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QNAP Releases Quad-port SATA 6Gb/s Expansion Card QXP-1600eS-A1164- Supports Expanding Capacity for Windows® /Ubuntu® PCs, With a 1-1 High-speed Channel for Excellent Transfer Performance
Taipei, Taiwan, March 10, 2022 - 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. For more information, and to view the full QNAP NAS lineup, please visit www.qnap.com.
About QNAP
QNAP (Quality Network Appliance Provider) is devoted to providing comprehensive solutions in software development, hardware design and in-house manufacturing. Focusing on storage, networking and smart video innovations, QNAP now introduce a revolutionary Cloud NAS solution that joins our cutting-edge subscription-based software and diversified service channel ecosystem. QNAP envisions NAS as being more than simple storage and has created a cloud-based networking infrastructure for users to host and develop artificial intelligence analysis, edge computing and data integration on their QNAP solutions.
