QNAP TL-D400S 4-Bay JBOD Enclosure

The TL-D400S provides a software-controlled storage configuration for greater management flexibility. You can configure RAID and monitor JBOD enclosure and disk health with Storage & Snapshots when connected to a QTS or QuTS hero NAS or with the QNAP JBOD Manager utility when connected to a computer.

Use the Storage & Snapshots Manager in QTS or QuTS hero to configure the TL-D400S as a storage enclosure for your QNAP NAS. The NAS expansion storage mode supports various NAS functions, including storage pools and snapshots. With the TL-D400S, you can easily expand storage capacity.

The QNAP JBOD Manager is a desktop utility for monitoring the TL-D400S on Windows and Ubuntu computers. You can quickly obtain disk statuses, see JBOD information and health, view fan rotation speed, and check for firmware updates. All device events are recorded, and will generate desktop notifications when a system alert occurs.

Install an exclusive QXP PCIe card onto your QNAP NAS, Windows system, or Ubuntu system to connect the JBOD enclosure via SFF-8088 (or SFF-8644) cable, for easy and flexible storage expansion.

The TL-D400S provides an alternative method for users to expand their NAS storage capacity. By connecting the TL-D400S to their NAS and using Storage & Snapshots Manager in QTS or QuTS hero, users can easily configure and manage their storage expansion. The TL-D400S supports a variety of QNAP NAS storage and file management functions, allowing users to build storage pools, finding files with Qsirch, and organizing files with Qfiling.

You can use the TL-D400S to expand your NAS storage. You can select disks to create storage pools for expanding your NAS capacity, or you can treat each disk as an individual external storage space and use it as a removable drive for greater flexibility. Regardless of the mode you use, you can always use Storage & Snapshots Manager in QTS or QuTS hero to set up and manage your TL-D400S and use hard drive S.M.A.R.T and Notification Center to check disk status anytime and anywhere.

Mode 1: Expand NAS Capacity with Storage Pool Mode
You can use Storage & Snapshots Manager in QTS or QuTS hero to configure the RAID storage pool for your TL-D400S and expand NAS capacity. The TL-D400S can only be used as an individual storage pool or volume on the NAS. Its storage pool or volume cannot be combined into the connected NAS. NAS applications cannot be installed on the TL-D400S.

Mode 2: Expand Your NAS with External Storage Mode
You can treat each disk on your TL-D400S as an individual storage space and expand your NAS capacity. For example, it will show 8 independent external disks on an 8-bay NAS. The TL-D400S supports multiple disk formats, including NTFS (for Windows), HFS+ (for Mac), EXT4 (for Ubuntu or QNAP NAS), exFAT (for Windows, Mac, Ubuntu, and QNAP NAS) etc.

You can use your TL-D400S to expand the storage space of Windows and Ubuntu computers. You can set up the RAID configuration of your TL-D400S to further secure data. You can also use the single disk mode and format with exFAT file system for more convenient access and sharing of files between Windows and Ubuntu computers.

Mode 1: RAID Configuration Mode
You can obtain data protection by building a software RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 5 volume with the native utility in your Windows and Ubuntu computers, and use the QNAP JBOD Manager to monitor the TL-D400S status information.

Mode 2: Single Disk Mode
You can format hard drives with the exFAT file system while accessing and sharing files between Windows and Ubuntu computers. Your QNAP NAS can also use the exFAT file system by buying the exFAT driver license from the QNAP Software Store.

You can install third-party hardware RAID cards on your TL-D400S for advanced hardware RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60 protection and use Windows utility software to manage your TL-D400S.

The TL-D400S features SFF-8088 (or SFF-8644) connectivity and multiple SATA III 6 Gb/s bays. This provides improved sequential read performance and faster data transfer speeds than existing USB and eSATA expansion enclosures, while also being a more economical option than a QNAP REXP SAS enclosure.

QTS RAID 0 performance can deliver sequential read speeds of up to 1709 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 1660 MB/s. QTS RAID 5 performance reaches sequential read speeds of up to 1704 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 1245 MB/s.

The TL-D400S is backed by a limited 2-year warranty at no additional cost. You can purchase a warranty extension that extends your warranty coverage up to 5 years.