Qnap 9-Bay TS-963X Tower NAS With AMD Quad-Core Processor and 10GBASE-T Connectivity

Qnap Systems, Inc. unveiled the TS-963X, a 9-bay NAS with an AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.) quad-core 2.0 GHz processor, up to 8GB RAM (upgradeable to 16GB), and 10GBASE-T connectivity supporting five connection speeds (10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M).

The TS-963X is the size of a 5-bay NAS but accommodates five 3.5-inch HDD bays and four 2.5-inch SSDs bays that deliver performance, capacity storage potential including automatic file/data tiering based on access frequency (Qtier Technology). It is for small businesses and organizations to boost data access efficiency, network transmission speed and to meet demands of mission-critical tasks.

“The TS-963X is designed to enhance the everyday workflows of small businesses and organizations at a budget-friendly price,” noted Jason Hsu, product manager, Qnap. “The 10GBASE-T/NBASE-T port and four 2.5-inch bays for SSDs can all improve performance, allowing the TCO to remain reasonable and affordable for most businesses.”

TS-963X NAS rear

The TS-963X is powered by QTS, the company’s NAS OS that supports storage management features such as snapshots, Virtual JBOD (VJBOD), and more. QTS also offers various apps to provide essential functionality and additional value-added services, including Hybrid Backup Sync for backing up and syncing files with local, remote, and cloud storage; QVR Pro can provide a surveillance solution; and Virtualization Station and Linux Station allow users to host VMs that run Windows, Linux, or Unix-like OSs. More apps from the company and trusted partners are available to download from the QTS App Center. The TS-963X is also VMware ready, Citrix ready and Windows Server 2016 certified.

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Key specifications:

• TS-963X-2G: 2GB DDR3L RAM (1x2GB)

• TS-963X-8G: 8GB DDR3L RAM (1x8GB)

Tower model; AMD G-Series GX-420MC quad-core 2.0GHz processor; DDR3L SODIMM RAM (two slots, user upgradable to 16GB); hot-swappable 2.5/3.5-inch SATA 6Gbps bays (five 3.5-inch, four 2.5-inch); one 10GBASE-T port supporting NBASE-T; one Gigabit LAN ports; two USB 3.0 Type-A ports (one front, one back); two USB 2.0 Type-A ports (back); one One Touch Copy button; one speaker; one 3.5mm Line Out audio jack.

The TS-963X is available.

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