The Most Stunning All SSD NAS Ever? Inside QNAP's All-SSD Masterpieces!

When it comes to packaged NAS hardware, QNAP is leaps and bounds ahead of the competition. These two examples help prove the point, the TS-h1290FX 12-bay NVMe NAS and the TBS-h574TX 5-bay SSD NAS are some of the coolest NAS designs in the market.
The 12-bay system even has a ton of power, with the AMD EPYC CPU, plenty of DRAM and 25GbE on the back end. These units even support GPUs, which is pretty slick - we'll show this NAS running AI workloads in an upcoming article and video.
The 574TX is innovating thanks to its support for E1.S enterprise SSDs. While this is less a performance story with 10GbE and Thunderbolt 4 as the primary data access paths, the system design is amazing in its own right.
Sure, you can build your own NAS on server hardware and if you're a homelabber or have the right support in place, that's a great option. But for small businesses or system integrators who need easy to manage systems in the field these are amazing units.
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[@A_Basic_Guy]

That little NAS looks like one of those's computers you put behind the monitor

[@StorageReview]

Under heavy load you may not want it there - this is designed to be used on set and in more portable use cases anyway. You'd use something else if you need it at the desk all the time.

[@FantasticHunter]

At that pricepoint I'd prefer to have redundant power supplies on the 12-bay. QNAP has gotten better about addressing the vulnerabilities found in their products.

[@StorageReview]

Fair point but in this small tower form factor there’s only so much room. In a rack system though, for sure.

[@FantasticHunter]

@@StorageReview I can agree, it is a bit of a grey area between typical home user and enterprise. It is nice to see more "enthusiast" features such as the backplane format and 10Gb network ports becoming the standard.

[@EViL3666]

The whole issue with QNAP is every process runs under a single super-user, meaning the smallest vulnerability im the most obscure app, leaves the whole OS and all data on the box accessible -they promised to address this 4-years ago, when the spate of attacks really started to take off, then swept it under the rug...

[@tylerlindberg7881]

Hey Storage Review! I see you guys have EATON Blade UPS's. With those going EOL soon, what will you be replacing it with?

[@StorageReview]

We did a battery swap last year - we still have many years ahead. That said...we may have some inside info on what's next for Eaton. They're aware they need a new option ;)

[@nadtz]

The larger unit is a bit pricey but the density + form factor make up for it. Like you said you could technically build something similar but it's going to be bigger and louder than that qnap.

[@StorageReview]

That's the thing - yes, you could probably build a server and load TrueNAS or whatever you want, but the footprint is key here and the deep support for QNAP Apps for small offices and edge use cases.

[@keyboard_g]

It does take time to rebuild your name with security. I am open to QNAP rebuilding that confidence. That being said, there were 3 CVE's posted in QNAP nas in the last week, so.....

[@StorageReview]

It's a fair point but they're clearly making a much better effort to post updates and communicate with their customers on how best to secure the NAS.

[@fujinshu]

I frankly wouldn’t care about QNAP’s software vulnerabilities, because unlike Synology NAS systems, you can actually load any OS on a QNAP with only a little tinkering.

[@FrgottenFrshness]

I use the Husky "adjustable work table" as my gaming PC desk I've had the 72in by 24in one for a little over a year now the handle where the plastic knob screws into the handle is not durable the threads in the handle completely wore out because of the metal material they made it out of I just use a 10mm hex socket with a socket wrench or a short breaker bar wrench as the handle now

[@whyjay9959]

Would love to see EDSFF spreading to more segments.

[@StorageReview]

We would have liked it in mainstream servers. Alas.

[@debugin1227]

I like Thunderbolt. Had a promise j4 - works great but rendered obsolete by no driver support in recent OS’s, does the qnap need a driver on the host?

[@StorageReview]

We’re working through all the usability bits now. Hang tight for the review on that TB unit.

[@computersales]

Interesting offerings. It would be fun to put an even more Epyc CPU in the big one though. 👀

[@StorageReview]

That sir, sounds like a challenge. 🎉🎉🎉

[@computersales]

@@StorageReview maybe a H100 too. 😏

[@StorageReview]

@@computersales yeah, that's gonna be a halt and catch fire type situation ;)

[@relaxingnature2617]

You 2 squabble like a married couple ..its quite entertaining

[@StorageReview]

Which parent would you like to live with if they get separated?

[@locusm]

Would love to see a Synology vs QNAP shootout for shared virtualisation storage.

[@randominternet5586]

This is my need.

[@frankwong9486]

I probably get a super janky cheap out version with bifurcation card + few sabrent card with asm2812X and a ryzen board Will be fun 6xgen4 m2 and some tier 2 capped by gen3x4 total bandwidth on the 2812 card , plus some slow choppy spinning drive through sata

[@StorageReview]

Yeah - that sounds like half our Disord members, LOL. A small office or remote site needs a tad more reliability. 🤣

[@frankwong9486]

@@StorageReview deffo, enterprise / production team need something more reliable and not like our homelab toys 😆 They always have the budget anyway so don't cheap out This thing is perfect for moving around with the storage rack / event backstage production team . No spinning platter + speedy as hell

[@StorageReview]

@@frankwong9486 you're really going to like our "Flat NAS" project. Video should be out next week!

[@TheVonGriffin]

10G isn't a bottleneck for NVMe?

[@paulwais9219]

ummm dont see hardly any E1.S on ebay contrary to the comment. U.2 Intel P45xx and P5xxx still leading at sub $100 / TB.

[@andrebunting2222]

I see that the bigger one has a epyc processor.. would you suggest it for atmost 4 VMS for a small office that needs a nas and some simple servers.. email, windows server, etc

[@StorageReview]

This one is probably overkill for that need. But yes, you’d be happy. ❤

[@tim-peerwiederkehr6067]

Do you sell me the empty NUC? 🤪

[@StorageReview]

Not a NUC. Don’t think QNAP sells these with no OS. They do have an ODM business.

[@amontobin2830]

it should be mentioned how truly horrible QNAP's support is. literally zero communication other than through tedious support tickets which are regularly abandoned. You get a problem with your system you're on your own. in my humble opinion performance, price points etc. all go out the window when you take that into account.

[@oleggritsev]

First of all - QNAP it is garbage! And i can proove. We replaced all QNAPs system from our customers.

[@BryanSeitz]

Never ever QNAP, esp for the awful price.

[@StorageReview]

We’d love to see some comparable hardware at a better price. Please share if you know of some. Open platform even better.