• QNAP NAS

  TS-h1290FX

• Honored with Red Dot Award 2022 for Outstanding Product Design

Works perfectly with mainstream editing software

The TS-h1290FX is ideal for video editing teams as it is fully compatible with mainstream software solutions including Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro X, and DaVinci Resolve. For bandwidth-demanding challenges such as 4K/8K video editing or collaborative editing, the TS-h1290FX has you and your team covered.

2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ 7002 series processor and DDR4 ECC RDIMM

• 6 x 25GbE iSCSI, Random IOPS (4KB)

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• 6 x 25GbE SMB, Sequential Throughout (1MB)

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Tested in QNAP Labs. Figures may vary by environment.

Test environment:
NAS: TS-h1290FX-7302P-128G with QuTS hero 5.0
Volume type: Micron 7400 Pro U.3 NVMe PCIe Gen 4 1.92TB SSD x12 (RAID 5); 2 x QNAP QXG-25G2SF-CX4

Client workstations:
6 x Client workstations simultaneously read and write 16GB file (= 96GB totally)
Intel Core™ i7-7700 4.20GHz CPU, 32GB DDR4 RAM, QXG-25G2SF-CX4, Windows® Server 2016, and Intel Core™ i3-8100 3.60GHz CPU, 4GB DDR4 RAM, QXG-25G2SF-CX4, Windows® Server 2016

Quieter in your office, easier to set up

Silence is golden, especially in small studios and offices where creative minds are at work. The TS-h1290FX all-flash NAS features a CPU cooler and two 90mm near-silent system fans to provide effective cooling without distracting noises. With a lightweight and stylish design, the TS-h1290FX is a perfect fit for modern work environments.

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  Ideal for office environment

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  Noise under standby mode

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  Noise under normal mode

Accelerate AI–powered image recognition with TPU and PCIe expansion

• Install a graphics card to supercharge your video editing and transcoding, or enable GPU pass-through to virtual machines. You can also install a graphics card with HDMI output for greater application potential—use TS-h1290FX as a mini PC and output the Microsoft® Windows VM/Linux® Station desktop or monitor surveillance feeds with .

• Install a Coral M.2 Accelerator (pairs with a QM2 expansion card) or Coral USB Accelerator to leverage Edge TPU to QNAP AI Core (the AI-powered engine for image recognition). Studios can accelerate facial and object recognition at a competitive price.
  
  Learn more: The affordable Edge TPU accelerates image recognition and classification, enabling a smoother photo management experience with the application.

• Boost your performance by installing a QNAP Mustang computing accelerator card, which features a CPU and graphics processor, enabling faster and smoother AI performance.
  
  Supported models: Mustang-200-C-8G-R10, Mustang-200-i5-1T-32G-R10, Mustang-200-i7-1T-32G-R10.

Inline data deduplication, compression, and compaction drives big data storage efficiency

QuTS hero supports advanced block-based data reduction technologies (including inline data deduplication, compression, and compaction) to reduce file sizes, conserve storage capacity, and optimize performance. For example, if 20 virtual machines on a NAS are replicated using the same template, then storage space requirements for all 20 virtual machines can be reduced by up to 95%. Whether acting as primary or backup storage, the TS-h1290FX optimizes storage utilization to provide a reliable storage cornerstone in the Big Data era.

More SSD performance and lifespan optimization technologies

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  Write Coalescing

  Transforms all random writes to sequential writes along with reduced I/O, effectively increasing write performance in all-flash environments.

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  Pool Over-provisioning

  Dedicated space can be flexibly reserved in an SSD storage pool to allow new data to be written into a complete block even if the pool is almost full, thus improving the performance of fragmented pools.

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  TRIM

  Allows QuTS hero to inform SSDs to delete unneeded data blocks and process the deletion tasks during system idle times, meaning it does not have to wait for when new data is written to the block.

The best file storage and collaboration center

The TS-h1290FX integrates rich apps for storing, managing, synchronizing, searching, and archiving files. It supports SMB/CIFS, AFP, and NFS protocols for streamlined file sharing across Windows®, Mac®, and Linux®/UNIX®, and provides the smartest NAS solution for professionally managing your files.

• File Station

  Manage, access, and share all the files in the TS-h1290FX and view snapshots files – all from your web browser. You can also easily mount remote NAS folders and cloud storage.

• Qsync

  Make any file uploaded to a TS-h1290FX available to linked devices, such as computers, laptops and mobile devices. You can sync shared folders and team folders for group file sharing to enhance the flexibility of team projects and collaboration.

• Qsirch

  QNAP’s powerful, Google-like search tool helps you quickly find images, music, videos, documents, and emails by keywords, color, and more search conditions. It also supports Qfiling to perform one-time or automatic archival tasks based on your search criteria.

• Qfiling

  Automate your file organization ─ all you need to do is categorize files, set a schedule, and Qfiling will do the rest. Qfiling also enables smart recycling that instantly moves filtered files to the Recycle Bin.

Comprehensive backup and disaster recovery solution

The TS-h1290FX 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-h1290FX 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

  Hybrid Backup Sync supports mainstream cloud storage for NAS data backup. For backup to object cloud storage, VJBOD Cloud is especially useful to reduce bandwidth usage and backup time.

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• 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 (4.5.3 or later) and ( 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-h1290FX 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.

• 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-h1290FX 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.

All-in-one solution for hosting virtual machines and containers

By running multiple virtual machines and containers on the TS-h1290FX, you can deploy multi-tenant environments and applications to increase management efficiency and save hardware costs. 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 needing additional physical servers.

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• Conainer Station

  Experience Docker®, LXD, and Kata Containers lightweight virtualization technologies, download apps from the built-in Docker Hub Registry®, import/export containers, and create abundant microservices.

• Linux Station

  Run Linux® applications (including apps from the Software Center) directly on the NAS and remotely access the Linux® desktop from a web browser. The open-source Linux® platform is also ideal for Internet of Things development.

• QuTScloud virtual NAS

  QuTScloud is a virtual appliance based on the QTS operating system. Enterprises can quickly launch QuTScloud on hypervisors including Linux® KVM, Microsoft® Hyper-V, and VMware ESXi™ to acquire advanced NAS features without requiring additional NAS hardware.

Comprehensive security and privilege settings

The TS-h1290FX is loaded with flexible privilege settings and security measures. Besides IP blocking, 2-step verification, HTTPS connection, there are more apps that help ensure optimal NAS protection against threats like malware and hackers.

• myQNAPcloud secures remote access

  myQNAPcloud allows convenient connection to the TS-h1290FX through the Internet without any complex DDNS settings. To ensure your remote access service is secure, myQNAPcloud strengthens keys on SSL Certificates to 2048-bits.

• Simplified privilege settings

  The TS-h1290FX 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.

• QuFirewall protection

  Supports IPv6, firewall access lists, and GeoIP filtering to restrict access based on geographical locations for higher NAS network security.

• 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-h1290FX 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 Counselor

  A security portal for the TS-h1290FX to check for weaknesses and offer recommendations for enhancing NAS security. It also integrates anti-virus and anti-malware scanning software.

• Malware Remover

  Regularly scan your TS-h1290FX 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.

Flexible and economical storage expansion

QNAP provides easy ways to expand your storage capacity. Here are several ways to expand your TS-h1290FX storage as needed to accommodate data and business growth.

• Attach QNAP expansion enclosures

  Connect expansion enclosures to the TS-h1290FX, 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-h1290FX 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.

More productivity-boosting applications

The TS-h1290FX provides an App Center that includes feature-rich apps to expand your NAS potential!

• QuObjects

  Run a high-performance S3 compatible development environment on your TS-h1290FX to simplify service development workflows from testing to production. You can also move cold data from the cloud to an on-premises QuObjects to save cloud storage costs.

• Notification Center

  Consolidates all system events, alerts, and notifications for smooth and easy NAS management, keeping you always informed of your NAS status.

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  Proxy Server

  By using a high-capacity TS-h1290FX as a proxy server, online resources can be efficiently accessed with greater cost-savings and productivity, while network security is also enhanced at the same time.

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  WirelessAP Station

  PCIe-compatible NAS can install wireless network cards and allow devices to directly connect to the TS-h1290FX for easy access services and Internet connections.

• QmailAgent

  The best email backup solution that allows you to easily backup/recover and manage multiple email accounts in their native format with strong security and data integrity.

• QuFTP

  The TS-h1290FX can perform as an FTP server featuring SSL/TLS encryption, QoS bandwidth controls, and permission settings for efficiently and securely transferring large amounts of data. FTP Client is also supported.

A health check for your hard drives

Hard drives are at the heart of your NAS, and ensuring their long-term health and reliability is absolutely crucial. QNAP provides various methods and tools to help you monitor hard drive health, ensuring that you can take proactive decisions to safeguard your data and files.

• S.M.A.R.T. and back block scanning

  If any of the S.M.A.R.T. values are reported as abnormal, or bad blocks are detected, you can take early action and replace drives before potential data loss occurs.

• DA Drive Analyzer

  The DA Drive Analyzer leverages ULINK cloud-based AI to predict the expected lifespan of drives, assisting you in planning future drive replacements to protect against NAS downtime and data loss.

• Seagate® IronWolf™ Health Management

  When using supported IronWolf™ or IronWolf Pro™ hard drives, overall system reliability is improved by providing you with actionable prevention, intervention, and recovery options.

5-year warranty as standard

The TS-h1290FX is backed by a 5-year warranty at no extra cost. This premier warranty demonstrates QNAP’s dedication to your essential business needs for continuous operations and non-interrupted services.