QNAP Systems, Inc. today launched the new QXP-1600eS-A1164 quad-port external SATA expansion card. Designed for QNAP TL series SATA JBOD, the QXP-1600eS-A1164 is compatible with QNAP NAS, Windows® /Ubuntu® PCs and servers with a PCIe port. Each SATA lane directly connects to a single SATA drive to deliver excellent transfer performance.
“The new QXP-1600eS-A1164 SATA expansion card doesn’t need any drivers and provides a more convenient solution than its previous generation. It can be used with a QNAP TL SATA JBOD for expanding the capacity of NAS or PCs to provide future-proof scalability.” said Candice Chiang, Product Manager of QNAP.
The QXP-1600eS-A1164 can be used with QNAP SATA JBOD (supported from QTS 4.5.4 or QuTS hero h4.5.4), including setting RAID parameters and creating a storage pool using the Storage and Snapshots app. When the QXP-1600eS-A1164 is installed in a Windows® or Ubuntu® device, the QNAP JBOD Manager desktop utility can be used to quickly obtain and view information about the JBOD status, health, fan speed, and check for firmware updates.
The 16-bay desktop TL-D1600S and rackmount TL-R1200S-RP SATA JBOD package includes a QXP-1600eS-A1164 card.
Key Specifications
QXP SATA Expansion Card：
| Model | Description | PCIe Interfaces |
| QXP-1600eS-A1164 | 4 x SFF-8644, supported SATA drives: 16 x SATA 6Gb/s drives (Each SFF-8644 internal connector supports four SATA drives) | PCIe Gen 3 x8 (64 Gbps) |
TL SATA JBOD：
| Model | Description | Package |
| TL-D1600S | Desktop unit, 4 x SFF-8088, supported 16 x SATA 6Gb/s drives | Includes QXP-1600eS-A1164 and 4 x 1-meter SFF-8088 to SFF-8644 cable |
| TL-R1200S-RP | Rackmount unit, 3 x SFF-8088, supported 12 x SATA 6Gb/s drives | Includes QXP-1600eS-A1164 and 3 x 1-meter SFF-8088 to SFF-8644 cable |
Availability
The new QXP-1600eS-A1164 SATA Expansion Card are now available.
