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QNAP TVS-hx77AX Brings NFS over RDMA and U.2 NVMe to Desktop ZFS NAS

9 September 2026 at 17:18
Front view of the 16-bay QNAP TVS-h1677AX with twelve 3.5-inch SATA bays and four U.2 NVMe slots Front view of the 16-bay QNAP TVS-h1677AX with twelve 3.5-inch SATA bays and four U.2 NVMe slots

QNAP has introduced the TVS-hx77AX series, a new line of desktop ZFS NAS systems combining AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors with DDR5 memory, U.2 NVMe storage, and NFS over RDMA support. The family includes the 16-bay TVS-h1677AX, 12-bay TVS-h1277AX, and 8-bay TVS-h877AX, and QNAP is aiming all three at video collaboration, virtualization, and small-scale AI work rather than the home NAS market.

QNAP TVS-hx77AX series flagship TVS-h1677AX on a desk with its four U.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x2 slots highlighted above the SATA bays

All three systems run QuTS hero and ship with 16GB of DDR5 memory, expandable to 192GB across four UDIMM slots with optional ECC support. QNAP’s spec sheet lists the processor as a six-core, 12-thread Ryzen 5 7000 series part with a 5.1GHz boost clock, and the product page identifies it as the Ryzen 5 PRO 7645. Networking includes two 10GBASE-T and two 2.5GbE ports, while three PCIe Gen 4 slots can accommodate additional network adapters or discrete GPUs. QNAP supports 25GbE expansion through an optional adapter, which is also the path to NFS over RDMA with a compatible SmartNIC.

The storage configuration changes with each model: The TVS-h1677AX combines twelve 3.5-inch SATA bays with four U.2 NVMe slots, the TVS-h1277AX has eight SATA bays and four U.2 slots, and the smaller TVS-h877AX uses six SATA bays and two U.2 slots.

QNAP TVS-h1677AX, TVS-h1277AX, TVS-h877AX Specifications

Specification TVS-h1677AX TVS-h1277AX TVS-h877AX
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 7000 series, 6-core/12-thread, up to 5.1GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7000 series, 6-core/12-thread, up to 5.1GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7000 series, 6-core/12-thread, up to 5.1GHz
Graphics AMD Radeon Graphics AMD Radeon Graphics AMD Radeon Graphics
Memory 16GB DDR5, up to 192GB, 4x UDIMM, optional ECC 16GB DDR5, up to 192GB, 4x UDIMM, optional ECC 16GB DDR5, up to 192GB, 4x UDIMM, optional ECC
SATA Bays 12x 3.5-inch SATA 8x 3.5-inch SATA 6x 3.5-inch SATA
U.2 NVMe 4x U.2 PCIe Gen 4 x2 4x U.2 PCIe Gen 4 x2 2x U.2 PCIe Gen 4 x4
Networking 2x 10GBASE-T, 2x 2.5GbE 2x 10GBASE-T, 2x 2.5GbE 2x 10GBASE-T, 2x 2.5GbE
25GbE Optional adapter Optional adapter Optional adapter
PCIe Expansion 3x PCIe Gen 4 (x8/x4, x4, x4) 3x PCIe Gen 4 (x8/x4, x4, x4) 3x PCIe Gen 4 (x8/x4, x4, x4)
USB 2x USB-C 10Gbps, 2x USB 2.0 2x USB-C 10Gbps, 2x USB 2.0 2x USB-C 10Gbps, 2x USB 2.0
HDMI HDMI 1.4b, up to 4096 x 2160 at 30Hz HDMI 1.4b, up to 4096 x 2160 at 30Hz HDMI 1.4b, up to 4096 x 2160 at 30Hz
Power Supply 500W, 8-pin (6+2) PCIe cable 500W, 8-pin (6+2) PCIe cable 500W, 8-pin (6+2) PCIe cable
Typical Power (QNAP, drives populated) 164.03W 106.38W 105.12W
Dimensions (H x W x D) 294.3 x 369.9 x 319.8mm 225.2 x 369.9 x 319.8mm 225 x 292.9 x 319.8mm
Warranty 5 years 5 years 5 years

QNAP TVS-h1677AX

The TVS-h1677AX is the largest system in the series, with twelve 3.5-inch SATA bays and four 2.5-inch U.2 NVMe slots for a total of 16 drive bays. Each U.2 slot uses a PCIe Gen 4 x2 interface and supports compatible PCIe Gen 4 and Gen 5 U.2 SSDs. SATA bays also support 2.5-inch SATA SSDs. One operational note from QNAP’s spec sheet: a U.2 SSD can only be hot-swapped if it was installed before the system booted, so a drive added while the NAS is running needs a shutdown to be replaced later.

Front view of the 16-bay QNAP TVS-h1677AX with twelve 3.5-inch SATA bays and four U.2 NVMe slots

Expansion comes through three PCIe Gen 4 slots. The primary slot can operate at x8 when the adjacent slot is unused, or x4 when both are populated, while the remaining slots operate at x4. QNAP also includes a 500W power supply with an 8-pin 6+2 PCIe power cable for a discrete GPU. The TVS-h1677AX measures 294.3 x 369.9 x 319.8mm, weighs 10.98kg, and is cooled by three 80mm system fans plus two 60mm CPU fans.

QNAP TVS-h1277AX

The TVS-h1277AX reduces the SATA count to eight bays while retaining the same four U.2 PCIe Gen 4 x2 slots as the larger model. It therefore provides 12 total drive bays while keeping the same 192GB maximum DDR5 memory capacity, dual 10GBASE-T ports, dual 2.5GbE ports, and three PCIe Gen 4 expansion slots.

Front view of the 12-bay QNAP TVS-h1277AX with eight SATA bays and four U.2 NVMe slots

Its shorter chassis measures 225.2 x 369.9 x 319.8mm. QNAP lists typical operating power consumption at 106.38W with the drives fully populated, compared with 164.03W for the larger TVS-h1677AX under the same stated test condition. Both use 500W power supplies.

QNAP TVS-h877AX

The TVS-h877AX is the smallest member of the family, combining six 3.5-inch SATA bays with two U.2 NVMe bays. Its U.2 interfaces run at PCIe Gen 4 x4, compared with the four Gen 4 x2 U.2 slots used by the TVS-h1277AX and TVS-h1677AX, so each of its two NVMe drives gets twice the lanes.

QNAP TVS-h877AX with its six SATA drive trays and two U.2 NVMe trays pulled partly out of the chassis

The smaller chassis measures 225 x 292.9 x 319.8mm and weighs 8.88kg, with two 80mm system fans instead of three. QNAP’s typical operating figure for it is 105.12W with drives populated. It retains the same dual 10GBASE-T and dual 2.5GbE networking configuration, three PCIe Gen 4 expansion slots, 192GB maximum memory capacity, and 500W power supply as the larger systems.

NFS over RDMA and 25GbE Expansion

NFS over RDMA is a major addition to the TVS-hx77AX series; instead of moving NFS traffic through the conventional CPU networking path, RDMA permits direct memory access between systems, reducing CPU involvement in data transfers. QNAP is targeting the feature at AI training, virtualization, and high-resolution video workflows, and says its reference configuration sustained more than five simultaneous ProRes 4444 4K streams. The feature needs QTS 5.2.6 or QuTS hero h5.2.6 or later, and QNAP recommends pairing it with a RoCE-capable card.

The TVS-hx77AX series includes dual 10GBASE-T and dual 2.5GbE ports, while 25GbE connectivity can be added through a compatible PCIe adapter. QNAP’s NFS over RDMA configuration uses its QXG-25G2SF-BCM 25GbE SmartNIC. The three PCIe Gen 4 expansion slots can also accommodate additional network adapters or discrete graphics cards, giving the systems room for higher-speed networking or GPU acceleration. GPU passthrough is supported as well, allowing compatible graphics hardware to be assigned directly to virtual machines.

QNAP has published lab figures for the TVS-h1677AX with the network slots filled: 12,174MB/s sequential read and 11,065MB/s sequential write over SMB, and 1,140,212 random read IOPS and 782,483 random write IOPS over iSCSI, each across six 25GbE ports. Those are QNAP’s numbers, not ours, and the test system was upgraded to 64GB of memory with three QXG-25G2SF-CX6 adapters, four Samsung PM9A3 U.2 SSDs, and twelve SATA SSDs in RAID 5, so it does not represent the 16GB, HDD-populated configuration most buyers will start with.

Hybrid Storage and QuTS hero

The TVS-hx77AX series runs QNAP’s ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system, now at QuTS hero h6.0. Its hybrid drive layout combines high-capacity SATA storage with dedicated U.2 NVMe slots, and the pairing is meant for Qtier for QuTS hero, the tiering feature that moves active data to the NVMe tier and cold data to hard drives. Qtier requires h6.0, and QNAP’s product page still lists it as upcoming for this series, so buyers should treat automatic tiering as a pending feature rather than a day-one one.

QuTS hero h6.0 also brings immutable snapshots, ZFS self-healing, and High Availability Manager, which clusters two identical NAS units with one active and one passive for failover and a recovery time objective QNAP puts under 60 seconds. We tested that failover on a pair of TS-h765eU units last month and covered the process on video, and a matched pair of TVS-hx77AX systems would work the same way.

QNAP High Availability Manager in QuTS hero h6.0 showing a healthy two-node cluster with active and passive nodes

Qsirch adds AI-assisted enterprise search with Retrieval-Augmented Generation support, which can connect with cloud or on-premises large language models and use natural-language queries to search content stored on the NAS.

QNAP TVS-hx77AX Availability

The TVS-hx77AX gives QNAP three desktop ZFS configurations sharing the same Ryzen 7000, DDR5, networking, and PCIe foundation while varying the SATA and U.2 storage layout. The TVS-h1677AX provides the highest drive count, the TVS-h1277AX retains four U.2 slots in a smaller chassis, and the TVS-h877AX reduces the overall bay count while using PCIe Gen 4 x4 for its two U.2 slots.

All three models are available now with a five-year standard warranty, sold as the TVS-h1677AX-R5-16G, TVS-h1277AX-R5-16G, and TVS-h877AX-R5-16G.

QNAP TVS-h1677AX Product Page

QNAP TVS-h1277AX Product Page

QNAP TVS-h877AX Product Page

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TerraMaster Stacks Five BBS Backup Servers From $899.99, With Dual 10GbE and TOS 7 Across the Line

27 August 2026 at 18:11
TerraMaster T9 500 Pro TerraMaster T9 500 Pro

TerraMaster is expanding its enterprise storage efforts around a group of rackmount and tower NAS systems designed for centralized backup, data protection, video surveillance storage, and other business workloads, a step up in ambition from the consumer NAS and Thunderbolt storage the brand is better known for. The current lineup includes the U4-500, U8-500 Plus, U12-500 Plus, T9-500 Pro, and T12-500 Pro, with configurations ranging from four to 12 drive bays.

TerraMaster T9 500 Pro

The systems cover several deployment sizes while sharing many hardware and software features. The U4-500 is the entry model with four SATA bays, while the U8-500 Plus and U12-500 Plus increase rackmount capacity to eight and 12 bays. TerraMaster’s T9-500 Pro and T12-500 Pro use tower enclosures with nine and 12 bays, respectively.

TerraMaster is focusing on two enterprise uses for these systems: data protection and video surveillance storage. Its Business Backup Suite (BBS) handles centralized backups from PCs, servers, and virtual systems, along with synchronization, snapshots, cloud synchronization, and off-site disaster recovery. For surveillance deployments, NAS systems can provide centralized storage and long-term retention for video from IP cameras and existing surveillance systems.

TerraMaster Enterprise NAS Lineup

Most of the higher-capacity systems share an Intel Core i7-1255U processor with 10 cores and 12 threads, 16GB of DDR5 memory, dual 10GbE networking, and two M.2 NVMe slots. The U4-500 uses a Core i3-1215U with six cores and eight threads, along with 8GB of DDR5 memory, while retaining dual 10GbE and two M.2 NVMe slots.

Model CPU Memory Drive Bays Networking M.2 NVMe
U4-500 Intel Core i3-1215U, 6 cores/8 threads, up to 4.4GHz 8GB DDR5 4 Dual 10GbE 2 slots
U8-500 Plus Intel Core i7-1255U, 10 cores/12 threads, up to 4.7GHz 16GB DDR5 8 Dual 10GbE 2 PCIe 4.0 x4 slots
U12-500 Plus Intel Core i7-1255U, 10 cores/12 threads, up to 4.7GHz 16GB DDR5 12 Dual 10GbE 2 slots
T9-500 Pro Intel Core i7-1255U, 10 cores/12 threads, up to 4.7GHz 16GB DDR5 9 Dual 10GbE 2 slots
T12-500 Pro Intel Core i7-1255U, 10 cores/12 threads, up to 4.7GHz 16GB DDR5 12 Dual 10GbE 2 slots

The U4-500 supports up to four 24TB drives for 96TB of raw internal capacity, while TerraMaster lists up to 192TB for the eight-bay U8-500 Plus and up to 288TB for its current 12-bay configurations when using 24TB drives. The T9-500 Pro supports nine SATA drives, giving businesses another capacity option between the eight- and 12-bay systems.

TerraMaster U4 500

All five systems support SATA HDDs and SSDs, with RAID options including Single, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10, as well as TerraMaster’s TRAID and TRAID+. The latter supports online capacity expansion and migration as storage requirements change. Btrfs and ext4 are also available for internal storage. Each system includes dual 10GbE interfaces, with TerraMaster reporting sequential write performance up to 2,090 MB/s via SMB Multichannel.

Centralized Backup and Data Protection

TerraMaster’s BBS software combines several backup and synchronization tools for business environments. Centralized Backup can copy data from employee computers, file servers, and virtual systems to the NAS, while TerraSync handles synchronization and backup between computers and TerraMaster systems.

Duple Backup adds another recovery option by copying folders, volumes, or iSCSI LUNs to another storage system, file server, or cloud destination. It supports incremental and multi-version backups, allowing a secondary copy to be maintained outside the primary NAS. CloudSync extends this to services such as Google Drive, OneDrive, Amazon S3, Dropbox, and Baidu Cloud, supporting local-to-cloud and cloud-to-local synchronization.

Snapshots provide point-in-time recovery for file systems and folders after accidental changes, deletions, or ransomware attacks. Combined with Duple Backup and CloudSync, administrators can also maintain copies of their data on other systems, at another site, or in the cloud.

TerraMaster is also positioning the same NAS hardware for surveillance storage. Connected to IP cameras, network infrastructure, and existing surveillance platforms, the systems can centralize recorded video and support longer retention periods and archival storage.

TOS 7 Adds New Management and Data Features

TOS 7 is the operating system used across TerraMaster’s current NAS platform and includes more than 50 new features compared with the previous release. It handles system management, storage, security, and backup functionality, including access to BBS and TerraMaster’s other applications.

TerraMaster is also preparing TOS 7 for local data use with private AI applications and enterprise knowledge bases. The NAS remains responsible for storing and managing the organization’s local datasets, allowing businesses to maintain their data on local infrastructure as they add applications that use those datasets.

Across the five systems, TerraMaster covers a fairly wide range of business storage requirements without changing the underlying software platform. The choice largely comes down to capacity and deployment type, with rackmount and tower options available for backup, general file storage, surveillance, and other business workloads.

TerraMaster Enterprise NAS Pricing and Availability

TerraMaster currently lists the U4-500 at $899.99, the U8-500 Plus and T9-500 Pro at $1,799.99, and the U12-500 Plus and T12-500 Pro at $2,099.99.

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QNAP QuTS hero h6.0 Beta Adds Dual-NAS HA, Immutable Snapshots, and On-Prem AI

1 June 2026 at 16:23
Qnap Ts-H1290FX Front Image Qnap Ts-H1290FX Front Image

QNAP has released QuTS hero h6.0 Beta, the latest version of its ZFS-based NAS operating system. This update brings several additions for enterprise NAS users, including dual-NAS high availability, immutable snapshots, centralized encryption key management, storage tiering, access controls, and AI-assisted administration.

QuTS hero h6.0 ACL 2.0 HA manager

The update extends HA support to additional QNAP models, and QNAP says more than 90 percent of the operating system’s services are now HA-ready. A handful remain unsupported in this beta, including Real-time SnapSync, Q’center, third-party apps, and VJBOD.

Dual-NAS High Availability Expands to More Systems

QuTS hero h6.0 provides expanded support for Dual-NAS High Availability. Using High Availability Manager, two NAS systems can be configured as an Active-Passive cluster designed to maintain service continuity if one system becomes unavailable.

The update extends HA support to additional QNAP models and allows HA clusters to connect to JBOD expansion enclosures. This provides additional flexibility when scaling storage capacity while maintaining redundancy within the cluster. Nearly all QNAP NAS applications are supported in the HA environment, except for third-party and legacy applications.

Immutable Snapshots and Centralized Key Management Strengthen Security

Data protection also receives several additions in h6.0, including Immutable Snapshots. Available across all QuTS hero models, the feature locks snapshot data for a defined protection period, preventing modification or deletion during that time. It serves as a safeguard against ransomware attacks and a mechanism to preserve data integrity during recovery.

The release also introduces KMIP key management integration. As a KMIP client, QNAP NAS systems can connect to centralized enterprise key management servers, enabling remote key management and automatic key application. This architecture is designed to align with FIPS 140-3 security requirements and enterprise security practices.

Additional Security Controls Added Across the Platform

Several new security features have also been integrated into QuTS hero h6.0, including FIDO2 passkeys, which provide password-free authentication. Moreover, Secure Boot verifies firmware integrity during startup to prevent unverified code from loading.

QuTS hero h6.0 ACL 2.0 Malware remover

Ransomware Guard, which QNAP lists as coming soon, expands protection by adding behavioral monitoring and threat isolation to Malware Remover, enabling it to detect suspicious activity, log anomalies, and respond to threats in real time. Secure IP Access, also coming soon, adds granular IP-based controls to reduce network exposure and enforce context-based access policies.

Storage Tiering and SMB Performance Enhancements

QuTS hero h6.0 also adds support for Qtier hero, bringing QNAP’s storage tiering technology to QuTS hero NAS systems. Administrators can manually place data on SSD or HDD storage tiers depending on workload requirements, allowing performance-sensitive data and capacity-oriented storage to be managed separately. QNAP highlights workloads such as file servers, virtual machines, and video production environments as potential use cases.

Another storage-related addition is FileTiers, which is scheduled for a future update. The feature automatically moves data between hot, warm, and cold storage tiers across NAS systems based on access frequency or administrator-defined policies. Support for High Availability and HBS backup is also planned.

The update further introduces a kernel-mode SMB daemon with encryption support. QNAP says that moving SMB services into kernel mode improves throughput while maintaining encrypted file transfers.

Expanded Management and Access Controls

Several management-focused additions are included in h6.0 as well, including QNAP ID SSO, which enables single sign-on across NAS and cloud services. Additionally, Fibre Channel NPIV allows multiple virtual WWPNs to operate through a single Fibre Channel port.

QuTS hero h6.0 ACL 2.0

ACL 2.0 introduces a redesigned permission-handling engine intended to improve performance and administration for large directory structures. Administrators also gain access to AMIZcloud Monitoring, which provides centralized visibility into HA groups, including cluster health, latency information, and alert status.

AI Features Added For Search And Administration

AI-related functionality is also expanded in the newest update via additions to both search and system management. Qsirch now supports RAG-based search using locally deployed open-source large language models, including DeepSeek, Gemma, Phi, and Mistral, running on GPU-capable NAS systems. This provides document summarization and semantic search while keeping data on local infrastructure.

The new MCP Assistant allows administrators to interact with NAS systems via natural-language commands on platforms such as Claude Desktop, VS Code, Telegram, and n8n.

Availability

QuTS hero h6.0 Beta is available now through the QNAP Download Center.

QNAP QuTS hero h6.0

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QNAP Introduces QAI-h1290FX Edge AI Storage Server for Private LLM and Generative AI Workloads

1 May 2026 at 20:48
QNAP QAI h1290FX front panel QNAP QAI h1290FX front panel

QNAP Systems has introduced the QAI-h1290FX, an edge AI storage server designed for organizations that want to run large language models, retrieval-augmented generation search, and other generative AI workloads on their own infrastructure. The system is designed for enterprises that balance AI adoption with requirements for data privacy, low latency, governance, and operational control, enabling teams to deploy AI applications locally rather than sending sensitive data to public cloud platforms.

QNAP QAI h1290FX front panel

Organizations can use the QAI-h1290FX to deploy internal AI assistants for employee training, policy questions, and knowledge lookup, keeping the underlying data within the business. Legal, finance, HR, and operations teams can build private RAG pipelines to search contracts, reports, and internal records, providing more context than traditional keyword searches. Creative teams can run image-generation tools such as Stable Diffusion or ComfyUI for design and content workflows. In contrast, IT teams can use automation tools such as n8n to trigger inference tasks, generate content, or route alerts across business systems.

QNAP QAI-h1290FX Components, Expansion, and I/O

Built around an AMD EPYC 7302P processor and twelve U.2 NVMe/SATA SSD bays, the QAI-h1290FX combines server-grade compute with an all-flash storage design tailored for AI workloads requiring fast data access. The 16-core, 32-thread processor supports inference, virtualization, and parallel workloads. At the same time, the SSD architecture is designed for frequent model execution, high-speed data streaming, and responsive access to datasets, embeddings, documents, and generated content.

The system also supports optional NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation GPU acceleration, providing up to 96GB of GPU memory for more demanding local AI workloads. Support for CUDA, TensorRT, and Transformer Engine acceleration enables teams to run large language model inference, image generation, and deep learning applications on-premises without building a separate GPU workstation from scratch.

QNAP QAI h1290FX rear panel

The QAI-h1290FX offers built-in high-speed networking with two 25GbE SFP28 SmartNIC ports and two 2.5GbE ports, and supports Wake-on-LAN via the 2.5GbE ports. For expansion, it includes four PCIe slots, with three PCIe Gen 4 x16 slots and one PCIe Gen 4 x8 slot, providing room to add higher-speed networking, a GPU, or other compatible expansion cards. Additional I/O includes three USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, jumbo frame support, SR-IOV, GPU pass-through, and compatibility with 2.5-inch SATA SSDs and U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen4 x4 SSDs across its twelve drive bays.

QNAP QAI-h1290FX Specifications

Specification QNAP QAI-h1290FX
Overview
Model AI-h1290FX-7302P-128G
Processor and Memory
CPU AMD EPYC™ 7302P 16-core/32-thread processor, up to 3.3 GHz
CPU Architecture 64-bit x86
Encryption Engine  (AES-NI)
System Memory 128 GB RDIMM DDR4 ECC
Maximum Memory 1 TB (8 x 128 GB)
Memory Slot 8 x RDIMM DDR4
Flash Memory 8GB (Dual boot OS protection)
Storage
Drive Bay 12 x 2.5-inch U.2 PCIe NVMe / SATA 6Gbps
The system is shipped without SSDs.
For the SSD compatibility list, please visit https://www.qnap.com/compatibility/
Drive Compatibility 2.5-inch bays:
2.5-inch SATA solid state drives
2.5-inch U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen4 x4 solid state drives
Hot-swappable Yes
SSD Cache Acceleration Support Yes
GPU and Virtualization
GPU pass-through Yes
SR-IOV Yes
Networking
2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Port (2.5G/1G/100M) 2 (2.5G/1G/100M/10M)
25 Gigabit Ethernet Port 2 x 25GbE SFP28 SmartNIC port
Wake on LAN (WOL) Only the 2.5GbE port
Jumbo Frame Yes
Expansion and Ports
PCIe Slot 4
Slot 1: PCIe Gen 4 x16
Slot 2: PCIe Gen 4 x16
Slot 3: PCIe Gen 4 x8
Slot 4: PCIe Gen 4 x16
Card dimensions for PCIe slot 1 & Slot 2:185 x 111.15 x 18.76 mm / 7.28 x 4.38 x 0.74 inches.
Card dimensions for PCIe slot 3 & Slot 4:280 x 111.15 x 18.76 mm / 11.02 x 4.38 x 0.74 inches.
Wider cards can be installed if the next PCIe slot will not be used.
USB 3.2 Gen 1 port 3
Physical Design
Form Factor Tower
LED Indicators Power/Status, LAN, USB, SSD1-12
LCD Display/ Button Yes
Buttons Power, Reset, USB Auto Copy
Dimensions (HxWxD) 150 × 368 × 362 mm
Dimensions do not include the foot pad (foot pad may be up to 10mm / 0.39 inches high, depending on model)
Weight (Net) 10.4 kg
Weight (Gross) 11.3 kg
Environment and Power
Operating Temperature 0 – 40 °C (32°F – 104°F)
Storage Temperature -20 – 70°C (-4°F – 158°F)
Relative Humidity 5-95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C (80.6˚F)
Power Supply Unit 750W, 100-240V
Fan 2 x 92mm, 12VDC
System Warning Buzzer
Kensington Security Slot Yes
Warranty and Connections
Standard Warranty 5
Max. Number of Concurrent Connections (CIFS) – with Max. Memory 10000

Built Around Fast Storage, GPU Acceleration, and Local Control

Running on QNAP’s ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system, the QAI-h1290FX includes enterprise-grade storage features such as data integrity protection, extensive snapshot support, and inline deduplication. These capabilities are relevant to AI deployments because organizations often handle large volumes of repeated or related data across documents, embeddings, model files, training materials, and generated outputs.

Developers and IT teams can run AI tools in containerized environments with native GPU access via QNAP Container Station. At the same time, Virtualization Station supports GPU pass-through for virtual machines. This gives organizations more control over how compute resources are assigned, whether workloads are deployed in containers for speed and portability or in virtual machines for separation, testing, and administrative control.

The QAI-h1290FX also includes preloaded AI tools such as AnythingLLM, OpenWebUI, and Ollama, enabling teams to set up private LLM workflows and local chat interfaces more quickly. Additional applications (including Stable Diffusion, ComfyUI, n8n, and vLLM) are being integrated to support text generation, image creation, workflow automation, and inference use cases on the same local platform.

A Local Infrastructure Option for Enterprise AI Teams

QNAP says the platform can reduce the manual work typically involved in building local AI infrastructure, including assembling a GPU workstation, installing AI tools, and configuring separate environments. Users can deploy supported AI models and applications directly on the system while retaining control over their data and avoiding reliance on cloud services.

It’s also compatible with QNAP JBOD expansion enclosures, providing organizations with a path to scale storage capacity as AI datasets, internal knowledge bases, model files, and generated content continue to grow.

QNAP QAI-h1290FX Product Page

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QNAP Launches TS-h1077AFU: Compact All-Flash NAS for High-Performance Business Workloads

9 March 2026 at 19:25
QNAP TS-h1077AFU front QNAP TS-h1077AFU front

QNAP has launched the TS-h1077AFU, a compact 10-bay all-flash NAS. It is built to provide enterprise-level performance in a smaller, more flexible form factor for organizations managing demanding workloads such as virtualization, high-resolution media production, database operations, and multi-site backup consolidation.

QNAP TS-h1077AFU front

The system runs on QNAP’s ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system and is powered by AMD Ryzen PRO 7000 Series processors paired with ECC DDR5 memory. This combination is designed to balance processing performance with strong data integrity for environments where reliability and sustained workloads are critical. The new model builds on the company’s larger 30-bay all-flash platform and aims to bring similar performance capabilities to deployments where rack space, infrastructure scale, or cost considerations make a smaller system more practical while still maintaining the reliability and data protection features associated with the QuTS hero platform.

QNAP TS-h1077AFU Features and Components

The TS-h1077AFU has an 8-core, 16-thread AMD Ryzen PRO processor with integrated Radeon graphics, enabling the NAS to support virtualization, multimedia processing, and other multithreaded tasks that need both high performance and fast storage.

Memory support scales up to 192GB of ECC DDR5 RAM, providing error-correcting protection designed to maintain data accuracy and operational stability during long-term workloads or heavily virtualized environments where memory reliability is essential.

QNAP TS-h1077AFU rear

Performance optimization for solid-state storage is enabled by ZFS features such as inline deduplication and compression. QNAP’s SSD management technology improves drive endurance, maintains consistent performance, and reduces the likelihood of simultaneous SSD failures that could affect data availability.

The QNAP NAS also includes two 10-gigabit Ethernet ports and two 2.5-gigabit ports as standard, along with expansion support for 25-gigabit networking through dual PCIe Gen 4 x8 slots for organizations that require faster connectivity between storage and compute infrastructure. For organizations running critical applications, the TS-h1077AFU supports high-availability configurations. Two units can be combined into a failover cluster, ensuring workloads and services stay available if one system experiences a hardware issue.

QNAP TS-h1077AFU side

Storage capacity can be expanded through QNAP JBOD expansion units, enabling organizations to scale the system into much larger storage architectures capable of reaching petabyte-level capacity as data requirements grow. Moreover, hardware-level reliability is supported by dual power supplies, enterprise-grade cooling, and ZFS self-healing capabilities that detect and repair data inconsistencies. At the same time, the company has also committed to maintaining product availability until 2030 to support long-term projects, deployments, and infrastructure planning.

The NAS integrates with the company’s myQNAPcloud One service for cloud backup, supporting both file and object data, and offers features such as data immutability. The platform is positioned as a cloud backup destination for the system, with free data transfer.

QNAP TS-h1077AFU Specifications

Specification TS-h1077AFU-R7-32G
System Information
Model TS-h1077AFU-R7-32G
Processor & Architecture
CPU AMD Ryzen™ 7 7000 series 8-core/16-thread processor, burst up to 5.3 GHz
AMD Radeon Graphics
CPU Architecture 64-bit x86
Graphic Processors AMD Radeon™ Graphics
Floating Point Unit Yes
Encryption Engine  (AES-NI)
Hardware-accelerated Transcoding  Yes
Memory
System Memory 32 GB ECC UDIMM DDR5
Maximum Memory 192 GB (4 x 48 GB)
Memory Slot 4 x UDIMM DDR5
For dual-DIMM configurations, you must use a pair of identical DDR5 modules.
Flash Memory 5GB (Dual boot OS protection)
Drive & Storage
Drive Bay 10 x 2.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s
Drive Compatibility 2.5-inch SATA solid state drives
Hot-swappable  Yes
Virtualization & Expansion
GPU pass-through  Yes
PCIe Slot 2
Slot 1: Gen 4 x 8
Slot 2: Gen 4 x 8
Networking
2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Port (2.5G/1G/100M) 2 (2.5G/1G/100M/10M)
10 Gigabit Ethernet Port 2 x 10GBASE-T (10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M)
25 Gigabit Ethernet Port Optional via an adapter
Wake on LAN (WOL)  Yes
Jumbo Frame  Yes
Ports & I/O
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) Port 2 x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps
Chassis & Controls
Form Factor 1U Rackmount
LED Indicators Power Status, HDD 1-12, M.2 SSD 1-2, Status, LAN, storage expansion port status
Buttons Power, Reset
Physical
Dimensions (HxWxD) 44 × 430 × 582 mm
Weight (Net) 9.43 kg
Weight (Gross) 12.41 kg
Environment
Operating Temperature 0 – 40 °C (32°F – 104°F)
Storage Temperature -20 – 70°C (-4°F – 158°F)
Relative Humidity 5-95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C (80.6˚F)
Power & Warranty
Power Supply Unit 350 W PSU (x2), AC 100-240 V
System Warning Buzzer
Standard Warranty 5

 

The QNAP TS-h1077AFU is available now.

QNAP TS-h1077AFU Product Page

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