QNAP TS-h966TX packs Thunderbolt 4, 10GbE, U.2 NVMe in 9-bay NAS

QNAP unveiled the TS-h966TX, a 9-bay NAS with five SATA bays and four U.2 NVMe slots, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, 10GbE and 2.5GbE. It runs QuTS hero on ZFS with a 6-core Intel Core i3, starts at $1299, and preorders are open.

• 5 hot-swap 3.5" SATA bays and 4 hot-swap 2.5" U.2 PCIe NVMe bays
• Two Thunderbolt 4 ports plus 10GbE and 2.5GbE; chassis 36% smaller
• 6-core Intel Core i3 up to 4.4 GHz, 8 GB DDR5, expandable to 64 GB
• Price $1299, shipping in 2-4 weeks, 3-year warranty extendable to 5