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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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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SanDisk has introduced a new NAS‑focused SSD portfolio aimed at prosumers and small businesses upgrading older NAS hardware or moving towards all‑flash deployments. The SanDisk NAS 600 SATA SSD and NAS 800 NVMe SSD are built for higher endurance, consistent performance and multi‑user workloads.

The NAS 600 SATA SSD targets users replacing HDDs or adding solid‑state caching to hybrid NAS systems. SanDisk lists endurance ratings up to 2500TBW on the 4TB model, with sequential read speeds up to 560MB/s. The 2.5‑inch SATA form factor fits NAS bays that support 2.5‑inch SSDs, offering quieter operation and more responsive performance for collaborative environments. Capacities range from 500GB to 4TB.

The NAS 800 NVMe SSD is designed for all‑flash or hybrid NAS setups running demanding workloads. Built on PCIe 5.0, it offers endurance ratings up to 14PBW (7.68TB model), up to 2.3M/2M random read/write IOPS and sequential speeds up to 14,900MB/s reads and 13,200MB/s writes. The drive uses the M.2 2280 form factor and will be available in capacities from 960GB to 7.68TB.

Both drives will be available this September through SanDisk.com and select retailers. UK pricing has not yet been confirmed, but US pricing starts at $179.99 for the NAS 600 SATA SSD (500GB) and $309.99 for the NAS 800 NVMe SSD (960GB).

KitGuru Says: SSD pricing has shifted a lot over the past year, and endurance‑focused NAS models continue to sit at the higher end of the market.

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