The QNAP TS-H973AX-8G tower NAS features 9 HDD and SSD bays and runs QuTS hero, based on ZFS. Its quad-core AMD Ryzen V1500B processor runs at 2.2 GHz and is paired with 8 GB of DDR4 memory.
The bays include 5 × 3.5" slots for SATA 6 Gb/s drives and 4 × 2.5" slots for SATA or U.2 NVMe SSDs. Bays 1 and 2 also support SATA drives. For networking, it features one 10GBASE-T Multi-Gig port and two 2.5GbE RJ45 ports, with port trunking and failover support. Storage can be expanded via USB or QNAP TR-004 and TR-002 enclosures.
ZFS supports 128-bit data deduplication, block-level compression, snapshots and real-time SnapSync. Virtualization Station and Container Station are supported for virtualization and applications, along with QVR Elite for surveillance, featuring MP4 recordings and access via QVR Pro Client for Windows®, Mac® and mobile devices. A QNAP QDA-UMP adapter can be used to install an M.2 NVMe Gen 3 x4 SSD.
- Type: Tower NAS
- Drive bays: 9
- Supported drives: HDD, SSD
- Bay configuration: 5 × 3.5" bays and 4 × 2.5" bays
- Drive protocol: SATA III (6 Gbit/s)
- File system: ZFS
- Processor: AMD Ryzen V1500B, quad-core
- Processor frequency: 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB DDR4
- Ethernet ports: 1 × 10GBASE-T and 2 × 2.5GbE RJ45
- Connections: USB 3.2
- Supported RAID levels: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
- Functions: Backup Server, Cloud Server, FTP Server, File Server, Media Server, Print Server, Surveillance Station, VPN Server, Web Server
- Link aggregation: Supported
- Hot swapping: Supported
- Dimensions: 182.65 × 224.6 × 224.1 mm
Main Specifications
- Form Factor
- Tower
Dimensions
- Height
- 182.65 mm
- Width
- 224.6 mm
- Length
- 224.1 mm
Processor
- Manufacturer
- AMD
- Model
- Ryzen V1500B
- Cores
- Quad Core
- Frequency
- 2.2 GHz
RAM Memory
- Size
- 8 GB
- Type
- DDR4
Storage
- Hard Drive Slots
- 9 Bays
- Supported Drives
- HDD, SSD
- Communication Protocol
- SATA III (6 Gbit/s)
- Raid
- 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60
- File System
- ZFS
- Extras
- Backup Server, Cloud Server, FTP Server, File Server, Media Server, Print Server, Surveillance Station, VPN Server, Web Server
- Hot Swapping
- Yes
Additional Features
- Connections
- USB 3.2
- Ethernet Ports
- 2 Port
- Link Aggregation
- Yes
Important information
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