QNAP Systems, Inc. today released the new enterprise-class TS-1677X Ryzen NAS with twelve 3.5-inch drive bays, four 2.5-inch drive bays, and driven by the absolute performance of an AMD Ryzen 8-core processor, optimized storage efficiency with Qtier auto-tiering, and SSD caching. The AMD Ryzen processor, with Turbo Core of up to 3.7 GHz, can greatly boost virtualization performance. Interestingly enough the TS-1677X can also even perform as AI-oriented big data storage when used with a high-end graphics card and QNAP's " QuAI" AI developer package.

Ryzen Powered 16-Bay NAS Released By QNAP

The TS-1677X includes models with AMD Ryzen 7 1700 (8-cores/16-threads), AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (6-cores/12-threads) and AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (4-cores/4-threads) that support AES-NI encryption acceleration and up to 64 GB DDR4 RAM. Every model provides two 10GBASE-T RJ45 ports (that support 10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M speeds) and three PCIe slots for incredible expansion potential. Supported PCIe devices include a graphics card, 10GbE/40GbE NICs, USB 3.1 expansion cards, and QM2 cards (that add additional M.2 SSDs or 10GbE connectivity). Incorporating performance, reliability and scalability, the TS-1677X provides an exceptional storage solution many diverse business IT environments.

With the rapid growth of artificial intelligence, QNAP's newly developed "QuAI" AI developer package can empower the TS-1677X NAS to perform as an AI/ML/DL solution. Data scientists and developers can leverage the NAS-based AI platform to quickly build, train, optimize, and deploy machine-learning models. When used with a high-end graphics card, the TS-1677X delivers incredible computing performance to empower data-intensive machine learning applications, providing immeasurable benefits for exploring intelligent services and the great business value they can provide.

"The TS-1677X NAS features flagship-grade hardware to deliver the 10GbE connectivity and PCIe expandability required by today's compute-intensive workplaces, and empowers AI-oriented tasks for greater business potential, the robust TS-1677X series includes models with higher-performance AMD Ryzen 7, cost-effective AMD Ryzen 5, and budget-friendly AMD Ryzen 3 options to provide organizations with greater choice to meet their requirements."