Equipped with an AnnapurnaLabs an Amazon company Alpine AL-212 dual-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A15 processor and 1GB DDR3 RAM the TS-431P is a high-performance NAS for home workgroups and SOHO users providing outstanding performance of up to 223 MB/s read & 172 MB/s write throughput. The TS-431Ps enhanced hardware-based encryption and decryption engine provides transfer speeds of over 190 MB/s with AES 256-bit full NAS volume encryption boosting system performance & security while ensuring the safety of sensitive personal data stored in the NAS. When used with a compatible 802.11ac or dual-band 2.4GHz/5GHz 802.11n USB Wi-Fi adapter the TS-431P becomes an ideal media center with remarkably high speeds for transferring a large amount of files and streaming bandwidth-intensive multimedia.

Tested in QNAP Labs. Figures may vary by environment.

Testenvironment
NAS 
OS QTS4.2.2
Volume type RAID 5; 4 x Seagate ST1000NM0033-9ZM173 1TB HDDs NAS and PCs areconnected
Client PCs
Intel R Core TM i7-4790  CPU 3.60GHz CPU; DDR3 1600Hz 16GB; Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB;
Intel Gigabit CT MTU 1500 ; Microsoft Windows 10 64bit
IOMeter configuration Multiple PCs via switch. Transferring 32GB filecontinuously to NAS for 3 minutes. Block size 64KB for SMB2.0

The TS-431P supports multiple port-trunking modes enabling administrators to set up link aggregation to increase total data transmission potential. Failover and dual IP are also supported to ensure continuous system operations. Supported port-trunking modes include Balance-rr Round-Robin Active Backup Balance XOR Broadcast IEEE 802.3ad Balance-tlb Adaptive Transmit Load Balancing and Balance-alb Adaptive Load Balancing.

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Equipped with three SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports the TS-431P allows you to flexibly arrange tasks with a wide range of external devices without interrupting your current workflow. You can back up files to USB drives access data stored on SD cards via USB card readers share up to 3 printers via network and connect to a UPS to ensure a continual power supply.

Thanks to the intuitive user interface of QTS your NAS experience is smarter smoother and spectacular. Its modern flat design streamlines loading times and the intelligent desktop allows you to find 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. QTS breaks the barriers of devices platforms and geography to bring optimized cloud experiences to you.

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