• Drag and drop file saving, right out of the box
• USB powered
• Fast data transfer with USB 3.0 connectivity

• Up to 1,000 hours of digital video
• Up to 250 two-hour DVD films
• Up to 320,000 digital photos
• Up to 16,660 hours of digital music

• Simply plug the included USB cable into your computer – no external power supply is needed.
• The drive is automatically recognised by the Windows operating system – no software to install and nothing to configure.
• Drag and drop to save files to the Expansion portable drive.
• Built-in power management automatically ensures energy-efficient operation

• Enterprise-class U.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Gen 3.0 x4 SSD
• High Performance over 3GB/s
• Predictable Low-latency and High I/O Consistency

• Able to achieve maximum line rate of Thunderbolt 3
• Two optical SFP+ LC modules included
• US model: includes 110V power cord
• EU model: includes CEE 7/7 (SHUKO) power cord and BS 1363 UK10 power cord
• Dual port 40Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 with DisplayPort and device daisy-chain support
• Exclusive Advanced Data Streaming (ADS™) Technology
• Auto negotiation to 16Gb, 8Gb, 4Gb devices
• Supports Windows® 10, 8.1, 7 (Planned support for Mac® platforms)
• ATTO ConfigTool™, a Graphical User Interface, for customized performance settings
• 3-year standard product warranty
• RoHS Compliant
• Kensington Security Slot for additional security

• Provides two built-in 10GbE SFP+ ports and pre-installed with a dual-port 10GbE RJ45 adapter for bandwidth-demanding applications.
• SSD cache acceleration improves random read/write performance to meet IPOS-demanding applications.
• Supports virtualization storage for VMware®, Citrix®, Microsoft® Hyper-V® and Windows Server® 2019, and hosts virtual machines and containers.
• Supports block-based and file-based cloud storage gateways with local cache for low-latency access to cloud data.
• (This feature will be available in QTS hero soon.)
• QTS App Center includes feature-rich apps for expanding NAS applications without extra costs.
• Comprehensive security management, providing a NAS security portal to help you to stay informed of NAS status at all times.

• USB-C AND USB-A COMPATIBLE 
• USB POWER DELIVERY FOR COMPATIBLE LAPTOPS
• UP TO 10TB OF STORAGE
• STYLISH ALUMINUM DESIGN
• FORMATTED FOR MAC, AND EASILY REFORMATTED FOR WINDOWS
• APPLE TIME MACHINE READY
• ALL CABLES INCLUDED
• 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY

SSD Cache leverages the high speed and low latency of solid state drives in delivering faster read performance where it counts most – in high demand, vital data that must be accessed frequently. The feature helps users to better cope with high I/O loads and growing storage capacity requirements while dramatically boosting performance. SSD Cache presents particularly attractive advantages in read traffic-intensive environments, for example online transaction processing (OLTP) and email (Microsoft Exchange).

Proprietary Infortrend SSD Cache technology allows up to four SSDs per controller to be used as a high speed cache, with sizes of up to 3.2TB. This large cache capacity offers ample room for essential data and applications, which can be allocated to the SSD Cache pool. In terms of IOPS,  SSD Cache runs up to 16 times faster than systems without SSD Cache in tests, and further reduces response time by as much as 88% in the same test.

his PCIe USB 3.1 Gen 2 card installs into an available PCI-Express slot in your computer and enables you to upgrade your current system by adding two USB-C™ (10Gbps) ports.

Also known as USB 3.2 Gen 2x1, this USB 3.1 Gen 2 card adds two 10Gbps USB Type-C™ ports to your computer.

Utilizing an ASMedia ASM3142 chipset, this card harnesses the speed of USB 3.1 Gen 2. With higher data throughput support, this USB 3.1 Gen 2 PCIe expansion card is a necessity for external drives and many other USB 3.1 Gen 2 peripherals and includes an optional SATA power connector for high power devices. 

The card is backward compatible with USB 3.0 (5Gbps) and USB 2.0 (480mbps) devices. The card works with newer USB-C devices, but can easily support your existing USB-A peripherals using inexpensive USB Type C cables and adapters. See our Accessories Tab for supported options. 

The USB 3.1 card is compatible with Windows®, Linux® and macOS® operating systems. The card includes both standard-profile and low-profile brackets to install in various form-factor PCs and servers. 

StarTech.com conducts thorough compatibility and performance testing on all our products to ensure we are meeting or exceeding industry standards and providing high-quality products to IT Professionals. Our local StarTech.com Technical Advisors have broad product expertise and work directly with our StarTech.com Engineers to provide support for our customers both pre and post-sales.  

What are the Hardware Specifications of the QNAP TS-451DeU NAS?

Let’s get straight to the good stuff – the hardware. When I first got wind of the QNAP TS-451DeU, if I am honest, I was a little ‘meh’. Compact/half depth NAS devices always seem to focus more on the space saved, than the hardware gained. Previous ‘eU’ rackmount NAS devices have seemingly been a little underwhelming when compared with spending just a £100-150 more and getting something a little more established (such as the TS-453BU). However, in the case of the TS-451DeU QNAP NAS, I was genuinely surprised at just how much GOOD HARDWARE there is inside available to you. You can see alot of long term choice has been put into this NAS development, taking advantage of a new processor revision inside, as well as upping the ante with the network connectivity, there is a heck of alot crammed into this 1U height, half-depth (12 inches – compared with the 19/20 inch depth of most rackmount NAS) device:

• Intel Celeron J4025
• 2.0GHz (Burst to 2.9Ghz)
• Dual-Core Processor
• Intel UHD Embedded Graphics 600
• 2GB/4GB DDR4 SODIMM RAM (2 slots, max 8GB)
• 2 x 2.5GbE Ports
• 2 x M.2 2280 SATA SSD slots internally
• USB 3.1 Ports for Storage Expandability with the TR-004U
• 4-Bay SATA Storage
• Half Depth (12″)

• Supports 8K monitor via the full size 4-lane DP 1.4 port!
• Power your hosts up to 85W with Thunderbolt™ 3
• Up to 112TB of raw capacity with Pegasus32 R8
• BLAZING SPEED UP TO 40Gbps, ROCK-SOLID HW RAID5+ PROTECTION. HOT-SWAP 7200 rpm HDDs.

Why is the QNAP TS-x53D NAS Series Such a BIG Deal?

The new TS-X53D series of NAS from QNAP is going to serve as the next hardware step in the ’53’ family from QNAP. First released back in 2014, with the TS-x53 Pro range, the 53 series of NAS has always been designed with the ides of being a flagship series of devices that will benefit mid-range business users and performance-hungry home users with a solution that gives you the best of what’s possible with network-attached storage. Typically arriving with hardware that is at the cutting edge of release in its bracket, at a price point that low enough to be affordable, but high enough to maintain your confidence of it being a rugged, reliable and secure product. The TS-x53Pro gave way to the TS-x53A, then the TS-X53B and TS-X53Be. This was not a quick innovation and development spanned almost 7-8 years across these releases. Each tier arriving with the best possible hardware at the time for mid-range NAS buyers to enjoy every single avenue of data access natively. Which brings us to 2020 with the TS-253D 2-Bay, TS-453D 4- Bay and TS-653D 6-Bay NAS Drive. Following in the footsteps of their predecessors, they arrive with one of the very latest Intel Celeron CPUs (a processor family selected for the 53 series because of a balanced price point vs performance 24×7), hardware additions to stay ahead of the curve of how we use our data, several means of upgrading the device in its lifespan and a very, very functional base to support numerous first-party/third-party applications to a high extent simultaneously. That’s why the TS-x53D is such a big deal, because each generation of this series has opened the door to users being able to store and/or access their data in the best way possible. Big words, sure, so let’s take a look at the specifications to see if you agree.