Storage Server QNAP TS-453E-8G

QNAP TS-453E-8G NAS Storage Server

The QNAP TS-453E is a 4-bay desktop NAS for small businesses, suited to file servers, backup, surveillance systems and virtual machines. QNAP states long-term availability and support for the model.

The TS-453E-8G comes with a quad-core Intel Celeron J6412 processor and 8GB of DDR4 memory. It has two 2.5GbE ports, two M.2 NVMe slots for cache acceleration and two HDMI outputs for playback straight to a display. Drives are not included.

Key features

• Intel Celeron J6412 and 8GB memory - A 4-core, 4-thread processor that bursts up to 2.6GHz, with Intel UHD graphics and hardware AES-NI encryption. The 8GB of DDR4 SO-DIMM memory sits in two slots.
• Four hot-swappable bays - Bays for four 3.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s drives, with support for 2.5-inch SSDs as well. RAID support covers 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and JBOD. Drives are not included.
• Two M.2 NVMe slots - Two M.2 2280 slots (PCIe Gen 3 x2) take NVMe SSDs for cache acceleration or fast storage.
• 2.5GbE networking - Two 2.5GbE ports with port trunking give up to 5Gbps of combined bandwidth for serving several users at once.
• Two HDMI outputs - Two HDMI outputs of up to 3840 x 2160 at 30Hz allow media playback straight from the unit and use with monitoring systems.
• QTS operating system - QTS includes snapshots, backup to the cloud and iSCSI LUNs, access rights management and iSCSI support. Switching to QuTS hero is also supported.

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