{"id":38487,"date":"2018-05-17T13:17:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T11:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=38487"},"modified":"2018-05-17T13:17:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T11:17:35","slug":"qnap-unleashes-16-bay-ts-1677x-ryzen-nas-up-to-8-cores-with-graphics-processing-for-ai-machine-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/38487-qnap-unleashes-16-bay-ts-1677x-ryzen-nas-up-to-8-cores-with-graphics-processing-for-ai-machine-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"QNAP<\/span> Unleashes 16-bay TS-1677X<\/span> Ryzen NAS<\/span>, Up to 8 Cores with Graphics Processing for AI<\/span> Machine Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tai\u00adpei, Tai\u00adwan, May 17, 2018<\/strong> \u2013 QNAP<\/span>\u00ae Sys\u00adtems, Inc. today released the new enter\u00adpri\u00adse-class TS-1677X<\/span><\/a> Ryzen\u2122 NAS<\/span> with twel\u00adve 3.5\u2011inch dri\u00adve bays, four 2.5\u2011inch dri\u00adve bays, and dri\u00adven by the abso\u00adlu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance of an AMD<\/span> Ryzen 8\u2011core pro\u00adces\u00adsor, opti\u00admi\u00adzed sto\u00adrage effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy with Qtier\u2122 auto-tier\u00ading, and SSD<\/span> caching. The AMD<\/span> Ryzen pro\u00adces\u00adsor, with Tur\u00adbo Core of up to 3.7 GHz, can great\u00adly boost vir\u00adtua\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon per\u00adfor\u00admance. The TS-1677X<\/span> can also per\u00adform as AI-ori\u00aden\u00adted big data sto\u00adrage when used with a high-end gra\u00adphics card and QNAP<\/span>\u2019s \u201c QuAI<\/a>\u201d AI<\/span> deve\u00adlo\u00adper package.<\/p>\n

The TS-1677X<\/span> includes models with AMD<\/span> Ryzen 7 1700 (8\u2011co\u00adre\u00ads\/16-threads), AMD<\/span> Ryzen 5 1600 (6\u2011co\u00adre\u00ads\/12-threads) and AMD<\/span> Ryzen 3 1200 (4\u2011cores\/4\u2011threads) that sup\u00adport AES-NI<\/span> encryp\u00adti\u00adon acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon and up to 64 GB<\/span> DDR4<\/span> RAM<\/span>. Every model pro\u00advi\u00addes two 10GBASE<\/span>\u2011T RJ45<\/span> ports (that sup\u00adport 10G<\/span>\/5G<\/span>\/2.5G<\/span>\/1G<\/span>\/100M<\/span> speeds) and three PCIe slots for incre\u00addi\u00adble expan\u00adsi\u00adon poten\u00adti\u00adal. Sup\u00adport\u00aded PCIe devices include a gra\u00adphics card, 10GbE\/40GbE NICs, USB<\/span> 3.1 expan\u00adsi\u00adon cards, and QM2<\/span> cards (that add addi\u00adtio\u00adnal M.2 SSDs or 10GbE con\u00adnec\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty). Incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adting incre\u00addi\u00adble per\u00adfor\u00admance, relia\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty and sca\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty, the TS-1677X<\/span> pro\u00advi\u00addes an excep\u00adtio\u00adnal sto\u00adrage solu\u00adti\u00adon for diver\u00adse busi\u00adness IT<\/span> environments.<\/p>\n

Facing the boo\u00adming arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence, QNAP<\/span>\u2019s new\u00adly deve\u00adlo\u00adped \u201cQuAI\u201d AI<\/span> deve\u00adlo\u00adper packa\u00adge can empower the TS-1677X<\/span> NAS<\/span> to per\u00adform as an AI<\/span>\/ML<\/span>\/DL<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adon. Data sci\u00aden\u00adtists and deve\u00adlo\u00adpers can levera\u00adge the NAS-based AI<\/span> plat\u00adform to quick\u00adly build, train, opti\u00admi\u00adze, and deploy machi\u00adne-lear\u00adning models. When used with a high-end gra\u00adphics card, the TS-1677X<\/span> deli\u00advers incre\u00addi\u00adble com\u00adpu\u00adting per\u00adfor\u00admance to empower data-inten\u00adsi\u00adve machi\u00adne lear\u00adning appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, pro\u00advi\u00adding imme\u00ada\u00adsura\u00adble bene\u00adfits for explo\u00adring intel\u00adli\u00adgent ser\u00advices and the gre\u00adat busi\u00adness value they can provide.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The TS-1677X<\/span> NAS<\/span> fea\u00adtures flag\u00adship-gra\u00adde hard\u00adware to deli\u00adver the 10GbE con\u00adnec\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty and PCIe expan\u00adda\u00adbili\u00adty requi\u00adred by today\u2019s com\u00adpu\u00adte-inten\u00adsi\u00adve work\u00adplaces, and empowers AI-ori\u00aden\u00adted tasks for grea\u00adter busi\u00adness poten\u00adti\u00adal,\u201d said Jason Hsu, Pro\u00adduct Mana\u00adger of QNAP<\/span>, adding \u201cThe robust TS-1677X<\/span> series includes models with hig\u00adher-per\u00adfor\u00admance AMD<\/span> Ryzen 7, cost-effec\u00adti\u00adve AMD<\/span> Ryzen 5, and bud\u00adget-fri\u00adend\u00adly AMD<\/span> Ryzen 3 opti\u00adons to pro\u00advi\u00adde orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons with grea\u00adter choice to meet their requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mul\u00adti-thre\u00ada\u00adding TS-1677X<\/span> is capa\u00adble of simul\u00adta\u00adneous\u00adly run\u00adning mul\u00adti\u00adple vir\u00adtu\u00adal machi\u00adnes. It is vir\u00adtua\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon-rea\u00addy for VMware\u00ae, Citrix\u00ae, Micro\u00adsoft\u00ae Hyper\u2011V\u00ae and Win\u00addows Ser\u00adver\u00ae 2016 envi\u00adron\u00adments with the sup\u00adport of iSER (iSCSI Over RDMA<\/span>). It can host vir\u00adtu\u00adal machi\u00adnes and con\u00adtai\u00adners as an effi\u00adci\u00adent all-in-one ser\u00adver, and sup\u00adport snapshots and vir\u00adtu\u00adal machi\u00adne back\u00adups for all-in-one vir\u00adtua\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon manage\u00adment. The TS-1677X<\/span> also sup\u00adports vQTS<\/a> that enables users to run mul\u00adti\u00adple vir\u00adtu\u00adal QTS<\/span> sys\u00adtems on a sin\u00adgle NAS<\/span>, to pro\u00advi\u00adde resour\u00adce segre\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon bene\u00adfits, fle\u00adxi\u00adble appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon deploy\u00adment, and savings on power, cost, and phy\u00adsi\u00adcal space.<\/p>\n

Com\u00adbi\u00adning high per\u00adfor\u00admance, sto\u00adrage poten\u00adti\u00adal, and SSD<\/span> caching to opti\u00admi\u00adze music strea\u00adming, the TS-1677X<\/span> ser\u00adves a per\u00adfect choice for the opti\u00admum Roon music expe\u00adri\u00adence. Users can install the Roon Ser\u00adver app in the QTS<\/span> App Cen\u00adter and easi\u00adly brow\u00adse and play music with Roon apps on any com\u00adpa\u00adti\u00adble device for mul\u00adti-zone mul\u00adti\u00adme\u00addia experiences.<\/p>\n

Run\u00adning the intel\u00adli\u00adgent QTS<\/span> ope\u00adra\u00adting sys\u00adtem, the TS-1677X<\/span> series is a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve sto\u00adrage solu\u00adti\u00adon for data sto\u00adrage, backup\/restoration, sha\u00adring and manage\u00adment. The built-in App Cen\u00adter includes hundreds of install-on-demand apps to extend NAS<\/span> func\u00adtion\u00ada\u00adli\u00adty: the QRM<\/span>+ cen\u00adtra\u00adli\u00adzed manage\u00adment solu\u00adti\u00adon fea\u00adtures gra\u00adphic topo\u00adlo\u00adgy dia\u00adgrams for mana\u00adging Win\u00addows\u00ae, Linux\u00ae, and IPMI<\/span> devices; Q\u2019center con\u00adso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adtes the manage\u00adment of mul\u00adti\u00adple QNAP<\/span> NAS<\/span>; QVPN<\/span> inte\u00adgra\u00adtes set\u00adtings of VPN<\/span> ser\u00adver and VPN<\/span> cli\u00adents; QVR<\/span> Pro pro\u00advi\u00addes a pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal video sur\u00adveil\u00adlan\u00adce solu\u00adti\u00adon (8 free chan\u00adnels; expan\u00adda\u00adble to 128 chan\u00adnels); QIoT Suite Lite builds a pri\u00adva\u00adte IoT cloud plat\u00adform; and much more.<\/p>\n

Key spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons<\/strong><\/p>\n