data transmission uploads random data and large files to the cloud in blocks, and only transmits block-based volume or LUN changes such as addition, modification, or deletion. This is ideal for enterprise-level applications with large file transfer requirements, such as databases, VM volumes, and videos.
Complete backup planning
The TS-1886XU-RP provides a reliable, flexible backup and disaster recovery solution to assist organizations in routine backup jobs cost-efficiently and with high productivity.
Consolidates backup, restoration and synchronization functions (using RTRR, Rsync, FTP, CIFS/SMB) for easily transferring data to local, remote and cloud storage spaces as a comprehensive data storage and disaster recovery plan.
Snapshots are essential for NAS data protection, and their block-level feature makes it a dependable data protection method in the face of growing ransomware threats. The TS-1886XU-RP supports up to 256 snapshots per volume/LUN, and up to 1,024 snapshots per NAS.
The TS-1886XU-RP is perfect for backing up virtual machines, with its high performance, huge storage capacities, integrated virtualization solutions, and snapshot support that records system status any time.
Use the license-free QNAP NetBak Replicator utility to back up and restore files from Windows® computers. Apple’s Time Machine® is supported for backing up Mac® computers.
High-speed VM Backup Solution
With Hyper Data Protector, the TS-1886XU-RP becomes an agentless backup tool for unlimited VMware® vSphere and Microsoft® Hyper-V VM backup. Hyper Data Protector features incremental backup, global deduplication, backup scheduling and recovery compression that provides you with a cost-effective and reliable disaster recovery plan, ensuring 24/7 operation of your services.
Notes: QNAP NAS must be running QTS version 4.3.6 or later
QuDedup source-based deduplication reinforces your backup plan with greater efficiency
QuDedup technology reduces backup data size and speeds up future backup tasks. This is also beneficial for accelerating multi-version backups for greater protection against data loss.
Eliminates redundant data at the source to reduce the backup data size by up to 75% for greater storage savings.
The deduplicated data makes following backup tasks faster and allows complete multiple backup versions. Multiple backup versions can significantly reduce the risks of data loss.
TCP BBR algorithm for congestion control greatly improves Internet data transfer speeds, so backing up NAS-based files to the cloud becomes much more efficient.
Up to 128 monitoring channels in QVR Pro for well-rounded security surveillance
The TS-1886XU-RP supports QVR Pro surveillance solution with 8 license-free channels for surveillance monitoring, which can be expanded up to 128 channels with additional channel license purchase for more extensive security deployment. QVR Pro supports over 5,000 IP cameras, including all standard fisheye cameras available on the market. There are more advanced features for fully unleashing the potential of fisheye cameras: allowing a single fisheye camera’s image to be simultaneously viewed in nine channels from different angles, and cross-platform hardware-accelerated decoding for fisheye camera images. QVR Pro ensures higher surveillance performance for greater security while providing deployment flexibility and budget-savings.
Build an affordable Fibre Channel SAN environment
Common Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SAN) devices are often expensive. Now you have more budget-friendly options for easily adding your NAS to a SAN environment. After installing a Marvell®, ATTO® or QNAP Fibre Channel card in the TS-1886XU-RP, you can set a Fibre Channel Target using the iSCSI & Fibre Channel app, and leverage many QNAP NAS benefits including snapshot protection, Qtier™ tiering storage, SSD cache acceleration and more. In addition, the LUN Masking and Port Binding features provide an additional layer of data security.
More productivity applications
Consolidates all QTS system events, alerts, and notifications for smooth and easy NAS management, keeping you informed of your NAS status at all times.
A NAS security portal for checking weaknesses and offer recommendations for enhancing NAS security. It also integrates anti-virus and anti-malware scanning software.
QNAP’s powerful, Google-like search tool for quickly finding specific images, music, videos, documents, and emails by keywords, color, and more search conditions.
Allows you to backup or sync files, emails, calendars and contacts from Google™ Workspace and Microsoft® Office 365® into the NAS to safeguard enterprise cloud data.
Enable remote access through NAS browsers for accessing local LAN resources without requiring complex VPN settings.
An Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) solution that enables you to connect apps and devices with QNAP NAS for automating daily tasks for greater productivity.
Extend hardware warranty up to 5 years
The TS-1886XU-RP is backed by a 3-year warranty at no extra cost. If needed, you can purchase a warranty extension that increases your coverage up to 5 years.
