Back up and expand your QNAP NAS, as well as Windows and Ubuntu computers and servers, with the TL-D400S 4-Bay JBOD Enclosure from QNAP. This enclosure features four 2.5/3.5" SATA III 6 Gb/s hard drive bays. It includes a QXP PCIe card for connecting the enclosure using an SFF-8088 (or SFF-8644) cable and provides reliable read/write performance for smooth storage and backup tasks. The SFF port supports four drive slots and a lockable hard drive tray helps prevent accidental drive removal.

Note: The included card does not support the Mac Pro. Connection to a compatible QNAP NAS requires SFF-8088 support or an available expansion slot supporting the QNAP QXP-3X4PES expansion module.

4 x 2.5/3.5" SATA III Drive Bays    1 x SFF-8088 Port    Includes 1 x Mini SAS Cable    LED Indicators

The TL SATA JBOD supports multi-lane SATA III 6 Gb/s transfers. Each SATA lane directly connects to a single SATA drive to help improve performance. With the 1-1 high-speed channel, the TL SATA JBOD delivers excellent transfer performance.

The TL-D400S provides a software-controlled storage configuration for greater management flexibility. You can configure RAID and monitor JBOD enclosure and disk health with Storage & Snapshots when connected to a QTS or QuTS hero NAS or with the QNAP JBOD Manager utility when connected to a computer.

Use the Storage & Snapshots Manager in QTS or QuTS hero to configure the TL-D400S as a storage enclosure for your QNAP NAS. The NAS expansion storage mode supports various NAS functions, including storage pools and snapshots. With the TL-D400S, you can easily expand storage capacity.

The QNAP JBOD Manager is a desktop utility for monitoring the TL-D400S on Windows and Ubuntu computers. You can quickly obtain disk statuses, see JBOD information and health, view fan rotation speed, and check for firmware updates. All device events are recorded, and will generate desktop notifications when a system alert occurs.

Install an exclusive QXP PCIe card onto your QNAP NAS, Windows system, or Ubuntu system to connect the JBOD enclosure via SFF-8088 (or SFF-8644) cable, for easy and flexible storage expansion.

The TL-D400S provides an alternative method for users to expand their NAS storage capacity. By connecting the TL-D400S to their NAS and using Storage & Snapshots Manager in QTS or QuTS hero, users can easily configure and manage their storage expansion. The TL-D400S supports a variety of QNAP NAS storage and file management functions, allowing users to build storage pools, finding files with Qsirch, and organizing files with Qfiling.

You can use the TL-D400S to expand your NAS storage. You can select disks to create storage pools for expanding your NAS capacity, or you can treat each disk as an individual external storage space and use it as a removable drive for greater flexibility. Regardless of the mode you use, you can always use Storage & Snapshots Manager in QTS or QuTS hero to set up and manage your TL-D400S and use hard drive S.M.A.R.T and Notification Center to check disk status anytime and anywhere.

Mode 1: Expand NAS Capacity with Storage Pool Mode
You can use Storage & Snapshots Manager in QTS or QuTS hero to configure the RAID storage pool for your TL-D400S and expand NAS capacity. The TL-D400S can only be used as an individual storage pool or volume on the NAS. Its storage pool or volume cannot be combined into the connected NAS. NAS applications cannot be installed on the TL-D400S.

Mode 2: Expand Your NAS with External Storage Mode
You can treat each disk on your TL-D400S as an individual storage space and expand your NAS capacity. For example, it will show 8 independent external disks on an 8-bay NAS.The TL-D400S supports multiple disk formats, including NTFS (for Windows), HFS+ (for Mac), EXT4 (for Ubuntu or QNAP NAS), exFAT (for Windows, Mac, Ubuntu, and QNAP NAS) etc.

You can use your TL-D400S to expand the storage space of Windows and Ubuntu computers. You can set up the RAID configuration of your TL-D400S to further secure data. You can also use the single disk mode and format with exFAT file system for more convenient access and sharing of files between Windows and Ubuntu computers.

Mode 1: RAID Configuration Mode
You can obtain data protection by building a software RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 5 volume with the native utility in your Windows and Ubuntu computers, and use the QNAP JBOD Manager to monitor the TL-D400S status information.

Mode 2: Single Disk Mode
You can format hard drives with the exFAT file system while accessing and sharing files between Windows and Ubuntu computers. Your QNAP NAS can also use the exFAT file system by buying the exFAT driver license from the QNAP Software Store.

You can install third-party hardware RAID cards on your TL-D400S for advanced hardware RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60 protection and use Windows utility software to manage your TL-D400S.

The TL-D400S features SFF-8088 (or SFF-8644) connectivity and multiple SATA III 6 Gb/s bays. This provides improved sequential read performance and faster data transfer speeds than existing USB and eSATA expansion enclosures, while also being a more economical option than a QNAP REXP SAS enclosure.

QTS RAID 0 performance can deliver sequential read speeds of up to 1709 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 1660 MB/s. QTS RAID 5 performance reaches sequential read speeds of up to 1704 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 1245 MB/s.

The TL-D400S is backed by a limited 2-year warranty at no additional cost. You can purchase a warranty extension that extends your warranty coverage up to 5 years.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Can I connect this directly to a computer via thunderbolt 3?

A: Yes, the QNAP TVS-672XT 6-Bay NAS Enclosure BH #QNTVS672XT8G can be connected directly to a computer via Thunderbolt 3.

Q: 2. Can i use this as a DAS with usb 3.2 on Ubuntu? On mac using thunderbolt as a DAS will files written be accessible to computers

A: Yes, the QNAP TVS-h874T 8-Bay NAS Enclosure can be used on Ubuntu and on a Mac using thunderbolt.

Q: 3. Can I connect one edit system via T3 and another edit system (located in a different room) via 10gbps ethernet and have them both editing at the same time? I assume the second ethernet port could then be hooked up to my router/modem?

A: This system uses RJ45. It does not have any FIber ports for a T3 connection. The enclosure can support 10GbE connections.

Q: 4. Which QNAP bay expansion enclosure is this compatible with?

A: I would recommend the TR-004 (BH #QNTR004US) or TR-002 (B&H # QNTR002US) as expansion options for the QNAP TVS-472XT.

Q: 5. does this m2 ssd work with my tvs472 WD 500GB Black SN750 NVMe M.2 Internal SSD? BH #WEBG500GB • MFR #WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN

A: Yes, the two models are compatible drives.

Q: 6. Can you install an NVME RAID card in the 16x PCIe slot?

A: This has two M2. NVMe slots and might be able to add two more dual NVMe PCIe cards if you removed the thunderbolt card for a total of 6 NVMe M2. drives, which you could raid.

Q: 7. will this work with a Qnap 873A?

A: Yes, the QNAP TL-D800C 8-Bay USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C JBOD Enclosure will work with the Qnap 873A line of USBC equipped enclosures.

Q: 8. Can you add Thunderbolt 3/4 to this enclosure?

A: No, the TVS-h874-i9 does not support Thunderbolt expansion.

Q: 9. Can a volume created on this be encrypted/password protected like a QNAP NAS?

A: You can create password protected volumes on drives in the QNAP TL-D800C 8-Bay USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C JBOD Enclosure.

Q: 10. does the thunderbolt 3 port on this support daisy chaining with other devices (e.g. hubs, sound cards, thunderbolt displays)?

A: The unit is listed as supporting storage volumes and displays via the second Thunderbolt 3 port.