The QM2 PCIe Expansion Card Gives Your NAS a Performance Boost! QM2-2S QM2-2P QM2-2S10G1T QM2-2P10G1T

The QM2 PCIe Expansion Card Gives Your NAS a Performance Boost! QM2-2S QM2-2P QM2-2S10G1T QM2-2P10G1T

QTS Supports SSD Cache Acceleration Accelerates IOPS performance and reduces latency SSD cache can be applied to all volumes and LUNs with a single setup process; this allows users to apply a global read-write cache on multiple volumes. Read Caching Read/Write Caching Read Write Total capacity = hard drive Application layer HDD STORAGE SSD STORAGE

QTS Supports Qtier 2.0 Auto-tiering Data can be stored in different tiers, and you get a performance boost Combining tiering on demand & I/O Aware flexibility for accelerating performance of key data and increase cost/performance ratio Tiering on Demand Qtier 2.0 Read /Write caching Sequential Random Hot data and reserved block Application layer HDD STORAGE SSD STORAGE Cold and archived data Total capacity = SSD +hard drive Total capacity = hard drive

M.2 SSD is Much Smaller and Thinner W 101.6 mm 3.5 HDD W 69.85 mm W 22 mm M.2 SSD M.2 2280 SSD (22 x 80 mm) M.2 22110 SSD (22 x 110 mm) H 147mm 2.5 SSD H 110 mm H 80 mm H 100.1 mm

M.2 SSD Enhances Key System Performance Read performance claimed by vendor 3.5' SATA III (6Gb/s) HDD 200 MB/s 1TB US $70 Limited by its mechanical nature; unable to reach SATA 6Gb/s performance M.2 SATA III (6Gb/s) SSD M.2 PCIe Gen 2 x4 (20Gb/s)SSD M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 (32Gb/s) SSD 550 MB/s 240GB US $130 1400 MB/s 240GB US $150 2700 MB/s 240GB US $150 *Based on NAS HDD and consumer SSD vendor data Source:Amazon.com (Dec, 2017)

Differences between M.2 SATA & PCIe SSDs M.2 SATA SSD B+M Key Interfaces Theoretical Speed M.2 SATA III Mainstream 6Gb/s M.2 PCIe Gen 2 x2 10Gb/s M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x2 16G/s M.2 PCIe SSD M.2 PCIe Gen 2 x4 20Gb/s M Key M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 Mainstream 32Gb/s

Models of QM2 PCIe Expansion Cards Bundled with heatsink and brackets that can be used on all NAS models Half-Height Half-Length (HHHL) PCIe expansion card QM2-2S 2 x M.2 22110 / 2280 SATA SSD slots QM2-2P 2 x M.2 22110 / 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD slots QM2-2S10G1T 2 x M.2 2280 SATA SSD slots 1 x 10GBASE-T 10GbE port QM2-2P10G1T 2 x M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD slots 1 x 10GBASE-T 10GbE port

QM2 Supports SSD Cache or Storage Space Flexibly configure M.2 SSD as cache or storage space! NVMe SSD as SSD cache only QNAP QM2 card 3 rd party NVMe SSD PCIe card

QM2-2S: 2 x M.2 SATA SSD Slots 157 mm 68.9 mm (10Gb/s) QM2-2S 2 x M.2 22110 / 2280 SATA SSD slots PCIe Gen2 x2 interface

QM2-2P: 2 x M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD Slots 157 mm (20Gb/s) 68.9 mm (20Gb/s) (20Gb/s) QM2-2P 2 x M.2 22110 / 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD slots PCIe Gen2 x4 interface

QM2-2S10G1T:2 x M.2 SATA SSD Slot + 10GBASE-T 157 mm (10Gb/s) 68.9 mm (10Gb/s) (20Gb/s) QM2-2S10G1T 2 x M.2 2280 SATA SSD slots 1 x 10GBASE-T 10GbE port PCIe Gen2 x4 interface

QM2-2P10G1T: 2 x M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD Slots + 10GBASE-T 157 mm (10Gb/s) (10Gb/s) 68.9 mm (10Gb/s) (20Gb/s) QM2-2P10G1T 2 x M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD slots 1 x 10GBASE-T 10GbE port PCIe Gen2 x4 interface

Add SSD Slots to NAS with a QM2 Card Install a QM2 card to NAS and enable SSD cache to enhance the performance without changing existing configurations Install a QM2 card with 10GbE port to achieve higher performance QM2 SSD RAID QM2 SSD RAID QM2-2S QM2-2S10G1T HDD RAID Integrated 10G SFP+ ports HDD RAID 10GBASE-T port TX-531X TVS-663

Combine Multiple QM2 Cards to Form a M.2 SSD RAID Multiple QM2 cards on the same NAS can form a RAID5/6 M.2 SSD RAID In QTS 4.3.4, you can freely upgrade a normal pool (configured after 4.2) to a Qtier pool without starting over QM2-2S10G1T QM2-2S QM2-2P QM2-2P10G1T QM2 SSD RAID

Use a QM2 card to Expand NAS with Native SSD Slots The M.2 SSD slots on a QM2 card can form a RAID 5/6 volume or cache with the native SSD slots/ports on the NAS QM2-2P QM2 SSD cache TVS-673 M.2 SSD RAID QM2-2S10G1T M.2 SATA SSD slots

Many Models Support a PCIe Gen 2 Slot Gen 2 x2 slot TS-531X, TS-831X TS-1635 TS-x31XU TS-x53B TS-x53BU Gen 2 x4 slot TS-531P TS-563, TVS-x63 TS-x63U TS-x70U QM2 card support Gen 2 x8 slot TS-x71 (1) TS-x70 TS-x79 * (1) is the NAS PCIe slot number

Models with a High-speed PCIe Gen3 Slot Gen 3 x4 slot TS-x71U (1) TS-x73 TS-x80U (1) Gen 3 x8 slot TS-x71 (2), TS-x71U (2) TS-x77 (1) TS-1282 (1) TS-x80, TS-x80U (2) TS-x89U (3,4,5) TS-1685 (1) QM2 card support Gen 3 x16 slot TS-682 (1), TS-882 (1) TDS-16489U (2) * (1) (2) (3) (4) is the NAS PCIe slot number

Live Demo: QM2 Card Installation Step Install heat pad and rubber feet on M.2 SSD Step 2 1 Step 3 Install the M.2 SSD onto the QM2 card Install the QM2 card on a NAS

Performance Demo 1: Accelerate the Performance of a 10GbE NAS TS-531X performance test - Integrated dual 10G SFP+ ports - One PCIe Gen 2 x2 slot Install a QM2-2S - With two 240 GB M.2 SATA SSDs Enable SSD Read/Write Cache(RAID 1) QM2-2S TS-531X

Enable SSD Cache with QM2 Card to Enhance Random IOPS SMB Random IOPS (4K, 1 x 10GbE) Write Read 10000 11933 QM2-2S 5000 8732 1000 1578 TS-531X 0 401 HDD SSD Cache HDD SSD Cache Tested in the QNAP lab. Actual results may vary by environments. Test environment: NAS operating system: QTS 4.3 Volume type: RAID 5; 4 x Seagate Enterprise HDD 1TB Client PC: Intel Core i7-6770 3.40GHz CPU; 32GB RAM; Mellanox 10GbE NIC ; Windows 10 64-bit; 10GB file transfer by Robocopy

Performance Demo 2: NAS with Dual PCIe Slots LAN-10G2T-X550 TVS-471 performance test - Dual PCIe slots Install the QM2-2P card in the PCIe Gen 2 x4 slot - with two 256 GB M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 SSD (RAID 0) Install a LAN-10G2T-X550 on PCIe Gen 3 x8 slot Enable Qtier 2.0 auto-tiering QM2-2P LAN-10G2T-X550 TVS-471

Upgrade to a Qtier Pool with the QM2 Card File Transfer (10GB) 2 x 10GbE Qtier enabled 1559 1461 QM2-2P TVS-471 416 407 Tested in the QNAP lab. Actual results may vary by environments. Test environment: NAS operating system: QTS 4.3 Volume type: RAID 5; 4 x Seagate Enterprise HDD 1TB Download Upload Download Upload Client PC: Intel Core i7-4770 3.40GHz CPU; 16GB RAM; Intel 10GbE NIC ; Windows 10 64-bit; 10GB file transfer by Robocopy

Performance Demo 3: Maximize Performance of NAS with a Single PCIe Slot TVS-463 performance test - One PCIe Gen 2 x4 slot only Install a QM2-2S10G1T card - with two 240 GB M.2 SATA SSD (RAID 0) Enable Qtier 10GbE performance via QM2-2S10G1T QM2-2S10G1T Both M.2 SSD & 10GbE!!! TVS-463

Upgrade Your NAS to 10GbE & SSD ready via the QM2 Card File Transfer (10GB) (1 x 10GbE) Qtier enabled 890 QM2-2S10G1T 608 487 350 TVS-463 Tested in the QNAP lab. Actual results may vary by environments. Test environment: NAS operating system: QTS 4.3 Volume type: RAID 5; 4 x Seagate Enterprise HDD 1TB Download Upload Download Upload Client PC: Intel Core i7-4770 3.40GHz CPU; 16GB RAM; Intel 10GbE NIC ; Windows 10 64-bit; 10GB file transfer by Robocopy

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