QNAP Systems has announced the ES2486dc 24-drive bay all-flash storage solution, the newest addition new to the company’s enterprise ZFS NAS series. Designed to fulfill mission-critical file servers, virtualization servers, and commercial cloud applications, the new ES2486dc is QNAP’s first high-availability NAS that features all-flash arrays and is highlighted by dual controllers with Intel Xeon D-2142IT processors and 10GbE connectivity. The new storage solution also leverages the QES 2.1.1 operating system, which uses ZFS and supports of block-based inline data deduplication and inline compression.
QNAP Systems has announced the ES2486dc 24-drive bay all-flash storage solution, the newest addition new to the company’s enterprise ZFS NAS series. Designed to fulfill mission-critical file servers, virtualization servers, and commercial cloud applications, the new ES2486dc is QNAP’s first high-availability NAS that features all-flash arrays and is highlighted by dual controllers with Intel Xeon D-2142IT processors and 10GbE connectivity. The new storage solution also leverages the QES 2.1.1 operating system, which uses ZFS and supports of block-based inline data deduplication and inline compression.
The ES2486dc uses dual active-active controller architecture to promote “near-zero downtime high availability”. Each controller is equipped with four 10GbE SFP+ LAN ports and eight RDIMM slots, amounting up to a generous 512GB of memory. This battery-protected DRAM can write to cache data protection, which reduces data loss risks during unexpected shutdowns and failures. The ES2486dc also features:
- Two PCIe slots support 10GbE/25GbE/40GbE network cards to boost virtualization and other bandwidth-demanding applications.
- An optional SAS expansion card for connecting multiple EJ1600 v2 expansion enclosures to expand potential storage capacity to over 1 PB.
- An optional QDA-SA3 6 Gbps SAS to SATA drive adapter, which allows supports SATA 6 Gbps SSDs in the 2.5-inch SAS drive bay
- Supports VMware, Microsoft and Citrix®virtualization, SnapSync and VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) to offer enterprise-class remote backup and disaster recovery solution for virtual applications
The QES operating system is optimized for all-flash storage arrays and performs efficient data reduction with inline data deduplication and inline data compression. QNAP indicates that this will be beneficial for reducing I/O and SSD storage consumption, which can drastically extend the lifespan of an SSD.
QNAP ES2486dc Specifications
| CPU | Intel® Xeon® D-2142IT 8-core 1.90 GHz processor (burst up to 3.0 GHz) per controller |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit x86 |
| Floating Point Unit | Yes |
| Encryption Engine | (AES-NI) |
| System Memory | 64 GB RDIMM DDR4 ECC (4 x 16 GB) per controller |
| Maximum Memory | 512 GB (8 x 64GB) |
| Memory Slot | 8 x R-DIMM/LR-DIMM DDR4
IMPORTANT: You can only use one type of dual in-line memory module (DIMM) at a time. Do not use registered DIMM (RDIMM) with load-reduction DIMM (LRDIMM) memory.
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| Flash Memory | 4GB (Dual boot OS protection) |
| Drive Bay | 24 x 2.5-inch
SAS 12Gb/s, backward-compatible to SAS 6Gb/s
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| Drive Compatibility | 2.5-inch bays: 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hard disk drives 2.5-inch SAS/SATA solid-state drives 1. When installing SATA HDD/SSD, QDA-SA3 adapter is required.
2. The QDA-SA3 adapter is designed for QNAP Enterprise ZFS NAS and allows the use of a SATA 6Gbps drive in a 2.5-inch SAS drive bay |
| Hot-swappable | Yes |
| SSD Cache Acceleration Support | Read cache only |
| Cache for Copy To Flash (C2F) | 1 per each controller (64GB) |
| Gigabit Ethernet Port (RJ45) | 3 for each controller (one for remote management) |
| 10 Gigabit Ethernet Port | 4 x 10GbE SFP+ for each controller |
| Jumbo Frame | Yes |
| PCIe Slot | 2 Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x8 (CPU) Slot 2: PCIe Gen 3 x8 (CPU) |
| USB 3.0 port | 2 per each controller |
| Form Factor | 2U Rackmount |
| LED Indicators | System Power LED (Green): on/off System Status (Green/ Orange): in operation, system errors, low power, degraded RAID mode, memory failure, fan/power supply failure, system/disk temperature too high, storage pool reaching threshold value, system performing take-over, power supply unit unplugged LCD Status Display (Two-digit number): Status of JBOD connection |
| Buttons | Power, Reset |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 3.48 × 19.02 × 21.46 inch |
| Weight (Net) | 60.43 lbs |
| Weight (Gross) | 72.38 lbs |
| Operating temperature | 0 – 40 °C (32°F – 104°F) |
| Relative Humidity | 5-95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C (80.6˚F) |
| Power Supply Unit | Redundant/ Hot Swap Power Vin:90~264VAC;700W |
| Power Consumption: Operating Mode, Typical | 579.59 W |
| Fan | Hot-swappable fan module (60*60*38mm; 16000RPM/12v/2.8A x 3) |
| Sound Level | 60.9 db(A) |
| System Warning | Buzzer |
| Safety Standard | FCC Class A (USA only) CE Mark ( EN55022 Class A, EN55024) EN60950 BSMI VCCI CB LVD |
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