Description

Using a Mellanox® ConnectX®-4 Lx SmartNIC controller, the QNAP QXG-25G2SF-CX4 25GbE network expansion card provides significant performance improvements for large file sharing, intensive data transfer, and optimizes VMware® virtualization applications with iSER support.

• Controller: Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx
• Connector: SFP28
• PCIe interface: PCIe Gen3 x8
• Transmission rates: 25Gbps/10Gbps
• Supported operating systems: QTS; Windows (Driver required); Linux (Driver required)
• Supported QNAP NAS: Models with PCIe slot(s) (1 free slot required)
• Bracket: Low-profile bracket pre-installed; full-height and specialized (for selected QNAP NAS) brackets are bundled
• SFP28 OPTIC transceiver

Note:
25GbE NICs are designed for data-intensive applications and enterprise IT environments. To reach the full potential of 25GbE transmission, you require high-performance hardware configurations, including:
1) At least three workstations with Intel® Core™ i5/i7 processors (or similar) at 3.3 GHz (or higher) and NVMe SSDs.
2) A QNAP NAS with an Intel® Core™ i5/i7 processor (or similar) with NVMe SSDs and/or Enterprise-level SATA SSDs (SLC/MLC). At least 12 SSDs are recommended.

Please check the compatibility list for your NAS

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