Description
TS-h973AX-32G
Enhance business productivity using the quad-core 9-bay QuTS hero NAS that supports U.2 NVMe SSD and 10GbE/2.5GbE connectivity
Features
Featuring an AMD Ryzen™ V1000 series V1500B quad-core processor and 10GbE/2.5GbE connectivity, the 9-bay TS-h973AX packs a high-capacity hybrid storage infrastructure into a compact physical footprint. With five 3.5-inch SATA 6Gbps drive bays, two 2.5-inch U.2 NVMe SSD slots (Slot 1 & 2 support both U.2 NVMe and SATA SSDs ), and two 2.5-inch SATA 6Gbps SSD slots, the TS-h973AX can benefit from SSD caching to boost IOPS-intensive applications. With the ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system, the TS-h973AX ensures data integrity and supports block-level inline data deduplication and compression, near-limitless snapshots, and real-time SnapSync to satisfy mission-critical file servers, virtualization servers, collaborative video editing, and efficient data backup and recovery with business-class performance, job reliability, and lower overall cost.
- Optimized SSD performance and lifespan : Install high-performance U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4 SSDs or SATA 6Gb/s SSDs in the dedicated SSD slots for cache acceleration and improved random I/O.
- 10GbE/2.5GbE connectivity : One 10GBASE-T Multi-Gig and two 2.5GbE LAN ports accelerate virtualization, intensive file access, large backup/restoration tasks, and media transfer.
- SaaS backup and recovery : Experience a business-class backup center, supporting backup/restore of cloud data and VMs (including Google™ Workspace, Microsoft 365®, VMware® and Hyper-V).
- Virtualization applications : Host multiple virtual machines and containers to run a wide range of applications on the TS-h973AX.
- 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.
- Flexible storage expansion : Flexibly scale your total storage capacity to match your business growth by connecting USB expansion enclosures (TR series JBOD).
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Specification
Hardware Specs
| CPU | AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1500B 4-core/8-thread 2.2 GHz processor |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit x86 |
| Floating Point Unit | Yes |
| Encryption Engine | Yes (AES-NI) |
| System Memory | 32 GB SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 16 GB) |
| Maximum Memory | 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) |
| Memory Slot |
2 x SODIMM DDR4 Support optional ECC memory
For dual-DIMM configuration, you must use a pair of identical DDR4 modules. |
| Flash Memory | 5GB (Dual boot OS protection) |
| Drive Bay |
5 x 3.5-inch + 4 x 2.5-inch
The system is shipped without HDD/SSD. |
| 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 bay #1 & #2 support either U.2 NVMe SSDs or SATA 6Gb/s SSDs. |
| Hot-swappable | Yes |
| SSD Cache Acceleration Support | Yes |
| 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Port (2.5G/1G/100M) | 2 (2.5G/1G/100M) |
| 5 Gigabit Ethernet Port (5G/2.5G/1G/100M) | Optional via the QNA-UC5G1T USB to 5GbE network adapter |
| 10 Gigabit Ethernet Port | 1 x 10GBASE-T (10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M) |
| Wake on LAN (WOL) | Yes |
| Jumbo Frame | Yes |
| USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) Port |
1 x Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 3 x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 2 |
| Form Factor | Tower |
| LED Indicators | HDD 1-5, SSD 1-4, Power/Status, LAN, USB |
| Buttons | Power, Reset, USB Copy |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 182.65 × 224.6 × 224.1 mm |
| Weight (Net) | 3.52 kg |
| Weight (Gross) | 5.12 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 | External, 120 W, AC 100 to 240 V |
| Power Consumption: HDD Sleep Mode | 41.2 W |
| Power Consumption: Operating Mode, Typical |
55.41 W
Tested with drives fully populated. |
| Fan | 1 x 140mm, 12VDC |
| System Warning | Buzzer |
| Kensington Security Slot | Yes |
| Max. Number of Concurrent Connections (CIFS) – with Max. Memory | 2000 |
Software Specs
| Operating System |
QTS 5.0.1 |
| Supported Client Operating Systems |
|
| Supported Browsers |
|
| Supported Languages |
Chinese (Traditional & Simplified), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, and Turkish |
| Storage Pool |
Yes |
| SED Storage Pool |
Yes |
| Maximum Pool size |
308 TB |
| Maximum number of storage pool |
128 |
| Volume Type |
Thick, Thin, Static |
| Maximum volume size |
250 TB Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required. |
| Maximum number of volume |
128 |
| Maximum shared folder size |
250 TB |
| Maximum number of shared folder |
512 |
| JBOD Expansion |
Yes |
| VJBOD / VJBOD Cloud |
Yes |
| iSCSI Service |
Yes |
| Fibre Channel Service |
Yes |
| LUN Type |
Thick, Thin |
| File-based iSCSI LUN |
Yes |
| Block-based iSCSI LUN |
Yes |
| Maximum LUN size |
250 TB Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required. |
| Maximum number of targets LUN |
128 |
| LUN feature |
|
| Auto Tiering |
Yes Requires minimum 2GB memory. |
| RAID Type |
|
| RAID Group |
Yes To ensure data security, system stability, and storage performance, the maximum number of drives for a single RAID group is now 16 (applicable to RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID TP, and subgroups of RAID 50 and RAID 60). Nevertheless, users can combine multiple RAID groups into a large storage pool that contains more than 16 drives, using RAID 50, RAID 60, or RAID 10 as the RAID configuration. This enhancement will only be applied to new RAID groups. All existing RAID groups and storage systems will not be affected. |
| RAID Level Migration |
Yes |
| RAID Expansion (by adding Disk) |
Yes |
| RAID Expansion (by replacing bigger Disks) |
Yes |
| Storage Pool Expansion (by adding RAID Group) |
Yes |
| RAID Hot Spare |
Global, Local |
| RAID Sync/Rebuild/Scrubbing |
Yes |
| Internal drive |
EXT4 |
| External drive |
EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+, and exFAT (optional for ARM model) Note: To use exFat in certain models you must purchase an exFAT driver license from License Center. |
| Disk, Enclosure Locate |
Yes |
| Disk S.M.A.R.T. Scan |
Yes |
| Disk S.M.A.R.T. Data Migration |
Yes |
| Ironwolf Health Management |
Yes |
| Secure Erase |
Yes |
| SSD Trim |
Yes |
| SSD Life Estimation |
Yes |
| Disk Roaming |
Yes |
| Disk Standby |
Yes |
| Volume Snapshot |
Yes |
| LUN Snapshot |
Yes |
| Maximum Snapshot (Per System) | |
| Maximum Snapshot (Per Volume / LUN) | |
| Minimum Snapshot Interval |
5 minutes |
| Snapshot Retention Policy |
Yes |
| Self-serve Snapshot Recovery |
Yes |
| Application Consisted Snapshot |
Yes |
| Snapshot Full Clone |
Yes |
| Snapshot Replica / Vault |
Yes |
| SSD read-only Cache |
Yes |
| SSD read-write cache |
Yes |
| SSD write-only cache |
Yes |
| SSD Cache Maximum Size | |
| SSD Cache RAID |
0, 1, 5, 6, 10 |
| SSD profiling tool |
Yes |
| External Device Management |
Yes |
| Mount Smart Phone (MTP) |
Yes |
| External RAID Device (QNAP so on) Management (External Device Mode) |
Yes |
| External RAID Device (QNAP so on) Management (NAS Mode) |
Yes |
| File Server |
|
| FTP Server |
|
| Maximum FTP connection |
1024 |
| File Station (Web) |
Yes |
| Object Storage |
Yes |
| Local user account |
4,096 |
| Local group account |
512 |
| Domain user/group account |
200,000 |
| Domain Security |
Yes |
| Domain Controller |
Yes |
| Shared folder permission |
Yes |
| Advanced folder permission |
Yes, (AFP, CIFS/SMB, FTP, and File Station) |
| Windows ACL |
Yes, (CIFS/SMB) |
| User quota |
Yes |
| Group quota |
Yes |
| Folder quota |
Yes, (Snapshot shared folder) |
| Home folder |
Yes |
| Resource Monitor |
Yes |
| SNMP |
V2, V3 |
| Network recycle bin |
|
| System Log & Notification Center |
Log recording: 3,000 event per second |
| Smart Fan |
Yes |
| Schedule on/off |
Yes |
| Internet protocol |
IPv4, IPv6 |
| Virtual Switch |
Yes |
| Port trunking |
Yes, (7 modes) |
| VLAN |
Yes |
| DHCP Server |
Yes |
| DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Service) |
Yes |
| Network access protection with auto-blocking |
SSH, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP, CIFS/SMB, and AFP |
| Security Counselor |
Yes |
| Malware Remover |
Yes |
| AES 256-bit Volume Encryption validated by FIPS 140-2 CAVP |
Yes |
| 2-step verification |
Yes |
| Allow/Deny List |
Yes |
| Access Protection |
Yes |
| Service binding |
Yes |
| Firewall |
Yes |
| VMware vSphere Ready |
Yes |
| Windows Server certifcated |
Yes |
| Citrix Ready |
Yes |
| vSphere Web Client Plug-in |
Yes |
| VMware vSphere VAAI for iSCSI |
Yes |
| VMware vSphere VAAI for NAS |
Yes |
| Windows ODX |
Yes |
| Windows/VMware Snapshot Agent |
Yes |
| HTTP/HTTPS Connections |
TLS 1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3 |
| Supports WebDAV Connection |
Yes |
| Supports Virtual Hosts |
32 |
| Qsync |
Yes Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. |
| [Qsync] Management Mode |
User customization, Central |
| [Qsync] Qsync client supported platforms |
Windows, macOS, Ubuntu, Android, and iOS |
| [Qsync] Maximum number of version control |
64 |
| HybridMount |
Yes Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. |
| [HybridMount] File Cloud Gateway |
Concurrent Connections = 20 Upload & 20 Download |
| [HybridMount] Network Drive Mount |
Yes |
| [HybridMount] Free cloud gateway sessions |
2 |
| HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync) |
Yes Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. |
| [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] NAS to NAS backup |
Yes |
| [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Cloud Backup |
Yes |
| [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Cloud Sync |
Yes |
| [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] 2-way and Active Sync |
Yes |
| [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Backup Deduplication |
Yes |
| [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Apple Time Machine Backup |
Yes |
| [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] External drive backup |
Yes |
| [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Maximum number of backup job |
400 |
| Hyper Data Protector |
Yes |
| Boxafe |
Yes Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required. |
| [Boxafe] Office 365 Backup |
Yes |
| [Boxafe] Google Workspace Backup |
Yes |
| [Boxafe] Full-text search |
Yes |
| Qsirch |
Yes Note: This feature is supported by all QNAP NAS devices with at least 2 GB of memory |
| [Qsirch] Previews |
Photos, music, videos, PDFs, Gmail, and others |
| [Qsirch] Integrate Mac Finder |
Yes |
| [Qsirch] Advanced picture search |
Yes |
| [Qsirch] Search filters |
Yes |
| QuMagie |
Yes Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. |
| [QuMagie] Browse photos |
Yes |
| [QuMagie] Virtual and smart albums |
Yes |
| [QuMagie] AI-assisted photo management |
People, things, places, and others |
| Antivirus (free) |
Yes |
| McAfee (License) |
Yes |
| QVPN Service |
Yes Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. |
| [QVPN Service] Remote Access |
PPTP, L2TP/IPSec, OpenVPN, WireGuard, QBelt (QNAP proprietary) |
| [QVPN Service] Supportedd utility and mobile app |
Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android |
| [QVPN Service] Supported maximum clients |
100 |
| LDAP Server |
Yes |
| RADIUS |
Yes |
| SQL server |
Yes |
| License Center |
Yes |
| Multimedia Console |
Yes |
| Photo Station |
Yes |
| Music Station |
Yes |
| Video Station |
Yes |
| Download Station |
Yes |
| Notes Station |
Yes |
| Qfiling |
Yes |
| Media Streaming add-on |
Yes |
| QmailAgent |
Yes |
| QuWAN |
Yes |
| DA Driver Analyzer |
Yes |
| Q'center |
Yes Note: The application is available in the App Center and in virtual appliance marketplaces (VMware vSphere ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V). |
| Q'center Server |
Yes |
| Q'center Agent |
Yes |
| Connect to Q'center |
Yes |
| Virtualization Station |
Yes Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required. |
| [Virtualization Station] Supports Virtual machine instances |
Windows, Linux, Unix, and Android |
| [Virtualization Station] VM importing, exporting, cloning, snapshot capturing, backup, and restoration |
All function is Fine. |
| [Virtualization Station] Virtual switches |
Can create a virtual switch |
| [Virtualization Station] GPU pass-through |
Not support GPU |
| [Virtualization Station] Suggested number of virtual machine instances |
8 The actual number of virtual machine instances may vary by the memory installed on NAS (e.g. 1 VM= 1 thread for 1 vCPU and 1GB memory). Please expend memory if needed. |
| Container Station |
Yes Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. |
| [Container Station] Supported type |
LXC/LXD and Docker Note: LXD has been supported after Container Station 2.4 |
| [Container Station] Docker Hub Registry |
Yes |
| [Container Station] Container importing and exporting |
Yes |
| [Container Station] Console mode |
Yes |
| Linux Station |
Yes Notification: At least 4 GB RAM is required. |
| [Linux Station] Supports Ubuntu versions |
18.04, and 20.04 |
| Linux Station Center |
Yes |
| QVR Pro |
Yes Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required. The maximum number of channels supported varies by NAS model, network configuration, and camera settings. For more information, visit https://www.qnap.com/go/qvr-nas-selector. |
| [QVR Pro] Recording Technique |
Index database based |
| [QVR Pro] License Type |
Perpetual |
| [QVR Pro] User-defined trigger events |
Yes |
| [QVR Pro] Metadata |
Yes |
| [QVR Pro] QVR Pro Client (Desktop) |
Windows, macOS, and QNAP HybridDesk Station |
| [QVR Pro] QVR Pro Client (Mobile) |
Android and iOS |
| [QVR Pro] Recording camera streams |
H.264 |
| [QVR Pro] Free built-in camera channels |
8 |
| QVR Elite |
Yes Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. The maximum number of channels supported varies by NAS model, network configuration, and camera settings. For more information, visit https://www.qnap.com/go/qvr-nas-selector. |
| [QVR Elite] Recording Technique |
Standard MP4 file based |
| [QVR Elite] License Type |
Subscription-based |
| [QVR Elite] User-defined trigger events |
Yes |
| [QVR Elite] QVR Pro Client (Desktop) |
Windows, macOS, and QNAP HybridDesk Station |
| [QVR Elite] QVR Pro Client (Mobile) |
Android and iOS |
| [QVR Elite] Recording camera streams |
H.264 |
| [QVR Elite] Free built-in camera channels |
2 |
| QVR Pro Client |
Yes |
| [QVR Pro Client] Dynamic View Layout |
Yes |
| [QVR Pro Client] Windows |
Yes |
| [QVR Pro Client] Mac |
Yes |
| [QVR Pro Client] HybridDesktop |
Yes |
| [QVR Pro Client] iOS |
Yes |
| [QVR Pro Client] Android |
Yes |
| QVR Center |
Yes Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required. |
| [QVR Center] Log management |
Yes |
| [QVR Center] Central monitoring across multiple servers |
Yes |
| QVR Guard |
Yes Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required. |
| [QVR Guard] Failover design |
Yes |
| [QVR Guard] Viewing task details |
Yes |
| [QVR Guard] Automatic switch between Standby and Takeover modes |
Yes |
| QVR Human |
Yes |
| QVR Face |
Yes The maximum number of channels supported varies by NAS model, network configuration, and camera settings. For more information, visit https://www.qnap.com/solution/qvr-face/en-us/ |
| QVR DoorAccess |
Yes |
Package Contents
- TS-h973AX
- 10GBASE-T Ethernet cable x 1
- Power Cord x 1
- PWR-ADAPTER-120W-A01
- Flat head screw (for 2.5" HDD ) x 24
- Flat head screw (for 3.5" HDD) x 24
- Drive tray keys x 2
- Quick Installation Guide (QIG)
