QNAP TS-EC1680U, featuring the easy-to-use QTS operating system, provides a reliable and scalable NAS solution to fulfill data backup, file synchronization and remote access. The TS-EC1680U is 10GbE-ready, delivers exceptional performance, and supports cross-platform file sharing, comprehensive backup solutions, iSCSI and virtualization applications, and many practical business functions, making it the ideal choice for SMBs to secure important business data. It also includes abundant multimedia applications backed by its powerful hardware specifications.
3,500+ MB/s throughput and 390,000+ IOPS
Two internal cache ports and up to 4 SSDs for caching
Scalable design, up to 864TB raw capacity
Virtualization-ready, centralized data storage, backup, sharing and disaster recovery

QTS - Simple and efficient

Thanks to QTS’s intuitive user interface, system operations of the TS-EC1680U are smooth and handy. Its intelligent desktop allows you to find the desired functions quickly, create desktop shortcuts or group shortcuts, monitor important system information on a real-time basis, and open multiple application windows to run multiple tasks concurrently, bringing greater working efficiency.

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Qsirch – A smarter, faster way to search

Quickly and easily find documents, photos, videos, and music with Qsirch, QNAP's new built-in NAS search application lets you find what you need by real-time, natural search. Simply type in as much as you know about what you are trying to find, including bits of the file name or even words/phrases in the document, and Qsirch will display a list of matches, complete with thumbnails, as you type. Qsirch even remembers your search history so you can quickly navigate to files you've previously searched for. Qsirch is a huge productivity boost – it greatly reduces the amount of time spent looking for files on the NAS so you can focus on other tasks.

Note: 2GB RAM (4GB or more RAM is recommended for optimum performance) and QTS 4.1 or newer firmware is required.

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Qsirch
Breakthrough performance

The TS-EC1680U supports 6Gbps hard drives driving over 3,500 MB/s throughput and 390,000 IOPS*. Featuring with Intel® Xeon® E3 v3 Quad-Core Processor and 4 GB DDR3 ECC RAM, the TS-EC1680U greatly enhances efficiency of CPU-consuming tasks and serves more concurrent tasks at the same time.
　
*Tested in QNAP Lab. Figures could vary by environment.

Test Environment： 4 Client PC configurations: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU, 16GB DDR3 RAM, Windows 7 professional 64-bit, Dual-port Intel X520 10GbE Server Adapter, IOMeter sequential read and write. NAS Configuration： OCZ Vertex4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G SSDs with RAID 6 configuration, QNAP LAN-10G2T-X550 dual-port 10GBase-T network adapter*2
Internal cache port for IO acceleration

The TS-EC1680U supports two on-board mSATA internal cache ports, and up to 4 SSDs can be used for caching. By installing mSATA flash modules (optional purchase), the IOPS performance of storage volumes can remarkably boost. It is perfect for improving overall workflow of random IOPS demanding applications such as database and virtualization. The internal cache port design reserves the space of hard drive tray for more storage capacity.

*Instead of installing the mSATA in the internal cache port, SSDs are supported to be installed in the hard drive tray. Visit SSD cache

Removable motherboard drawer for easy maintenance

With the TS-EC1680U's removable motherboard drawer, IT administrators have easier access in upgrading/installing components such as RAM, the internal cache and 10GbE adapter. The motherboard itself can be removed and replaced without needing to remove the heavy TS-EC1680U from the rack cabinet, making it especially useful in maintaining the TS-EC1680U in data centers with multiple rack cabinets.

Note: Power-off is necessary before removing the motherboard drawer. It is not hot-pluggable.

10GbE ready

The TS-EC1680U offers four inbuilt Gigabit Ethernet ports and supports 10 Gigabit high speed network by installing 10GbE network adapter. The 10GbE-ready TS-EC1680U delivers lightening data throughput. Coupled with the support for large storage capacity, the TS-EC1680U is perfect for data centers to storage big data and excel in fast data transmission, and for editing large size videos on-the-fly without transferring the videos between the TS-EC1680U and desktop computers.

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Seamless capacity expansion

The TS-EC1680U supports online capacity expansion by cascading multiple QNAP RAID expansion enclosures to meet the needs of growing business data. With the QNAP scale-up solution, raw storage capacity can be gradually expanded to 864TB. It is especially useful for large data applications, such as video surveillance, data archiving, and TV broadcast storage, to name few.

The maximum raw storage capacity available by connecting RAID expansion enclosures:

Turbo NAS Model RAID Expansion Enclosure No. of RAID Expansion Enclosure Total HDD No.
(NAS + Enclosure) Max. Raw Capacity (TB) *
TS-EC1680U REXP-1620U-RP 8 144 864
7 128 768
6 112 672
5 96 576
4 80 480
3 64 384
2 48 288
1 32 192
REXP-1220U-RP 8 112 672
7 100 600
6 88 528
5 76 456
4 64 384
3 52 312
2 40 240
1 28 168
*The maximum capacity is calculated by 6TB HDDs.

Learn more：RAID expansion enclosures

Powerful QNAP flexible volume

QNAP flexible volume provides a more secure and flexible way to store the NAS data. This next generation volume offers powerful features such as storage pooling with multiple RAID group protection, thin provisioned volume with space reclaim, block-level iSCSI LUN, and online capacity expansion. The QTS Storage Manager neatly presents tools and options for managing system storage which simplifies the process of NAS capacity expansion and QNAP RAID expansion enclosure management.

Learn more：QTS storage manager, QNAP flexible volume
Cross-platform file sharing, centralized data storage

The TS-EC1680U supports SMB/CIFS, NFS, and AFP protocols for file sharing across Windows, Mac, Linux/UNIX networks. Data, logs and ISO image of CDs and DVDs can be centralized store in the NAS and protected by integrated antivirus solution. The Windows AD and LDAP services enable system administrators to configure user permissions by using existing Windows AD server, LDAP server or NAS build-in LDAP service.

Learn more：ISO share, Syslog service, Antivirus, Windows Active Directory (AD), LDAP Directory Service
Well-rounded backup solutions to secure data

The TS-EC1680U offers well-rounded backup solutions as a reliable backup center. QNAP NetBak Replicator supports scheduled and real-time data backup on Windows OS. Mac Time Machine is also supported to provide Mac OS X users with an effortless solution to back up data to the TS-EC1680U.

Learn more：NetBak Replicator, Time Machine backup
Disaster recovery solutions brings peace of mind

The TS-EC1680U offers various data recovery options. RTRR (Real-Time Remote Replication) supports real time or scheduled data backup to a remote Turbo NAS or FTP server and synchronizes files to a remote folder from a local folder with better backup efficiency and reduced backup time. The TS-EC1680U also supports rsync protocol to back up data to another remote server on scheduling basis. Besides, data can be backed up to cloud storage, such as Amazon® S3, Amazon Glacier, Microsoft® Azure, ElephantDrive®, Dropbox® and Google Cloud Storage, and restored to the TS-EC1680U anytime.

Learn more：Cloud storage backup, RTRR
Comprehensive security options

In the open network environment, business data might be exposed in potential hack. The TS-EC1680U provides numerous security options, such as encrypted access, IP blocking, and so on. Besides, IT administrators can control the access rights of each user to different folders, preventing unauthorized access to important files. The TS-EC1680U is validated with military level FIPS 140-2 AES 256-bit encryption, preventing the sensitive business data from unauthorized access and breach even if the hard disk drives or the entire system were stolen.

Learn more：Encrypted access, IP blocking, Hard drive encryption

Storage for comprehensive virtualization applications

The TS-EC1680U is VMware® Ready™, Citrix® Ready™, compatible with Microsoft® Hyper-V™ certification and Windows Server 2012, benefiting flexible deployment and management in the virtualization environments. The TS-EC1680U supports VMware VAAI and Microsoft ODX to increase performance by offloading server loading for ESXi and Hyper-V respectively, and supports QNAP vSphere Client plug-in and QNAP SMI-S provider with enhanced efficiency of operations and management in virtualization applications.

Learn more： VMware® Ready™, Citrix® /Ready™, Microsoft® Hyper-V™, VMware VAAI, Microsoft ODX, SMI-S provider for Microsoft SCVMM
Run multiple OS’ on the TS-EC1680U

The Virtualization Station transforms the TS-EC1680U into a 2-in-a-box NAS that can function as an all-in-one NAS and a virtualization platform supporting multiple operating systems, fast virtual machine creation, virtual machine import/export, snapshot, and enables desktop operations on web browser. With the easy-to-use interface, you can centrally manage all virtual machines created on the TS-EC1680U with least efforts. Furthermore, you can download VMs on demand from the online VM markets and import them to TS-EC1680U to use directly without any complex procedure.

Note: Pre-installed with 4GB RAM x1. You can upgrade the RAM to 32GB to run 8 virtual machines.

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Highly-efficient storage solution for video editing

Digital film and video production produces volumes of data that require high performance RAID storage with sustainable throughput to balance with the demanding output of video editing. The TS-EC1680U fulfills storage and video editing needs with a high speed 10GbE network interface. Digital videos can be quickly stored and edited on the TS-EC1680U directly over the network.

File synchronization across multiple devices

The Qsync utility turns your TS-EC1680U into a safe data center for file synchronization with large storage capacity. Any file uploaded to the TS-EC1680U will be made available for all linked devices, such as computers, laptops or mobile devices. Qsync is especially useful for frequent travelers to manage files and always have the most updated files on different devices. Qsync provides multiple ways of file synchronization and group file sharing, greatly enhancing the flexibility of collaboration.

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Comprehensive surveillance solution with 24/7 security

The TS-EC1680U Surveillance Station is a professional surveillance solution with a wide range of over 2,600 compatible IP camera models and expandable IP camera channel licenses. It supports real-time monitoring, video and audio recording and playback with flexible options to customize. You can also install the Vmobile app on your iOS® or Android™ mobile devices to manage the monitoring channels anytime and anywhere, and safeguard your office environment.

Learn more：Surveillance Station

Additional SMB-ready features

The TS-EC1680U supports various business applications as an all-in-one Turbo NAS with cost-efficiency.


FTP Server


Web Server


RADIUS Server
The Turbo NAS supports FTP server to share large size files, coming with user-defined settings including bandwidth limitation, number of connections, and write-only permission.
The Turbo NAS supports VPN server which provides an easy way for IT administrators to build up a secure private network and allows the staff to log on from outside the office and access business resources securely such as files and Internet connections.

VPN Server


Printer Server


Surveillance Station
*Click here to learn more other business features.
Install-on-demand apps extend NAS features

The TS-EC1680U has built in App Center providing various install-on-demand apps developed by QNAP and third-party developers, including backup/sync, business, content management, communications, download, entertainment, and so on. It’s also a central place to manage and update installed apps. Besides, QNAP’s development platform brings forth the open-source spirit to welcome program developers to develop various applications, adding values to the TS-EC1680U for extensive opportunities.