Designed for film sets, small studios, small-scale video production teams and SOHO users, the TBS-h574TX Thunderbolt 4 NASbook from QNAP elevates video production for optimum productivity. It packs high-speed I/O and Intel Core performance required by video production, allowing creators using Mac or Windows to enjoy a smooth experience in real-time video editing, large file transfer, video transcoding, and backup. The TBS-h574TX, as the bridge between pre-production and post-production, takes video projects and team collaboration to the next level.

Powered by a Intel Core i5-1340PE 12-Core processor, the TBS-h574TX has one 10GbE port, one 2.5GbE port, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, two USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 ports, and one USB-A 2.0 port for accelerating file transfer and versatile applications. The TBS-h574TX provides five E1.S NVMe PCIe 3.0 x2 SSD slots, all of which are preinstalled with an M.2 2280 adapter, and has one 4K / 30 Hz HDMI 1.4b output for transcoding and graphical computing for converting videos to different formats smoothly via integrated Intel Iris Xe Graphics. Included is a 10Gb Ethernet cable, an AC adapter, and a power cord. Protection is provided by a limited 3-year warranty.

5 x E1.S / M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe Drive Bays    Intel Core i5-1340PE 12-Core (13th Gen)    16GB of DDR4 RAM    1 x 10GbE Port | 1 x 2.5GbE Port    2 x Thunderbolt 4 Ports    2 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 | 1 x USB-A 2.0    1 x HDMI 1.4b    RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, JBOD, and Single    AES 256-Bit Volume Encryption    QTS 5.1.3 Operating System

Compared to large rackmount all-flash array storage, the TBS-h574TX all-flash NASbook features a compact, portable design with five SSD slots, yet delivers extreme performance. It is the ideal choice to accelerate ongoing creative video projects from pre-production to post-production, and seamlessly works with USB DAS (TR-004) for file backup/archiving. The TBS-h574TX is always ready for your next project. An E1.S to M.2 SSD adapter is attached to each drive bay of the TBS-h574TX, providing great flexibility to choose between M.2 SSDs and E1.S SSDs on demand.

• Supports M.2 2280 modules
• Smaller capacity but more available on the market
• More affordable and more vendor options; suited for diverse applications
• Faster than SATA SSDs

• Supports heights of 5.9, 9.5, and 15mm
• Larger capacity but less common on the market
• Suited for high-intensity data transfer and is more future-proof
• Compared to M.2 SSDs, E1.S SSDs are hot-swappable and have higher heat dissipation efficiency
• Advanced power-loss protection (PLP) that prevents data loss

As a frontline video production team, there is the risk of project interruptions due to unexpected SSD failures in storage devices. The innovative TBS-h574TX makes M.2 SSDs become hot-swappable for easier drive replacement. Along with supporting automatic RAID replacement with spares (supported from QTS 5.1 / QuTS hero h5.1), if potential drive errors are detected, the system automatically moves data from the affected drive in a RAID group to a spare, before the data on the affected drive is completely corrupted. This reduces system downtime and data loss risks as it avoids RAID rebuilding.

Designed with an excellent cooling system, the TBS-h574TX is equipped with dual fans and supports SSD heatsinks (heatsinks sold separately) to effectively enhance heat dissipation during intensive workloads, allowing creators to confidently enjoy the ultimate performance of SSD.

The TBS-h574TX has two Thunderbolt 4 ports for high-speed data transfer (up to 20 Gb/s bandwidth). Mac (including M1 and M2 chip models) or Windows workstations can directly connect to the TBS-h574TX for fast and smooth real time video editing, allowing for the transfer of a 1TB 4K video just in 11 minutes.

• QNAP Thunderbolt NAS adopts Thunderbolt Networking for peer-to-peer connection, up to 20 Gb/s
• Mac system requirement: macOS 13.5 (or later)
• Connect the TBS-h574TX to your Mac or Windows PC with Thunderbolt 4 / Thunderbolt 3 cables and your connected devices with the Thunderbolt icon

TBS-h574TX (1 x Direct Connected Client)
Writes up to 1637 MB/s, reads up to 1736 MB/s

TBS-h574TX (2 x Direct Connected Client)
Writes up to 3082 MB/s, reads up to 2876 MB/s

2.5GbE and 10GbE Ports | Productive Teamwork
The 2.5GbE and 10GbE ports can be used with a network switch to add more connected devices to the TBS-h574TX for collaboration, significantly reducing file transfer times across devices.

USB 3.2 Gen 2 Ports | Faster File Import/Export
Creators and editors can easily import materials from external storage devices to the TBS-h574TX via two USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gb/s) ports and one USB 2.0 port during pre/post-production.

USB Ports | Easier Storage Expansion
The TBS-h574TX capacity is scalable by connecting QNAP USB DAS TR-004 or USB JBOD TL-D800C to archive massive number of video files for ever-growing storage and backup needs.

The TBS-h574TX provides content creators the perfect combination of stylish design and performance. With its metal-finish case, it delivers optimized cooling performance. The set-top design makes the TBS-h574TX space-saving —smaller than A4 paper and with only 2.54L in volume— ideal for small-scale studios or video production teams looking for a portable solution.

The TBS-h574TX adopts the 13th Gen Intel Core hybrid-architecture processor with P-core (Performance-core) and E-core (Efficient-core) performance. Multi-core and multi-thread advantages enable higher multitasking performance with lower CPU workloads and resource consumption, empowering creators with higher productivity.

Processor
Intel Core i5-1340PE 12-Core (4P + 8E) and 16-thread processor, up to 4.5 GHz

Memory
Built-in 16GB of DDR4 memory

GPU
Built-in Intel Iris Xe Graphics accelerate video processing and graphical computing

Encryption Engine
Features Intel AES-NI 256 hardware-accelerated encryption to boost system performance while securing sensitive data

Pre-Production
Best video file management solution for DIT, raw footage on-site editing and powerful video transcoding.

Post-Production
Productive team collaboration.

Remote Collaboration
Hot-swappable M.2 SSDs facilitate file sharing for collaboration and delivery.

DIT (Digital Imaging Technician) is the keyman to take responsibility of video file management on shooting site in a frontline video production team.

DIT can quickly import large raw footage from camera SD cards to the TBS-h574TX through USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) ports and proceed with video transcoding on the NASbook. In addition to saving RAW files, DIT can easily share small files with remote teams for instant discussion and confirmation, or save files to external hard drives or cloud storage.

The TBS-h574TX comes with a built-in HDMI output, allowing on-site personnel to immediately play raw footage from the NASbook on a large screen. The team can also complete the rough cut on-site using Thunderbolt 4, significantly reducing the post-production team's workload.

Benefits for a Pre-Production Team

• Fast file import from SD cards to NASbook
• Store small files to myQNAPcloud Storage
• Remote access and sharing video files
• High-resolution video display using HDMI output
• Rough cut on-site using Thunderbolt 4

NAS is way more collaborative than DAS. The TBS-h574TX provides Thunderbolt 4 and 10GbE connectivity that allow the post-production team to edit video files directly from the NASbook, without waiting for files to move from drive to drive, computer to computer.

Once the post-production team finishes current video editing projects on the TBS-h574TX, they can save the final files to a USB DAS (such as TR-004) to free up the NASbook's storage space for the next project.

Benefits for a Post-Production Team

• Directly connect the NASbook to Mac via Thunderbolt 4
• Directly connect the NASbook to Windows workstations through 10GbE and 2.5GbE connectivity
• File storage and backup by connecting a DAS through the high-speed UBS 3.2 Gen 2 ports

Due to the difficulty of sharing large media files over networks, remote teams often resort to physically exchanging files by using external hard drives. Now the TBS-h574TX also offers a portable file exchanging/delivery solution.

You can implement a TBS-h574TX for each of the remote work teams, configuring three M.2 SSDs in RAID 5, and the remaining two M.2 SSDs as single disk. The TBS-h574TX makes M.2 SSDs hot-swappable, allowing you to treat the two M.2 SSDs with single disk mode as portable external hard drives: simply remove SSDs from one NASbook and insert them to another NASbook for fast large-scale file transfer.

Benefits for a Remote Teamwork

• Hot-swappable feature enables physically transferring large media files

The TBS-h574TX features built-in Intel Graphics that accelerates video transcoding and graphical computing for converting videos to different formats smoothly. You can also display videos from the TBS-h574TX to a large screen using HDMI (4K at 30 Hz) for capturing details and clearer quality.

The TBS-h574TX provides hardware decoding, encoding, and transcoding capabilities. However, playback quality may vary due to factors (including playback software, file formats, system usage, and available bandwidth). H.265 hardware transcoding requires installing CAYIN MediaSign Player with a Plus license.

Elevate your video production with the compact and powerful TBS-h574TX. During pre-production, you can save large raw files (hot data) and handle video transcoding on the TBS-h574TX. In post-production you can store small files (cold data) to myQNAPcloud Storage for file archiving and backup, making it easier to remotely access, synchronize, and share files with cross-site team members.

Designed for music lovers, Roon Server identifies your entire music library stored on the TBS-h574TX and consolidates it into Roon's interconnected digital library. Experiencing smooth music streaming service, you just need to download Roon Server app from QNAP App Center and enable Roon music library on SSD storage devices with simple setting.

Self-Healing | Ensure Data Integrity
ZFS uses end-to-end checksums to detect, correct, and protect against silent data corruption, ensuring the data integrity of media files.

QSAL (QNAP SSD Antiwear Leveling) | Enhance Data Protection
QNAP's patented QSAL algorithm prevents simultaneous multi-SSD failures in an SSD RAID for greater data protection and system reliability.

SSD Extra Over-Provisioning | Unleash SSD Performance
Resolves SSD write performance degradation and write amplification. By configuring extra Over-provisioning for an SSD RAID, it improves random write performance and mitigates write amplification, thus extending SSD lifespans.

Power Failure Protection | Bolster Data Security
The QuTS hero operating system ensures that the TBS-h574TX can continue completing unfinished data writes after power outage followed by a power restoration, preventing data corruption while modifying data and without the need to wait for file system check.

Note: ZFS Inline Data Deduplication is disabled by default in the TBS-h574TX. Due to memory limitations, it is not recommended to enable this feature.

The TBS-h574TX also supports QTS —QNAP's standard NAS operating system— that provides great everyday performance, efficient memory utilization, and the advantage of Qtier auto-tiering. You can also migrate drives from your current QTS-based NAS to the TBS-h574TX.

QTS
Suited for cross-teams file sync, and HDD-SSD hybrid storage applications.

QuTS hero
Featuring highly reliable data protection and data reduction, and optimized for SSD-based applications.

Note: QTS and QuTS hero use different file systems. You must remove all the drives from the TBS-h574TX before switching from QuTS hero to QTS.

The TBS-h574TX is backed by a 3-year warranty at no additional cost. You can also purchase a warranty extension that extends your warranty coverage up to 5 years.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. If I would use this NAS for video editing (4K / 6K B-RAW) should i go with a stronger CPU aka i3 or i5? I would connect the NAS to an iMac pro.

A: I believe you would be fine with this one, considering that you intent to expand the RAM, use the RJ45 (10GbE) and choose the proper hard drive configuration.

Q: 2. Can you import footage from an external drive, it automatically create proxies, and automatically upload them to the cloud?

A: It is not possible to program the QNAP TBS-h574TX Thunderbolt 4 NASbook, B&H # QNTB574TI516, to automatically create proxies of footage copied to the NAS but it is possible to have it upload data automatically to a cloud service once you configure that in the NAS.

Q: 3. is this unit suitable to process 8K footages?

A: Yes, the QNAP TVS-h1288X 12-Bay NAS Enclosure with Dual-Port Thunderbolt 3 Expansion Card is suitable for editing 8K footage.

Q: 4. Will this support a 2009 - 2012 Mac Pro (MacPro5,1) if it is running Linux?

A: The QNAP TL-D800S 8-Bay JBOD Enclosure is compatible with Windows and Ubuntu. Compatibility with other Linux distributions is not specified.

Q: 5. can this device support 4x 16tb hdds and 2x 2tb nvme ssds?

A: Yes, this nas is capable of that many drives. 16TB may be too big for the RAID functions.

Q: 6. Can you access remotely to edit video projects via Adobe Premier or Final Cut?

A: Yes, this NAS allows you to remotely access it.

Q: 7. What is the model # to the CPU this unit has, is it the i9-12900 or i9-12900H or i9-12900KS?

A: The QNAP TVS-h874X 8-Bay NAS Enclosure uses the i9-12900 CPU.

Q: 8. Will this support a 2009 - 2012 Mac Pro (MacPro5,1) if it is running Linux?

A: The QNAP TL-D400S 4-Bay JBOD Enclosure is listed as compatible with Windows and Linux. Ubuntu compatibility is specified, but compatibility with other distributions is not mentioned.

Q: 9. I bought this NAS 6 months ago and now is full, can I add another one and link them to work like a big raid ?

A: Yes! You can connect an expansion unit like B&H # QNTR004US if you wish to expand the capacity of your QNAP TVS-672XT 6-Bay NAS Enclosure.

Q: 10. Would there be a way to add another two Thunderbolt ports as an expansion card to this server? If so, does QNAP make one?

A: As of the date of writing of this post, Qnap does not make an expansion card for the QNAP TVS-h874T 8-Bay NAS Enclosure that will enumerate 2 additional Thunderbolt ports to the unit.