QNAP TS-216G 2-Bay NAS – Powerful & Secure Cloud Storage Enclosure
The QNAP TS-216G NAS is a reliable 2-bay cloud storage solution designed for home and small business users. This QNAP TS-216G NAS provides high-speed data access, flexible RAID configurations, and support for HDDs or SSDs, ensuring your files are secure and always available.
With Gigabit Ethernet connectivity and a powerful ARM processor, the QNAP TS-216G NAS allows easy file sharing, efficient backup, and smooth media streaming. The intuitive QTS OS further enhances the functionality, offering snapshot protection, hybrid cloud backup options, and seamless network integration.
Whether you need a secure file server, home cloud storage, or a small business backup solution, the QNAP TS-216G NAS delivers performance, reliability, and simplicity in one compact NAS enclosure.
Designed for home and small office users, the 2-bay 2.5GbE NAS TS-216G achieves high performance and smart management as an efficient and reliable file storage. You can not only enjoy easy file access, sharing, and synchronization with multiple devices, but also run productivity tools and multimedia applications to streamline your workflows and data management.
2.5GbE-ready!
Experience faster file transfer and backup/restore with the TS-216G.
High-performance and energy efficient
Powered by an ARM® quad-core processor and 4GB RAM for multitasking with low power consumption.
Built-in NPU for AI Acceleration
NPU empowers QNAP’s AI Core to boost performance for high-speed face and object recognition.
Quick USB One -Touch Copy
Easily back up the contents of USB devices to the TS-216G by pressing the “One-Touch-Copy” button.
Snapshot protection against Ransomware
Protect your files and data from accidental deletion and malware attacks with snapshots.
Up to 39 TB capacity
Enjoy 38.6 TB storage capacity by using two 22 TB disks; you can set up RAID 1 to protect data with 19.3 TB usable capacity
PCMag Review – 4.0/5 Excellent
The QNAP TS-216G is an excellent two-bay NAS device that offers multi-gig connectivity and multiple USB ports at an affordable price.
smartly manage your photos
Backing up mobile photos to the TS-216G is extremely easy with the Auto Upload function of QNAP’s mobile apps (Qfile Pro or QuMagie Mobile) and helps free up your phone capacity! And thanks to the AI-powered QuMagie photo albums that automatically organizes your photos, it is effortless to manage thousands of photos.
NPU accelerates on-device AI performance. 6x faster face recognition
NPU (Neural-network Processing Unit), designed to speed up AI tasks, not only accelerates image recognition and object detection but also reduces CPU workloads for optimized NAS performance when fulfilling AI-driven requests. When uploading a large number of photos to the TS-216G, you will enjoy high-speed AI performance of photo processing brought by NPU.
64-bit Cortex-A55 quad-core 2.0 GHz CPU and 4 GB RAM
Equipped with ARM® quad-core power and 4GB RAM for multitasking, and built-in GPU for enhanced video conversion and transcoding, the TS-216G satisfies file storage, media streaming, and video surveillance applications demanded from home and small offices.
Transmission efficiency
Tested in QNAP Labs. Figures may vary by environment.
Test Environment:
NAS: TS-216G
OS: QTS 5.1.5
Volume type: Samsung 860 PRO 512GB SATA*2, RAID 1
Client PC: Windows Server 2019, AMD EPYC 7302P 3.0GHz, 128GB RAM, NIC Intel i210
Less is more
The TS-216G features an elaborate but handy design. The hot-swappable drive bays enable you to easily remove/replace hard drives without interrupting system operations.
your files
Access NAS folders as if they are local folders: You can map your TS-216G NAS folders as a network drive on the computer and easily access it just like a local drive.
Connect from anywhere via Internet: Open a browser, connect to your TS-216G, and you can access your NAS files through File Station. You can also mount cloud storage to File Station and manage all your files from a single place
Comprehensive and high-speed backup
With a complete backup solution and 2.5GbE connectivity in the TS-216G, you can efficiently back up files from your phones and computers and make data loss a thing of the past.
Protect your data from ransomware threats with Snapshots
Snapshots are an advanced backup method and are normally reserved for high-end business NAS. QNAP provides snapshots as standard for all NAS – including the TS-216G. Snapshots work by recording the current state of the system, allowing it to be restored back this state at any time – greatly helping in mitigating the threat of ransomware.
Back up PCs to your NAS
Always remember to back up! You should routinely (or automatically) back up files and data from your computer to your TS-216G.
Protect your data from malware
The TS-216G provides powerful security measures including firewall, VPN, Security Center, and more to help keep your data and NAS system safe and sound
Sync across multiple devices
You can access your files uploaded to the TS-216G with all your laptops, tablets and phones, and enjoy the immediate synchronization. It’s also useful to improve productivity of workgroup collaboration!
Home and workplace surveillance made easy
The TS-216G can perform as a professional surveillance system for your home and office security – simply install the easy-to-use QVR Elite, a subscription-based smart surveillance software, along with its compatible 8,000+ cameras. Then, you can monitor and playback surveillance footage using computers, browsers, and mobile phones, and get instant notifications when an event occurs
QNAP TS-216G – Software & Storage Specifications
Operating System & Clients
| Operating System | QTS 5.2.5 |
|---|---|
| Supported Client OS | Apple macOS 10.10 or later Ubuntu 14.04, CentOS 7, RHEL 6.6, SUSE 12+ IBM AIX 7, Solaris 10+ Microsoft Windows 7, 8, 10, 11 |
| Supported Browsers | Safari, Chrome, Edge, Firefox (latest versions) |
| Supported Languages | Chinese (Traditional & Simplified), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish |
Storage & RAID
| Storage Pool | Yes (SED supported) |
|---|---|
| Max Pool Size | 308 TB |
| Max Storage Pools | 128 |
| Volume Type | Thick, Thin, Static |
| Max Volume Size | 250 TB (requires ≥4 GB RAM) |
| Max Volumes | 128 |
| Max Shared Folder Size | 250 TB |
| Max Shared Folders | 512 |
| RAID Types | 8-bay+: JBOD, Single, RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 6-bay: JBOD, Single, RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50 4-bay: JBOD, Single, RAID 0/1/5/6/10 2-bay: JBOD, Single, RAID 0/1 |
| RAID Features | Migration, Expansion (add/replace disks), Hot Spare (Global/Local), Sync, Rebuild, Scrubbing |
| File System (Internal) | EXT4 |
| External Drives | EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+, exFAT* *exFAT driver license required on ARM models |
iSCSI & LUN
| LUN Type | Thick, Thin |
|---|---|
| iSCSI LUN | File-based & Block-based |
| Max LUN Size | 250 TB (requires ≥4 GB RAM) |
| Max LUN Targets | 128 |
| LUN Features | LUN Mapping, LUN Masking, WWPN Aliases Import/Export, Multipath I/O (MPIO) |
Snapshots
| Volume & LUN Snapshots | Supported |
|---|---|
| Min Snapshot Interval | 5 minutes |
| Snapshot Features | Retention Policies, Self-restore, Application-consistent, Full Clone, Replica/Vault |
File Services & Networking
| File Sharing | Windows (CIFS/SMB), macOS (AFP), NFS v3/v4, FTP (QuFTP) |
|---|---|
| FTP Connections | Up to 1024 |
| Accounts | 4,096 users, 512 groups, 200k domain users/groups |
| Security | 2FA, Firewall, ACLs, AES 256-bit encryption (FIPS 140-2 validated) |
| Networking | IPv4/IPv6, VLAN, Port Trunking (7 modes), DHCP Server, DDNS, VPN (PPTP, L2TP/IPSec, OpenVPN, QBelt) |
Applications & Virtualization
| Qsync | Versioning (64), Windows/macOS/Ubuntu/Android/iOS |
|---|---|
| HybridMount | File Cloud Gateway, Network Drive Mount |
| HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync) | NAS-to-NAS, Cloud, External, Time Machine, 400 jobs |
| Boxafe | Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace backup |
| Qsirch | Full-text search, media previews, filters |
| QuMagie | AI-assisted photo management |
| Container Station | LXC/LXD & Docker, Hub registry, Import/Export |
| QVR Pro / Elite | Surveillance – free 8 Pro channels, 2 Elite channels |
QNAP TS-216G 2-Bay NAS Enclosure (Diskless)
QNAP TS-216G 2-Bay NAS offers secure cloud storage with ARM Cortex-A55 CPU, 4GB RAM, and QTS 5.2.5 OS in a compact diskless enclosure
QNAP TS-216G 2-Bay NAS – Cloud Storage Enclosure (Diskless)
Experience reliable data storage with the QNAP TS-216G 2-Bay NAS. Ideal for home or small business cloud backup, file sharing, and secure data access.
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