Taipei, Taiwan, July 13, 2020 – QNAP® Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking and storage solution innovator, today launched its first desktop QuTS hero NAS series – the TS-hx86. Available in the 6-bay TS-h686 and 8-bay TS-h886, the TS-hx86 series provides a robust yet affordable NAS solution for high-end businesses. Featuring Intel® Xeon® D-1600 series processors, 2.5GbE connectivity, M.2 NVMe Gen 3 x4 SSD slots, PCIe expandability, and supporting up to 128 GB server-grade DDR4 ECC memory, the TS-hx86 series also runs the dependable ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system that delivers business-critical features, including data integrity, inline data deduplication and compression, snapshots, and real-time SnapSync, and more.

“Our rackmount QuTS hero NAS systems have arrived to high acclaim, and now we are rolling out desktop form factor models to cater to small organizations that lack sufficient space for on-premises servers” said David Tsao, Product Manager of QNAP, adding “the TS-hx86 is perfect for these organizations to fulfil workgroup file sharing with ZFS advantages, to tackle Big Data storage challenges, and provide exceptional IO performance and seamless cross-team collaboration.”

The TS-hx86 NAS comes with two 2.5-inch SSD trays and two M.2 NVMe Gen 3 x4 SSD slots, allowing for SSD caching configuration to increase IOPS performance and reduce latency, especially perfect for databases and virtualization applications. The four 2.5GbE RJ45 ports support Port Trunking and failover, and work with QNAP’s managed and unmanaged 10GbE/2.5GbE switches, assisting organizations in implementing high-speed, secure and scalable network environments without going over budget. Dual PCIe slots are included for extending core NAS functionalities, for example, adding 5GbE/10GbE/25GbE/40GbE network cards; QM2 cards to add M.2 SSDs or 10GbE (10GBASE-T) connectivity; QXP expansion cards to connect QNAP’s multi-SATA 6 Gb/s expansion enclosures; and entry-level graphics cards to add HDMI output, increase video transcoding/streaming performance, and provide GPU pass-through to virtual machines.

Powered by the ZFS-based QuTS hero, the TS-hx86 series provides data integrity, self-healing, and supports multiple RAID configurations with Triple Parity and Triple Mirror to enhance data protection. Powerful inline data deduplication, compression, and compaction significantly reduce the overall storage footprint - especially helpful for increasing SSD storage efficiency when highly-repetitive data or massive small files are generated, while improving both random write performance and SSD lifespan. QuTS hero supports near-unlimited snapshots and versioning for enhanced data protection. The advanced block-based real-time SnapSync ensures that both the primary and secondary NAS maintain identical data, providing the strongest support for nonstop business operations.

QuTS hero includes an App Center, providing various install-on-demand apps to expand NAS application potential. Available apps allow you to host virtual machines and containers, simplify local/remote/cloud backups, implement a backup solution for Google G Suite™ and Microsoft 365®, set up a cloud storage gateway to deploy hybrid cloud applications, streamline cross-device and cross-team file synchronization, and much more.

Key Specifications

• TS-h686: 4x 3.5-inch drive bays and 2x 2.5-inch SSD trays; Intel® Xeon® D-1602 2 cores/4 threads 2.5 GHz processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.2 GHz), 8 GB DDR4 ECC memory (2 x 4 GB)
• TS-h886: 6x 3.5-inch drive bays and 2x 2.5-inch SSD trays; Intel® Xeon® D-1622 4 cores/8 threads 2.6 GHz processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.2 GHz), 16 GB DDR4 ECC memory (2 x 8 GB)

Tower model; hot-swappable 2.5-inch/3.5-inch SATA 6Gbps drive bays, 2x M.2 NVMe Gen 3 x4 SSD slots; 4x 2.5GbE RJ45 ports, 2x PCIe Gen 3 x8 slots; 3x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) ports

Learn more about QuTS hero at https://www.qnap.com/quts-hero/. 

 

About QNAP Systems, Inc.

QNAP Systems, Inc., headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, provides a comprehensive range of cutting-edge Network-attached Storage (NAS) and video surveillance solutions based on the principles of usability, high security, and flexible scalability. QNAP offers quality NAS products for home and business users, providing solutions for storage, backup/snapshot, virtualization, teamwork, multimedia, and more. QNAP envisions NAS as being more than "simple storage", and has created many NAS-based innovations to encourage users to host and develop Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and machine learning solutions on their QNAP NAS.

 

 

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Taipei, Taiwan, April 28, 2020 – QNAP® Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking and storage solution innovator, today launched the quad-core TS-x31K series NAS (including 1-bay, 2-bay and 4-bay models) that provides centralized data backup and management, easy file access and sharing, feature-rich multimedia applications and secure Snapshots protection. Featuring a compact pure white minimalist design, the TS-x31K blends in with any home décor and takes up very little space, making it an ideal solution for home users to build reliable private cloud storage.

The TS-x31K series is powered by a quad-core 1.7 GHz processor for exceptional home performance. With 1 GB RAM, Gigabit LAN (1-bay: one GbE port; 2-bay and 4-bay: two GbE ports), SATA 6 Gb/s, and AES-256 bit encryption, the TS-x31K delivers fast and stable connectivity. Featuring tool-less and lockable drive bays, the TS-x31K makes installation easier while also ensuring the drives are safe and secure.

“The Quad-core TS-x31K series streamlines home storage and multimedia applications, allowing users to enjoy the convenience and enjoyment of a personal cloud. Users can easily access, manage and share files using an intuitive user interface, while also easily accessing files remotely by using dedicated mobile apps,” said Jason Hsu, Product Manager of QNAP.

The TS-x31K series is a comprehensive home data center that provides well-rounded data storage, sharing, backup, synchronization, and data protection. Users can regularly back up data from their Windows® and macOS® computers and from mobile devices, then further protect their backup data by saving to another NAS or cloud storages as an off-site copy using HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync). Users can enable snapshot protection to effectively mitigate the threat of ransomware and to quickly restore files to previously-recorded states.

The TS-x31K provides a wide range of multimedia applications, including Photo Station, Video Station and Music Station, allowing users to easily manage and view their rich media collections. Users can also transform the TS-x31K into a Plex® Media Server. More useful functions include: use Surveillance Station to build a secure surveillance system; Qsync can automatically sync files between NAS, mobile phones and computers. Users can also easily remotely access the TS-x31K using dedicated mobile apps and the myQNAPcloud service.

Key Specifications

TS-131K: Tower model; 1-bay, Annapurna Labs AL-214 quad-core 1.7 GHz processor, 1GB RAM; hot-swappable 3.5-inch SATA 6Gbps bays; 1 x GbE port, 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

TS-231K: Tower model; 2-bay, Annapurna Labs AL-214 quad-core 1.7 GHz processor, 1GB RAM; hot-swappable 3.5-inch SATA 6Gbps bays; 2 x GbE ports, 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

TS-431K: Tower model; 4-bay, Annapurna Labs AL-214 quad-core 1.7 GHz processor, 1GB RAM; hot-swappable 3.5-inch SATA 6Gbps bays; 2 x GbE ports, 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

About QNAP Systems, Inc.

QNAP Systems, Inc., headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, provides a comprehensive range of cutting-edge Network-attached Storage (NAS) and video surveillance solutions based on the principles of usability, high security, and flexible scalability. QNAP offers quality NAS products for home and business users, providing solutions for storage, backup/snapshot, virtualization, teamwork, multimedia, and more. QNAP envisions NAS as being more than "simple storage", and has created many NAS-based innovations to encourage users to host and develop Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and machine learning solutions on their QNAP NAS.

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Taipei, Taiwan, April 20, 2020 – QNAP® Systems, Inc. (QNAP), a leading computing, networking and storage solution innovator, today introduced the brand new QuTS hero NAS operating system that integrates the app-based QTS with a 128-bit ZFS file system to provide flexible storage management, comprehensive data protection and optimized performance to meet business-critical application needs. Meanwhile, QNAP rolled out the special edition QNAP NAS— the TS-h1283XU-RP, TS-h1277XU-RP, and TS-h977XU-RP— with QuTS hero preinstalled and multi-core computing power, providing more powerful, reliable and cost-effective NAS solutions for demanding IT applications.

“The QuTS hero edition is the evolved QTS that integrates ZFS advantages with multiple cost-free apps that expand NAS functionality, delivering overall improvements in data integrity, performance, and managerial flexibility,” said Sam Lin, Product Manager of QNAP, adding “Faced with explosive data growth, VDI popularity, increasing SSD adoption, 8K media, and other disruptive IT trends, modern businesses can count on QuTS hero solutions to meet future demands and achieve maximized IT efficiency.”

QuTS hero: High-performance ZFS-based operating system with greater reliability

QuTS hero focuses on data integrity and features self-healing capabilities. It supports read/write cache technology to boost performance and provides multiple RAID configurations with the newly-added RAID Triple Parity and Triple Mirror to enhance data protection. Additionally, support for near-limitless, instant snapshots enables more complete multi-version backups. For data reduction, QuTS hero supports inline data deduplication, inline compression, and inline compaction to optimize storage usage and improve performance. Whether used as a mission-critical file server, virtualization server, VDI, collaborative video editing, and efficient file backup and recovery, QuTS hero streamlines business-critical tasks. The inclusive App Center provides multiple install-on-demand apps to further expand NAS application potentials, such as hosting virtual machines and containers, simplifying local, remote, or cloud backups, performing cloud storage gateway (feature will be available soon), and more.

Introducing the QuTS hero edition NAS for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

QuTS hero NAS systems come with an Intel® Xeon® E-2236 six-core processor or an AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700X eight-core processor with immense computing power. Four 10GbE ports provide advantages for bandwidth-demanding applications, while support for SSD caching can boost IOPS performance and maximize 10GbE file transfer speeds. The flexible PCIe expansion allows abundant I/O capability by installing various expansion cards, including 10GbE/25GbE/40GbE adapters, QM2 cards for adding M.2 SSDs, Fibre Channel cards for making the NAS a SAN storage, and SAS expansion cards for connecting storage expansion units. QuTS hero NAS also supports storage for VMware®, Citrix®, Microsoft® Hyper-V®, and Windows Server® 2019 virtualization environments.

QuTS hero NAS key specifications

The TS-h1283XU-RP supports 12 drive bays, features an Intel® Xeon® E-2236 6 cores/12 threads 3.4 GHz processor with burst up to 4.8 GHz and up to 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory. The TS-h1283XU-RP provides two 10GbE SFP+ ports, two 10GbE RJ45 ports, four Gigabit ports, four PCle slots (two slots are pre-installed with 10GbE adapters), and 300-watt redundant power supply. Available models include:

• TS-h1283XU-RP-E2236-32G: 32 GB DDR4 ECC memory (2 x 16 GB)
• TS-h1283XU-RP-E2236-128G: 128 GB DDR4 ECC memory (4 x 32 GB)

The TS-977XU-RP and TS-1277XU-RP support 9 drive bays and 12 drive bays respectively. Both NAS are powered by an AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700X 8 cores/16 threads 3.4 GHz processor (Turbo Core up to 4.4 GHz) with up to 128 GB DDR4 memory, and provide two 10GbE SFP+ ports, two Gigabit ports, a pre-installed PCIe-based dual-port 10GbE RJ45 adapter, and 300 watt redundant power supply. Available models include:

• TS-h977XU-RP-3700X-32G: 32 GB DDR4 memory (2 x 16 GB)
• TS-h1277XU-RP-3700X-32G: 32 GB DDR4 memory (2 x 16 GB)
• TS-h1277XU-RP-3700X-128G: 128 GB DDR4 memory (4 x 32 GB)

Learn more about QuTS hero at https://www.qnap.com/quts-hero/
To view the full QNAP product lineup, please visit www.qnap.com

About QNAP Systems, Inc.

QNAP Systems, Inc., headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, provides a comprehensive range of cutting-edge Network-attached Storage (NAS) and video surveillance solutions based on the principles of usability, high security, and flexible scalability. QNAP offers quality NAS products for home and business users, providing solutions for storage, backup/snapshot, virtualization, teamwork, multimedia, and more. QNAP envisions NAS as being more than "simple storage", and has created many NAS-based innovations to encourage users to host and develop Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and machine learning solutions on their QNAP NAS.

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Taipei, Taiwan, April 15, 2020 - QNAP® Systems, Inc. today launched two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C JBOD enclosure models, the 8-bay desktop model TL-D800C and the 12-bay rackmount with redundant power model – TL-R1200C-RP for NAS, PCs, and servers. The multipurpose TL USB JBOD can be used for expanding a QNAP NAS storage space and also serve as storage for PCs and NAS. The TL USB JBOD offers convenient cross-platform file sharing and high flexibility for users, acting as a high-efficiency and intuitive storage expansion option.

  

QNAP NAS users can use the TL-D800C and TL-R1200C-RP with their NAS, including setting RAID parameters and creating a storage pool using the Storage and Snapshots app in QTS. Alternatively, the TL-D800C and TL-R1200C-RP can be used as a NAS external storage device. Windows®, Mac®, and Ubuntu® users can use QNAP JBOD Manager desktop utility to quickly obtain and view information about the JBOD status, health, fan rotation speed, and check for firmware version updates.

  

“The latest QNAP USB 3.2 Gen 2 JBOD enclosure offers faster data transfer speed and more capacity than other JBODs on the market, and is compatible with multiple QNAP NAS models, computers, and servers,” said Jason Hsu, Product Manager of QNAP. “QNAP JBOD Manager highly integrates all operating systems for users to quickly obtain information about the JBOD.”

  

The TL-D800C and TL-R1200C-RP package includes one USB Gen 2 Type-C to Type-A cable, and users can purchase additional USB Gen 2 Type-C to USB Gen 2 Type-C cable for hosts with Type-C interface. TL-D800C and TL-R1200C-RP support remote file transfers allowing users to experience fast and seamless data migration. With the remote file transfer and the JBOD enclosure’s plug and play feature, a TL USB JBOD moved to a different location can instantly work with a host device running on the same operating system making data migration simple and easy.

  

Users can also treat each disk as an individual external storage space and use it as a removable drive for greater flexibility. The latest TL USB JBOD supports 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch SATA 6 Gbps HDD or SSD, and the rackmount model offers redundant power supply to ensure continuous system uptime. For compatible QNAP NAS models and usage scenarios, please visit https://www.qnap.com/go/compatibility-expansion/.

  

Key specifications of the new models

 

Single power supply: 

TL-D800C: Desktop unit, available in 8-bay, SATA 6 Gbps drives, USB 3.2 Gen 2 10 Gbps Type-C

Redundant power supply:
TL-R1200C-RP: 3U Rackmount unit, available in 12-bay, SATA 6 Gbps drives, USB 3.2 Gen 2 10 Gbps Type-C

 

 

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QNAP Systems, Inc., headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, provides a comprehensive range of cutting-edge Network-attached Storage (NAS) and video surveillance solutions based on the principles of usability, high security, and flexible scalability. QNAP offers quality NAS products for home and business users, providing solutions for storage, backup/snapshot, virtualization, teamwork, multimedia, and more. QNAP envisions NAS as being more than "simple storage", and has created many NAS-based innovations to encourage users to host and develop Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and machine learning solutions on their QNAP NAS.

 

 

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Taipei, Taiwan, February 18, 2020 – QNAP® Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking, and storage solution innovator, today launched QVR Face, the new NAS-based smart facial recognition solution that integrates advanced AI imaging technology. The NAS application, QVR Face, integrates RTSP streaming cameras and third-party systems through API enabling users to easily build a cost-efficient high-performing facial recognition system for corporate offices, residential communities, research institutions, and retail stores.

The QVR Face smart facial recognition solution features real-time video analytics of any RTSP video streams from IP cameras or recordings saved on a NAS. Video analytics provided by QVR Face can then be used for configuring profiles, groups, and event notifications for instant facial recognition. QVR Face is ideal for automatic door access management, attendance management, and smart retail services.

“The QVR Face smart facial recognition system only requires one NAS for setup and does not require additional cloud computing services or extra computing accelerator cards,” said Jason Tsai, Product Manager of QNAP, adding “QVR Face also provides a comprehensive licensing plan for flexible deployment. QVR Face’s video analytics and registered profiles are saved directly on the NAS with a data protection mechanism to secure facial recognition data’s privacy and security.”

Third-party partners in industries including surveillance systems, door access systems or digital signage systems can leverage QVR Face’s facial analytics data (including Event, Metadata Notify, and Result) through the application API to automate service management to secure the safety of the premises while creating more flexible smart retail management.

Availability

The QVR Face smart facial recognition solution can be downloaded from QTS App Center. The app’s Basic Plan allows users to create an analytics task or purchase the license plan to expand analytics tasks and add facial recognition profiles. (Note: One profile supports up to 10 image entries of the same individual.) For more product information and to view the full QNAP NAS lineup, please visit www.qnap.com.

 

About QNAP Systems, Inc.

QNAP Systems, Inc., headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, provides a comprehensive range of cutting-edge Network-attached Storage (NAS) and video surveillance solutions based on the principles of usability, high security, and flexible scalability. QNAP offers quality NAS products for home and business users, providing solutions for storage, backup/snapshot, virtualization, teamwork, multimedia, and more. QNAP envisions NAS as being more than "simple storage", and has created many NAS-based innovations to encourage users to host and develop Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and machine learning solutions on their QNAP NAS.

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