Hard Drive Adapters

Get ultra-fast data access by adding a PCIe M.2 SSD to your existing computer. This adapter lets you add a high-speed, 4-lane M.2 SSD (PCIe-based), such as a Samsung 950 Pro or Samsung SM 951, to a PC with an available x4 PCI Express expansion slot. You can mount the PCIe M.2 drive directly onto the adapter, giving you an easy and convenient way to improve your system performance and expand overall internal storage.

Boost your system speed and performance

The expansion card lets you take full advantage of the fast performance and compact size of PCIe M.2 internal solid-state drives. The adapter connects directly to your computer motherboard to support an M.2 PCIe-based SSD (NVMe or AHCI) through ultra-fast x4 PCIe. The adapter is compatible with PCIe 3.0 motherboards and is also backward compatible with PCIe 2.0 and PCIe 1.0. With the M.2 PCIe based drive in place, the adapter gives your computer a significant speed boost.

Supports PCIe M.2 SSDs

The adapter supports PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe (M Key) and PCIe-AHCI M.2 SSDs including 2242, 2260, 2280, and 22110 drives. The expansion slot adapter supports the most common drive sizes including 110 mm, 80 mm, 60 mm and 42 mm.

Easy to install

The expansion card is equipped with a full-profile bracket and includes a half-height/low-profile bracket, for installation in small form-factor computers.

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QM2 Expansion Card (Add M.2 SSD Slots)

Flexible and versatile, boosts performance and functionality

QM2 series PCIe cards add support for M.2 SSDs to a QNAP NAS, allowing users to configure SSD caching, a caching pool, or an auto-tiering volume to improve overall NAS performance.

Tackle performance bottlenecks

QM2 boosts performance by adding M.2 SSDs. It doesn't occupy any 3.5-inch drive bays, allowing you to maximize both your storage capacity and performance.

• M.2 SSDs can be installed to form caching pools or an auto-tiering volume.
• Enables SSD caching to boost performance and optimizes storage efficiency with Qtier Technology.
• M.2 SSD thermal sensors allow real-time M.2 SSD temperature monitoring.
• A quiet cooling module (heatsink and smart fan) minimizes overheating risks and sustains constant high performance.
• LED indicators for monitoring M.2 SSD status.

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The QM2-2P10G1TB allows you to easily add two M.2 NVMe SSDs and 10GbE RJ45 connectivity to your QNAP NAS. Compared with the SATA interface, the QM2-2P10G1TB's PCIe Gen3 x 8 interface provides higher bandwidth to deliver faster computing speed and data access.

Tackle performance bottlenecks

The QM2-2P10G1TB boosts NAS performance by adding M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe SSDs. It doesn't occupy any 3.5-inch drive bays, allowing you to maximize both your storage capacity and performance.

• M.2 SSDs can be installed (no tools required) to form caching pools or an auto-tiering volume.
• Enables SSD caching to boost performance and optimizes storage efficiency with Qtier Technology.
• Provides 10GBASE-T connectivity and backwards compatibility with 5GbE/2.5GbE/1GbE/100MbE.
• M.2 SSD thermal sensors allow real-time M.2 SSD temperature monitoring.
• A quiet cooling module (heatsink and smart fan) minimizes overheating risks and sustains constant high performance.
• LED indicators for monitoring M.2 SSD status.

Future-proof 10GbE network environments

The QM2-2P10G1TB features a 10GBASE-T Multi-Gigabit (10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M) network port to empower your QNAP NAS with 10GbE high-speed connectivity for bandwidth-demanding tasks. With QNAP's various 10GbE switches, you can easily upgrade to a high-speed network environment.

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The QDA-SA3 adapter is designed for QNAP's dual-controller all-flash array Enterprise ZFS NAS (ES2486dc) and allows the usage of a SATA 6Gbps drive in a 2.5-inch SAS 12Gbps/6Gbps drive bay - providing the ability to expand storage capacity with cost-effective SATA drives.

Supports 2.5-inch SATA HDD/SSD.
Up to 6Gb/s file transfer speeds.
The installed SATA drive can share SAS dual-port advantages for higher reliability.

SAS dual-port advantage for fault tolerance

SAS features dual porting for redundancy, eliminating single points of failure and allowing for higher reliability and performance. By installing a SATA drive with the QDA-SA3 into a dual-controller all-flash Enterprise ZFS NAS, the SATA drive can share these SAS dual-port advantages to ensure a high-availability, fault tolerant enterprise storage environment.

Designed for all-flash Enterprise ZFS NAS

The QDA-SA3 can be easily installed in the 2.5-inch disk tray of an all-flash array Enterprise ZFS NAS (ES2486dc disk tray model: TRAY-25-NK-BLK04).

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