Qnap has presented its new 25 gbe nic with smartnic connectx chip

Today, QNAP has presented two innovative network card models, one with a speed of 25 GbE and two network ports, and the other with 10 GbE and also two ports. These new NICs feature a Mellanox SmartNIC ConnectX-4Lx chip.

Speed ​​and performance for our PC and NAS

QNAP certainly demonstrates that it is a leading NAS and network solutions company with the arrival of innovative and high-performance devices to the market. These two new models, the 25GbE QXG-25G2SF-CX4 and the 10GbE QXG-10G2SF-CX4, dramatically improve file transfer speeds and are also compatible with iSER, the iSCSI extension for RDMA, and thus optimize virtualization with VMware.

These two models have a PCI-Express 3.0 x8 interface and are of course compatible with Windows and Linux, and also with the NAS of the brand. Computers such as the TS-x83XU, TVS-x72XU, and TVS-x77TU with 10GbE SFP + ports will be able to achieve maximum performance with these cards, ready for Big Data, AI, and virtualization through high-performance SSDs that will provide services to through a network as if we had a physical team at our side.

The QXG-25G2SF-CX4 is the more powerful of the two, with a Mellanox SmartNIC ConnectX-4Lx chip, and two SFP28 fiber ports at a rate of 25 Gigabits per second. The second QXG-10G2SF-CX4 model also has the same chip specification, and two 10GbE SFP + ports. Both cards support Mellanox QTS 4.3.6 or higher controllers to be compatible with QNAP NAS.

These two cards will be available on the brand's official website, and we can also see a more detailed description of the products in the video they have made for their presentation. The starting price of the QXG-25G2SF-CX4 card will be $ 287, and the QXG-10G2SF-CX4 will be $ 267. Taking into account the benefits of the same, they are quite affordable prices for companies and professionals who need maximum speed in their virtualization servers and NAS system based on SSD.

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