QNAP TS-873AEU-4G NAS & Storage Server Rack (2U) Ryzen Embedded V1500B 4 GB DDR4 0 TB QuTS hero Black

The compact TS-873AeU 2U rackmount enclosure combines an AMD Ryzen™ V1000 Series V1500B 4-core/8-thread 2.2 GHz processor with dual 2.5GbE connectivity in one unit. Compared to the previous generation, the TS-873AeU is equipped with two M.2 PCIe Gen3 x 1 ports for NVMe SSD caching or Edge TPU-supported AI image recognition. State-of-the-art hardware integrated with comprehensive software solutions makes the TS-873AeU the first choice for running resource-intensive applications and tasks, such as virtual machines or intensive multi-user access. The space-saving, shallow-depth design allows for easy installation in small media cabinets or locations with extensive cabling.

2U Shallow Depth Design for up to 38% Smaller Size
The 2U rackmount TS-873AeU has a shallow depth of only 11.7 inches (297.4 mm), making it an excellent choice for smaller racks, wall-mounted AV rack cabinets, and network rack cabinets. The space saved by the shallow depth can be used for cabling or ventilation. The TS-873AeU is space-saving for flexible deployment and is particularly suitable for multiple locations and applications such as offices, audiovisual environments, and security surveillance recordings.

Absolute Performance with AMD Ryzen™ and up to 64 GB RAM
Equipped with a 4-core/8-thread AMD Ryzen™ V1500B 2.2 GHz processor with AES-NI encryption acceleration and up to 64 GB DDR4 RAM (supports ECC RAM), the rackmount TS-873AeU delivers aggressive yet power-efficient performance to drive resource-intensive business applications such as VDI, R&D, private cloud, and server virtualization.

CPU
AMD Ryzen™ V1500B 4-core/8-thread 2.2 GHz processor

RAM
4 GB DDR4 SODIMM (up to 64 GB)

Note: Supports ECC RAM (cannot be used with non-ECC RAM)

Upgrade to 2.5GbE Network
The TS-873AeU features two 2.5GbE RJ45 LAN ports, allowing you to use existing CAT5e cables to boost network speeds from 1 Gigabit to 2.5 Gigabit. 5GbE speeds can also be achieved by using port trunking.

Two M.2 PCIe Gen3 Slots for SSD Caching and Accelerated AI-Powered Image Recognition
The 8-bay TS-873AeU is equipped with two M.2 PCIe Gen3 x 1 slots, enabling cache acceleration or SSD storage pools for improved performance or Edge TPU for AI image recognition.

NVMe 2 SSDs for Cache Acceleration or Efficient Tiered Storage

The TS-873AeU supports SSD caching and features two M.2 slots that support M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs with 2280 form factor (sold separately) to increase the overall performance of the NAS. Qtier™ technology can also be used to equip the TS-873AeU with auto-tiering, which helps continuously optimize storage efficiency across all installed storage devices.

Accelerate AI-Powered Image Recognition with TPU

By using a Google Edge TPU for QNAP AI Core (the AI-powered engine for image recognition), the TS-873AeU can perform extremely fast facial and object recognition. Google Edge TPU enables QuMagie to quickly process thousands of photos with high-speed AI image recognition and classification, and QVR Face to analyze videos in real-time for instant facial recognition.

Extensive I/O Capabilities with PCIe Gen3 Expansion

The TS-873AeU features a PCIe Gen 3 x 8 slot for installing various expansion cards to extend its application potential.

Building a Cost-Effective Fibre Channel SAN Environment
Common Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SAN) devices are often costly. By installing QNAP dual-port 16Gb Fibre Channel expansion cards in the TS-873AeU, you have more budget-friendly options to add a NAS to a SAN environment. With the iSCSI and Fibre Channel app, you can set a Fibre Channel target. Furthermore, LUN Masking and Port Binding features provide an additional layer of security for your data.

Comprehensive Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions
The TS-873AeU supports various apps that cover all your backup needs. Practice secure IT habits by regularly backing up files and device contents so they can be easily restored if needed.

PC/Laptop Backup
For Windows®, you can install NetBak Replicator to back up your PC to a QNAP NAS. For macOS®, simply set up the built-in Time Machine to back up your data.

External Backup for NAS
Hybrid Backup Sync makes it easy to back up data from one TS-873AeU to another QNAP NAS or remote server to fulfill your 3-2-1 backup strategy.

VM Backup
Enjoy license-free VMware® and Hyper-V VM backup with source-side incremental backup, global deduplication, and restoration compression.

SaaS Backup
Protect enterprise cloud data by backing up/syncing files, emails, calendars, and contacts from Google™ Workspace and Microsoft® Office 365® to the NAS.

Cloud Backup for NAS
Hybrid Backup Sync supports popular cloud storage for backing up NAS data. For backing up to object cloud storage, VJBOD Cloud is particularly useful for reducing bandwidth usage and backup time.

Multi-Version Snapshots Mitigate Ransomware Threats
The TS-873AeU supports block-based snapshots that record the state of the system at any point in time. This helps protect data, which can be restored to any point in time, significantly mitigating the threat of ransomware.

Volume and LUN Snapshots
Create snapshots in seconds and revert the entire volume/LUN to a specific point in time to prevent loss of critical data.

Instant Snapshot Recovery
Snapshot contents can be quickly restored on a local NAS, or on a folder/file basis to a local/remote NAS or cloud storage. You can also conveniently view and restore snapshots from the client side.

Reliable, High-Performance Storage for Virtualization
The TS-873AeU supports block-based iSCSI LUNs as a reliable, high-performance, and cost-effective storage solution for common virtualization environments. It supports VMware® VAAI and Microsoft® ODX to boost performance by offloading server loads for ESXi servers and Hyper-V accordingly.

Optimized Performance for VMware Virtualization with iSER
The iSCSI Extensions for RDMA (iSER) protocol boosts the data transfer performance of VMware® ESXi storage and reduces the CPU load of the ESXi server. iSER support can be added to the TS-873AeU by installing a QNAP QXG-10G2SF-CX4 10GbE PCIe card that uses the Mellanox® ConnectX-4 controller. iSER can provide a significant performance boost and is an important tool for optimizing demanding virtualization applications.

All-in-One Solution for Hosting Virtual Machines and Containers
By running multiple virtual machines and containers on the TS-873AeU, you can deploy multi-user environments and applications to increase management efficiency and save hardware costs. In conjunction with the Network & Virtual Switch app, which improves interoperability between virtual machines, containers, QNAP NAS, and other physical devices on the network, you can flexibly allocate physical and virtual network resources and simplify network deployment.

Virtualization Station
Run multiple virtual Windows®, Linux®, UNIX®, Android™ and QuTScloud machines and access them via a web browser or Virtual Network Computing (VNC). Businesses can run multiple virtual server applications on a single NAS without needing additional physical servers.

Container Station
Familiarize yourself with the lean virtualization technologies Docker®, LXD, and Kata Containers, download applications from the integrated Docker Hub Registry®, import/export containers, and create numerous microservices.

Linux Station
Run Linux® applications (e.g., apps from the Software Center) directly on the NAS and remotely access the Linux® desktop via a web browser. The open-source Linux® platform is also ideal for Internet of Things development.

Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)
By installing an SR-IOV-compatible PCIe SmartNIC in the TS-873AeU, you can directly assign bandwidth resources from a physical network card to VMs, increasing network efficiency and reducing CPU overheads.

QuTScloud Virtual NAS
QuTScloud is a virtual appliance based on the QTS operating system. Businesses can quickly launch QuTScloud on hypervisors such as Linux® KVM, Microsoft® Hyper-V, and VMware ESXi™ to get advanced NAS features without needing additional NAS hardware.

Comprehensive Security and Permission Settings
The TS-873AeU is equipped with flexible permission settings and security measures. In addition to IP blocking, 2-step verification, and HTTPS connection, there are other apps that ensure optimal protection of the NAS from threats such as malware and hackers.

myQNAPcloud Secures Remote Access
myQNAPcloud enables convenient connection to the TS-873AeU over the Internet without complex DDNS settings. To ensure the security of your remote access service, myQNAPcloud strengthens the keys of SSL certificates to 2048 bits.

Simplified Permission Settings
The TS-873AeU supports comprehensive access right settings for shared folders, Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS), LDAP, and Windows ACL to enable IT staff to efficiently manage user accounts and access rights for multiple NAS systems.

QuFirewall Protection
Supports IPv6, firewall access lists, and GeoIP filtering to restrict access based on geographical locations for increased NAS network security.

Superior Security with QVPN
A virtual private network (VPN) enables secure access to network resources and services on public networks. QVPN supports creating a VPN client, using the TS-873AeU as a VPN server, and the WireGuard® VPN service with a user-friendly interface for setting up a secure connection.

QuWAN SD-WAN
To facilitate digital transformation, multi-site expansion, and remote work, QuWAN SD-WAN supports automatic VPN networking across multiple sites. It features IPsec encryption and cloud-centric management, enabling a secure network with multiple sites such as QNAP NAS and VMware ESXi platforms.

Security Counselor
A security portal for the TS-873AeU that checks for vulnerabilities and provides recommendations for improving NAS security. It also integrates antivirus and anti-malware scanning software.

Malware Remover
Scan your TS-873AeU regularly with the latest malware definitions. If infected files are detected, they are immediately removed to ensure the security of NAS data.

TeamViewer Remote Access
The TeamViewer app enables remote management and connection to multiple NAS devices from Windows® PCs with an unparalleled level of security, while increasing IT efficiency and end-user productivity.

The Best File Storage and Collaboration Center
The TS-873AeU integrates extensive applications for storing, managing, syncing, searching, and archiving files. It supports SMB/CIFS, AFP, and NFS protocols for optimized file sharing across Windows®, Mac®, and Linux®/UNIX®, providing the smartest NAS solution for professional file management.

File Station
Manage, access, and share all files on the TS-873AeU, and view snapshot files—all through your web browser. You can also easily mount remote NAS folders and cloud storage.

Qsync
Make every file uploaded to a TS-873AeU available to linked devices such as computers, laptops, and mobile devices. You can synchronize shared folders and team folders for group file sharing to improve the flexibility of team projects and collaboration.

Qsirch
QNAP's powerful, Google-like search tool helps you quickly find images, music, videos, documents, and emails by keywords, colors, and other search conditions. It also supports Qfiling to perform one-time or automatic archiving tasks based on your search criteria.

Qfiling
Automate your file organization ─ Simply categorize your files and set a schedule, and Qfiling does the rest. Qfiling also enables intelligent recycling, which immediately moves filtered files to the recycle bin.

Intelligent Surveillance Solution for 24/7 Security
QVR Elite is QNAP's subscription-based intelligent surveillance solution, allowing you to easily build a surveillance system with lower TCO and higher scalability. Recordings are saved as MP4 files, allowing playback on almost any device. QVR Elite also integrates QNAP AI-based solutions to create intelligent facial recognition for retail and door access systems with a QNAP NAS. You can set up dedicated, independent storage space for surveillance data on the TS-873AeU and benefit from simplified camera management, storage allocation, camera live view, and playback.

Flexible and Cost-Effective Storage Expansion
QNAP offers easy ways to expand your storage capacity. Here are various ways to expand your TS-873AeU storage as needed to cope with data and business growth.

Attach QNAP Expansion Enclosures
Connect expansion enclosures to the TS-873AeU and manage NAS storage expansions with the user-friendly Storage & Snapshots Manager app.

Mount Cloud Storage or Remote File Servers
Mount cloud storage or remote file servers to expand the capacity of the TS-873AeU while centrally managing files on the NAS, cloud storage, and remote devices.

Migrate to a New NAS
Install your NAS hard drives on a larger QNAP NAS and retain your existing data and configurations.

Expand RAID Capacity
Hot-swap lower capacity drives with larger capacity drives to expand your NAS's storage capacity so it can grow with your business.

More Productivity-Boosting Applications
The TS-873AeU offers an App Center that contains feature-rich apps to expand your NAS potential!

QuObjects
Run a powerful S3-compatible development environment on your TS-873AeU to simplify service development workflows from testing to production. You can also move cold data from the cloud to an on-premises QuObjects to reduce cloud storage costs.

Proxy Server
By using a powerful TS-873AeU as a proxy server, online resources can be accessed efficiently, leading to greater cost savings and productivity while increasing network security.

A Health Check for Your Hard Drives
Hard drives are the heart of your NAS, and ensuring their long-term health and reliability is absolutely critical. QNAP offers various methods and tools to monitor hard drive health so you can make proactive decisions to protect your data and files.

S.M.A.R.T. and Bad Block Check
If any of the S.M.A.R.T. values are reported as abnormal or bad blocks are detected, you can take early action and replace drives before potential data loss occurs.

DA Drive Analyzer
DA Drive Analyzer uses ULINK cloud-based AI to predict the expected lifespan of drives, helping you plan future drive replacements to protect against NAS downtime and data loss.

Seagate® IronWolf™ Health Management
When using supported IronWolf™ or IronWolf Pro™ hard drives, overall system reliability is improved by providing you with actionable prevention, intervention, and recovery options.

Operating System Change for Optimal Data Integrity and Reliability
The TS-873AeU also supports QuTS hero - QNAP's ZFS-based NAS operating system. QuTS hero offers end-to-end data integrity, data reduction (inline data deduplication, compression, and compaction) and much more, and utilizes additional system resources to ensure an optimal environment for protecting business data.