The next-generation TS-AI642 AI NAS is specifically designed for AI-powered video and image recognition applications. Adopting the 64-bit ARM Cortex-A76/-A55 SoC octa-core processor with up to 6 TOPS NPU (Neural network Processing Unit), the TS-AI642 not only tackles image processing and analysis tasks, but also offloads CPU workloads when running AI applications to reduce system operation power consumption. With powerful computing performance, high-capacity storage space and flexible I/O expandability, the TS-AI642 allows enterprises to easily deploy an AI NAS solution for video surveillance, image recognition, and face recognition applications.
With a built-in NPU (Neural network Processing Unit) processor, the TS-AI642 boosts performance for high-speed face and object recognition.
2.5GbE provides higher transmission speeds with existing Cat 5e cables, making file backup/restore and media conversion smoother.
Install a 2.5/5/10GbE adapter, QM2 card, or USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) card to increase application potential.
QVR Elite allows you to deploy up to 64 channels (2 channels are included for free).
Use two screens for surveillance or 4K high-resolution video playback.
Supports ARM NEON technology that accelerates video processing for a better media experience.
The TS-AI642 supports a storage capacity of up to 110 TB by installing six 3.5-inch 22 TB hard drives in RAID 5. By connecting a TL-D1600S QNAP storage expansion unit, you can add an additional twelve hard drives to the TS-AI642 to achieve up to 350TB storage space to meet growing storage requirements. Or connect TR Series storage expansion units to add Hardware RAID protection for expanded storage.
Storage capacity
110 TB
1. Install six 3.5-inch 22 TB hard drives in RAID 5 on TS-AI642 and six 3.5-inch 22 TB hard drives in RAID 5 on TL-D1600S.
2. The storage expansion unit can only be used as an individual storage pool or volume on the NAS. Its storage pool/volume cannot be combined into the connected NAS. NAS applications cannot be installed on the storage expansion unit.
Adopting an NPU (Neural network Processing Unit), the TS-AI642 boosts QNAP AI Core (the AI-powered engine for image recognition) performance for high-speed face and object recognition.
NPU greatly accelerates image recognition performance when uploading pictures in QuMagie, realizing intelligent classification.
200% performance boost in image recognition*
NPU accelerates AI OCR image recognition technology to make capturing text in images more efficient.
20% performance boost capturing text from images with AI OCR*
QVR Face instantly recognizes faces and runs analytic tasks within 0.2 seconds. NPU allows more IP cameras to be analyzed at the same time.
Learn More: QVR Face
10 cameras for real-time attendance management analytics
QVR Human provides real-time counting data and analytics, and NPU allows more IP cameras to be analyzed at the same time.
Learn More: QVR Human
3 cameras for real-time analytics
Note: By comparing with the same-grade 6-bay NAS.
TS-AI642 is the best photo and file storage center. Store and organize thousands of photos and find them anytime you want with powerful AI image recognition.
The TS-AI642 provides a professional surveillance NAS solution, compatible with 6,000+ IP cameras of 190+ brands and thousands of ONVIF network cameras. Full HD (1080p) surveillance video recordings of 2 cameras can be stored for 2 years.
Say goodbye to expensive and complicated PC NVR. QNAP’s integrated surveillance NAS solution offers a subscription licensing solution or perpetual licensing solution for flexible deployment based on your needs.
The TS-AI642 has dual HDMI output for direct surveillance video playback to two monitors, removing the need for a dedicated workstation.
Install the high-availability QVR Guard app to automatically takeover recording tasks if a QVR Pro server fails.
The TS-AI642 adopts the ARM Cortex 64-bit-A76/A55 SoC octa-core processor with ARM Mali-G610 MC4 GPU, offering excellent computing performance at a low power comsumption. TS-AI642 has one 2.5GbE port and one PCIe slot for upgrading to 10GbE connectivity. SATA 6Gb/s drives are supported to deliver reliable read/write performance for hosting versatile NAS applications in offices.
ARM Cortex 64-bit A76/A55 octa-core processor (2.2 GHz/1.8 GHz)
Up to 6 TOPS NPU high compute performance for boosting high-speed face and object recognition.
8 GB RAM (non-expandable)
Two USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps) ports and two USB 2.0 ports
Manufacturer Warranty : 3 Years Manufacturer Warranty
| CPU | 8-core ARM Cortex 64-bit Processor ( 4-core Cortex-A76 2.2 GHz + 4-core Cortex-A55 1.8 GHz ) |
| CPU Architecture | 64-bit ARM |
| Graphic Processors | ARM Mali-G610 MC4 |
| Floating Point Unit | |
| Encryption Engine | |
| Hardware-accelerated Transcoding | |
| Neural Processing Unit (NPU) | |
| System Memory | 8 GB on board (non-expandable)
Note: Reserves some RAM for use as shared graphics memory. |
| Maximum Memory | 8 GB |
| Flash Memory | 4GB (Dual boot OS protection) |
| Drive Bay | 6 x 3.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s
The system is shipped without HDD. |
| Drive Compatibility | 3.5-inch SATA hard disk drives 2.5-inch SATA hard disk drives 2.5-inch SATA solid state drives |
| Hot-swappable | |
| SSD Cache Acceleration Support | |
| Gigabit Ethernet Port (RJ45) | 2 |
| 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Port (2.5G/1G/100M) | 1 (2.5G/1G/100M/10M) |
| 5 Gigabit Ethernet Port (5G/2.5G/1G/100M) | Optional via an adapter |
| 10 Gigabit Ethernet Port | Optional via an adapter |
| Wake on LAN (WOL) | |
| Jumbo Frame | |
| PCIe Slot | 1 Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x2 |
| USB 2.0 port | 2 |
| USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) Port | 2 x Type-A |
| IR Sensor | (Optional QNAP RM-IR004 remote control) |
| HDMI Output | 2, HDMI 1.4b |
| Form Factor | Tower |
| LED Indicators | Power/Status, LAN, USB, HDD1-6 |
| Buttons | Power, USB copy, Reset |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 171 × 235 × 226 mm |
| Weight (Net) | 2.92 kg |
| Weight (Gross) | 4.51 kg |
| Operating Temperature | 0 ~ 40˚C (32˚F ~ 104˚F) |
| Storage Temperature | -20 - 70°C (-4°F - 158°F) |
| Relative Humidity | 5-95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C (80.6˚F) |
| Power Supply Unit | 120W adapter, 100-240V |
| Power Consumption: HDD Sleep Mode | 14.005 W |
| Power Consumption: Operating Mode, Typical | 33.33 W
Tested with drives fully populated. |
| Fan | 2 x 90mm, 12VDC |
| System Warning | Buzzer |
| Kensington Security Slot | |
| Max. Number of Concurrent Connections (CIFS) - with Max. Memory | 1,500 |
Note: Use only QNAP memory modules to maintain system performance and stability. For NAS devices with more than one memory slot, use QNAP modules with identical specifications.
Warning: Using unsupported modules may degrade performance, cause errors, or prevent the operating system from starting.
QNAP reserves the right to replace partial parts or accessories if the original is no longer available from its manufacturer/supplier. Any replacement would be fully tested and verified to meet strict compatibility and stability guidelines and will deliver identical performance to the original.
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| Operating System |
QTS 5.1.0 |
| Supported Client Operating Systems |
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| Supported Browsers |
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| Supported Languages |
Chinese (Traditional & Simplified), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, and Turkish |
| Storage Pool |
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| SED Storage Pool |
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| Maximum Pool size |
308 TB |
| Maximum number of storage pool |
128 |
| Volume Type |
Thick, Thin, Static |
| Maximum volume size |
250 TB Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required. |
| Maximum number of volume |
128 |
| Maximum shared folder size |
250 TB |
| Maximum number of shared folder |
512 |
| JBOD Expansion |
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| VJBOD / VJBOD Cloud |
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| iSCSI Service |
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| Fibre Channel Service |
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| LUN Type |
Thick, Thin |
| File-based iSCSI LUN |
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| Block-based iSCSI LUN |
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| Maximum LUN size |
250 TB Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required. |
| Maximum number of targets LUN |
128 |
| LUN feature |
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| Auto Tiering |
Requires minimum 2GB memory. |
| RAID Type |
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| RAID Group |
To ensure data security, system stability, and storage performance, the maximum number of drives for a single RAID group is now 16 (applicable to RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID TP, and subgroups of RAID 50 and RAID 60). Nevertheless, users can combine multiple RAID groups into a large storage pool that contains more than 16 drives, using RAID 50, RAID 60, or RAID 10 as the RAID configuration. This enhancement will only be applied to new RAID groups. All existing RAID groups and storage systems will not be affected. |
| RAID Level Migration |
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| RAID Expansion (by adding Disk) |
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| RAID Expansion (by replacing bigger Disks) |
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| Storage Pool Expansion (by adding RAID Group) |
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| RAID Hot Spare |
Global, Local |
| RAID Sync/Rebuild/Scrubbing |
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| Internal drive |
EXT4 |
| External drive |
EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+, and exFAT (optional for ARM model) Note: To use exFat in certain models you must purchase an exFAT driver license from License Center. |
| Disk, Enclosure Locate |
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| Disk S.M.A.R.T. Scan |
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| Disk S.M.A.R.T. Data Migration |
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| Ironwolf Health Management |
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| Secure Erase |
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| SSD Trim |
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| SSD Life Estimation |
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| Disk Roaming |
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| Disk Standby |
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| Volume Snapshot |
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| LUN Snapshot |
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| Maximum Snapshot (Per System) | |
| Maximum Snapshot (Per Volume / LUN) | |
| Minimum Snapshot Interval |
5 minutes |
| Snapshot Retention Policy |
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| Self-serve Snapshot Recovery |
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| Application Consisted Snapshot |
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| Snapshot Full Clone |
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| Snapshot Replica / Vault |
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| SSD read-only Cache |
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| SSD read-write cache |
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| SSD write-only cache |
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| SSD Cache Maximum Size | |
| SSD Cache RAID |
0, 1, 5, 6, 10 |
| SSD profiling tool |
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| External Device Management |
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| Mount Smart Phone (MTP) |
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| External RAID Device (QNAP so on) Management (External Device Mode) |
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| External RAID Device (QNAP so on) Management (NAS Mode) |
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| File Server |
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| FTP Server |
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| Maximum FTP connection |
1024 |
| File Station (Web) |
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| Object Storage |
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| Local user account |
4,096 |
| Local group account |
512 |
| Domain user/group account |
200,000 |
| Domain Security |
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| Domain Controller |
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| Shared folder permission |
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| Advanced folder permission |
, (AFP, CIFS/SMB, FTP, and File Station) |
| Windows ACL |
, (CIFS/SMB) |
| User quota |
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| Group quota |
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| Folder quota |
, (Snapshot shared folder) |
| Home folder |
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| Resource Monitor |
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| SNMP |
V2, V3 |
| Network recycle bin |
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| System Log & Notification Center |
Log recording: 3,000 event per second |
| Smart Fan |
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| Schedule on/off |
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| Internet protocol |
IPv4, IPv6 |
| Virtual Switch |
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| Port trunking |
, (7 modes) |
| VLAN |
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| DHCP Server |
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| DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Service) |
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| Network access protection with auto-blocking |
SSH, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP, CIFS/SMB, and AFP |
| Security Counselor |
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| Malware Remover |
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| AES 256-bit Volume Encryption validated by FIPS 140-2 CAVP |
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| 2-step verification |
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| Allow/Deny List |
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| Access Protection |
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| Service binding |
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| Firewall |
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| vSphere Web Client Plug-in |
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| VMware vSphere VAAI for iSCSI |
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| VMware vSphere VAAI for NAS |
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| Windows ODX |
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| Windows/VMware Snapshot Agent |
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| HTTP/HTTPS Connections |
TLS 1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3 |
| Supports WebDAV Connection |
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| Supports Virtual Hosts |
32 |
| Qsync |
Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. |
| [Qsync] Management Mode |
User customization, Central |
| [Qsync] Qsync client supported platforms |
Windows, macOS, Ubuntu, Android, and iOS |
| [Qsync] Maximum number of version control |
64 |
| HybridMount |
Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. |
| [HybridMount] File Cloud Gateway |
Concurrent Connections = 20 Upload & 20 Download |
| [HybridMount] Network Drive Mount |
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| [HybridMount] Free cloud gateway sessions |
2 |
| HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync) |
Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. |
| [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] NAS to NAS backup |
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| [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Cloud Backup |
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| [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Cloud Sync |
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| [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] 2-way and Active Sync |
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| [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Apple Time Machine Backup |
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| [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] External drive backup |
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| [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Maximum number of backup job |
400 |
| Boxafe |
Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required. |
| [Boxafe] Office 365 Backup |
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| [Boxafe] Google Workspace Backup |
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| [Boxafe] Full-text search |
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| Qsirch |
Note: This feature is supported by all QNAP NAS devices with at least 2 GB of memory |
| [Qsirch] Previews |
Photos, music, videos, PDFs, Gmail, and others |
| [Qsirch] Integrate Mac Finder |
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| [Qsirch] Advanced picture search |
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| [Qsirch] Search filters |
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| QuMagie |
Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. |
| [QuMagie] Browse photos |
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| [QuMagie] Virtual and smart albums |
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| [QuMagie] AI-assisted photo management |
People, things, places, and others |
| Antivirus (free) |
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| QVPN Service |
Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. |
| [QVPN Service] Remote Access |
PPTP, L2TP/IPSec, OpenVPN, WireGuard, QBelt (QNAP proprietary) |
| [QVPN Service] Supportedd utility and mobile app |
Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android |
| [QVPN Service] Supported maximum clients |
100 |
| HD Station |
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| LDAP Server |
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| RADIUS |
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| SQL server |
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| License Center |
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| Multimedia Console |
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| Photo Station |
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| Music Station |
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| Video Station |
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| Download Station |
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| Notes Station |
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| Qfiling |
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| Media Streaming add-on |
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| QmailAgent |
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| QuWAN |
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| DA Driver Analyzer |
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| Q'center |
Note: The application is available in the App Center and in virtual appliance marketplaces (VMware vSphere ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V). |
| Q'center Server |
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| Q'center Agent |
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| Connect to Q'center |
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| Container Station |
Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. |
| [Container Station] Supported type |
LXC/LXD and Docker Note: LXD has been supported after Container Station 2.4 |
| [Container Station] Docker Hub Registry |
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| [Container Station] Container importing and exporting |
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| [Container Station] Console mode |
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| QVR Pro |
Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required. The maximum number of channels supported varies by NAS model, network configuration, and camera settings. For more information, visit https://www.qnap.com/go/qvr-nas-selector. |
| [QVR Pro] Recording Technique |
Index database based |
| [QVR Pro] License Type |
Perpetual |
| [QVR Pro] User-defined trigger events |
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| [QVR Pro] Metadata |
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| [QVR Pro] QVR Pro Client (Desktop) |
Windows, macOS, and QNAP HybridDesk Station |
| [QVR Pro] QVR Pro Client (Mobile) |
Android and iOS |
| [QVR Pro] Recording camera streams |
H.264 |
| [QVR Pro] Free built-in camera channels |
8 |
| QVR Elite |
Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. The maximum number of channels supported varies by NAS model, network configuration, and camera settings. For more information, visit https://www.qnap.com/go/qvr-nas-selector. |
| [QVR Elite] Recording Technique |
Standard MP4 file based |
| [QVR Elite] License Type |
Subscription-based |
| [QVR Elite] User-defined trigger events |
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| [QVR Elite] QVR Pro Client (Desktop) |
Windows, macOS, and QNAP HybridDesk Station |
| [QVR Elite] QVR Pro Client (Mobile) |
Android and iOS |
| [QVR Elite] Recording camera streams |
H.264 |
| [QVR Elite] Free built-in camera channels |
2 |
| QVR Pro Client |
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| [QVR Pro Client] Dynamic View Layout |
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| [QVR Pro Client] Windows |
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| [QVR Pro Client] Mac |
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| [QVR Pro Client] HybridDesktop |
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| [QVR Pro Client] iOS |
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| [QVR Pro Client] Android |
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| QVR Human |
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| QVR Face |
The maximum number of channels supported varies by NAS model, network configuration, and camera settings. For more information, visit https://www.qnap.com/solution/qvr-face/en-us/ |
| QVR DoorAccess |
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Note:
QTS does not support DRM content and some IPv6 services.
Some data encryption features may be unavailable because of country-specific legislative restrictions.
Some features may vary by model.
Designs and specifications are subject to change without notice.
| SKU | TS-AI642-8G |
| Barcode # | 4711103084335 |
| Brand | QNAP |
| Shipping Weight | 4.2000kg |
| Shipping Width | 0.350m |
| Shipping Height | 0.260m |
| Shipping Length | 0.390m |
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