TVS-972XU-RP 8th Gen Intel® Core™ processors. Built-in Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx 10GbE Controller. iSER supported.
Designed for diversified business IT environments, the TVS-972XU-RP features an 8th generation Intel® Core™ processor, Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx 10GbE controller, and PCIe expansion for 25GbE / 40GbE connectivity to boost intensive large file sharing, heavily-loaded backups, or virtualization applications. Its hybrid storage architecture with four 3.5-inch HDD and five 2.5-inch SSD drive bays allows for enabling SSD caching and Qtier™ auto-tiering technology for a significant performance boost. With the 4K HDMI™ 2.0 output, you can easily display surveillance videos on a monitor or TV to improve surveillance management. The TVS-972XU-RP also features a redundant power supply to ensure maximum system uptime.
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Two 10GbE SFP+ SmartNIC ports with iSER support accelerate large file sharing and intensive data transfer.
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PCIe expandability allows for 40GbE/ 25GbE/ 10GbE adapters to increase application performance.
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4K media playback and online transcoding. Directly view on a TV/monitor via HDMI™ 2.0 output (up to 4K @60Hz).
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Software-defined SSD RAID extra over-provisioning (from 1% to 60%) optimizes SSD random write speeds and extends SSD lifespan.
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Scalable storage supporting virtualization, containerized apps, centralized storage, backup, sharing, and disaster recovery.
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Comprehensive security management, providing a security portal for your NAS and helping you to stay informed of NAS status at all times.
Available Models
Dual-channel memory delivers power-smart performance
The TVS-972XU-RP supports dual-channel DDR4 memory in four Long-DIMM slots. When using paired memory modules, the TVS-972XU-RP can leverage the power of dual-channel architecture to boost performance. You also customize the memory configuration (supports up to 64 GB RAM) of the TVS-972XU-RP for greater performance to tackle dynamically-changing workloads such as virtualization.
Robust. Durable. Expandable.
The TVS-972XU-RP is a 9-bay hybrid storage solution supporting 3.5-inch hard drives and 2.5-inch hard drives/SSDs in one chassis. Its high-quality hardware and expandable architecture enable optimum performance and flexibility to fulfill business needs in performance and application diversification.
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8th Gen Intel® Core™ processor
High-performance Intel® Core™ i3-8100 quad-core 3.6 GHz processor with Intel® UHD Graphics 630.
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DDR4 2400 MHz memory
Supports four DDR4 dual-channel Long-DIMM memory modules. Includes 4 GB RAM as standard and upgradable up to 64 GB.
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2x Gigabit Ethernet ports
Ideal for service binding, port trunking and MPIO configurations.
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USB 3.2 Gen 1 / USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports
Including two Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports, two Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps ports, and two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports. Supports external hard drives, printers and UPS. USB 3.2 Gen 2 provides speeds up to 10 Gb/s to greatly boost data transfer performance.
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HDMI™ 2.0 output
Supports 4K (3840 x 2160) @60Hz for an uncompromising visual experience.
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1x PCIe Gen3 expansion slot
Supports SAS expansion cards, 10GbE/ 25GbE/ 40GbE network cards and QM2 cards for greater application potential.
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System fans
Monitors system temperatures and automatically adjusts fan speeds accordingly.
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Power supply units
Redundant 300W power supplies ensure continuous system up-time.
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2x 10GbE SFP+ ports
Uses the Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx SmartNIC controller with iSER support; fully supports 10GbE high-speed networks and is ideal for running bandwidth-demanding applications such as virtualization and fast backup/restoration.
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5x 2.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s SSD slots
Used for caching or high-performance storage pools.
Dual 10GbE connectivity optimizes high-speed data transfer and VMware virtualization with iSER
The TVS-972XU-RP provides two 10GbE SFP+ ports that use the Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx SmartNIC controller. They support the iSCSI Extensions for RDMA (iSER) protocol, allowing data to bypass general network drivers, the socket layer, and to directly enter memory buffers of the ESXi server and storage to offload CPU workloads. When both the VMware® server and the TVS-972XU-RP support iSER, it can provide up to 60% increased random read/write performance and 50% decreased latency, providing an essential tool to optimize demanding virtualization applications.
Learn More: iSER
Abundant I/O capability with PCIe expansion
The TVS-972XU-RP features one PCIe Gen3 slot that allows for the usage of various expansion cards to expand application potential.
Note: 1U, 2U rackmount models use low-profile graphics cards; 3U, 4U rackmount models use high-profile graphics cards.
Recommended PCIe slots for graphics cards and the supported dimensions
Extend hardware warranty up to 5 years
The TVS-972XU-RP is backed by a 3-year warranty at no extra cost. If needed, you can purchase a warranty extension that increases your coverage up to 5 years.
Learn More: QNAP warranty services
SSD caching and auto tiering enable 24/7 optimized storage efficiency
By enabling Qtier™ auto-tiering on the TVS-972XU-RP, organizations can just buy the amount of SSDs needed, and attain the highest value/performance and optimal storage efficiency for data storage and sharing.
Improve random data access speeds with an SSD cache
SSD caches accelerate IOPS performance and reduce latency for storage volumes. They are perfect for IOPS-demanding applications (including databases and virtualization) and can significantly improve overall workflows. The TVS-972XU-RP also supports write-only SSD caches to greatly boost write-intensive applications and also RAID 5/6 SSD caches for higher performance and caching space.
Maximize the value of SSDs with Qtier Technology
Qtier™ Technology empowers the TVS-972XU-RP with auto tiering that helps continuously optimize storage efficiency by automatically moving data between 2.5-inch SSDs and high-capacity HDDs based on the data's access frequency. Qtier™ 2.0 features IO-awareness that empowers SSD-tiered storage with a cache-like reserved space to handle burst I/O in real time, greatly maximizing the advantages of SSDs.
Attain enterprise-grade SSD performance levels from affordable consumer SSDs
With SSD prices continuing to fall, even small businesses and home users can easily integrate cost-effective SSDs to boost their NAS performance. The TVS-972XU-RP supports software-defined SSD extra over-provisioning (OP) that allows you to allocate additional OP space (from 1% to 60%) to optimize random write speeds and to extend SSD lifespan. Now you can use affordable consumer SSDs for the TVS-972XU-RP, adjust the SSD OP, and potentially attain performance and endurance levels similar to enterprise-grade SSDs to enjoy faster file backups, smoother multimedia experiences, and optimized virtualization applications.
Learn More: SSD Extra Over-provisioning
High-speed VM Backup Solution
With Hyper Data Protector, the TVS-972XU-RP becomes an agentless backup tool for unlimited VMware® vSphere and Microsoft® Hyper-V VM backup. Hyper Data Protector features incremental backup, global deduplication, backup scheduling and recovery compression that provides you with a cost-effective and reliable disaster recovery plan, ensuring 24/7 operation of your services.
Learn More: Hyper Data Protector
Notes: QNAP NAS must be running QTS version 4.3.6 or later
HBS 3
QuDedup technology deduplicates data at the source, helping to reduce the time and storage space needed for backup.
VJBOD Cloud
Seamlessly connect local storage with cloud object storage to easily backup local application data to the cloud.
Build an affordable Fibre Channel SAN environment
Common Fibre Channel SAN (Storage Area Networks) devices are often expensive. Now you have more budge-friendly options to easily add your NAS to a SAN environment. Once a Marvell®, ATTO® or QNAP Fibre Channel card has been installed in the TVS-972XU-RP, you can set a Fibre Channel Target using the iSCSI & Fibre Channel app, and leverage the many benefits from QNAP NAS including snapshot protection, Qtier™ tiering storage, SSD cache acceleration and more. In addition, the LUN Masking and Port Binding features provide an additional layer of security for your data.
Learn More: QNAP NAS supports Fibre Channel SAN
Up to 128 monitoring channels in QVR Pro, 4K HDMI™ output, and real-time transcoding
The TVS-972XU-RP has an HDMI™ 2.0 port which supports 4K (3840 x 2160) 60Hz output, allowing you to directly display surveillance videos* and media files on a monitor or TV via HD Station. Featuring advanced Intel® UHD Graphics 630, the TVS-972XU-RP provides high-quality 4K (H.264) and 1080p video transcoding, and you can easily convert videos to universal file formats that can be smoothly played on multiple devices**
Learn More: QVR Pro
*The maximum number of channels supported varies by NAS model, network configuration, and camera settings. For more information, visit https://www.qnap.com/go/qvr-nas-selector
**The TVS-972XU-RP's hardware provides H.264 hardware decoding, encoding and transcoding capabilities. However, playback quality may vary due to factors including playback software, file formats, system usage, and available bandwidth.
Flexibly allocate physical and virtual network resources to simplify network deployment
The Network & Virtual Switch application allows you to leverage limited physical network resources for unlimited virtual applications and centrally manage the entire network structure with a brilliantly-visualized network topology map. Flexible manageability enables you to reorganize physical and virtual network connections with greater ease, so you can allocate adequate network resources to the TVS-972XU-RP, virtual machines and containers whenever needed. The network deployment is greatly simplified while your network management efficiency is greatly improved.
Complete backup planning
The TVS-972XU-RP provides a reliable, flexible backup & disaster recovery solution to assist organizations in routine backup jobs with cost-efficiency and high productivity.
Optimized collaboration with seamless file sharing and sync
The TVS-972XU-RP centrally stores data and files, and supports SMB/CIFS, AFP and NFS protocols for file sharing across Windows®, Mac®, and Linux®/UNIX® networks. Coupled with Qsync (a utility that turns a QNAP NAS into a safe, high-capacity data center for file synchronization) any file uploaded to the TVS-972XU-RP will be made available for all linked devices, such as computers, laptops and mobile devices. You can sync shared folders and team folders for group file sharing to enhance the flexibility of team projects and collaboration. Files can be centrally managed using File Station, including files from mobile devices and optical disc drives. File Station also allows you to mount a remote NAS, and transfer files between your NAS and public cloud services for greater convenience.
Learn More: Cross-platform file sharing, Qsync
All-in-one server to host virtual machines and containers
Virtualization Station and Container Station introduce a hybrid approach to virtualization. No matter your virtualization needs, you can count on QNAP for complete virtualization support.
Complete control over system status and data security
In open network environments, data on connected devices may be exposed in a potential hack. The TVS-972XU-RP provides numerous security options, such as encrypted access, IP blocking, 2-step verification, and more. Administrators can also control the access rights of each user to different folders, and use the following tools to enhance security management.
Flexible and economical storage expansion
QNAP provides several ways to expand your NAS storage as needed to accommodate data and business growth.