Take on demanding collaborative projects such as editing 8K videos by enhancing your office or studio's network storage capacity with the QNAP TS-H1290FX-7232P-64G-US 12-Bay NAS Enclosure. Designed to support all solid-state storage devices, up to twelve 2.5" U.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 or SATA III drives may be installed into its available bays and configured for RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60, or Single modes with up to triple parity and triple mirroring. The TS-H1290FX-7232P-64G-US is also outfitted with a 3.1 GHz AMD EPYC 7232P eight-core processor with 64GB of ECC DDR4 memory to deliver smooth, accurate data transfers through its two integrated 2.5G RJ45 ports and two 25G SFP28 ports. Three PCIe 4.0 slots are available for entry-level graphics cards, additional NICs, M.2 SSD cache drive adapters, and other expansions.

When fully configured with U.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSDs in RAID 5 mode and six 25G Ethernet ports, this NAS can reach random download and upload speeds of up to 816051 IOPS and 318011 IOPS, respectively. Your data can be secured by 256-bit AES encryption. The TS-h1290FX is designed to operate quietly from your desktop and uses the QuTS hero 5 operating system.

12 x 2.5" SATA III / U.2 PCIe 4.0 Bays    3.1 GHz AMD EPYC 7232P 8-Core CPU    64GB ECC DDR4 RAM    2 x 2.5G RJ45 Ethernet Ports    2 x 25G SFP28 Ports    3 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Ports    RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60, Single    Desktop Design    3 x PCIe 4.0 x16 | 2 x PCIe 4.0 x8 Slots    QuTS hero 5.0.0 OS

Supporting all NVMe flash storage, the TS-h1290FX is designed to deliver high random read and write IOPS for tackling I/O-intensive and latency-sensitive applications.

Inline data deduplication and compression, pool over-provisioning, and TRIM maximize SSD performance and lifespan.

Two 25G SFP28 and dual 2.5G RJ45 high-speed connectivity accelerates virtualization, intensive file access, and large backup/restoration tasks. Adding separately sold compatible QNAP network cards allows you to connect up to 20 workstations directly to the TS-h1290FX without having to use a network switch.

The TS-h1290FX is ideal for video editing teams, as it is compatible with software applications such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer, and DaVinci Resolve.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Is this compatible with Apple Mac Studio M2 Ultra, if so, what is the best way to connect both devices for best performance?

A: Yes the QNAP TS-H1290FX-7302P-128G-US 12-Bay NAS Enclosure BH #QNTSH1290128 is compatible with a Mac Studio M2. You would connect the NAS to your network and access it that way.

Q: 2. What is the maximum amount of RAM that can be installed?

A: The most RAM the QNAP TS-453E 4-Bay NAS Enclosure will support is 8GB.

Q: 3. is the qnap ts-433 compatible with 2.5" WD Blue WD400T3BOA 4TD SSD ($264)?

A: Yes, the QNAP TS-433 4-Bay NAS Enclosure is compatible with 2.5" drives such as the WD Blue WD400T3BOA.

Q: 4. Can you download Plex on to the nas and make it a plex server?

A: Yes, you can use a QNAP NAS as a Plex server, but I would recommend a model like the QNAP TS-h886 8-Bay NAS Enclosure, B&H # QNH886D16028, rather than the QNAP TS-855X 8-Bay NAS Enclosure.

Q: 5. To rephrase my question, will the drive bays accept a 15mm tall drive?

A: Sure, you could put a smaller drive in the QNAP TS-H1290FX-7232P-64G-US 12-Bay NAS Enclosure's bays, and it should connect so long as it has a SATA III connection, but it won't be very secure, as these bays are designed to accommodate 2.5" (63.5mm) drives only.

Q: 6. Is there NVMe over Fabric support?

A: The QNAP TS-H1290FX-7232P-64G-US 12-Bay NAS Enclosure does not use NVMe-oF.

Q: 7. Could I run this with a single drive to start?

A: Yes, the QNAP TS-233-US 2-Bay NAS Enclosure could be used with a single drive, but this would preclude any type of RAID, which would diminish either performance or parity.

Q: 8. Can this be connected through USB directly to a computer?

A: It would not be possible to connect this to your computer via USB. To connect to a computer directly, you'd have to connect via ethernet.

Q: 9. I see suggestions for Q-nap expansion cards, but on the back of the TS-h973AX I don't see any place to put them. Is there an ability to expand some capabilities internals or does this not support expansion cards?

A: Unfortunately, the QNAP TS-h973AX 9-Bay NAS Enclosure does not support extension cards.

Q: 10. Does it function as a network switch as well if we have multiple network cards? Between the machines that are connected?

A: Yes, when paired with QNAP's PCIe Network cards the QNAP TS-H1290FX-7232P-64G-US 12-Bay NAS Enclosure can connect up to 20 PCs together without a network switch.