Test: QNAP TS-431P3 NAS server

Specifikationer Software

QNAP TS-431P3 har et hav af muligheder for diverse opsætninger, hvad enten der er tale om software mm.

Operating System

• QTS 4.4.2 (embedded Linux)

Supported Client Operating Systems

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

Supported Browsers

1. Apple Safari 7 or later
2. Google Chrome
3. Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or later
4. Mozilla Firefox

Supported Languages

• 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

Supported File Systems

1. Internal hard drive (EXT4)
2. External hard drive (EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+, and exFAT)
   Note: To use exFat you must purchase an exFAT driver license from License Center.

Network & Virtual Switch

1. TCP/IP: Dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6)
2. Jumbo frame
3. Port trunking (Link aggregation)
4. failover
5. Load balancing
6. DHCP server and client
7. RADVD
8. USB Wi-Fi adapter
   Note: This feature does not support ad hoc networks because of security considerations.
9. Virtual switch
   • Network Address Translation (NAT)
   • Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
   • Software-Defined Switch mode
10. Static Route
11. NCSI (Network Connectivity Status Indicator)
12. DDNS settings (Customize & Multiple Service)

Web Server

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

Security

1. Network access protection with auto-blocking (SSH, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP, CIFS/SMB, and AFP)
2. Host access control for shared folders (CIFS/SMB)
3. AES 256-bit volume-based encryptions which are validated by FIPS 140-2 CAVP (Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program)
4. 256-bit external drive encryption (AES)
5. Importing of SSL certificates from Let’s Encrypt
6. Instant alerts through email, SMS, push service, and beep sound
7. 2-step verification

Storage Management

1. Support RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, JBOD, Single
2. RAID Hot Spare and Global Hot Spare
3. RAID Rebuild Speed Customization
4. Online RAID capacity expansion
5. Online RAID level migration
6. SSD RAID Over-provisioning
   Note: RAID 0 and JBOD Data RAID does not support Over-provisioning.
7. SSD RAID Performance evaluation (with SSD Profiling Tool)
8. SSD TRIM for RAID 0,1,10
9. Bitmap support
10. Disk auto S.M.A.R.T. data migration
11. Disk bad block scan and S.M.A.R.T test.
12. Disk bad block recovery
13. Disk secure data erase
14. Ironwolf Health Management
15. Storage pools
    • Qtier™ Data Tiering Technology
    • Automatic or scheduled data tiering
    • IO-aware auto tiering
    • Shared folder tiering on demand
16. Flexible volumes and LUNs with thin provisioning and space reclaiming
    • If the NAS has less than 4GB RAM, then the maximum volume capacity is 144TB.
    • If the NAS has at least 4GB RAM, then the maximum volume capacity is 250TB.
17. Online volume expansion
18. Volume type conversion
19. Volume shrink
20. Storage space utilization
21. Snapshots
    The maximum number of snapshots varies depending on installed memory.
    • Volume 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)
22. Storage expansion using QNAP expansion units
23. JBOD enclosure roaming
24. SSD read-only and read-write cache
25. SSD write-only cache
    Note: SSD Cache supports Single, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10 configuration. The maximum cache size depends on installed memory. The maximum cache size is 1 TB.

iSCSI (IP SAN)

1. iSCSI targets with multiple LUNs per target
   Note: The maximum number of targets+LUN is 256.
2. LUN mapping
3. LUN masking
4. Online LUN capacity expansion
5. SPC-3 persistent reservation
6. MPIO & MC/S
7. iSCSI LUN backup, one-time snapshot, and restoration
8. Virtual disks using iSCSI initiator
   Note: The maximum number of virtual disks is eight.
9. Stack chaining master

Notification Center

1. Added support for sending notifications via SMS center (SMSC) or providers, including Nexmo, Twilio, and Clickatell.
2. Added Outlook as an SMTP service option.
3. Added support for sending notifications via instant messaging applications, including Skype and Facebook Messenger.
4. Added support for Overview and History in Notification Center.
5. Added support for 23 languages for notification messages.
6. Added support for creating custom notification rules to specify notification criteria, including application categories, severity levels, and keywords.
7. Delivery method and message recipient settings are now more flexible.
8. Added support for creating multiple notification rules at the same time.
9. Added support for sending notifications for a single system event.

Power Management

1. Wake-on-LAN (WoL) - 1GbE port only
2. Standby mode for internal drives
3. Scheduled power on and off
4. USB and network UPS support with SNMP management

Access Rights Management

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

Domain Authentication

1. Microsoft Active Directory (AD) and domain controller support
2. LDAP server and client
3. Domain user login (AFP, CIFS/SMB, FTP, and File Station)

myQNAPcloud

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

Qsync

1. File syncing across multiple devices with SSL secure connection
2. Selective synchronization for specific folders or subfolders
3. Team folders as file center for better collaboration
4. File sharing using email links
5. Policy settings for conflicting files and file type filter
6. Version control for a maximum of 64 versions
7. Unified privilege and configuration management
8. Central configuration mode
9. Remote erase and restore
10. Qsync client supported platforms: Windows, Mac, Ubuntu, Android and iOS

Resource Monitor

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

Helpdesk

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

Web Desktop Administration

1. Multi-window, multitasking system management
2. Smart toolbar and dashboard for system status display
3. SNMP versions 2 and 3
4. Resource monitor
5. Network recycle bin
   • Recover files deleted using AFP, CIFS/SMB, and File Station
   • Automatic cleanup
   • File type filter
6. Comprehensive logs (events and connections)
7. Syslog server and client
8. Backup and restoration of system settings
9. Qmanager: Mobile application for remote system monitoring and management
10. Qboost

File Server

1. File sharing across Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX
2. Microsoft networking (CIFS/SMB)
3. Apple networking (AFP)
4. NFS version 3/4 services
5. Windows ACL (CIFS/SMB)
6. Advanced folder permissions (AFP, CIFS/SMB, and FTP)
7. Shared folder aggregation (CIFS/SMB)

FTP Server

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

File Station

1. 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, and WebDAV)
2. Document viewing using Office Online, Google Docs, and Chrome extension
3. Microsoft Office file editing using Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
4. ISO file mounting (maximum: 256 ISO files)
5. Mount smart phones as external storage
6. Read access for compatible optical disc drives
7. Read access for compatible smartphones (MTP)
8. Download and upload link sharing
9. File dragging and dropping (Chrome and Firefox)
10. File compression (ZIP and 7z)
11. Download link creation and sending for publicly shared files, with expiration date and password protection
12. Subtitle display (SRT and UTF-8)
13. Slideshow playback in media viewer
14. Convert image files to pdf by “Image2PDF” integration
15. Qfile: Mobile app for file browsing and management

Qfiling

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

HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)

1. Cloud storage backup to Amazon Glacier, Amazon S3, Azure Storage, Google Cloud Storage, HKT Object Storage, OpenStack Swift, WebDAV
2. 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
3. RTRR server & client with bandwidth control
4. Rsync server with download bandwidth control
5. Remote server syncing (CIFS/SMB, FTP, Rsync, and RTRR)
6. Scheduled backup to local and remote storage spaces
7. Backup versioning
8. Encryption, compression, and file filters
9. Centralized management for backup, restoration, and sync jobs
10. Support for Apple Time Machine
11. Data backup to multiple external storage devices
12. Desktop backup with QNAP NetBak Replicator for Windows
13. Support for the following third-party backup software: Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis True Image, Arcserve Backup, Retrospect, Nakivo Backup & Replication, and Veritas Backup Exec

Multimedia Console

1. Integrating indexing, thumbnail generation, and content management.
2. New content management design, configuring content sources for QTS multimedia applications.
3. View the status of multimedia apps and services all on the same screen.

QuMagie

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

Photo Station

1. Photo organization by thumbnail, list, timeline, or folder
2. Virtual and smart albums
3. Validity control for album sharing
4. Photo tagging with text, colors, and ratings
5. Slideshows with background music and transition effects
6. Album configuration backup and restoration
7. Advanced folder permissions
8. Support for domain users
9. Qphoto: Mobile application for online browsing and sharing

Music Station

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

Video Station

1. Video organization by thumbnail, list, timeline, or folder
2. Virtual and smart collections
3. Video tagging with text, colors, and ratings
4. Video link sharing through social media and email
5. Movie information and poster display from Internet sources or user-uploaded files
6. Subtitle display (SRT, ASS, SSA)
7. Subtitle search and downloading
8. Subtitle file importing
9. Subtitle display style adjustment
10. Playback speed adjustment
11. Direct video streaming for certain file formats
12. Facebook login
13. Advanced folder permissions
14. Support for LDAP users
15. Video uploading to YouTube and Youku
16. Multi-zone video display
17. Qvideo: Mobile application for online video browsing and management

Container Station

1. Support for LXC and Docker
2. Application downloading from the built-in Docker Hub Registry
3. One-click installation
4. Container importing and exporting
5. Console mode
6. Three networking modes (Note: Docker containers support Bridge, NAT, and Host mode. Linux containers (LXC) support only NAT.)
7. Auto-start containers
8. Docker certificate downloading
9. Private registry addition
10. Application repository for switching to any repository on GitHub.com

Qsirch

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

Surveillance Station

1. Support for up to 5,000 IP cameras
2. 2 free camera licenses
   Note: Surveillance Station supports a maximum of 16 camera channels. To add more camera channels, you need to purchase licenses from the QNAP License Store.
3. Instant playback for recent surveillance events
4. Visual options for e-maps
5. Playback speed control
6. Supporting for displaying preview snapshots on the timeline
7. Intelligent video analytics (IVA) for advanced video searching
8. Surveillance client designed for macOS
9. Mobile surveillance application (Vmobile) for iOS and Android
10. Mobile recording application (Vcam) for iOS and Android

QVPN Service

1. 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.
2. VPN client
   • Support PPTP, L2TP/IPSec, OpenVPN, QBelt (QNAP proprietary) protocol.
   • Support using VPN as a NAS default gateway.
   • Support connection log check.
3. Support utility and Mobile apps for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android.

DLNA Server

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

Qfinder Pro

1. QNAP NAS location on the same local network
2. NAS shared folder mounting
3. Basic setting configuration (firmware, SMTP server, and network settings)
4. Storage Plug & Connect (Windows only)
   • Creation and mapping of NAS shared folders
   • Creation of and connection to iSCSI targets and LUNs
5. Media upload (Windows only)
   • Media file upload to the NAS
   • Automatic creation of thumbnails or transcoding of videos using the computer

App Center

1. Official and community software add-ons
2. Automatic updates and notifications for new versions
3. Repository for imported third-party content
4. User-specified volume for storing applications

Chromecast

1. 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

• Note: You must install the Media Streaming add-on from App Center.

Download Station

1. PC-less downloads (BitTorrent, FlashGet, FTP/FTPS, HTTP/HTTPS, QQDL, and Thunder)
   Note:
   • The application supports a maximum of 500 tasks.
   • The maximum number of concurrent downloads for is 30 (10 BT/PT, 10 HTTP, 10 FTP)
2. BitTorrent: Support for search, magnet links, private trackers, and proxy
3. Scheduled download and bandwidth control
4. RSS subscription and download (broadcatching)
5. Support for add-ons that extend download functionality
6. Qget: Mobile application for download browsing and management

Notes Station 3

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

Qcontactz

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

IFTTT Agent

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

Qmiix Agent

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

Security Counselor

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

Malware Remover

• Detects and removes malware from your QNAP NAS.
• Note: To ensure the security of your NAS, update this app when new versions become available.

General Notes

1. Designs and specifications are subject to change without notice.
2. Some features may vary by model.
3. QTS does not support DRM content and some IPv6 services.
4. Some data encryption features may be unavailable because of country-specific legislative restrictions.