Qnap presents its new range of products with the ts-2888x, guardian qgd

Another manufacturer that has brought more novelties at this CES 2019 is QNAP, presenting us with a wide range of products and software, among which its new QNAP NAS TS-2888X prepared for artificial intelligence, the NAS PoE Guardian QGD 1600P Switch and it is not forgotten either. of Apple users with the new NAS Qulala. All of these and more are news from the specialist network and storage manufacturer.

QNAP NAS TS-2888X, the high-performance NAS prepared for Artificial Intelligence

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This new NAS is designed and optimized for use with AI as it promises an improvement in environments with large computing capabilities with GPU. This product implements software developed by QuAI optimized for these AI tasks and open source tool that include TensorFlow, AlexNet and FaceNet among other utilities. This monster NAS teams an Intel Xeon W processor with 18 cores and 36 threads of processing at a frequency of 4.5 GHz, along with 512 GB of RAM memory DDR4 ECC RDIMM at 2666MHz.

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In addition to this, the brand has also unveiled another deep learning-oriented package called OpenVINO to integrate with OpenVINO's Intel Distribution tools.

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A new hybrid cloud experience with HS-453DX and NASbook TBS-453DX

In addition to the previous product, we also have news when it comes to hybrid cloud storage. The two solutions presented have a speed of 10 Gb Ethernet. First, we have the HS-453DX multimedia NAS model, which implements two SATA hard drive bays and two other M.2 slots for SATA SSD drives. This model also has 4K HDMI 2.0 output.

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For its part, the NASbook TBS-453DX is entirely designed for solid storage drives with four M.2 SATA SSD slots. These solutions will allow us to access almost unlimited cloud storage at high speed and with maximum availability.

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Guardian QGD-1600P, the new PoE switch that integrates NAS

One of the most relevant models without a doubt is this Switch Guardian QGD-1600D that also integrates NAS for cloud storage. This Switch features an Intel Celeron J4105 processor, two 2.5-inch SATA bays, two PCIe slots, and an HDMI output.

As management software they have installed a QTS operating system with App Center to manage container-based applications, virtual machines and video surveillance through IP cameras.

As we mentioned, in addition to NAS functionality it is physically a Switch, which has no less than 16 Ethernet ports managed by a Microchip VSC7425 under the IEEE 802.3bt standard. The PoE power reaches up to 90 W, it is also compatible with VLAN and QoS.

Apple users also have news

The presentation program ends with Qulala, a gadget device for Apple environments where you can store high-speed backups with 10 GbE ports. The unit also equips a Lightning cable to connect iOS devices.

Another model specially oriented for Thunderbolt users is the TVS-x72XT NAS, which also has 10 GbE connectivity and the famous Thunderbolt port in version 3.

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We finish with a new TR-004 3.0 RAID USB Expansion Unit that provides QNAP NAS and Mac computers the ability to scale storage for expansion.

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Without a doubt, the manufacturer has brought us a lot of news to this 2019 event, with interesting options for Apple users, AI environments and security and surveillance. In networks, being at the forefront is a compulsory subject for all major manufacturers, and much more so with the strength of Artificial Intelligence infrastructures.

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