. Featuring an AMD Ryzen V1000 series V1500B quad-core processor and 10GbE/2.5GbE connectivity the 9-bay TS-h973AX packs a high-capacity hybrid storage infrastructure into a compact physical footprint. With five 3.5-inch SATA 6Gbps drive bays two 2.5-inch U.2 NVMe SSD slots and two 2.5-inch SATA 6Gbps SSD slots the TS-h973AX can benefit from SSD caching to boost IOPS-intensive applications. With the ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system the TS-h973AX ensures data integrity and supports block-level inline data deduplication and compression near-limitless snapshots and real-time SnapSync to satisfy mission-critical file servers virtualization servers collaborative video editing and efficient data backup and recovery with business-class performance job reliability and lower overall costKey Product Info . Install high-performance U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4 SSDs or SATA 6Gb/s SSDs in the dedicated SSD slots for cache acceleration and improved random I/OOne 10GBASE-T Multi-Gig and two 2.5GbE LAN ports accelerate virtualization intensive file access large backup/restoration tasks and media transferExperience a business-class backup center supporting backup/restore of cloud data and VMs (including Google Workspace Microsoft 365 VMware and Hyper-V)Host multiple virtual machines and containers to run a wide range of applications on the TS-h973AXCloud storage gateways realize hybrid cloud applications by working with the cache space reserved on NAS to ensure low-latency data access to the cloudFlexibly scale your total storage capacity to match your business growth by connecting USB expansion enclosures Product Features Absolute performance with AMD Ryzen and up to 32 GB RAMPowered by an AMD Ryzen Embedded V1000 series V1500B 4-core/8-thread 2.2 GHz processor the TS-h973AX 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 and storage performance for data-intensive applications. Dual U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4 SSD slots for optimal I/O and low latencyThe TS-h973AX has four 2.5-inch SSD slots with slots 1 and 2 supporting both high-performance U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4 SSDs or economical SATA 6Gb/s SSDs. For tackling latency-sensitive applications you can take advantage of U.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4 SSDs that supply up to 32Gb/s bandwidth to attain optimized performance and efficiency. You can also use QNAP's QDA-UMP adapter to replace U.2 NVMe SSDs with cost-efficient M.2 NVMe Gen 3 x4 SSDs to maintain high-level performance while saving more costs. What's in the box? . QNAP TS-H973AX-8G10GBase-T cablePower 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