Qnap TS-x77XU Rackmount NAS With AMD Ryzen Processors

Qnap Systems, Inc. unveiled the performance TS-x77XU rackmount NAS series.

This series features the 8-bay TS-877XU-RP, 12-bay TS-1277XU-RP, and 16-bay TS-1677XU-RP. Utilizing the AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.)’ Ryzen processor family with high core/thread counts, the TS-x77XU series has been boosted to meet the demanding virtualization needs of enterprises.

TS-877XU-RP NAS front and rear

The TS-x77XU series is available with Ryzen 3 1200, 5 2600, and 7 2700 processors, all of which demonstrate processing power for versatile applications and scenarios (including desktop and server virtualization, on-the-fly video transcoding/streaming, and private cloud infrastructure). Four PCIe slots are available in all models, allowing users to expand NAS functionality with network adapters (40GbE, 10GBASE-T/NBASE-T), USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gb/s) cards, M.2 SSD cards, and graphics cards. The TS-1677XU comes with a 500W power supply unit (PSU) to support a graphics card that requires additional power. Models with redundant power supplies are also available.

TS-1677XU-RP NAS front and rear

“In response to strong market demands, QNAP has added AMD Ryzen-based NAS to our rackmount lineup,” noted David Tsao, director, product management, Qnap. “With powerful processing capabilities, versatile expandability and high potential storage capacity, the TS-x77XU series enables enterprises to take their businesses to the next level.”

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The multi-threading advantages of the TS-x77XU series are suited for virtualization. The series is virtualization-ready for VMware, Citrix and Windows Server 2016 environments with the support of iSER (iSCSI Extension for RDMA) thanks to built-in Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.‘ ConnectX-4 SmartNICs. This series can also host VMs and containers, acting as an all-in-one server, and supports snapshots and VM backups for virtualization management. The series supports ^(*) Virtual QTS, allowing users to run multiple virtual QTS OSs on a single NAS, providing benefits of resource segregation (CPU, memory, networking), flexible application deployment, and providing energy, cost, and space savings.

Virtual QTS
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The TS-x77XU series supports RAID-50/60 to provide protection and random write performance, striking a balance between capacity, protection and performance. The latest Qtier 2.0 adds IO Aware capabilities for SSD tiered storage to keep a cache-like reserved space to handle burst I/O in real time, maximizing the cost-to-performance value. This NAS series also features a redundant power supply to ensure that mission-critical applications can maintain 24/7 business operations. A single power supply model (the TS-877XU) is also available.

Running the latest version of QTS, the NAS OS, the TS-x77XU series is a storage solution for storage, backup/restoration, sharing and management. The built-in QTS App Center includes hundreds of install-on-demand apps to extend NAS functionality while increasing productivity gains. QRM+ is a centralized management solution the features graphic topology diagrams for managing Windows, Linux, and IPMI devices; Q’center consolidates the management of multiple company’s NAS; QVPN integrates settings of VPN server and VPN clients; Browser Station enables secure and convenient access to private networks; QVR Pro provides a professional video surveillance solution; QIoT Suite Lite builds a private IoT cloud platform; and much more.

Key specs:

• Redundant power supply models

  • • TS-877XU-RP-1200-4G: 8-bay, Ryzen 3 1200 (4-core/4-thread, 3.1GHz, max. 3.4GHz) processor, 4GB RAM, 2x300W redundant power supply, 2U

    • TS-877XU-RP-2600-8G: 8-bay, Ryzen 5 2600 (6-core/12-thread, 3.4GHz, max.3.9 GHz) processor, 8GB RAM, 2x300W redundant power supply, 2U

    • TS-1277XU-RP-1200-4G: 12-bay, Ryzen 3 1200 (4-core/4-thread, 3.1GHz, max. 3.4GHz) processor, 4GB RAM, 2x300W redundant power supply, 2U

    • TS-1277XU-RP-2600-8G: 12-bay, Ryzen 5 2600 (6-core/12-thread, 3.4GHz, max. 3.9GHz) processor, 8GB RAM, 2x300W redundant power supply, 2U

    • TS-1677XU-RP-1200-4G: 16-bay, Ryzen 3 1200 (4-core/4-thread, 3.1GHz, max. 3.4GHz) processor, 4GB RAM, 2x500W redundant power supply (power connector for graphics card included), 3U

    • TS-1677XU-RP-2600-8G: 16-bay, Ryzen 5 2600 (6-core/12-thread, 3.4GHz, max. 3.9GHz) processor, 8GB RAM, 2x500W redundant power supply (power connector for graphics card included), 3U

    • TS-1677XU-RP-2700-16G: 16-bay, Ryzen 7 2700 (8-core/16-thread, 3.2GHz, max. 4.1GHz) processor, 16GB RAM, 2x500W redundant power supply (power connector for graphics card included), 3U

• Single power supply models

  • • TS-877XU-1200-4G: 8-bay, Ryzen 3 1200 (4-core/4-thread, 3.1GHz, max.3.4 GHz) processor, 4GB RAM, 350W power supply, 2U

Rackmount NAS; up to 64GB DDR4 RAM (4x16GB DDR4 UDIMM RAM); hot-swappable 2.5/3.5-inch 6Gb SATA HDDs or SSDs; four PCle 3.0 slots; two 10GbE SFP+ ports; two Gigabit LAN ports; two USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbp/s) ports (one Type-A, one Type-C), and four USB 3.0 ports (Type A)

The TS-x77XU series is available.

^(*) Virtual QTS is only supported by Ryzen 5 2600 and 7 2700 variants of the TS-x77XU series.