Qnap TVS-951X 10GbE Multimedia 9-Bay Tower NAS With Intel 7th-Generation Processor

Following the releases of the TS-932X (powered by an AnnapurnaLabs CPU) and the TS-963X (powered by an AMD CPU), Qnap Systems, Inc. completes the high-capacity-compact-size 9-bay NAS lineup with the introduction of the TVS-951X 10GbE multimedia NAS.

This model is powered by a 7th-generation Intel Corp.‘s Kaby Lake processor, providing a NAS private cloud solution that combines high capacity and 10GbE connectivity.

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Powered by a 7th-generation Kaby Lake 14nm Celeron 3865U low-power dual-core 1.8GHz processor, the TVS-951X features a hybrid drive bay design (including five 3.5-inch drive bays and four 2.5-inch SSD slots) with built-in 10GBASE-T (10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M) network port. Combining HDDs and SSDs allow users to maximize both capacity and performance with SSD caching and Qtier auto-tiering storage. Combined with 10GbE connectivity, multimedia transcoding/streaming, and 4K HDMI output, the TVS-951X provides users with a cost-effective, efficient and performance NAS with multimedia applications.

“The TVS-951X provides the high potential storage capacity of a 9-bay NAS within the frame of a standard 5-bay NAS. With a hybrid storage structure that allows the joint benefits of HDDs and SSDs to be fully maximized, the TVS-951X excels in providing small/medium businesses with a dependable and scalable storage solution,“ said Jason Hsu, product manager, Qnap.

Featuring Intel HD Graphics 610, the TVS-951X supports dual-channel 4K H.264/H.265 hardware decoding and real-time transcoding. Users can directly enjoy videos up to 4K@30FPS on a TV using the HDMI output, or they can stream their media files to multiple devices using the company’s Cinema28 multi-zone multimedia application, Plex Media Server, or Roon Server.

TVS-951X rear

Key specs:

TVS-951X-8G: 8GB DDR4 RAM (2x4GB), upgradable to 32GB
TVS-951X-2G: 2GB DDR4 RAM (1x2GB), upgradable to 32GB

Tower model, five 3.5-inch drive bays and four 2.5-inch SSD slots; 7th-generation Celeron 3865U 1.8GHz dual-core processor, dual-channel DDR4 RAM (upgradable to 32GB); hot-swappable 2.5-inch/3.5-inch 6Gb SATA HDD/SSD; one 10GBASE-T (10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M) LAN port, one Gigabit LAN port, one HDMI v1.4b output; three USB 3.0 ports; one 3.5 mm line-out audio jack; one built-in speaker

The TVS-951X is available.