15 March 2017
QNAP Systems reckons the new TVS-x73 NAS range gives small- and medium-sized businesses a “perfect” NAS solution to create a private cloud for applications such as high-speed data transfer, virtualisation, media playback and graphics display.
Devices are available in 4-, 6- and 8-bay versions. They are powered by an AMD RX-421BD quad-core APU and dual-channel 8GB/16GB/64GB DDR4 RAM (up to 64GB).
The units each feature four Gigabit LAN ports and two built-in M.2 SSD slots. QNAP says the latter can benefit from Qtier technology to optimise storage efficiency across M.2 SSDs, SATA SSDs and HDDs, and is capable of delivering up to 1,172MBps throughput.
Two PCIe slots are available for greater system flexibility. One is pre-installed with a dual-port USB 3.1 Type-A card and the other allows for an optional QNAP dual-port 10GbE (10GBASE-T or SFP+) network card.
The TVS-x73 series supports QNAP’s proprietary QuickAccess technology for direct connection to computers via USB. This is said to offer plug-and-use convenience to access files stored on the NAS with up to 100 MBps throughput. The vendor says users can quickly complete the first-time NAS installation and then directly access NAS files in everyday use easily.