QNAP TVS-h1688X-W1250-32G 16 Bay NAS Enclosure
The high-capacity TVS-h1688X features a powerful Intel® Xeon® W processor and allows for installing two QNAP QXP-T32P Thunderbolt™ 3 PCIe expansion cards (sold separately) to attain four Thunderbolt™ 3 ports, making it a perfect match for Thunderbolt™-equipped Mac® and Windows® users for high-speed media collaboration. The built-in 10GbE and 2.5GbE connectivity supports Port Trunking and failover to further satisfy bandwidth and reliability demanding business applications. Running the ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system, the TVS-h1688X supports block-level inline data deduplication and compression, near-limitless snapshots, real-time SnapSync, and read/write cache technologies, helping your business achieve reliable service-level agreement performance, from creative workflows to file server, virtualization server, and efficient file backup and recovery applications.
High-speed Thunderbolt™ 3
Attain quad-port Thunderbolt™ 3 connectivity by installing two QXP-T32P expansion cards in the PCIe Gen 3 x4 slots.
Note: QXP-T32P expansion cards are sold separately
10GbE/2.5GbE connectivity
Two 10GBASE-T and four 2.5GbE LAN ports accelerate virtualization, intensive file access, large backup/restoration tasks, and media transfer.
Flexible PCIe expansion
PCIe slots allow for installing 5/10/25/40GbE adapters, QM2 cards, or graphics cards to increase application performance.
4K HDMI output
4K media playback and real-time transcoding; directly output videos to an HDMI display (up to 4K @30Hz).
Virtualization applications
Supports virtual machines and containerized apps, centralized storage, backup, sharing, disaster recovery, and storage expansion.
Cloud storage gateway
Cloud storage gateways realize hybrid cloud applications by working with the cache space reserved on NAS to ensure low-latency data access to the cloud.
TVS-h1688X-W1250-32G
Intel® Xeon® W-1250 6-core/12-thread processor, up to 4.7 GHz, 32GB ECC UDIMM DDR4 (2 x 16 GB)
| CPU | Intel® Xeon® W-1250 6-core/12-thread processor, up to 4.7 GHz |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit x86 |
| Graphic Processors | Intel® UHD Graphics P630 |
| Floating Point Unit | Yes |
| Encryption Engine | (AES-NI) |
| Hardware-accelerated Transcoding | Yes |
| System Memory | 32GB ECC UDIMM DDR4 (2 x 16 GB) |
| Maximum Memory | 128 GB (4 x 32 GB) |
| Memory Slot | 4 x UDIMM DDR4 For dual-DIMM configurations, you must use a pair of identical DDR4 modules. |
| Flash Memory | 5GB (Dual boot OS protection) |
| Drive Bay | 12 x 3.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s + 4 x 2.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s The system is shipped without HDD.
For the HDD compatibility list, please |
| Drive Compatibility | 3.5-inch bays:
3.5-inch SATA hard disk drives
2.5-inch SATA hard disk drives
2.5-inch SATA solid state drives
2.5-inch bays:
2.5-inch SATA solid state drives |
| Hot-swappable | Yes |
| M.2 Slot | 2 x M.2 22110/2280 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 slots |
| SSD Cache Acceleration Support | Yes |
| GPU pass-through | Yes |
| 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Port (2.5G/1G/100M) | 4 (2.5G/1G/100M/10M) |
| 5 Gigabit Ethernet Port (5G/2.5G/1G/100M) | Optional via an adapter |
| 10 Gigabit Ethernet Port | 2 x 10GBASE-T (10G/1G) |
| 25 Gigabit Ethernet Port | Optional via an adapter |
| Wake on LAN (WOL) | Only the 2.5GbE port |
| Jumbo Frame | Yes |
| Thunderbolt Port | Optional via the QXP-T32P 2-port Thunderbolt 3 PCIe adapter |
| PCIe Slot | 3
Slot 1: PCIe Gen3 x8
Slot 2: PCIe Gen3 x4
Slot 3: PCIe Gen3 x4 *Slot 1 is preinstalled with a 2-port 10GbE network adapter.
Card dimensions for PCIe slot 1：260 x 111.15 x 37.52 mm / 10.25 x 4.38 x 1.48 inches.
Card dimensions for PCIe slot 2：150 x 68.9 x 18.76 mm / 5.90 x 2.71 x 0.74 inches.
Card dimensions for PCIe slot 3：150 x 68.9 x 18.76 mm / 5.90 x 2.71 x 0.74 inches.
Wider cards can be installed if the next PCIe slot will not be used. |
| USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) Port | 2 x Type-C
4 x Type-A |
| HDMI Output | 1, HDMI 1.4b (up to 4096 x 2160 @ 30Hz) |
| Audio Input | - (No longer available on units manufactured on or after 2021/1/1) |
| Audio Output | - (The line out jack and speaker are no longer available on units manufactured on or after 2021/1/1) |
| Form Factor | Tower |
| LED Indicators | System status, LAN, USB, Disk 1~16, M.2 SSD 1~2 |
| LCD Display/ Button | Yes |
| Buttons | Power, Reset, USB Auto Copy |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 303.84 × 369.89 × 319.8 mm |
| Weight (Net) | 13.41 kg |
| Weight (Gross) | 16.3 kg |
| Operating Temperature | 0 - 40°C (32°F - 104°F) |
| Storage Temperature | -20 - 70°C (-4°F - 158°F) |
| Relative Humidity | 5-95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C (80.6˚F) |
| Power Supply Unit | 550W PSU, 100~240V |
| Power Consumption: HDD Sleep Mode | 91.26 W |
| Power Consumption: Operating Mode, Typical | 108.67 W Tested with drives fully populated. |
| Fan | System fan: 3 x 80mm, 12VDC
CPU fan: 2 x 97mm, 12VDC |
| System Warning | Buzzer |
| Kensington Security Slot | Yes |
| Max. Number of Concurrent Connections (CIFS) - with Max. Memory | 10000 |
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