. Featuring an AMD Ryzen V1000 series V1500B quad-core processor & 10 Gb E/2.5 Gb E connectivity the 9-bay TS-h 973AX packs a high-capacity hybrid storage infrastructure into a compact physical footprint. With five 3.5-inch SATA 6 Gbps drive bays two 2.5-inch U.2 NVMe SSD slots & two 2.5-inch SATA 6 Gbps SSD slots the TS-h 973AX can benefit from SSD caching to boost IOPS-intensive applications. With the ZFS-based Qu TS hero operating system the TS-h 973AX ensures data integrity & supports block-level inline data deduplication & compression near-limitless snapshots & real-time Snap Sync to satisfy mission-critical file servers virtualization servers collaborative video editing & efficient data backup & recovery with business-class performance job reliability & lower overall cost Key Product Info. Install high-performance U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x 4 SSDs or SATA 6 Gb/s SSDs in the dedicated SSD slots for cache acceleration & enhanced random I/OOne 10GBASE-T Multi-Gig & two 2.5 Gb E LAN ports accelerate virtualization intensive file access large backup/restoration tasks & media transfer Experience a business-class backup center supporting backup/restore of cloud data & VMs (including Google Workspace Microsoft 365 VMware & Hyper-V) Host multiple virtual machines & containers to run a wide range of applications on the TS-h 973AXCloud storage gateways realize hybrid cloud applications by working with the cache space reserved on NAS to ensure low-latency data access to the cloud Flexibly scale your total storage capacity to match your business growth by connecting USB (Universal Serial Bus) expansion enclosures Product Features Absolute performance with AMD Ryzen & up to 32 GB RAMPowered by an AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 series V1500B 4-core/8-thread 2.2 GHz processor the TS-h 973AX delivers aggressive yet power-smart performance for compute-demanding applications. AES-NI encryption support boosts encryption performance while also maintaining the security of your NAS data. SSDs can be flexibly installed for cache acceleration to maximize network & storage performance for data-intensive applications. Dual U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x 4 SSD slots for optimal I/O & low latency The TS-h 973AX has four 2.5-inch SSD slots with slots 1 & 2 supporting both high-performance U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x 4 SSDs or economical SATA 6 Gb/s SSDs. For tackling latency-sensitive applications you can take advantage of U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x 4 SSDs that supply up to 32 Gb/s bandwidth to attain optimized performance & efficiency. You can also use QNAP's QDA-UMP adapter to replace U.2 NVMe SSDs with cost-efficient M.2 NVMe Gen 3 x 4 SSDs to maintain high-level performance while saving more costs. What's in the box?. QNAP TS-H973AX-8G10 G Base-T cable Power adapter 2 x hard drive security key 24 x flat head screws (for 3.5 HDD) 32 x flat head screws (for 2.5 HDD) power cable