The QM2 PCIe Expansion Card Gives Your NAS a Performance Boost!

★ QM2-2S ★ QM2-2P ★ QM2-2S10G1T ★ QM2-2P10G1T

QTS Supports SSD Cache Acceleration • Accelerates IOPS performance and reduces latency• SSD cache can be applied to all volumes and LUNs with a single setup process; this

allows users to apply a global read-write cache on multiple volumes.

Read

Write

HDD STORAGE

SSD STORAGE

Application layer

Read Caching

Total capacity = hard drive

Read/Write Caching

QTS Supports Qtier™ 2.0 Auto-tiering• Data can be stored in different tiers, and you get a performance boost• Combining tiering on demand & I/O Aware → flexibility for accelerating performance

of key data and increase cost/performance ratioQtier 2.0

Total capacity = SSD +hard drive

HDD STORAGE

SSD STORAGE

Application layer

Total capacity = hard drive

Read /Write cachingSequential

Random

Hot data and reserved blockCold and archived data

Tiering on Demand

3.5”HDD

M.2 SSD is Much Smaller and Thinner

H 100.1 mm

W 101.6 mm

H 147mm

W 69.85 mmW 22 mm

H 110 mm2.5” SSD

H 80 mm

M.2 SSDM.2 2280 SSD (22 x 80 mm)M.2 22110 SSD (22 x 110 mm)

M.2 SSD Enhances Key System Performance

*Based on NAS HDD and consumer SSD vendor dataSource：Amazon.com (Dec, 2017)

200 MB/s

1400 MB/s

2700 MB/s

M.2 SATA III (6Gb/s) SSD

M.2 PCIe Gen 2 x4 (20Gb/s)SSD

M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 (32Gb/s) SSD

550 MB/s

3.5' SATA III (6Gb/s) HDD Limited by its mechanical nature; unable to reach SATA 6Gb/s performance

240GB | US $130

240GB | US $150

240GB | US $150

1TB | US $70

Read performance claimed by vendor

Differences between M.2 SATA & PCIe SSDs● M.2 SATA SSD

○ B+M Key

● M.2 PCIe SSD○ M Key

6Gb/s

20Gb/s

32Gb/s

M.2 PCIe Gen 2 x2

M.2 PCIe Gen 2 x4M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4

10Gb/s

M.2 SATA III

16G/sM.2 PCIe Gen 3 x2

Interfaces Theoretical Speed

★ Mainstream

★ Mainstream

Models of QM2 PCIe Expansion Cards

• QM2-2S2 x M.2 22110 / 2280 SATA SSD slots

• QM2-2P2 x M.2 22110 / 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD slots

• QM2-2S10G1T2 x M.2 2280 SATA SSD slots1 x 10GBASE-T 10GbE port

• QM2-2P10G1T2 x M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD slots1 x 10GBASE-T 10GbE port

Half-Height Half-Length (HHHL)PCIe expansion card

Bundled with heatsink and brackets that can be used

on all NAS models

QM2 Supports SSD Cache or Storage Space

Flexibly configure M.2 SSD as cache or storage

space

QNAP QM2 card

NVMe SSD as SSD cache only

3rd party NVMe SSD PCIe card

!

QM2-2S： 2 x M.2 SATA SSD Slots

• QM2-2S 2 x M.2 22110 / 2280 SATA SSD slotsPCIe Gen2 x2 interface

157 mm

68.9 mm

(10Gb/s)

QM2-2P： 2 x M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD Slots

• QM2-2P 2 x M.2 22110 / 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD slotsPCIe Gen2 x4 interface

(20Gb/s)

157 mm

68.9 mm (20Gb/s)

(20Gb/s)

QM2-2S10G1T：2 x M.2 SATA SSD Slot + 10GBASE-T

• QM2-2S10G1T 2 x M.2 2280 SATA SSD slots1 x 10GBASE-T 10GbE portPCIe Gen2 x4 interface

157 mm

68.9 mm

(10Gb/s)

(10Gb/s)

(20Gb/s)

QM2-2P10G1T：2 x M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD Slots + 10GBASE-T

• QM2-2P10G1T 2 x M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe SSD slots1 x 10GBASE-T 10GbE portPCIe Gen2 x4 interface

(10Gb/s)

157 mm

68.9 mm

(10Gb/s)

(20Gb/s)

(10Gb/s)

• Install a QM2 card to NAS and enable SSD cache to enhance the performance without changing existing configurations

• Install a QM2 card with 10GbE port to achieve higher performance

Add SSD Slots to NAS with a QM2 Card

HDD RAID Integrated 10G SFP+ ports

QM2 SSD RAID

TX-531X

QM2-2S

TVS-663

HDD RAID

QM2 SSD RAID

QM2-2S10G1T

10GBASE-T port

• Multiple QM2 cards on the same NAS can form a RAID5/6 M.2 SSD RAID• In QTS 4.3.4, you can freely upgrade a normal pool (configured after 4.2) to a Qtier pool

without starting over

Combine Multiple QM2 Cards to Form a M.2 SSD RAID

QM2-2SQM2-2S10G1T QM2-2P QM2-2P10G1T

QM2 SSD RAID

• The M.2 SSD slots on a QM2 card can form a RAID 5/6 volume or cache with the native SSD slots/ports on the NAS

Use a QM2 card to Expand NAS with Native SSD Slots

M.2 SATA SSD slotsQM2-2S10G1T

QM2 SSD cache

QM2-2P

TVS-673

M.2 SSD RAID

Many Models Support a PCIe Gen 2 Slot

★ Gen 2 x2 slot– TS-531X, TS-831X– TS-1635– TS-x31XU– TS-x53B– TS-x53BU

★ Gen 2 x4 slot– TS-531P– TS-563, TVS-x63– TS-x63U– TS-x70U

★ Gen 2 x8 slot– TS-x71 (1)

– TS-x70 – TS-x79

* (1) is the NAS PCIe slot number

QM2card support

Models with a High-speed PCIe Gen3 Slot

★ Gen 3 x4 slot– TS-x71U (1)

– TS-x73– TS-x80U (1)

★ Gen 3 x8 slot– TS-x71 (2), TS-x71U (2)

– TS-x77 (1)

– TS-1282 (1)

– TS-x80, TS-x80U (2)

– TS-x89U (3,4,5)

– TS-1685 (1)

★ Gen 3 x16 slot– TS-682 (1), TS-882 (1)

– TDS-16489U (2)

* (1) (2) (3) (4) is the NAS PCIe slot number

QM2card support

Live Demo: QM2 Card Installation

Install heat pad and rubber feet on M.2 SSD

Step

Install the M.2 SSD onto theQM2 card

Step ２

Install the QM2 card on a NAS

Step1 3

Performance Demo 1:Accelerate the Performance of a 10GbE NAS

• TS-531X performance test- Integrated dual 10G SFP+ ports- One PCIe Gen 2 x2 slot

• Install a QM2-2S - With two 240 GB M.2 SATA SSDs

• Enable SSD Read/Write Cache(RAID 1)

TS-531X

QM2-2S

Enable SSD Cache with QM2 Card to Enhance Random IOPS

5000

1000

0

ReadWrite

11933

8732

10000

1578

401

HDD SSD Cache HDD SSD Cache

Tested in the QNAP lab. Actual results may vary by environments.Test environment:NAS operating system: QTS 4.3Volume type: RAID 5; 4 x Seagate Enterprise HDD 1TB

Client PC:Intel® Core™ i7-6770 3.40GHz CPU; 32GB RAM; Mellanox 10GbE NIC ; Windows® 10 64-bit; 10GB file transfer by Robocopy

QM2-2S

TS-531X

SMB Random IOPS (4K, 1 x 10GbE)

Performance Demo 2: NAS with Dual PCIe Slots● TVS-471 performance test

- Dual PCIe slots● Install the QM2-2P card in the PCIe Gen 2 x4 slot

- with two 256 GB M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 SSD (RAID 0)● Install a LAN-10G2T-X550 on PCIe Gen 3 x8 slot● Enable Qtier 2.0 auto-tiering

TVS-471

QM2-2PLAN-10G2T-X550

LAN-10G2T-X550

Upgrade to a Qtier Pool with the QM2 Card

Client PC:Intel® Core™ i7-4770 3.40GHz CPU; 16GB RAM; Intel 10GbE NIC ; Windows® 10 64-bit; 10GB file transfer by Robocopy

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File Transfer (10GB)2 x 10GbE

1559

1461

Qtierenabled

QM2-2P

TVS-471

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Performance Demo 3:Maximize Performance of NAS with a Single PCIe Slot● TVS-463 performance test

- One PCIe Gen 2 x4 slot only● Install a QM2-2S10G1T card

- with two 240 GB M.2 SATA SSD (RAID 0)● Enable Qtier● 10GbE performance via QM2-2S10G1T

TVS-463

QM2-2S10G1T

Both M.2 SSD & 10GbE !!!

Upgrade Your NAS to 10GbE & SSD ready via the QM2 Card

QM2-2S10G1T

TVS-463

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487

350

File Transfer (10GB)(1 x 10GbE)

890

608

Qtierenabled

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Client PC:Intel® Core™ i7-4770 3.40GHz CPU; 16GB RAM; Intel 10GbE NIC ; Windows® 10 64-bit; 10GB file transfer by Robocopy

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