QNAP TS-1273AU-RP-8G 12-Bay NAS Enclosure

The QNAP TS-1273AU-RP-8G-US is a rackmount network attached storage enclosure designed for medium sized offices, production studios, and IT teams that need reliable shared storage. The 2U chassis fits in a standard equipment rack and provides twelve drive bays that accept 3.5 inch or 2.5 inch SATA III disks. You can configure the system in RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, or 60, allowing flexible choices between pure performance, fault tolerance, and capacity.

Under the hood a 2.2 GHz AMD V1500B quad core processor works with 8 GB of DDR4 memory to keep file transfers, backup jobs, and virtual machines running smoothly. Two 2.5GbE ports come standard, and link aggregation can push throughput up to 5 Gb/s without purchasing extra hardware. If future projects demand even faster networking or SSD caching, the two PCIe 3.0 slots accept 10GbE adapters, NVMe cache cards, or a graphics card for GPU-accelerated workloads.

Front and rear USB 3.2 Gen 1 and Gen 2 ports make it easy to attach external drives, offload footage from a camera crew, or connect a UPS for smooth shutdown scripting. Dual 300 W power supplies are hot swappable, so a failed unit can be replaced without taking the array offline, a critical safeguard for round-the-clock operations.

The enclosure ships with the QTS 5.2.3 operating system, giving administrators snapshot protection, virtualization support, and cross-platform file sharing for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Unix clients. Whether you are consolidating office documents, archiving video, or hosting development environments, this NAS provides the performance headroom and expansion room to grow with your organization.

• Holds up to twelve 3.5 inch or 2.5 inch SATA III drives with RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, or 60 configuration options
• 2.2 GHz AMD V1500B quad core processor and 8 GB DDR4 memory handle multitasking workloads
• Two 2.5GbE LAN ports support link aggregation for up to 5 Gb/s of combined bandwidth
• Two PCIe 3.0 slots accept 10GbE network cards, SSD cache adapters, or GPU upgrades
• Front and rear USB 3.2 Gen 1 and Gen 2 ports enable high-speed backups and peripheral connections
• Dual hot swappable 300 W power supplies maintain uptime during maintenance or unexpected failures
• Ships with QTS 5.2.3 for snapshots, virtualization, and cross-platform file sharing