QNAP TVS-AIh1688ATX 16-Bay Tower ZFS AI NAS Enclosure, Intel Core Ultra 9, 32GB RAM, Diskless

The next-generation TVS-AIh1688ATX AI NAS is purpose-built for AI-driven image recognition and enterprise workloads. Powered by the high-performance Intel Core Ultra processor with integrated compute, graphics, and neural processing units, it delivers stable performance while offloading AI inference tasks from the CPU. This reduces power consumption, improves efficiency, and accelerates intelligent image analysis. With its combination of robust processing power, large storage capacity, and flexible I/O expansion, the TVS-AIh1688ATX enables businesses to deploy a reliable storage solution while keeping budgets under control.

Powerful Intel Core Ultra processor
The TVS-AIh1688ATX is powered by the next-generation Intel Core Ultra processor, delivering a major leap in multitasking performance, AI computing, and energy efficiency. It accelerates AI inference, multimedia processing, and virtual machine workloads-providing a smarter storage platform with higher performance and lower power consumption.

Up to 36 TOPS, accelerating AI computing and image recognition
The TVS-AIh1688ATX combines powerful CPU, GPU, and NPU resources to deliver up to 36 TOPS of AI performance. Optimized for the QNAP AI Core engine, it supercharges NAS image recognition workloads-making applications faster, smarter, and more efficient.

Accelerate QuMagie AI photo recognition
When importing a large photo collection, AI recognition is significantly faster-smart album categorization completes sooner.

• Image recognition 77% faster!

Speed up QVR Face Insight recognition
The TVS-AIh1688ATX can complete facial recognition in just 0.2 seconds, while also supporting more camera streams for analysis.

• 20 cameras for real-time attendance management analytics

Enhanced people counting
QVR Human provides real-time counting data and analytics. The TVS-AIh1688ATX empowers more cameras to perform people counting concurrently.

• 24 cameras for real-time analytics

Advanced Intel Arc Graphics
With high-performance Intel Arc Graphics, the TVS-AIh1688ATX delivers efficient and powerful image processing. It handles high-resolution video and photo workloads with ease while supporting seamless multitasking.

DDR5 ECC RAM
The TVS-AIh1688ATX is equipped with DDR5 ECC memory for server-grade stability, working seamlessly with its powerful processor to maximize overall system performance. With support for up to 192 GB of memory, it easily handles memory-intensive workloads and complex multitasking applications.

High-speed U.2 NVMe /SATA SSD slots to tackle performance demands
The TVS-AIh1688ATX features four 2.5-inch SSD slots that support high-performance U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 4 x2 SSDs (up to 32 Gb/s per slot) or economical SATA 6Gb/s SSDs. By pairing with ultra-fast U.2 NVMe SSDs, it significantly boosts performance for latency-sensitive and intensive workloads such as AI applications, virtualization, and multimedia processing.

Enable SSD caching
Accelerates random read/write performance (IOPS) and reduce latency.

Configure SSD storage pool
Boosts data transfer speeds and access efficiency.

Configure SSD system drive
Use U.2 SSD storage pool as system drives for QuTS hero, greatly improving metadata management and database efficiency for overall system performance.

Standard 2.5/10GbE, expandable to ultra-fast 100GbE
The TVS-AIh1688ATX supports multi-port high-speed networking to meet enterprise demands for large file transfers, high-speed backup/restore, and running multiple virtual machines.

Built-in 2.5/10GbE ports
Two 2.5GbE and two 10GBASE-T ports, supports Port Trunking for higher bandwidth potential and network redundancy.

Scalable to 100GbE
Empowers organizations to tackle the most demanding, performance-intensive applications.

Built-in high-speed connectivity
The TVS-AIh1688ATX features built-in USB 4 Type-C ports and an HDMI 2.1 output. These interfaces provide high-speed direct connections and local display output without additional configuration.

High-performance external storage / expansion enclosures
Connect high-speed external storage or expansion enclosures for bandwidth-intensive workloads, enabling fast data access and scalable capacity expansion through direct connections.

External storage expansion
Connect external storage devices to extend system capacity and simplify data growth without additional configuration.

Direct computer connectivity
Directly connect laptops or workstations (Mac / PC) for large file transfers, backup operations, and efficient data exchange workflows.

Local display and operation
Connect a display for local monitoring, content playback, and on-site system management when operating the system locally.

PCIe expansion options
Equipped with three PCIe Gen 4 expansion slots, the TVS-AIh1688ATX delivers double the bandwidth of PCIe Gen 3. Users can install a wide range of expansion cards to tailor the system for specific workloads.

High-speed network cards (10/25/100GbE)
Increase network throughput to meet the demands of high-bandwidth applications such as 4K/8K content creation, multi-user access, and virtualization.

Storage expansion cards
Support PCIe or SAS storage expansion cards to connect external JBOD systems and build large-scale storage architectures.

QM2 expansion cards
Add M.2 SSD cache or additional 2.5GbE / 10GbE connectivity to accelerate data access and improve overall system responsiveness.

Thunderbolt 5 expansion card
Extend PCIe high-bandwidth capabilities externally through a Thunderbolt 5 expansion card, enabling advanced direct-attach use cases such as high-performance peripherals.

Flexible expansion to petabyte-scale storage
The TVS-AIh1688ATX can be daisy-chained with multiple high-performance QNAP SAS-interface JBOD expansion enclosures. For example, by connecting eight 16-bay TL-R1620Sep-RP JBOD units, you can add up to 128 additional drives-eliminating storage capacity concerns as your data grows.

Reliable offsite cloud backup

Hybrid cloud made simple with myQNAPcloud One
QNAP's myQNAPcloud One is an integrated cloud storage solution that supports both file and object storage, making it the ideal cloud backup destination for TVS-AIh1688ATX. Data transfers are completely free, while team members can remotely access, sync, and share files anytime, anywhere.

The TVS-AIh1688ATX also supports 20+ major public clouds, ensuring near-LAN access speeds for seamless cloud sharing and multi-point synchronization.

QuTS hero operating system
Designed for enterprises, the QuTS hero operating system adopts the highly reliable ZFS file system to provide utmost data integrity and stability for mission-critical storage. QuTS hero further optimizes SSD performance and endurance to meet businesses' stringent demands for performance and reliability.

Automatic repair of corrupted data
ZFS supports self-healing for silent data corruption, automatically detecting damaged data to ensure data integrity.

Data immutability
Defend against ransomware by creating a WORM (Write Once, Read Many) folder to prevent data from being overwritten, modified, or deleted, while also enabling immutable backups.

Power failure protection
ZIL (ZFS Intent Log) protects against potential data corruption caused by power failure by safeguarding unwritten data.

Data reduction
Inline data deduplication reduces storage consumption for maintaining optimal disk capacity.

Prevent simultaneous SSD failure
The patented QSAL algorithm automatically and regularly detects RAID-level SSD lifespan to prevent simultaneous SSD failure, avoiding RAID crashes and data loss.

High availability (HA) and failover with dual-NAS architecture
Avoid unplanned downtime and data loss. Create a HA cluster with two TVS-AIh1688ATX - 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 < 60 secs).

Run VMs and Containers
With no additional fees, you can run multiple VMs of different OS on TVS-AIh1688ATX. This allows you to deploy multi-tenant environments and applications to increase management efficiency and save hardware costs.

VMs
Securely run Windows, Linux, UNIX, QuTScloud VMs using Virtualization Station Simply plug in a keyboard, mouse, and HDMI display to use the VM like a normal PC.

Containers
Run Docker, LXD, Kata Containers and download Container Apps using Container Station.

VM High Availability
VM Live Migration and HA (High Availability) guarantee continuous operation and minimal downtime.

Network & Virtual Switch
Flexibly allocate virtual network resources and configure VLANs to ensure virtual services via the virtual network topology in Network & Virtual Switch.