Qnap TS-h973AX QuTS hero With 5-Bay 3.5-Inch and 4-Bay 2.5-Inch Desktop NAS With Quad-Core AMD Ryzen V1000 Processor

Qnap Systems, Inc. introduced the TS-h973AX QuTS hero NAS that features an AMD Ryzen V1000 series V1500B quad-core 2.2GHz processor and 10GbE/2.5GbE connectivity.

It has 4×2.5-inch SSD slots – with 2 slots supporting both 32Gb/s performance U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4 SSDs or 6Gb SATA SSDs for latency-sensitive applications. Running the dependable ZFS-based QuTS hero OS, the TS-h973AX delivers business-critical features and enables up to petabyte capacity per shared folder, providing a performance and cost-efficient NAS.

“When viewing similar AMD Ryzen NAS on the market, the 9-bay TS-h973AX stands almost unchallenged with its dual U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4 SSD slots for optimal I/O and low latency, and 10GbE/2.5GbE connectivity,” said Jason Hsu. “From entry-level storage needs to large-scale big storage, I/O-demanding applications, and cross-team collaboration – the ZFS-based TS-h973AX is perfect for tackling challenges faced by businesses of all sizes.“

Featuring a hybrid storage architecture, the TS-h973AX provides 5×3.5-inch SATA drive bays, 2×2.5-inch U.2 NVMe SSD slots (supporting either U.2 NVMe or SATA SSDs), and 2×2.5-inch SATA SSD slots. The total storage capacity of it can also be scaled up using numerous Qnap expansion enclosures. SSD-aware features (including Write Coalescing and SSD Pool Over-provisioning) further increase NAS performance and cost-efficiency. This NAS has one 10GBASE-T Multi-Gig port and two 2.5GbE RJ45 ports, supporting Port Trunking and failover to reinforce business virtualization, intensive file access, large backup/restoration tasks, and media transfer. This NAS is suited for use with the firm‘s managed and unmanaged 10GbE/2.5GbE switches for high-speed, secure and scalable network environments.

TS-h973AX NAS rear

Powered by the ZFS-based QuTS hero, the TS-h973AX provides data integrity, self-healing, and supports multiple RAID configurations with Triple Parity and Triple Mirror to enhance data protection. Inline data de-dupe, compression, and compaction reduce the overall storage footprint while also improving storage read and write speeds. QuTS hero supports near-unlimited snapshots and versioning for enhanced data protection. The block-based real-time SnapSync ensures that both the primary and secondary NAS maintain identical data, providing strong support for nonstop business operations.

QuTS hero includes an App Center that provides numerous install-on-demand apps to expand NAS application potential, such as hosting VMs and containers, simplifying local/remote/cloud backups, implementing a backup solution for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, centralizing VMware and Hyper-V VM backups, setting up a cloud storage gateway to deploy hybrid cloud applications, cross-device/cross-team file synchronization, and more.

Key specs:

TS-h973AX-8G: 8GB memory (1x8GB), upgradable to 32GB
TS-h973AX-32G: 32GB memory (2x16GB)

Tower model; 5×3.5-inch 6Gb SATA drive bays, 2×2.5-inch combo slots (supports U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4 SSDs or 6Gb SATA SSDs), 2×2.5-inch 6Gb SATA SSD slots; AMD Ryzen V1000 series V1500B quad-core 2.2GHz processor; 1x10GBASE-T (10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M) LAN port, 2×2.5GbE RJ45 (2.5G/1G/100M) LAN ports; 4xUSB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gb/s ports (1xType-C + 3xType-A).

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