New qnap qm2 pcie cards with capacity for up to four ssd m.2 disks

QNAP has announced the launch of new PCIe expansion cards in the QNAP QM2 range , allowing the installation of up to four SSD storage units based on the M.2 interface. These cards also allow you to expand storage without taking up any 3.5-inch disk drive bay.

New QNAP QM2 PCIe Cards Announced, All Features

The new QNAP QM2 cards are compatible with M.2 SSD drives based on both the SATA III bus and the PCI Express 3.0 x4 bus, which means that we can mount from basic models to the most advanced with the NVMe protocol. These SSDs can be used to allow caching of the SSD, increasing IOPS performance, or to create a tiered automated storage volume for optimal storage performance. They also support RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10, to provide redundancy against possible hardware failure.

These new QNAP QM2 cards are compatible with a wide variety of QNAP NAS models. Its thermal sensors allow real-time monitoring of the M.2 SSD temperature, the manufacturer also includes a heatsink, which includes a fan with intelligent operation, to achieve the maximum possible silence.

These QM2 cards include advanced models with additional 10GASE-T 10GbE connectivity, something that helps improve overall NAS performance while providing an affordable expansion path for 10GbE network adoption.

Main specifications of the new QNAP QM2 cards:

Model	Description	PCIe and Lines
QM2-4S-240	SATA Quad M.2 2280 SSD Expansion Card	4x PCIe Gen2
QM2-4P-284	PCIe NVMe Quad M.2 2280 SSD Expansion Card	8x PCIe Gen2
QM2-4P-342	PCIe NVMe Quad M.2 2280 SSD Expansion Card	4x PCIe Gen3
QM2-4P-384	PCIe NVMe Quad M.2 2280 SSD Expansion Card	8x PCIe Gen3