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TS-233
Save you money and time. The best entry-level NAS storage.
Run your own personal cloud storage and enjoy easy file access, sharing, and syncing with the TS-233. Designed for beginners and home NAS users, the TS-233 not only simplifies data storage and collaboration but also features rich multimedia applications as a complete home entertainment portal.
Centralized multimedia management
Centrally store photos, music, and videos; easily browse, organize, and share multimedia files.
AI-powered image recognition
With a built-in NPU (Neural network Processing Unit) processor, the TS-233 boosts performance for high-speed face and object recognition.
Home entertainment center
Supports ARM NEON technology that accelerates video processing for a greater entertainment experience.
Secure remote access
myQNAPcloud allows you to easily access, manage, and share NAS files via the Internet.
Snapshot protection against Ransomware
Protect your files and data from accidental deletion and malware attacks by using advanced snapshot protection.
Comprehensive security management
Serves as a secure private cloud and supports user account protection, IP blocking, 2-step verification, encryption access, and more.
Available Models
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TS-233
ARM 4-core Cortex-A55 2.0GHz processor, 2 GB on board (non-expandable)
Minimalist design
The compact and slim TS-233 prioritizes a clean and essential design, and perfectly blends into your home or office. The design extends to the hard drives, which can be installed without needing a screwdriver.
Effective cooling fan for heat flow
The TS-233 is small in size and remains high-performance, cool, and quiet with an effective cooling fan.
64-bit Cortex-A55 quad-core 2.0 GHz CPU NAS for everyday use and collaboration
Powered by a ARM® Cortex-A55 quad-core 2 GHz processor, built-in 2 GB RAM, one Gigabit LAN port, and supports two SATA 6Gb/s hard drives, the TS-233 provides dependable read/write performance for running various home and business NAS applications. The TS-233 features AES-NI 256 hardware-accelerated encryption for both full NAS volumes and shared folders, boosting system performance while securing sensitive data.
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Tested in QNAP Labs. Figures may vary by environment.
Test Environment:
NAS: TS-233
OS: QTS 5.0.0
Volume type:
Samsung SSD 850 PRO 512GB SATA*2, RAID 1
Client PC:
Windows Server 2016, Intel Xeon E-2124, 64GB RAM
NPU accelerates on-device AI performance. 6x Faster face recognition.
With a built-in NPU (Neural network Processing Unit) processor, the TS-233 boosts QNAP AI Core (the AI-powered engine for image recognition) performance for high-speed face and object recognition.
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QuMagie Smart photo management
The AI-powered QuMagie with intelligent face and object recognition brings you the ultimate photo management and sharing solution. Includes timeline scrolling, customizable folder covers, iOS® Live Photo display, a powerful search tool, and more.
Learn More: AI-powered QuMagie, QuMagie Mobile App
QTS 5, Fast, smooth, and easy-to-use!
The TS-233 comes with the QTS 5 operating system as standard, providing a next-generation usage experience with an updated system kernel, optimized user interface, and advanced security features.
Learn More: QTS 5
Brighter. Smoother. You’ll like it.
Get started with the notice board
Smooth and reactive user interface
An easy-to-use, all-in-one backup solution
The TS-233 can do many things, but at its heart is a complete backup solution to protect your files and data. By regularly backing up your files and device content, you can make data loss a thing of the past.
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Back up Windows®/Mac® files
For Windows®, install NetBak Replicator to back up your PC files to the TS-233. In macOS®, simply set up the built-in Time Machine® to back up files to NAS.
Learn More: NetBak Replicator utility
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Back up photos on mobile devices
Install Qfile or QuMagie mobile app and enable the “auto-upload” function. Photos will be automatically uploaded to your TS-233 as soon as they are taken.
Learn More: QuMagie Mobile app, Qfile mobile app
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Back up USB drives & external hard drives
Simply plug in the storage device to the front USB port of the TS-233 and press the One-Touch Copy button to back up all files to the NAS.
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Back up Google Drive™
Hybrid Backup Sync can safely back up files and data from Google Drive™ to the TS-233, helping you save money on cloud storage costs.
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Back up NAS files to the cloud
Hybrid Backup Sync supports QNAP-hosted myQNAPcloud Storage and numerous public cloud services, allowing you to effortlessly back up or sync NAS files to cloud storage.
Learn More: Hybrid Backup Sync multi-cloud backup, QNAP-hosted myQNAPcloud Storage
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Back up NAS files to remote sites
With Hybrid Backup Sync, you can easily backup or sync files and data from the TS-233 to a remote QNAP NAS or server for multiplied data protection.
Learn More: Hybrid Backup Sync remote backup
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Back up WordPress sites
Enjoy efficient WordPress backup/restore and site migration by leveraging the user-friendly Multi-Application Recovery Service (MARS), and easily batch backup WordPress files and database to the TS-233 with backup scheduling.
Learn More: WordPress backup solution
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-233. 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.
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1. 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-233.
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2. Take snapshots within seconds
Instantly take snapshots to record the current state of your system and data. You can quickly restore files and data to a previously recorded state by selecting a snapshot version from a specific time point.
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3. Back up snapshots
Multiply data protection by backing up snapshot files! Replicate snapshots in the TS-233 to a remote NAS (Snapshot Replica) and only copy the changes made. This helps save time & bandwidth, and can be run manually or on a scheduled basis.
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4. Restore data using snapshots
Snapshot content can be quickly restored to a local NAS, or restored 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.
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-233.
Take snapshots within seconds
Instantly take snapshots to record the current state of your system and data. You can quickly restore files and data to a previously recorded state by selecting a snapshot version from a specific time point.
Back up snapshots
Multiply data protection by backing up snapshot files! Replicate snapshots in the TS-233 to a remote NAS (Snapshot Replica) and only copy the changes made. This helps save time & bandwidth, and can be run manually or on a scheduled basis.
Restore data using snapshots
Snapshot content can be quickly restored to a local NAS, or restored 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.
The best storage for your high-resolution multimedia files
High-resolution RAW files eat up phone storage so quickly. Whether you are a photographer enthusiastic, YouTuber, or professional photo/video editors, use the TS-233 with high-capacity hard drives to alleviate your storage anxiety and organize files efficiently as the best storage center.
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Storage for music collections
Use Music Station to collect and play lossless music, sing along with lyrics, and share albums, playlists or folders with friends and family. You can also put tons of music right in your pocket using the Qmusic mobile app.
Learn More: Music Station, Qmusic mobile app App
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Store high-resolution videos
Centrally collect GoPro diaries, videos of your family, friends, and pets in Video Station, and easily share your favorites. Take all your videos with you on your mobile devices using the Qvideo mobile app.
Learn More: Video Station, Qvideo mobile App
Enhanced multimedia experience
The TS-233 supports ARM NEON technology to accelerate video processing for a greater entertainment experience. Stream media files from the TS-233 to DLNA® devices and TVs using common media streaming devices including Roku®, Apple TV® (via Qmedia), Google Chromecast™, and Amazon Fire TV®.
Playback quality may vary due to factors including playback software, file formats, system usage, and available bandwidth. H.265 hardware transcoding requires installing CAYIN MediaSign Player with Plus license.
Tips for a more productive workday
With a wide range of awesome apps, you can easily access files from various devices, instantly synchronize files with friends’ or colleague’s devices, quickly find specific files, and automatically organize your documents and media files. You can also map the TS-233’s shared folders as network drives on your computers, making accessing NAS files easy and intuitive. The TS-233 helps you save time while being more efficient and productive.
File Station
Qsync
Qfiling
Access your NAS from anywhere
The myQNAPcloud service enables quick and easy remote access to your TS-233, allowing you to be always connected without needing to configure complex network settings. With myQNAPcloud Link you are provided with a unique domain name for your TS-233, and will automatically connect using the best method based on your network environment.
Learn More: myQNAPcloud service
Protect your data with higher security
The TS-233 provides advanced privacy and security settings but is easy to set up and use. Besides IP blocking and HTTPS connectivity, there are more apps that help ensure an optimal level of NAS protection against threats like malware and hackers.
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Enable multi-factor authentication
It is strongly recommended to enable secure login methods such as passwordless login and 2-Step Verification for adding an extra layer of data security.
Learn More: QNAP Authenticator
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Advanced folder permissions
Easily manage folder permissions, specifying read, read/write, and deny access of individual users to each folder and subfolder.
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QuFirewall protection
Supports IPv6, firewall access lists, and GeoIP filtering to restrict access based on geographical locations for higher NAS network security.
Learn More: QuFirewall
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Superior security with QVPN
A virtual private network (VPN) allows secure access to network resources and services across public networks. QVPN supports creating a VPN client, using the TS-233 as a VPN server, and WireGuard® VPN service with an easy-to-use interface for setting up a secure connection.
Learn More: QVPN
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Security Center
A security portal for the TS-233 to proactively detect NAS status, unusual file activity and potential security threats – offering instant protective measures against vulnerabilities to safeguard your system and data.
Learn More: Security Center
Host container applications
If you are curious about Docker or are a hobbyist developer, Container Station on the TS-233 integrates Docker® lightweight virtualization technology, allowing you to run all kinds of self-contained applications. You can download apps from the built-in Docker Hub®, including popular and fully-configured applications, and deploy them with just one click. From smart homes to multimedia applications, you can explore your creativity and bring containerized applications to life.
Besides Container Station, more apps (including tools for backup/sync, content management, communications, download, and entertainment) are available from the App Center. Simply click and install on-demand to further extend the functionality of your TS-233.Learn More: Container Station, QTS App Center
Flexible and economical storage expansion
QNAP provides easy and affordable solutions to expand your NAS storage capacity.
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Attach QNAP expansion enclosures
Connect expansion enclosures to the TS-233, and manage NAS storage expansion with the user-friendly Storage & Snapshots Manager app.
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Mount cloud storage or remote file servers
Mount cloud storage or remote file servers to expand the capacity of the TS-233 while also centrally managing files on the NAS, cloud storage, and remote devices.
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Migrate to a new NAS
Install your NAS hard drives into a larger QNAP NAS and retain all your existing data and configurations.
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Upgrade RAID capacity
Hot-swap lower-capacity drives with larger-capacity drives to expand your NAS capacity so it can grow with your files and multimedia collections.
More productivity-boosting applications
The TS-233 provides an App Center that includes feature-rich apps to expand your NAS potential!
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QmailAgent
The best email backup solution that allows you to easily backup/recover and manage multiple email accounts in their native format with strong security and data integrity.
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Qcontactz
Centrally manage all your contacts, import contacts from Google™, import/export contact information using CSV or vCard files, and enjoy an always-online database of contact information.
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Qmiix
An Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) solution that enables you to connect apps and devices with QNAP NAS for automating daily tasks for greater productivity.
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Notification Center
Consolidates all system events, alerts, and notifications for smooth and easy NAS management, keeping you always informed of your NAS status.
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Optional Accessories
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PWR-ADAPTER-48W-A01
48W external power adapter
Dimension (L × W × H): 11.10 × 5.60 × 3.15 (cm)
Weight: 0.29 (kg)
For safety information and operating instructions, please refer to the documentation of your original QNAP product.
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PWR-ADAPTER-65W-A01
65W external power adapter for 2 Bay NAS
Dimension (L × W × H): 4.00 × 14.00 × 18.50 (cm)
Weight: 0.32 (kg)
For safety information and operating instructions, please refer to the documentation of your original QNAP product.
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SCR-HDD25A-96
Screw pack for 2.5" HDD / SSD intallation, 96 pieces, Flat head machine screw
Dimension (L × W × H): 0.10 × 11.80 × 12.80 (cm)
Weight: 0.01 (kg)
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SCR-HDD35B-96
Screw pack for 3.5" HDD intallation, 96 pieces, Flat head machine screw
Dimension (L × W × H): 0.10 × 11.80 × 12.80 (cm)
Weight: 0.03 (kg)
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TRAY-35-NK-BLK04
Black HDD Tray v4 for 3.5" and 2.5" drives without key lock, black, 6 x screws for 2.5" HDD
Dimension (L × W × H): 18.40 × 14.20 × 4.00 (cm)
Weight: 0.07 (kg)
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