Qnap: QM2 PCIe Cards for PC/NAS to Add Two M.2 SSD Slots and One 10GbE Port
With Aquantia AQC107 controller, for NAS or Windows/Linux PC and workstation, supporting RAID-0/1
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on June 28, 2019 at 2:23 pmQnap Systems, Inc. has extended the lineup of QM2 PCIe expansion cards with two models that use the Aquantia Corp.‘s AQC107 controller: the dual M.2 2280 SATA SSD and single-port 10GbE expansion card, (QM2-2S10G1TA) and the dual M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD and single-port 10GbE expansion card (QM2-2P10G1TA).
Users can install a QM2 card into a compatible company’s NAS or Windows/Linux PC and workstation to add M.2 SSD slots (M.2 SSD sold separately) and 10GBASE-T Multi-Gigabit (10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M) connectivity to enhance performance.
“QM2 cards provide users with economical options to upgrade system performance” said Dan Lin, product manager, Qnap, adding “With both M.2 SSD slots and 10GbE connectivity on a single card, users can realize both faster data access times and network connectivity without requiring heavy investment to adapt to the growing bandwidth-demanding applications in modern IT environments.“
The QM2 cards feature M.2 SSD thermal sensors that allow real-time temperature monitoring, and a quiet cooling module (heatsink and smart fan) to minimize overheating and ensure performance.
Compared with SATA, the PCIe-based QM2 cards deliver higher bandwidth for performance. These QM2 models support two M.2 SSDs, allowing for SSD caching with higher storage capacity to optimize IO/s-demanding applications, enabling tiered storage in the company’s NAS to optimize storage efficiency, as well as supporting RAID-0/RAID-1 to balance performance and data protection.
QM2-2S10G1TA
QM2-2P10G1TA
Video: QM2 presentation
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