Qnap TS-1655 Tower NAS with 12×3.5-Inch HDDs and 4×2.5-Inch SSDs

Qnap Systems, Inc. introduced the high-capacity TS-1655 tower 2.5GbE NAS that can accommodate 12x3.5-inch HDDs and 4x2.5-inch SSDs.

Designed with a hybrid storage architecture that balances performance and cost, the TS-1655 integrates 8-core computing power, 2.5GbE high speed and PCIe expansion to improve business for cross-team file sharing, collaboration, backup and DR, and virtualization.

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“The TS-1655 strikes a cost-performance balance with the HDD/SSD hybrid storage design, while also supporting RAID 50/60 that provides high-capacity NAS users with higher data protection and optimum storage space utilization,” said Andy Chuang, product manager. “Moreover, its SSD-focused design includes built-in M.2 NVMe PCIe slots and dedicated 2.5-inch SSD bays to drive performance-demanding business applications while enabling tiered storage for maximized cost-efficiency. ”

The TS-1655 uses an Intel Corp.’ Atom C5125 8-core 2.8GHz processor that supports Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) and comes with 4xUDIMM DDR4 slots (8GB preinstalled) that can be upgraded to 128GB to support higher workloads. ECC memory is also supported to deliver server-grade performance and reliability for rugged enterprise IT environments. By installing a dual-port 25GbE network card, it delivers sequential RW speeds of 3,499/2,465MB/s.

The TS-1655 provides 2x2.5GbE RJ45 (2.5GbE/1GbE/100MbE) network ports that support port trunking for load balancing and fault tolerance, assisting organizations in bandwidth demanding applications including virtualization, large file transfers, high-speed backup/restoration, and real-time applications. It can work with the company’s managed/unmanaged 2.5GbE/10GbE switches to establish speed, secure, and scalable office network environments without going over budget. It supports SR-IOV, and features 3xPCIe slots for extending NAS capabilities with various expansion cards, such as 5/10/25GbE network cards, QM2 cards for adding M.2 SSDs or 2.5GbE/10GbE network ports, FC cards for building SAN storage, and storage expansion cards for connecting the firm’s storage expansion enclosures.

The reliable and multitasking TS-1655 meets storage demands for security, backup, file sharing, central management, and ensures data protection with Snapshots that provide instant restoration to protect against the impact of ransomware. More business-ready features include: hosting VM and containers, simplifying local/remote/cloud backup tasks, facilitating VMware/Hyper-V VM backup, deploying a cloud storage gateway, creating S3-compatible object storage on the NAS, and much more.

Key specs :

• TS-1655-8G:
  Tower model, hot-swappable 12×3.5-inch SATA 6Gb hard drive bays and 4×2.5-inch 6Gb SATA SSD bays, Intel Atom C5125 8-core 2.8GHz processor, 8GB DDR4 memory (1x8GB, expandable to 4x32GB), 2xM.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3 slots, 2×2.5GbE RJ45 ports, 3xPCIe Gen 3 x4 slots, 4xUSB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gb) ports

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