QNAP TVS-472XT-i3 Thunderbolt 3 10GbE NAS

The QNAP TVS-472XT-i3-4G-US is a 4-bay NAS engineered for high-speed workflows in creative and business environments. Powered by a quad-core Intel Core i3-8100T processor running at 3.1 GHz, it provides the processing headroom needed for real-time 4K transcoding, multi-user file access, and running containerized applications or virtual machines. The unit ships with 4GB of DDR4 RAM, expandable to 64GB, giving users room to scale performance as their demands grow. Four 3.5-inch/2.5-inch drive bays accept HDDs or SSDs, while two internal M.2 PCIe Gen3x2 NVMe slots can be configured for SSD caching or as dedicated high-speed storage pools.

Connectivity is a standout feature of this NAS. Thunderbolt 3 provides direct-attached speeds for bandwidth-intensive tasks like video editing, while the built-in 10GBASE-T port supports 5-speed networking at 10G, 5G, 2.5G, 1G, and 100M for flexible integration into existing network infrastructure. Multiple USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports in both Type-A and Type-C configurations offer up to 10 Gb/s transfer speeds for external storage expansion. An HDMI 2.0 output at 4K 60Hz allows direct multimedia playback. On the software side, QNAP's ecosystem includes snapshot-based ransomware protection, cloud backup and restore, and optimized collaboration tools for file sharing and synchronization across teams.