QNAP Releases the World's First Thunderbolt 4 NAS TVS-h674T/TVS-h874T

[GFreeman]

QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking, and storage solution innovator, today announced TVS-h674T / TVS-h874T Thunderbolt 4 NAS. By employing a Network Attached Storage (NAS) designed exclusively for creators and video productions on existing file-based workflows, users may enjoy boosted productivity and safeguard precious creative works with amazing efficiency.

• TVS-h674T-i5-32G: 6-bay 3.5" SATA HDD Thunderbolt NAS; 12th Gen Intel Core i5 6-core/12-thread Processor; Intel UHD Graphics 730; 32 GB DDR4 RAM
• TVS-h874T-i7-32G: 8-bay 3.5" SATA HDD Thunderbolt NAS; 12th Gen Intel Core i7 12-core (8P+4E) /20-thread Processor; Intel UHD Graphics 770; 32 GB DDR4 RAM
• TVS-h874T-i9-64G: 8-bay 3.5" SATA HDD Thunderbolt NAS; 12th Gen Intel Core i9 16-core (8P+8E) /24-thread Processor; Intel UHD Graphics 770; 64 GB DDR4 RAM

Meiji Chang, General Manager of QNAP, said: "At QNAP, we are driven to empower creators and professionals with cutting-edge solutions that amplify their creative potential. The TVS-hx74T Thunderbolt 4 NAS series is a testament to our commitment, offering unrivaled performance and expandability to cater to the evolving needs of the creative industry. "

Jason Ziller, General Manager, Client Connectivity Division at Intel Corporation., said about the collaboration with QNAP: "Intel is pleased to collaborate with QNAP in developing the TVS-hx74T NAS with Thunderbolt technology. Our powerful Intel Core processors and QNAP's expertise in storage solutions have resulted in a game-changing product for creators and video productions."

TVS-hx74T Key Features:

• Intel Core processors: Powered by 12th Gen Intel Core i9, i7 and i5 processors, it delivers remarkable processing power, ensuring collaborative 4K video editing across multiple workstations.
• Built-in GPU for fast video transcoding: The TVS-hx74T accelerates real-time transcoding for RAW footage, enabling rapid file access and review for users, teammates, and clients across different devices.
• Thunderbolt 4 connectivity: Two built-in Thunderbolt 4 ports provide fast data transfer speeds.
• Streamlined, collaborative workflow: The TVS-hx74T series offers connectivity between multiple Mac/PC users and allows flexible access privilege settings, safeguarding against unauthorized access.
• NVMe SSD volume: The TVS-hx74T features dual M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4 x4 slots, supporting M.2 NVMe SSDs to create super-fast volumes dedicated to working on in-progress projects.
• Up to 154 TB of storage: The TVS-hx74T offers ample space to accommodate the ever-increasing demands of creative projects.
• Upgradable 25/10 GbE: Equipped with PCIe Gen 4 slots, the TVS-hx74T series, with 2.5GbE as standard, guarantees further network expandability, making it an ideal solution for bandwidth-intensive tasks, including 4K video editing and multimedia content creation.
• Creator-oriented ZFS-based operating system: The TVS-hx74T series provides flexible storage management, comprehensive data protection, and optimized performance to meet creative professional's demands.
• Self-Healing for corrupted data: With the Self-Healing feature, the TVS-hx74T automatically detects and corrects corrupted data, ensuring seamless video production without any disruptions, granting peace of mind to content creators.
• NAS data backup with myQNAPcloud Storage: myQNAPcloud Storage is QNAP-hosted cloud storage, and 16 GB free cloud storage is available for every QNAP user. This feature ensures that critical data is protected and accessible from anywhere, enhancing data management and collaboration across the creative workflow.

Key specifications
Tower model; hot-swappable 2.5-inch/3.5-inch SATA 6 Gbps hard drives or SSDs; 2x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4 slots; 2x Thunderbolt 4 ports; 2 x 2.5GBASE-T RJ45 ports; 2x PCIe Gen 4 expansion slots (Slot 2 is preinstalled with a Thunderbolt 4 AIC); 1x Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) port; 2x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) ports; 1x 4K HDMI ️ output.

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[Chrispy_]

I hate that TB4 is seeping into networking because the cost of 10G and 25G networking is still dumb for anything outside of business purchases. It's also annoying that something this expensive, and designed for this much capacity doesn't get at least one 10GbE port by default. It seems stupid to save about $12-15 on the controller IC when this NAS retails for ~$3000.
Edit: By the time you've bought 8 hard drives and a couple of NVMe drives to cache this, the total cost of your storage is easily north of $5000....

I don't hate this, but I guess it's geared towards hipsters who think their Macbook with no proper ethernet support is a valid workstation for using huge datasets. I don't have to agree with that market to understand that this is a product that will sell in that market.

You could also do local backups of this NAS over TB4 I guess, but the only things likely to have the capacity to back this up aren't portable enough to realistically plug into it with the length limitations of a TB4 USB cable.

 

[Solaris17]

I hate that TB4 is seeping into networking because the cost of 10G and 25G networking is still dumb for anything outside of business purchases. It's also annoying that something this expensive, and designed for this much capacity doesn't get at least one 10GbE port by default. It seems stupid to save about $12-15 on the controller IC when this NAS retails for ~$3000

I don't hate this, but I guess it's geared towards hipsters who think their Macbook with no proper ethernet support is a valid workstation for using huge datasets. I don't have to agree with that market to understand that this is a product that will sell in that market.

You could also do local backups of this NAS over TB4 I guess, but the only things likely to have the capacity to back this up aren't portable enough to realistically plug into it with the length limitations of a TB4 USB cable.

I agree my TS-h973AX has 10G and I made sure to find one that did because I won't do USB. I need my storage to work with iSCSI and sharing and be performant. I'm not using it as a glorified USB drive. I dont like the trend of replacing the networking port with usb either.

 

[Chrispy_]

I'm guessing you cannot map iSCSI over Thunderbolt? I've never even tried because it's such a pointless concept to even think about in the first place! Presumably it's a faff and requires both host and client to support virtual NICs over TB4 for the iSCSI initiators.

Even if it were possible, the next question would be:

 

[Solaris17]

I'm guessing you cannot map iSCSI over Thunderbolt? I've never even tried because it's such a pointless concept to even think about in the first place!

I need to do iSCSI on MULTIPLE machines. my SANs and NAS arent tethered to one desktop.

 

[Chrispy_]

Literally the only use case I have ever had for the several (might even be hundreds by now) NASes I've ever set up was to have shared storage for use by multiple clients. It goes back to my first post really of "TB4" and "Network" being non-intersecting circles of a Venn diagram.

 

[lemonadesoda]

collaborative 4K video editing across multiple workstations.

Are they suggesting video files, sitting on the NAS, being multieditted by multiusers concurrently? I,m struggling to see how 1G ethernet or one TB4 port can do that, plus curious what software allows collaborative editing across multiple workstations of the same media file. Concurrent Live editing of the same file.

i,m also curious how two TB4 ports work? Allowing 2 workstations to simultaneously use the TB4 ports for faster access? How long can these cables be?

 

[Wye]

They put a Thunderbolt port on it because it comes for free with the motherboard.
But it is pointless on a Network Attached Storage.
It would have been much more useful to have a 10 GbE interface instead of the wimpy 2.5s

 

[Octavean]

They put a Thunderbolt port on it because it comes for free with the motherboard.
But it is pointless on a Network Attached Storage.
It would have been much more useful to have a 10 GbE interface instead of the wimpy 2.5s

They could have used SFF-8088 or something for external HDD connection but they can use Thunderbolt too. There are some Thunderbolt external RAID drive options out there,......not really cost effective mind you but it is on option. Someone buying something like this Thunderbolt NAS isn't necessary worried about the price though,.....