QNAP TVS-h1277AX-R5-16G Enterprise 12-Bay Desktop NAS Server

TS-h1277AXU-RP

Experience exceptional enterprise performance with the power of AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series processors, DDR5, and M.2 PCIe Gen 5

Powered by AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series processors based on the cutting-edge AMD socket AM5 platform, the ZFS-based TS-h1277AXU-RP storage and backup solution unleashes superb performance and enterprise-level potential. With a revolutionary multi-core processor, DDR5 RAM, M.2 PCIe Gen 5, and redundant power supplies, the TS-h1277AXU-RP delivers excellent performance, ultra-large bandwidth, and trusted reliability for performance-demanding Tier 2 storage, virtualization, 4K video editing, and PB-level storage applications.

DDR5 RAM
Supports up to 192GB high-performance and low power consumption DDR5 RAM for heavy workloads (ECC RAM is also supported).

Dual M.2 PCIe Gen 5 slots
Install M.2 NVMe SSDs for SSD caching acceleration. PCIe Gen 5 is backward compatible with PCIe Gen 4 / PCIe Gen 3 for flexible deployment.

2.5GbE and 10GbE as standard
Two 2.5GbE and two 10GbE ports accelerate virtualization, storage centers, and large file transfer.

PCIe Gen 4 expandability
Three PCIe Gen 4 slots provide diverse expandability by installing 25GbE cards, SAS storage expansion cards, or Fibre Channel cards.

Petabyte-scale storage
Connect up to eight 24-bay TL-R2400PES-RP JBODs to attain PB-level storage capacity of 204 disks.

Long-term supply
The TS-h1277AXU-RP will be available and supported by QNAP for an extended period, up to 2030.

New-gen AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series processors unleash enterprise-level power and potential

Processor
AMD Ryzen™ 5 7000 Series 6-core and 12-thread (up to 5.1 GHz)

Memory
Comes with DDR5 non-ECC RAM as standard, supports up to 192GB (4x 48GB)
*Supports ECC RAM (cannot be used with non-ECC RAM)

AMD AM5 Platform
Zen 4 architecture and 5nm technology with support for DDR5 and M.2 PCIe 5.0

GPU
Built-in AMD Radeon™ Graphics accelerates video processing and graphical computing

Unmatched hardware design and high performance

The TS-h1277AXU-RP features outstanding hardware and expandable architecture, enabling optimal performance and flexibility to meet diverse application requirements.

High-capacity storage

Powerful processor and memory

High-speed Ethernet

Flexible expansion and connectivity

Others

M.2 PCIe Gen 5 ultra-fast transfer speed

The TS-h1277AXU-RP comes with two M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 5 slots that allow for installing NVMe SSDs (including WD®, Micron®, Seagate®, Kingston®) to boost NAS performance. PCIe Gen 5 is backwards compatible with PCIe Gen 4 / PCIe Gen 3 for flexible SSD deployment.

M.2 SSD sold separately. Due to limited space, you should remove large heatsinks from M.2 SSDs and replace them with QNAP's M.2 SSD heatsink before installing in the TS-h1277AXU-RP.

SSD caching
Boost IOPS for transferring a huge number of small files by configuring SSD caching with two M.2 SSDs, without occupying any 3.5-inch drive bays.

Power failure protection
Add M.2 SSDs to enable ZIL power failure protection, ensuring that the NAS can continue completing unfinished data writes after power outage followed by a power restoration, and preventing data corruption while modifying data.

High-speed SSD volume
Create M.2 NVMe SSD storage pools to increase intensive data transfer speed with boosted performance.

It is also recommended to use the NVMe SSD storage pool as the QuTS hero operating system drive to achieve optimal NAS system performance, efficient application metadata management, and optimized database operations.

Abundant I/O capabilities with PCIe Gen 4 expansion

The TS-h1277AXU-RP has three PCIe Gen 4 slots (twice the bandwidth of PCIe Gen 3) that allow for installing various expansion cards for expanding application potential.

10/25GbE network card
Enable lightning-fast throughput for bandwidth-demanding tasks (virtualization, mass data transmission, and fast backup/restore).

QM2 card
Add M.2 SSDs or 2.5GbE/10GbE connectivity to the TS-h1277AXU-RP for optimized performance and bandwidth.

SAS / PCIe / SATA storage expansion cards
Connect the TS-h1277AXU-RP to SAS 12Gb/s, PCIe 64 Gb/s or SATA 6Gb/s expansion units for petabyte-scale storage capacity.

Graphics cards
Install graphics cards to the TS-h1277AXU-RP for supercharging your video editing and transcoding or enabling GPU passthrough to virtual machines.

Build an affordable Fibre Channel SAN environment

Common Fibre Channel Storage Area Networks (SAN) devices are often costly. By installing QNAP dual-port 16Gb/32Gb Fibre Channel expansion cards in the TS-h1277AXU-RP, you have more budget-friendly options to add a NAS to a SAN environment. You can set a Fibre Channel Target using the iSCSI & Fibre Channel app. Moreover, the LUN Masking and Port Binding features provide an additional layer of data security.

Meets diverse business needs

Tier 2 Storage
High-capacity TS-h1277AXU-RP with built-in 2.5GbE/10GbE fulfills high-speed transfer performance as a cost-effective Tier 2 storage solution.

Virtualization
The TS-h1277AXU-RP supports GPU passthrough to VMs by leveraging graphics cards; coupled with inline data deduplication to maximize storage efficiency.

4K Video Editing
Install up to three 25GbE network cards in the TS-h1277AXU-RP for bandwidth-demanding multimedia transfer and video online editing.

PB-Level Storage
Achieve future-proof PB-level storage by connecting up to eight 24-bay TL-R2400PES-RP PCIe JBOD units to the TS-h1277AXU-RP.

High-speed connectivity

2.5GbE and 10GbE ports
The TS-h1277AXU-RP has two 2.5GbE ports and two 10GBASE-T ports, and supports Port Trunking for enhanced performance and fault tolerance.

USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports
Two USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) Type-A ports allow faster import/export of large number of files from external storage devices to the TS-h1277AXU-RP.

AI-powered DA Drive Analyzer designed for enterprises and SMBs

Leverage AI-powered drive failure prediction provided by ULINK DA Drive Analyzer to plan for drive replacement before failure occurs. DA Drive Analyzer effectively ensures that critical business data is safeguarded and minimizes system downtime.

Predicts failure of SATA and NVMe drives
DA Drive Analyzer can predict the failure of high-performance NVMe SSDs, assisting enterprises in taking early action to replace drives before failure and reducing maintenance costs.

Enhances enterprise privacy with Proxy server connection
Various proxy server connection protocols are supported to hide the NAS IP address from external networks while uploading NAS data to the cloud.

Completes drive failure prediction within 24 hours
DA Drive Analyzer collects drive usage data from the previous 24 hours and uploads to the ULINK AI-powered analytics platform. Within 24 hours you will be informed of the potential for drive failure in the next 6 months.

Customize your drive data upload time
Flexibly decide the upload time of drive status and usage data to the ULINK AI-powered analytics platform with customized schedules to avoid missing any critical data for disk analysis due to NAS system hibernation or downtime.

*Supported in all QNAP NAS with QTS 5.1.3 / QuTS hero h5.1.3 (or later).

Comprehensive backup and disaster recovery solution

The TS-h1277AXU-RP supports various apps that cover all your backup needs. Practice safe IT habits by regularly backing up files and device content, allowing them to be easily restored when needed.

Remote backup for NAS
Hybrid Backup Sync makes it easy to back up data from a TS-h1277AXU-RP to another QNAP NAS or remote server to fulfill your 3-2-1 backup strategy.

VM backup
Enjoy license-free VMware® and Hyper-V VM backup with source-side incremental backup, global deduplication, and recovery compression.

SaaS backup
Safeguard enterprise cloud data by backing up/syncing files, emails, calendars, and contacts from Google™ Workspace and Microsoft® Office 365® to the NAS.
*Note: Minimum memory requirements are 2 GB available and 4 GB installed.

Cloud backup for NAS
Use Hybrid Backup Sync to back up NAS data to myQNAPcloud Storage or other mainstream cloud space. For backup to object cloud storage, VJBOD Cloud is especially useful to reduce bandwidth usage and backup time.

QuDedup technology
Hybrid Backup Sync eliminates redundant data at the source and then backs up the deduplicated data, helping to save time and storage costs while providing efficient multi-version backups.

Real-time SnapSync
Real-time SnapSync immediately synchronizes data changes with the destination storage, ensuring the primary and secondary NAS always have the same data. RPO is minimal to achieve real-time disaster recovery.
*Note: SnapSync is supported by QNAP NAS models featuring the QuTS hero (4.5.3 or later) and QES ( v2.1.1 or later) operating systems. These NAS can be paired with each other to provide a perfect backup storage solution.

Multi-version snapshots mitigate ransomware threats

The TS-h1277AXU-RP supports block-based snapshots that record the state of the system at any time. It helps protect data, which can be restored back to a specific point of time, greatly helping in mitigating the threat of ransomware.

Volume and LUN snapshots
Take snapshots in seconds and revert the entire volume/LUN back to a specific point in time to prevent loss of important data.

Instantly restore snapshots
Snapshot content can be quickly restored to a local NAS, or restored on a folder/file basis to a local/remote NAS or cloud storage. You can also conveniently view and restore snapshots from the client side.

Up to 65,536 snapshots
QuTS hero supports enough snapshots for you to create 1 snapshot every hour for 7 years without needing to delete any! Copy-on-write technology makes snapshot creation almost instantaneous without affecting ongoing data writing.

Back up snapshots
Multiply data protection by backing up snapshot files! Replicate volume/LUN snapshots in the TS-h1277AXU-RP to a remote NAS (Snapshot Replica) by copying only the changes made. This helps save time & bandwidth, and can be run manually or on a scheduled basis.

High availability (HA) and failover with dual-NAS architecture

Avoid unplanned downtime and data loss.

Create a HA cluster with two TS-h1277AXU-RP - one as the active server, and the other as the passive server. If an unexpected failure or issue with the active server occurs, the passive server provides immediate protection with automatic failover. This ensures continuous storage service and system availability.

Easy management and monitoring
Use the High Availability Manager app to easily configure, remove, or rebuild clusters.

Guaranteed data consistency
Real-time data sync between active and passive servers minimizes the risk of data loss (RPO).

Ensured continuity of critical business
The passive server takes over within 1 minute if the active server fails (RTO ≤ 90 secs).

Comprehensive security and privilege settings

The TS-h1277AXU-RP is loaded with flexible privilege settings and security measures. Besides IP blocking, QNAP Authenticator, HTTPS connection, there are more apps that help ensure optimal NAS protection against threats like malware and hackers.

Simplified privilege settings
The TS-h1277AXU-RP supports comprehensive access right settings for shared folders, Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS), LDAP, and Windows ACL to help IT staff efficiently manage user accounts and access rights for multiple NAS systems.

Superior security with QVPN
A virtual private network (VPN) allows secure access to network resources and services across public networks. QVPN supports creating a VPN client, using the TS-h1277AXU-RP as a VPN server, and WireGuard® VPN service with an easy-to-use interface for setting up a secure connection.

QuWAN SD-WAN
To facilitate digital transformation, multi-site expansion and remote working, QuWAN SD-WAN helps automatically mesh multi-site VPN. It features IPsec encryption and cloud-centric management, allowing secure multi-site network including QNAP NAS and VMware ESXi platforms.

Security Center
A security portal for the TS-h1277AXU-RP to proactively detect NAS status, unusual file activity and potential security threats - offering instant protective measures against vulnerabilities to safeguard your system and data.

Malware Remover
Regularly scan your TS-h1277AXU-RP using the latest malware definitions. If infected files are detected, they will be immediately removed to ensure NAS data security.

TeamViewer remote access
TeamViewer app enables remote management and connectivity to multiple NAS devices from Windows® PCs with an unparalleled level of safety, while increasing IT efficiency and end user productivity.

All-in-one virtual machine and container hosting solution

You can count on Virtualization Station and Container Station for comprehensive virtualization support. Coupled with the Network & Virtual Switch app that boosts interoperability between virtual machines, containers, QNAP NAS, and other physical devices on the network, you can flexibly allocate physical and virtual network resources to simplify network deployment.

Virtualization Station
Run multiple Windows®, Linux®, UNIX®, Android™, and QuTScloud virtual machines and access them via a web browser or Virtual Network Computing (VNC). Businesses can run virtualized server applications on a single NAS without the need for additional physical servers.

Container Station
Experience LXC and Docker® lightweight virtualization technologies, download apps from the built-in Docker Hub Registry®, import and export containers, and create abundant microservices.

Flexible and economical storage expansion

QNAP provides easy ways to expand your storage capacity. Here are several ways to expand your TS-h1277AXU-RP storage as needed to accommodate data and business growth.

Attach QNAP expansion enclosures
Connect expansion enclosures to the TS-h1277AXU-RP, and manage NAS storage expansion with the user-friendly Storage & Snapshots Manager app.

Mount cloud storage or remote file servers
Mount cloud storage or remote file servers to expand the capacity of the TS-h1277AXU-RP while also centrally managing files on the NAS, cloud storage, and remote devices.

Migrate to a new NAS
Install your NAS hard drives into a larger QNAP NAS and retain all your existing data and configurations.

Upgrade RAID capacity
Hot-swap lower-capacity drives with larger-capacity drives to expand your NAS capacity so it can grow with your business.

ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system enhances NAS performance and data integrity

QuTS hero combines the app-based QTS with the 128-bit ZFS file system to provide flexible storage management, comprehensive data protection, and optimized performance to tackle the complexity and performance demands of modern IT. From storage management, virtualization, to collaborative media workflows, QuTS hero streamlines your business-critical tasks.

Data integrity is key
QuTS hero's self-healing ensures data integrity and reliability. Write Once, Read Many (WORM) is also supported.

Data reduction improves storage efficiency and performance
Inline data deduplication, compression, and compaction reduce file sizes to conserve storage capacity and optimize performance.

Multi-level cache technology
Main memory read cache (L1 ARC), SSD second-level read cache (L2 ARC), and ZFS Intent Log (ZIL) for synchronous transactions with power failure protection are supported to boost performance and security.

RAID Z enables robust data protection
Multiple RAID levels allow flexible capacity utilization. RAID Triple Parity and Triple Mirror deliver higher levels of data protection.

QSAL (QNAP SSD Antiwear Leveling) enhances data protection
RAID-level SSD lifespan is automatically and regularly detected to prevent simultaneous SSD failure, improving your data protection and system reliability.

App Center ecosystem extends NAS functionality
Apps for backup/sync, virtual machines/containers, content management, productivity, and more features can be used to expand the application potential of the NAS.

Flexibly switch to QTS operating system

The TS-h1277AXU-RP also supports QTS - QNAP's standard NAS operating system - that provides great everyday performance, efficient memory utilization, and the advantage of Qtier auto-tiering. You can also migrate drives from your current QTS-based NAS to the TS-h1277AXU-RP.

QTS
Suited for cross-teams file sync, and HDD-SSD hybrid storage applications

QuTS hero
Featuring highly reliable data protection and data reduction, and optimized for SSD-based applications

*QTS and QuTS hero use different file systems. You must remove all the drives from the TS-h1277AXU-RP before switching from QuTS hero to QTS.