QNAP TVS-H1688X High Speed 16-Bay Thunderbolt 3 NAS Enclosure, Bundle with 16x Seagate IronWolf Pro 8TB SATA III 3.5″ Internal NAS HDD, 7200 RPM (CMR)

Intel Xeon W-1250 6-core 3.3 GHz processor (boost up to 4.7 GHz)

64-Bit x86

128GB (4x 32GB)

4x Long-DIMM DDR4

5GB (Dual boot OS protection)

12 x 3.5″ SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s + 4 x 2.5″ SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s

3.5″ bays:
3.5″ SATA hard disk drives
2.5″ SATA hard disk drives
2.5″ SATA solid state drives

2.5″ bays:
2.5″ SATA solid state drives

Yes

2x M.2 22110/2280 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 slots

Yes

4 (also support 10M)

Optional via an adapter (5G/2.5G/1G/100M)

2 x 10GBASE-T (10G/1G)

Yes

Yes

Intel UHD Graphics P630

Yes

Yes (AES-NI)

Yes

32GB ECC UDIMM DDR4 (2x 16GB)

Optional via an adapter

Yes

Optional via the QXP-T32P 2-port Thunderbolt 3 PCIe adapter

3
Slot 1: PCIe Gen3 x8
Slot 2: PCIe Gen3 x4
Slot 3: PCIe Gen3 x4

3
Slot 1: PCIe Gen3 x8
Slot 2: PCIe Gen3 x4
Slot 3: PCIe Gen3 x4

2x Type-C
4x Type-A

1, HDMI 1.4b (up to 4096 x 2160 @ 30Hz)

Tower

System status, LAN, USB, Disk 1-16, M.2 SSD 1-2

Yes

Power, Reset, USB Auto Copy

32 Degree F – 104 Degree F (0 – 40 Degree C)

-4 Degree F – 158 Degree F (-20 – 70 Degree C)

5-95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27 Degree C (80.6 Degree F)

550W PSU, 100-240V

HDD Sleep Mode: 91.26 W
Operating Mode (Typical): 108.67 W

System fan: 3x 80mm, 12VDC
CPU fan: 2x 97mm, 12VDC

25.8 db(A)

Buzzer

Yes

11.96 x 14.56 x 12.59″ (13.3 x 36.9 x 32cm)

29.56 lbs (13.4kg)

QuTS hero 4.5.0 (embedded Linux)

Apple Mac OS 10.10 or later
Ubuntu 14.04 , CentOS 7, RHEL 6.6, SUSE 12 or later Linux
IBM AIX 7, Solaris 10 or later UNIX
Microsoft Windows 7, 8, and 10
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 and 2016, 2019

Apple Safari 7 or later
Google Chrome
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or later
Mozilla Firefox

Chinese (traditional and simplified), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, and Turkish

Internal hard drive (ZFS)
External hard drive (EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+, and exFAT)

TCP/IP: Dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6)
Jumbo frame
DHCP server and client
RADVD
USB Wi-Fi adapter
Static Route
NCSI (Network Connectivity Status Indicator)
DDNS settings (Customize & Multiple Service)

Port trunking (Link aggregation, supports 7 modes):
failover
Load balancing

Virtual switch:
Network Address Translation (NAT)
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
Thunderbolt to Ethernet converter (T2E)

Software-Defined Switch mode

HTTP/HTTPS Connections (TLS 1.0/1.1/1.2)
Supports WebDAV Connection
Supports Virtual Host (Max: 32)
Importable SSL Certificate

Network access protection with auto-blocking (SSH, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP, CIFS/SMB, and AFP
Host access control for shared folders (CIFS/SMB)
AES 256-bit folder-based encryptions which are validated by FIPS 140-2 CAVP (Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program)
256-bit external drive encryption (AES)
Importing of SSL certificates from Let’s Encrypt
Instant alerts through email, SMS, push service, audio, and LCD panel

2-step verification

RAID Hot Spare and Global Hot Spare
RAID Rebuild Speed Customization
Pool Over-provisioning
SSD TRIM
Disk auto S.M.A.R.T. data migration
Disk bad block scan and S.M.A.R.T test.
Disk bad block recovery
Disk secure data erase
Ironwolf Health Management
Checksum for end-to-end data integrity
Silence error detection and self-healing
Pool scrub for data verification
Share folder quota management

Online share expansion
Share type conversion
Share shrink
Inline deduplication for shared folder/LUN
Inline compression for shared folder/LUN
WORM (Write Once Read Many) for shared folder
Storage expansion using QNAP expansion units
JBOD enclosure roaming
SSD read-only cache
SSD read cache and write log

Supported RAID types
Storage pool with RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60, Triple Parity, Triple Mirror

Storage pools
The maximum single storage pool size is 1 PB
The maximum storage pool number is 128
Storage space utilization
The maximum single shared folder/ LUN capacity is 1 PB
The maximum shared folder number is 256

Snapshots
Share and LUN snapshots
Snapshot Dashboard
Snapshot Manager
Snapshot local restore and revert
Snapshot Clone
Snapshot Replica and Snapshot Vault

Snapshot remote restore and revert
Unified Snapshot Directory
Support for Windows Previous Versions (CIFS/SMB)
Snapshot Agent for Microsoft Windows and VMware vSphere
The maximum number of system snapshots is 65,536
The minimum Snapshot Interval is 1 min

iSCSI targets with multiple LUNs per target
LUN mapping (LUN can be moved between iSCSI and FC if supported)
LUN masking
Online LUN capacity expansion
SPC-3 persistent reservation
MPIO & MC/S
iSCSI Extensions for RDMA (iSER) with VMware ESXi
iSCSI LUN backup, one-time snapshot, and restoration
Virtual disks using iSCSI initiator
Stack chaining master

Support of Fibre Channel protocol
LUN Mapping (LUN can be moved between iSCSI and FC)
LUN Masking
WWPN Aliases Import/Export
FC Port Group
FC Port Binding
Multipath IO (MPIO)
Online LUN capacity expansion
LUN snapshot
LUN snapshot replication and clone

VJBOD Cloud is a block-based storage gateway solution that allows you to backup the storage space (LUN/Folder) on your local NAS using cloud space from cloud services providers such as Amazon, Azure, and Google Cloud.
VJBOD Cloud now supports one-to-one pairing between cloud folders/LUNs and local stored spaces.

VJBOD Cloud now supports Amazon S3 Azure, BackBlaze, HuaWei Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, HKT, Google Cloud, OpenStack, RackSpace, Wasabi cloud, IBM cloud object storage service.
VJBOD Cloud now supports local stored mode, which means that data can be stored on the NAS and the data can be backed up to the cloud.
VJBOD Cloud now supports 20 recovery points for recovering folders/LUNs.

Added support for sending notifications via SMS center (SMSC) or providers, including Nexmo, Twilio, and Clickatell.
Added Outlook as an SMTP service option.
Added support for sending notifications via instant messaging applications, including Skype and Facebook Messenger.
Added support for Overview and History in Notification Center.
Added support for 23 languages for notification messages.

Added support for creating custom notification rules to specify notification criteria, including application categories, severity levels, and keywords.
Delivery method and message recipient settings are now more flexible.
Added support for creating multiple notification rules at the same time.
Added support for sending notifications for a single system event.

Wake-on-LAN (WoL)
IPMI Management Module (x89)
Standby mode for internal drives
Scheduled power on and off
Automatic power on after power recovery (x86)
USB and network UPS support with SNMP management

Multiple user creation
User data importing and exporting
User quota management
Local user access control (AFP, CIFS/SMB, FTP, and WebDAV)
Application access control (File Station, Music Station, Photo Station, and Video Station)
Subfolder permissions (AFP, CIFS/SMB, FTP, and File Station)

Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and domain controller support
LDAP server and client
Domain user login (AFP, CIFS/SMB, FTP, and File Station)
The maximum domain user/group is 200000

Free host name registration (DDNS)
Optional myQNAPcloud SSL certificates (DDNS)
Auto router configuration using UPnP
Web-based file manager with HTTPS 2048-bit encryption
myQNAPcloud Link for remote access without complex router setup

File syncing across multiple devices with SSL secure connection
Selective synchronization for specific folders or subfolders
Team folders as file center for better collaboration
File sharing using email links
Policy settings for conflicting files and file type filter
Version control for a maximum of 64 versions
Unified privilege and configuration management
Central configuration mode
Remote erase and restore

Qsync client supported platforms: Windows, Mac, Ubuntu, Android and iOS

Monitoring of NAS system resources such as CPU, memory and network
Monitoring of NAS storage resources such as RAID, and disk activity
Monitoring of NAS application resource use
Creation of extra swap space when SSDs are installed

Reporting of issues to the QNAP support team, with automatic collection of system information
Remote connection between QNAP support engineers and NAS for issue resolution (with user permission)

Multi-window, multitasking system management
Smart toolbar and dashboard for system status display
SNMP versions 2 and 3
Resource monitor
Comprehensive logs (events and connections)
Syslog server and client
Backup and restoration of system settings
Qmanager: Mobile application for remote system monitoring and management
Qboost
Network recycle bin
Recover files deleted using AFP, CIFS/SMB, and File Station

Automatic cleanup
File type filter

File sharing across Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX
Microsoft networking (CIFS/SMB)
Apple networking (AFP)
NFS version 3/4 services
Windows ACL for file sharing protocols
Shared folder aggregation (CIFS/SMB)

FTP, SFTP and TFTP protocols
FTP over SSL/TLS (explicit FTPS)
FXP support

Restore QDFF files and folders with HBS 3
Document viewing using Office Online, Google Docs, and Chrome extension
Microsoft Office file editing using Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
ISO file mounting (maximum: 256 ISO files)
Mount smart phones as external storage
Read access for compatible optical disc drives
Read access for compatible smartphones (MTP)

Download and upload link sharing
File dragging and dropping (Chrome and Firefox)
Photos, video, and music preview and playback with hardware-accelerated transcoding
File compression (ZIP and 7z)
Download link creation and sending for publicly shared files, with expiration date and password protection
Subtitle display (SRT and UTF-8)
Video seeking during on-the-fly transcoding video playback
Slideshow playback in media viewer

Convert image files to pdf by “Image2PDF” integration
Qfile: Mobile app for file browsing and management

Integrate with HybridMount which supports File Cloud Gateway and File Station Mount mode. File Station Mount mode supports:
Cloud drive mounting for Google Drive, Dropbox, Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft OneDrive for Business, HiDrive, Amazon Cloud Drive, Yandex Disk and Box
Remote shared folder mounting (CIFS/SMB, FTP & WebDAV)

Auto filing
Recipe function
Archiving through iSCSI, USB, DVD and remote NAS
Advanced settings
Source File Filters
File Editing
File deletion
Data integrity check
File conflict policy

Cloud storage backup to Amazon Glacier, Amazon S3, Azure Storage, Google Cloud Storage, HKT Object Storage, OpenStack Swift, WebDAV
Cloud storage syncing with Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Drive, Amazon S3, BackBlaze B2, Box, Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, HiDrive, hubiC, OneDrive, OneDrive For Business, ShareFile, Yandex Disk
RTRR server & client with bandwidth control
Rsync server with download bandwidth control

Remote server syncing (CIFS/SMB, FTP, Rsync, and RTRR)
Scheduled backup to local and remote storage spaces
Backup versioning
Encryption, compression, and file filters
Centralized management for backup, restoration, and sync jobs
Support for Apple Time Machine
Data backup to multiple external storage devices
Desktop backup with QNAP NetBak Replicator for Windows

Support for the following third-party backup software: Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis True Image, Arcserve Backup, Retrospect, Nakivo Backup & Replication, and Veritas Backup Exec
The maximum number of backup job is 400

Integrating indexing, transcoding, thumbnail generation, and content management.
New content management design, configuring content sources for multimedia applications.
View the status of multimedia apps and services all on the same screen.
Video transcoding (240p, 360p, 480p, 720p and 1080p resolution)
Video2Audio transcoding
Automatic video transcoding for watched folders
Hardware-accelerated transcoding

Embed subtitles into videos for background transcoding

Browse photos in timeline view or folder view.
Virtual albums and smart albums.
AI-assisted photo management, classifying people, things, places, etc.

Music playing and sharing through web browsers
Music streaming to multiple devices
Changing of album covers through Google search or by uploading photos
Internet radio (MP3)
Eight music alarms
Switching between spotlight mode and manage mode
Advanced search
Scrolling lyrics
Qmusic: Mobile application for music streaming and management

Video organization by thumbnail, list, timeline, or folder
Virtual and smart collections
Video tagging with text, colors, and ratings
Video link sharing through social media and email
Movie information and poster display from Internet sources or user-uploaded files
Subtitle display (SRT, ASS, SSA)
Subtitle search and downloading
Subtitle file importing
Subtitle display style adjustment
Playback speed adjustment

Direct video streaming for certain file formats
Facebook login
Advanced folder permissions
Support for LDAP users
Video uploading to YouTube and Youku
Multi-zone video display
Video-seeking support for video playback during on-the-fly transcoding
Qvideo: Mobile application for online video browsing and management

Virtual machine creation (Windows, Linux, Unix, and Android)
Virtual machine importing, exporting, cloning, snapshot capturing, backup, and restoration
Console display using HDMI output (QVM)
HTML5-based shared remote console
Various networking modes using virtual switches
GPU pass-through using additional discrete cards

Support for LXC and Docker
Application downloading from the built-in Docker Hub Registry
One-click installation
Container importing and exporting
Console mode
Three networking modes support only NAT.)
Auto-start containers
Docker certificate downloading
Private registry addition
Application repository for switching to any repository

Full-text search
Data distribution using a bar chart
Previews for photos, music, videos, PDFs, Gmail, and others
Advanced search operators and search scope
Customized search filters with included or excluded conditions
Related files suggestion in Viewer
Chrome, Firefox and Safari extension

Support utility and Mobile apps for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android.

VPN server
Secure remote access with PPTP, L2TP/IPSec, OpenVPN, QBelt(QNAP proprietary) protocol.
Support for a maximum of 100 clients.
Support public/ NAS default/ manually DNS server.
Support manually assign/auto detect/none outgoing network interface.
Support privilege settings for domain/Local users.

VPN client

Support PPTP, L2TP/IPSec, OpenVPN, QBelt (QNAP proprietary) protocol.
Support using VPN as a NAS default gateway.
Support connection log check.

Support for DLNA/UPnP TVs and players such as PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
Support for CUE indexing file for APE and FLAC

Monitoring of multiple NAS devices
Utilization history reports
Unified configuration management
Monitoring of NAS devices behind NAT routers with Connect to Q’center

QNAP NAS location on the same local network
NAS shared folder mounting
Basic setting configuration (firmware, SMTP server, and network settings)
Direct connection with USB QuickAccess and Thunderbolt (specific models only)
Storage Plug & Connect (Windows only)
Creation and mapping of NAS shared folders
Creation of and connection to iSCSI targets and LUNs
Media upload (Windows only)
Media file upload to the NAS

Automatic creation of thumbnails or transcoding of videos using the computer

Official and community software add-ons
Automatic updates and notifications for new versions
Repository for imported third-party content
User-specified pool for storing applications

Video, photo and music streaming to Chromecast using the following:
NAS applications: File Station, Music Station, Photo Station, and Video Station
Mobile applications: Qfile, Qmusic, Qphoto, and Qvideo

PC-less downloads (BitTorrent, FlashGet, FTP/FTPS, HTTP/HTTPS, QQDL, and Thunder)
The maximum number of concurrent downloads for Intel and AMD x86-based NAS devices is 90 (30 BT/PT, 30 HTTP, 30 FTP)
BitTorrent: Support for search, magnet links, private trackers, and proxy
Scheduled download and bandwidth control
RSS subscription and download (broadcatching)
Support for add-ons that extend download functionality

Qget: Mobile application for download browsing and management

Insert Evernote Notes in Notes Station 3
Enable Embedding YouTube video into Notes
Table creation using the insert table editor

Photo, video, and music playback on TV through HDMI
Support for Chrome and Firefox
Support for international keyboards and mouse input
User login permissions

Usage of the NAS as a Linux-based computer
Support for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu Kylin 16.04
Application downloading and usage from the Ubuntu Software Center
Remote desktop for remote monitoring and accessing of Ubuntu

One-way scheduled sync of contacts from multiple Google accounts
Contact importing from CSV or vCard 3.0 files
Contact exporting to CSV or vCard 3.0 files
Duplicate contact searching and merging
Contact management: Groups, favorites, lock, search, delete and restore
Support for Android and iOS

Daily task automation
Social media data archiving
File synchronization between the NAS and various cloud services
System event notifications on Line, Skype, Gmail, and mobile phones
Music playback on Music Station using Amazon Echo voice commands
Usage of motion detection sensors as trigger for camera recording on Surveillance Station

Trigger based file synchronization between the NAS and various cloud storage services
View miixes made using the Qmiix web portal that include triggers and actions involving QNAP apps.
Create miixes for web-based and NAS-related apps.
Create miixes on the Qmiix web portal that include File Station, a QNAP app
System event notifications to Line, Skype, Gmail, and mobile phones

Multiple Security Policies (Basic/Intermediate/Advanced/Custom).
Checks NAS settings for security weaknesses.
Integrates with existing anti-virus services.
Integrates with existing anti-malware services.
Integrates with the Security Advisory service.

Detects and removes malware from your QNAP NAS.