Qnap TS-977XU 1U Rackmount Hybrid-Structure NAS With AMD Ryzen Processors

Qnap Systems, Inc. launched the TS-977XU AMD Ryzen NAS series, the company’s first 1U hybrid-structure NAS.

The series provides four 3.5-inch SATA drive bays for HDDs and five 2.5-inch SATA drive bays for SSDs, allowing users to enable caching and Qtier auto-tiering storage and to benefit from the firm’s software-defined SSD extra over-provisioning technology.

The TS-977XU also provides well-rounded virtualization applications, providing businesses and organizations with an efficient and cost-effective storage solution.

“By combining AMD Ryzen processors with an advanced hybrid storage structure and 10GbE SFP+ connectivity, the TS-977XU packs tremendous performance into a compact 1U frame. The TS-977XU is further enhanced by PCIe expandability, allowing users to expand core NAS functionality as needed to accommodate changing requirements and business growth,” said David Tsao, product manager, Qnap.

TS-977XU NAS front and rear

The TS-977XU series is available with AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.) Ryzen 3 1200 and Ryzen 5 2600 processors with up to six cores/12threads. Its hybrid structure allows users to combine the benefits of high-capacity 3.5-inch HDDs and performance 2.5-inch SSDs to optimize storage and application performance. It also supports the company’s software-defined SSD extra over-provisioning (OP) that enables users to allocate additional OP space to SSDs – which provides the potential to attain enterprise-grade performance and lifespan from consumer-grade SSDs.

The TS-977XU features dual Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. ConnectX-4 Lx 10GbE network ports, providing users with fast connectivity and greater network deployment flexibility.

A PCIe slot is available for users to install a QM2 expansion card, USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gb/s) card, wireless network card, or a low-profile entry-level graphics card.

The TS-977XU series can host VMs and containers, providing users with greater application potential and for consolidating services into a single machine. Snapshots and VM backups are supported for complete virtualization management. The TS-977XU-RP (powered by a Ryzen 5 2600 processor) provides a redundant power supply and also 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.

Key specs:

• Redundant power supply models

  • • TS-977XU-RP-1200-4G: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (4-core/4-thread, 3.1GHz, max. 3.4GHz) processor, 4GB RAM, 2x300W redundant power supply

    • TS-977XU-RP-2600-8G: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (6-core/12-thread, 3.4GHz, max. 3.9GHz) processor, 8GB RAM, 2x300W redundant power supply

• Single power supply model

  • • TS-977XU-1200-4G: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (4-core/4-thread, 3.1GHz, max. 3.4GHz) processor, 4GB RAM, 250W power supply

1U rackmount NAS; four 3.5-inch drive bays and five 2.5-inch SSD slots; up to 64GB DDR4 RAM (4x16GB DDR4 UDIMM RAM); one PCle 3.0 slots; two 10GbE SFP+ SmartNIC ports; two Gigabit LAN ports; oneUSB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps) Type-A port and four USB 3.0 Type-A ports

The TS-977XU series is available.