QNAP TS-233 2-Bay Desktop NAS - An easy-to-use, all-in-one backup solution

QNAP Cortex-A55 quad-core 2.0 GHz processor, 2 GB RAM TS-233

Build a personal private cloud & home multimedia center with a built-in NPU to boost AI-powered face recognition

64-bit Cortex-A55 quad-core 2.0 GHz CPU NAS for everyday use and collaboration

• Centralized multimedia management
• AI-powered image recognition
• Home entertainment center
• Secure remote access
• Snapshot protection against Ransomware
• Comprehensive security management

• Back up Windows®/Mac® files
• Back up photos on mobile devices
• Back up USB drives & external hard drives
• Back up Google Drive™
• Back up NAS files to the cloud
• Back up NAS files to remote sites
• Back up WordPress sites

TS-233 Hardware Specs

• CPU: ARM 4-core Cortex-A55 2.0GHz processor
• CPU Architecture: 64-bit ARM
• Floating Point Unit: Supported
• Encryption Engine:  Supported
• System Memory: 2 GB on board (non-expandable) / Note: Reserves some RAM for use as shared graphics memory.
• Maximum Memory: 2 GB on board (non-expandable)
• Flash Memory: 4 GB (Dual boot OS protection)
• Drive Bay: 2 x 3.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s
• Drive Compatibility: 
• 3.5-inch SATA hard disk drives
• 2.5-inch SATA hard disk drives
• 2.5-inch SATA solid state drives
• Hot-swappable:  Supported
• Gigabit Ethernet Port (RJ45): 1
• Wake on LAN (WOL): Supported
• Jumbo Frame: Supported
• USB 2.0 port: 2
• USB 3.2 Gen 1 port: 1
• Form Factor: Tower
• LED Indicators: System Status, LAN, USB, HDD1~2
• Buttons: Power, Reset, USB Copy
• Dimensions (HxWxD): 188.64 × 90.18 × 156.26 mm
• Weight (Net): 1.11 kg
• Weight (Gross): 1.95 kg
• Operating Temperature: 0 - 40 °C (32°F - 104°F)
• Storage Temperature: -20 - 70°C (-4°F - 158°F)
• Relative Humidity: 5-95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C (80.6˚F)
• Power Supply Unit: 65W adapter (12VDC), 100-240VAC
• Power Consumption: HDD Sleep Mode 3.43 W
• Power Consumption: Operating Mode, Typical 10.81 W
• Fan: 1 x 80mm, 12VDC
• System Warning: Buzzer
• Max. Number of Concurrent Connections (CIFS) - with Max. Memory: 200

TS-233 Software Specs

• Operating System: QTS 5.0.1
• Supported Client Operating Systems:
• 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, 10 and 11
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019
• Supported Browsers:
• Apple Safari (latest version)
• Google Chrome (latest version)
• Microsoft Edge (latest version)
• Mozilla Firefox (latest version)
• Supported Languages: Chinese (Traditional & Simplified), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, and Turkish
• Storage Pool: Supported
• SED Storage Pool: Supported
• Maximum Pool size: 308 TB
• Maximum number of storage pool: 128
• Volume Type: Thick, Thin, Static
• Maximum volume size: 250 TB / Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required.
• Maximum number of volume: 128
• Maximum shared folder size: 250 TB
• Maximum number of shared folder: 512
• JBOD Expansion: Supported
• VJBOD / VJBOD Cloud: Supported
• iSCSI Service: Supported
• Fibre Channel Service: Supported
• LUN Type: Thick, Thin
• File-based iSCSI LUN: Supported
• Block-based iSCSI LUN: Supported
• Maximum LUN size: 250 TB / Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required.
• Maximum number of targets LUN: 256
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• LUN feature
• 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
• Auto Tiering: Supported / Requires minimum 2GB memory.
• RAID Type: JBOD, Single, RAID 0, 1
  
• RAID Group: Supported / To ensure data security, system stability, and storage performance, the maximum number of drives for a single RAID group is now 16 (applicable to RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID TP, and subgroups of RAID 50 and RAID 60). Nevertheless, users can combine multiple RAID groups into a large storage pool that contains more than 16 drives, using RAID 50, RAID 60, or RAID 10 as the RAID configuration. This enhancement will only be applied to new RAID groups. All existing RAID groups and storage systems will not be affected.
• RAID Level Migration: Supported
• RAID Expansion (by adding Disk): Supported
• RAID Expansion (by replacing bigger Disks): Supported
• Storage Pool Expansion (by adding RAID Group): Supported
• RAID Hot Spare: Global, Local
• RAID Sync/Rebuild/Scrubbing: Supported
• Internal drive: EXT4
• External drive: EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+, and exFAT (optional for ARM model) / Note: To use exFat in certain models you must purchase an exFAT driver license from License Center.
• Disk, Enclosure Locate: Supported
• Disk S.M.A.R.T. Scan: Supported
• Disk S.M.A.R.T. Data Migration: Supported
• Ironwolf Health Management: Supported
• Secure Erase: Supported
• SSD Trim: Supported
• SSD Life Estimation: Supported
• Disk Roaming: Supported
• Disk Standby: Supported
• Volume Snapshot: Supported
• LUN Snapshot: Supported
• Maximum Snapshot (Per System): Check maximum number of snapshots of your NAS
• Maximum Snapshot (Per Volume / LUN): Check maximum number of snapshots of your NAS
• Minimum Snapshot Interval: 5 minutes
• Snapshot Retention Policy: Supported
• Self-serve Snapshot Recovery: Supported
• Application Consisted Snapshot: Supported
• Snapshot Full Clone: Supported
• Snapshot Replica / Vault: Supported
• SSD profiling tool: Supported
• External Device Management: Supported
• Mount Smart Phone (MTP): Supported
• External RAID Device (QNAP so on) Management (External Device Mode): Supported
• External RAID Device (QNAP so on) Management (NAS Mode): Supported
• File Server
• File sharing across Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX
• Microsoft networking (CIFS/SMB)
• Apple networking (AFP)
• NFS version 3/4 services
• FTP Server
• QuFTP
• FTP, SFTP and TFTP protocols
• FTP over SSL/TLS (explicit FTPS)
• FXP support
• Maximum FTP connection: 1024
• File Station (Web): Supported
• Object Storage: Supported
• Local user account: 4,096
• Local group account: 512
• Domain user/group account: 200,000
• Domain Security: Supported
• Domain Controller: Supported
• Shared folder permission: Supported
• Advanced folder permission: Supported / (AFP, CIFS/SMB, FTP, and File Station)
• Windows ACL: Supported, (CIFS/SMB)
• User quota: Supported
• Group quota: Supported
• Folder quota: Supported / (Snapshot shared folder)
• Home folder: Supported
• Resource Monitor: Supported
• SNMP: V2, V3
• Network recycle bin:
• Recover files deleted using AFP, CIFS/SMB, and File Station
• Automatic cleanup and file type filter
• System Log & Notification Center: Log recording: 3,000 event per second
• Smart Fan: Supported
• Schedule on/off: Supported
• Internet protocol: IPv4, IPv6
• Virtual Switch: Supported
• Port trunking: Supported / (7 modes)
• VLAN: Supported
• DHCP Server: Supported
• DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Service): Supported
• Network access protection with auto-blocking: SSH, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP, CIFS/SMB, and AFP
• Security Counselor: Supported
• Malware Remover: Supported
• AES 256-bit Volume Encryption validated by FIPS 140-2 CAVP: Supported
• 2-step verification: Supported
• Allow/Deny List: Supported
• Access Protection: Supported
• Service binding: Supported
• Firewall: Supported
• vSphere Web Client Plug-in: Supported
• VMware vSphere VAAI for iSCSI: Supported
• VMware vSphere VAAI for NAS: Supported
• Windows ODX: Supported
• Windows/VMware Snapshot Agent: Supported
• HTTP/HTTPS Connections: TLS 1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3
• Supports WebDAV Connection: Supported
• Supports Virtual Hosts: 32
• Qsync: Supported / Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required.
• [Qsync] Management Mode: User customization, Central
• [Qsync] Qsync client-supported platforms: Windows, macOS, Ubuntu, Android, and iOS
• [Qsync] Maximum number of version control: 64
• HybridMount: Supported / Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required.
• [HybridMount] File Cloud Gateway: Concurrent Connections = 20 Upload & 20 Download
• [HybridMount] Network Drive Mount: Supported
• [HybridMount] Free cloud gateway sessions: 2
• HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync): Supported / Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required.
• [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] NAS to NAS backup: Supported
• [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Cloud Backup: Supported
• [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Cloud Sync: Supported
• [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] 2-way and Active Sync: Supported
• [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Apple Time Machine Backup: Supported
• [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] External drive backup: Supported
• [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Maximum number of backup job: 400
• Qsirch: Supported / Note: This feature is supported by all QNAP NAS devices with at least 2 GB of memory
• [Qsirch] Previews: Photos, music, videos, PDFs, Gmail, and others
• [Qsirch] Integrate Mac Finder: Supported
• [Qsirch] Advanced picture search: Supported
• [Qsirch] Search filters: Supported
• QuMagie: Supported / Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required.
• [QuMagie] Browse photos: Supported
• [QuMagie] Virtual and smart albums: Supported
• [QuMagie] AI-assisted photo management: People, things, places, and others
• Antivirus (free): Supported
• QVPN Service: Supported / Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required.
• [QVPN Service] Remote Access: PPTP, L2TP/IPSec, OpenVPN, QBelt (QNAP proprietary)
• [QVPN Service] Supportedd utility and mobile app: Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android
• [QVPN Service] Supported maximum clients: 100
• LDAP Server: Supported
• RADIUS: Supported
• SQL server: Supported
• License Center: Supported
• Multimedia Console: Supported
• Photo Station: Supported
• Music Station: Supported
• Video Station: Supported
• Download Station: Supported
• Notes Station: Supported
• Qfiling: Supported
• Media Streaming add-on: Supported
• QmailAgent: Supported
• QuWAN: Supported
• DA Driver Analyzer: Supported
• Q'center: Supported / Note: The application is available in the App Center and in virtual appliance marketplaces (VMware vSphere ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V).
• Q'center Server: Supported
• Q'center Agent: Supported
• Connect to Q'center: Supported
• Container Station: Supported / Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required.
• [Container Station] Supported type: LXC/LXD and Docker / Note: LXD has been supported after Container Station 2.4
• [Container Station] Docker Hub Registry: Supported
• [Container Station] Container importing and exporting: Supported
• [Container Station] Console mode: Supported
• QVR Elite: Supported / Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. The maximum number of channels supported varies by NAS model, network configuration, and camera settings. For more information, visit https://www.qnap.com/go/qvr-nas-selector.
• [QVR Elite] Recording Technique: Standard MP4 file based
• [QVR Elite] License Type: Subscription-based
• [QVR Elite] User-defined trigger events: Supported
• [QVR Elite] QVR Pro Client (Desktop): Windows, macOS, and QNAP HybridDesk Station
• [QVR Elite] QVR Pro Client (Mobile): Android and iOS
• [QVR Elite] Recording camera streams: H.264
• [QVR Elite] Free built-in camera channels: 2
• QVR Pro Client: Supported
• [QVR Pro Client] Dynamic View Layout: Supported
• [QVR Pro Client] Windows: Supported
• [QVR Pro Client] Mac: Supported
• [QVR Pro Client] HybridDesktop: Supported
• [QVR Pro Client] iOS: Supported
• [QVR Pro Client] Android: Supported
• QVR Human: Supported
• QVR Face: Supported / The maximum number of channels supported varies by NAS model, network configuration, and camera settings. For more information, visit https://www.qnap.com/solution/qvr-face/en-us/
• QVR DoorAccess: Supported

Package Contents

• TS-233
• Ethernet cable x 1
• AC Adapter
• Power Cord
• Flat head screw (for 3.5" HDD) x 8
• Flat head screw (for 2.5" HDD) x 6