QNAP Develops AI-Based NAS for Surveillance Services

Built with an ARM processor, The Qnap TS-AI642 delivers high performance and high efficiency, with connectivity from 2,5 Gbe, Expandability of 10 GbE over PCIe and two 4K HDMI outputs.

Qnap has created the NAS TS-AI642, A system based on artificial intelligence and built with the ARM processor of 8 cores and 6 NPU TOPS Accelerates Image Recognition Using AI and Intelligent Applications for Surveillance Services.

Achieving high performance and high efficiency with 2,5 Gbe, 10GbE expandability via PCIe and two 4K HDMI outputs, TS-AI642 meets image storage demands, Backup and video surveillance of SMEs.

"The TS-AI642 is the first ARM-based AI NAS on the market. Incorporating an NPU to improve image recognition performance with AI , is a basic and affordable ARM-based AI surveillance and image storage NAS for SMBs", Says Jerry Deng, QNAP product manager.

An improvement in the performance of the 200 % in AI-powered image recognition in QuMagie photo management, performance in capturing text in images with OCR using AI in the Qsirch full-text search engine and an increase in the number of cameras for real-time analysis in the facial recognition of QVR Face Insight and the QVR Human people counting solution.

The TS-AI642 is a professional surveillance NAS that allows you to install QVR Elite to deploy two free channels or up to 64 Channels by purchasing additional licenses. Thanks to dual-port HDMI, Playback and switch between multi-channel videos on two monitors.

The TS-AI642 features a 2.5GbE port and a PCIe Gen slot 3 x2 allowing users to install a 10GbE network card. If you connect a storage expansion unit of QNAP TL-D1600S, Users can add another twelve hard drives to the TS-AI642 for up to storage space 350 TB that enables them to respond to growing storage needs (Using hard drives 22 TB in RAID 5).

TR Series storage expansion units can also be connected to add hardware RAID protection for extended storage. Enterprises can achieve mass storage capacities to meet long-term storage and archiving requirements with optimal ROI.

Offers an all-in-one backup and restore solution that supports a variety of cloud-based services for easy hybrid cloud deployment. IT staff can take snapshots regularly to protect files from ransomware and create virtual private networks using the QVPN service to ensure your NAS access to remote data.

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