QNAP ES2486dc Enterprise ZFS NAS is QNAPs first high-availability NAS with all-flash arrays and dual active controllers. Powered by an Intel Xeon D-2142IT 8 cores/16 threads processor the ES2486dc supports up to 24 x 2.5-inch SAS 12Gbps SSDs and provides excellent I/O throughputs. Random write performance for all-flash arrays is further driven by the flash-optimized QES 2.1.1 operating system that comes pre-installed on the ES2486dc. The QES uses ZFS to support logical volume management; block-based inline data deduplication and inline compression reduce I/O and SSD storage consumption which significantly extends SSD lifespan with higher price-performance ratio for all-flash storage arrays. Coupled with near-limitless snapshots and SnapSync for data protection the QES-based ES2486dc fulfills demanding business applications such as mission-critical file servers virtualization servers VDI medium-sized data center video streaming surveillance storage and efficient file backup and recovery.

The ES2486dc provides two PCIe Gen 3.0 x8 slots connected to the CPU allowing you to install lightning-fast 10GbE/25GbE/40GbE network cards to boost virtualization media streaming and other bandwidth-demanding applications. Installing a Smart NIC that supports iSER can improve VMware virtualization performance. You can also install a SAS expansion card SAS-12G2E for connecting up to seven 16-bay EJ1600 v2 expansion enclosures to seamlessly expand potential storage capacity to over 1PB with unprecedented performance of up to 48 Gbps per host connection.