QNAP ES2486DC-2142IT-96G 24-Bay Dual-Controller NAS

Overview:

QNAP ES2486dc-2142IT-96G is a 2U dual-controller enterprise NAS featuring dual Intel Xeon D-2142IT eight-core processors and 96GB total ECC RDIMM DDR4 memory. It offers 24 hot-swappable 2.5-inch SAS drive bays, 10GbE SFP+ networking, PCIe expansion, and redundant power supplies. Designed for enterprise ZFS storage environments, this high-availability system supports demanding business storage, backup, virtualization, and data-center applications.

Application & Use Cases:

• High-availability enterprise storage infrastructure
• Mission-critical business data storage
• Enterprise backup and disaster recovery
• Virtualization storage for supported platforms
• High-speed file sharing and data transfer
• Database and transactional storage workloads
• Data-center storage consolidation
• SAS-based HDD and SSD storage deployments

Features:

• Dual-controller architecture for high availability
• Intel Xeon D-2142IT eight-core processors
• 96GB total ECC RDIMM DDR4 memory
• 24 x 2.5-inch SAS 12Gb/s drive bays
• Support for SAS and SATA drives with an appropriate adapter
• Hot-swappable drive bays
• Four 10GbE SFP+ ports per controller
• Three Gigabit Ethernet ports per controller
• Two PCIe Gen 3 x8 expansion slots per controller
• SSD cache acceleration with ARC and ZIL
• Dedicated 64GB M.2 Copy-to-Flash cache per controller
• Redundant hot-swappable power supplies
• 2U rackmount chassis

Key Specifications:

• Product Family: ES2486dc
• Processor: Intel Xeon D-2142IT, 8 cores / 16 threads per controller
• CPU Frequency: 1.90GHz base, up to 3.0GHz burst
• Controller Modules: 2
• System Memory: 48GB RDIMM DDR4 ECC per controller
• Total Installed Memory: 96GB across two controllers
• Maximum Memory: 512GB per controller
• Memory Slots: 8 x R-DIMM/LR-DIMM DDR4 per controller
• Flash Memory: 4GB, dual-boot OS protection
• Drive Bays: 24 x 2.5-inch
• Drive Interface: SAS 12Gb/s, backward-compatible with SAS 6Gb/s
• Drive Compatibility: 2.5-inch SAS/SATA HDDs and SSDs
• SATA Drive Support: QNAP QDA-SA3 adapter required
• Hot-Swappable Bays: Yes
• 10GbE Ports: 4 x 10GbE SFP+ per controller
• Gigabit Ethernet Ports: 3 x RJ45 per controller
• PCIe Slots: 2 x PCIe Gen 3 x8 per controller
• Copy-to-Flash Cache: 1 x 64GB M.2 SSD per controller
• USB: 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 per controller
• SSD Cache Acceleration: Supported
• Form Factor: 2U rackmount
• Dimensions: 88.3 x 446.2 x 504.1mm (H x W x D)
• Net Weight: 23.4kg
• Power Supply: Redundant, hot-swappable, 700W
• Typical Power Consumption: 579.59W, fully populated
• System Fans: 3 x hot-swappable fan modules
• Operating Temperature: 0–40°C