TVS-h474
Highly-reliable ZFS-based storage with PCIe Gen 4 expandability for 10/25GbE connectivity, M.2 NVMe SSD caching and multi-threads processors for virtualization applications
With an Intel® Pentium® Gold dual-core Processor to support the ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system, the TVS-h474 SMB NAS ensures data integrity and supports block-level inline data deduplication and compression, near-limitless snapshots, real-time SnapSync, and SSD optimization. Whether for mission-critical file servers, virtualization servers, collaborative video editing, or efficient data backup and recovery applications, the TVS-h474 delivers an ideal NAS solution. The high-performance TVS-h474 provides PCIe Gen 4 (up to twice the transmission speed of Gen 3) expandability, M.2 NVMe SSD caching, and 2.5GbE connectivity for high-speed virtualization network environments.
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M.2 PCIe Gen 3
Enable NVMe SSD caching or Edge TPU empowered AI image recognition.
2.5GbE connectivity
2.5GbE ports provide higher transmission speeds with existing Cat 5e cables.
Flexible PCIe Gen4 expansion
PCIe slots allow for installing 2.5/5/10/25GbE adapters, QM2 cards, or entry-level graphics cards to increase application performance.
Virtual machines and containers
Host multiple virtual machines and containers with optimized resource utilization.
Full HD HDMI
Directly view creative works on an HDMI display. Enjoy smooth full HD media playback and real-time transcoding.
Faster image recognition with AI acceleration
The built-in Intel® OpenVINO™ and Intel® UHD Graphics help boost AI image recognition and offload CPU workloads.
Available Models
TVS-h474-PT-8G
Intel® Pentium® Gold G7400 2-core/4-thread 3.7 GHz Processor, 8 GB SODIMM DDR4 (1 x 8 GB)
High-performance Intel® Pentium® 3.7 GHz processor
The TVS-h474 adopts an Intel® Pentium® Gold dual-core Processor and Intel® UHD Graphics 710 to increase multi-tasking capabilities, offering SMBs a secure, reliable, and high-performance NAS solution.
Processor
Intel® Pentium® Gold 2-core/4-thread 3.7 GHz Processor
Memory
Supports up to 128 GB dual-channel DDR4 memory
Connections
Three USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) ports
Encryption Engine
Features Intel® AES-NI 256 hardware-accelerated encryption to boost system performance while securing sensitive data.
Boost NAS performance with M.2 SSDs or TPU
The TVS-h474 has two M.2 PCIe slots, enabling SSD caching or SSD storage pools for improved performance, or other applications.
2 x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3 x2 Slots
Install M.2 NVMe SSDs for cache acceleration
The TVS-h474 supports SSD caching and features two M.2 slots that support M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs (*) with 2280 form factors (sold separately) for boosting overall NAS performance.
(*) M.2 SSDs are sold separately. As M.2 SSD operations can easily generate excessive heat, it is recommended to install a heatsink on QNAP M.2 SSDs
Accelerate AI–powered image recognition with TPU
By leveraging a Google Edge TPU to QNAP AI Core (AI-powered engine for image recognition), the TVS-h474 can perform high-speed face and object recognition. Google Edge TPU enables QuMagie to quickly process thousands of photos with high-speed AI Image recognition and classification, and QVR Face to analyze real-time video for instant facial recognition.
Note: M.2 Accelerators are sold separately and can be purchased from the Coral website.
Learn More: Edge TPU Accelerator
Build a High-Speed 2.5GbE Network Environment
QNAP offers comprehensive, budget-friendly storage and networking solutions that provide an array of connectivity possibilities. Easily and flexibly upgrade your workplace or home network now to handle bandwidth-hungry applications.
A QNAP NAS featuring one or more 2.5GbE ports, and Port Trunking allows you to combine multiple ports for greater bandwidth potential.
Abundant I/O capabilities with PCIe expansion
The TVS-h474 has two PCIe slots that allow for installing various expansion cards for expanding application potential.
2.5/5/10GbE network card
Enable lightning-fast throughput for bandwidth-demanding tasks (virtualization, massive data transmission, fast backup/restore).
Learn More: QNAP network expansion cards
QM2 card
Add M.2 SSD caching, Edge TPU or 2.5GbE/10GbE network connectivity to the NAS for optimized performance and bandwidth.
Learn More: QM2
Graphics cards
Supercharge your video editing and transcoding or enable GPU pass-through to virtual machines.
Note:
1. Supports graphics cards with dimensions up to 169 x 47 x 68.9 mm (with cable).
2. Only entry-level graphics cards (that can be powered solely through the PCIe slot) are supported.
Learn More: Check for compatible graphics cards
Ultimate visual experience with Full HD HDMI output and real-time video transcoding
The TVS-h474 features HDMI output that supports Full HD, providing great benefits for applications like video production/editing or industrial design that demands high resolution and intensive media storage, transfer, and display.
By connecting the TVS-h474 to an HDMI display, you can directly watch multimedia content saved on the NAS, operate virtual machines from Virtualization Station, or enjoy multimedia using HD Player or third-party players.
Learn more: HybridDesk Station
The TVS-h474 features Intel® UHD Graphics that supports hardware decoding and real-time transcoding* for converting videos to universal file formats that can be smoothly played on multiple devices.
*The TVS-h474 provides hardware decoding, encoding and transcoding capabilities. However, playback quality may vary due to factors (including playback software, file formats, system usage, and available bandwidth).
Faster image identification with integrated Intel® OpenVINO™ AI engine.
With integrated Intel® OpenVINO™ AI computing resources, the TVS-h474 accelerates AI image recognition performance without impacting other applications or services. QNAP AI Core primarily works with the QuMagie application.
QuMagie photo management
Easy-to-use photo management solution that integrates AI image recognition and intelligent classification for your collection.
Tested in QNAP Labs. Figures may vary by environment and NAS models.
Test environment: NAS: TS-462
ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system enhances NAS performance and data integrity
QuTS hero combines the app-based QTS with the 128-bit ZFS file system to provide flexible storage management, comprehensive data protection, and optimized performance to tackle the complexity and performance demands of modern IT. From storage management, virtualization, to collaborative media workflows, QuTS hero streamlines your business-critical tasks.
Data integrity is key
QuTS hero’s self-healing ensures data integrity and reliability. Write Once, Read Many (WORM) is also supported.
Data reduction improves storage efficiency and performance
Inline data deduplication, compression, and compaction reduce file sizes to conserve storage capacity and optimize performance.
Multi-level cache technology
Main memory read cache (L1 ARC), SSD second-level read cache (L2 ARC), and ZFS Intent Log (ZIL) for synchronous transactions with power failure protection are supported to boost performance and security.
RAID Z enables robust data protection
Multiple RAID levels allow flexible capacity utilization. RAID Triple Parity and Triple Mirror deliver higher levels of data protection.
QSAL (QNAP SSD Antiwear Leveling) enhances data protection
RAID-level SSD lifespan is automatically and regularly detected to prevent simultaneous SSD failure, improving your data protection and system reliability.
App Center ecosystem extends NAS functionality
Apps for backup/sync, virtual machines/containers, content management, productivity, and more features can be used to expand the application potential of the NAS.
Inline data deduplication, compression, and compaction improve SSD endurance
QuTS hero supports advanced block-based data reduction technologies (including inline data deduplication, compression, and compaction) to reduce file sizes, conserve storage capacity, and optimize performance. For example, if 20 virtual machines on a NAS are replicated using the same template, then storage space requirements for all 20 virtual machines can be reduced by up to 95%. Whether acting as primary or backup storage, the TVS-h474 optimizes storage utilization to provide a reliable storage cornerstone in the Big Data era. All-flash solutions thus achieve higher cost efficiency while improving both random write performance and SSD lifespan.
Inline Data Deduplication requires a NAS with at least 16GB memory (at least 32GB memory is recommended for optimal performance).
Comprehensive backup and disaster recovery solution
The TVS-h474 supports various apps that cover all your backup needs. Practice safe IT habits by regularly backing up files and device content, allowing them to be easily restored when needed.
For Windows®, install NetBak Replicator to back up your PC to QNAP NAS. In macOS®, just set up the built-in Time Machine® to secure your data.
Learn More: NetBak Replicator
Hybrid Backup Sync makes it easy to back up data from a TVS-h474 to another QNAP NAS or remote server to fulfill your 3-2-1 backup strategy.
Learn More: Hybrid Backup Sync
Enjoy license-free VMware® and Hyper-V VM backup with source-side incremental backup, global deduplication, and recovery compression.
Learn More: Hyper Data Protector
Safeguard enterprise cloud data by backing up/syncing files, emails, calendars, and contacts from Google™ Workspace and Microsoft® Office 365® to the NAS.
Learn More: Boxafe
Note: Minimum memory requirements are 2 GB available and 4 GB installed.
Hybrid Backup Sync supports mainstream cloud storage for NAS data backup. For backup to object cloud storage, VJBOD Cloud is especially useful to reduce bandwidth usage and backup time.
Learn More: Hybrid Backup Sync, VJBOD Cloud
Hybrid Backup Sync eliminates redundant data at the source and then backs up the deduplicated data, helping to save time and storage costs while providing efficient multi-version backups.
Learn More: QuDedup technology
Real-time SnapSync immediately synchronizes data changes with the destination storage, ensuring the primary and secondary NAS always have the same data. RPO is minimal to achieve real-time disaster recovery.
Learn More: QuTS hero
Multi-version snapshots mitigate ransomware threats
The TVS-h474 supports block-based snapshots that record the state of the system at any time. It helps protect data, which can be restored back to a specific point of time, greatly helping in mitigating the threat of ransomware.
Up to 65,536 snapshots
QuTS hero supports enough snapshots for you to create 1 snapshot every hour for 7 years without needing to delete any! Copy-on-write technology makes snapshot creation almost instantaneous without affecting ongoing data writing.
Back up snapshots
Multiply data protection by backing up snapshot files! Replicate volume/LUN snapshots in the TVS-h474 to a remote NAS (Snapshot Replica) by copying only the changes made. This helps save time & bandwidth, and can be run manually or on a scheduled basis.
All-in-one solution for hosting virtual machines and containers
By running multiple virtual machines and containers on the TVS-h474, you can deploy multi-tenant environments and applications to increase management efficiency and save hardware costs. Coupled with the Network & Virtual Switch app that boosts interoperability between virtual machines, containers, QNAP NAS, and other physical devices on the network, you can flexibly allocate physical and virtual network resources to simplify network deployment.
Run multiple Windows®, Linux®, UNIX®, Android™, and QuTScloud virtual machines and access them via a web browser or Virtual Network Computing (VNC). Businesses can run virtualized server applications on a single NAS without needing additional physical servers.
Learn More: Virtualization Station, QuTScloud on hypervisors
Experience Docker®, LXD, and Kata Containers lightweight virtualization technologies, download apps from the built-in Docker Hub Registry®, import/export containers, and create abundant microservices.
Learn More: Container Station
Run Linux® applications (including apps from the Software Center) directly on the NAS and remotely access the Linux® desktop from a web browser. The open-source Linux® platform is also ideal for Internet of Things development.
Learn More: Linux Station
Comprehensive security and privilege settings
The TVS-h474 is loaded with flexible privilege settings and security measures. Besides IP blocking, 2-step verification, HTTPS connection, there are more apps that help ensure optimal NAS protection against threats like malware and hackers.
myQNAPcloud allows convenient connection to the TVS-h474 through the Internet without any complex DDNS settings. To ensure your remote access service is secure, myQNAPcloud strengthens keys on SSL Certificates to 2048-bits.
Learn More: myQNAPcloud service
The TVS-h474 supports comprehensive access right settings for shared folders, Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS), LDAP, and Windows ACL to help IT staff efficiently manage user accounts and access rights for multiple NAS systems.
Supports IPv6, firewall access lists, and GeoIP filtering to restrict access based on geographical locations for higher NAS network security.
Learn More: QuFirewall
A virtual private network (VPN) allows secure access to network resources and services across public networks. QVPN supports creating a VPN client, using the TVS-h474 as a VPN server, and WireGuard® VPN service with an easy-to-use interface for setting up a secure connection.
Learn More: QVPN
To facilitate digital transformation, multi-site expansion and remote working, QuWAN SD-WAN helps automatically mesh multi-site VPN. It features IPsec encryption and cloud-centric management, allowing secure multi-site network including QNAP NAS and VMware ESXi platforms.
Learn More: QuWAN
A security portal for the TVS-h474 to check for weaknesses and offer recommendations for enhancing NAS security. It also integrates anti-virus and anti-malware scanning software.
Learn More: Security Counselor
Regularly scan your TVS-h474 using the latest malware definitions. If infected files are detected, they will be immediately removed to ensure NAS data security.
Learn More: Malware Remover
TeamViewer app enables remote management and connectivity to multiple NAS devices from Windows® PCs with an unparalleled level of safety, while increasing IT efficiency and end user productivity.
Learn More: TeamViewer
The best file storage and collaboration center
The TVS-h474 integrates rich apps for storing, managing, synchronizing, searching, and archiving files. It supports SMB/CIFS, AFP, and NFS protocols for streamlined file sharing across Windows®, Mac®, and Linux®/UNIX®, and provides the smartest NAS solution for professionally managing your files.
File Station
Manage, access, and share all the files in the NAS and view snapshots files – all from your web browser. You can also easily mount remote NAS folders and cloud storage.
Learn More: File Station
Qsync
Make any file uploaded to a NAS available to linked devices, such as computers, laptops and mobile devices. You can sync shared folders and team folders for group file sharing to enhance the flexibility of team projects and collaboration.
Learn More: Qsync
Qsirch
QNAP’s powerful, Google-like search tool helps you quickly find images, music, videos, documents, and emails by keywords, color, and more search conditions. It also supports Qfiling to perform one-time or automatic archival tasks based on your search criteria.
Learn More: Qsirch
Qfiling
Learn More: Qfiling
Smart surveillance solution for 24/7 security
QVR Elite is QNAP’s subscription-based smart surveillance solution, allowing you to easily build a surveillance system with lower TCO and higher scalability. Recordings are saved as MP4 files, allowing playback on nearly every device. QVR Elite also integrates QNAP AI-based solutions to build smart facial recognition for retail and door access systems with QNAP NAS. You can arrange a dedicated, independent storage space for surveillance data on the TVS-h474 and enjoy simplified camera management, storage space allocation, camera live viewing and playback.
Free embedded channels
2 IP camera channels
Subscription-based
Monthly US $1.99 /channel
Mobile app
QVR Pro Client and mobile app
Total camera channels
Scalable with optional licenses
Video format
MP4
Scalable storage
NAS expansion units
Flexible and economical storage expansion
QNAP provides easy ways to expand your storage capacity. Here are several ways to expand your TVS-h474 storage as needed to accommodate data and business growth.
Connect expansion enclosures to the TVS-h474, and manage NAS storage expansion with the user-friendly Storage & Snapshots Manager app.
Mount cloud storage or remote file servers to expand the capacity of the TVS-h474 while also centrally managing files on the NAS, cloud storage, and remote devices.
Install your NAS hard drives into a larger QNAP NAS and retain all your existing data and configurations.
Hot-swap lower-capacity drives with larger-capacity drives to expand your NAS capacity so it can grow with your business.
More productivity-boosting applications
The TVS-h474 provides an App Center that includes feature-rich apps to expand your NAS potential!
Run a high-performance S3 compatible development environment on your TVS-h474 to simplify service development workflows from testing to production. You can also move cold data from the cloud to an on-premises QuObjects to save cloud storage costs.
Consolidates all system events, alerts, and notifications for smooth and easy NAS management, keeping you always informed of your NAS status.
By using a high-capacity TVS-h474 as a proxy server, online resources can be efficiently accessed with greater cost-savings and productivity, while network security is also enhanced at the same time.
The best email backup solution that allows you to easily backup/recover and manage multiple email accounts in their native format with strong security and data integrity.
Centrally manage all your contacts, import contacts from Google™, import/export contact information using CSV or vCard files, and enjoy an always-online database of contact information.
The TVS-h474 can perform as an FTP server featuring SSL/TLS encryption, QoS bandwidth controls, and permission settings for efficiently and securely transferring large amounts of data. FTP Client is also supported.
A health check for your hard drives
Hard drives are at the heart of your NAS, and ensuring their long-term health and reliability is absolutely crucial. QNAP provides various methods and tools to help you monitor hard drive health, ensuring that you can take proactive decisions to safeguard your data and files.
If any of the S.M.A.R.T. values are reported as abnormal, or bad blocks are detected, you can take early action and replace drives before potential data loss occurs.
The DA Drive Analyzer leverages ULINK cloud-based AI to predict the expected lifespan of drives, assisting you in planning future drive replacements to protect against NAS downtime and data loss.
Learn More: DA Drive Analyzer
When using supported IronWolf™ or IronWolf Pro™ hard drives, overall system reliability is improved by providing you with actionable prevention, intervention, and recovery options.
Learn More: IHM
Switch to QuTS hero operating system for optimal data integrity and reliability
The TVS-472XT also supports QuTS hero – QNAP’s ZFS-based NAS operating system. Providing end-to-end data integrity, data reduction (inline data deduplication, compression, and compaction), and much more, QuTS hero uses additional system resources to ensure an optimal environment for protecting business data.
QTS
Suited for performance-demanding tasks, cross-teams file sync, and HDD-SSD hybrid storage applications
QuTS hero
Featuring highly reliable data protection and data reduction, and optimized for SSD-based applications
1. QTS and QuTS hero use different file systems. You must remove all the drives from the TVS-472XT before switching from QTS to QuTS hero.
2. QuTS hero requires a NAS with at least 8 GB memory.
3. Inline Data Deduplication requires a NAS with at least 16 GB memory (at least 32 GB memory is recommended for optimal performance).
4. It is recommended to create an SSD RAID with at least two SSDs for the QuTS hero system drive to attain optimal system performance. Please note that M.2 SSD hot-swapping is only supported by M.2 SSD slots on PCIe cards (such as the QM2). M.2 SSD slots that are built into the NAS do not support hot-swapping.
Flexibly switch to QTS operating system
The TVS-h474 also supports QTS – QNAP’s standard NAS operating system – that provides greater everyday performance, efficient memory utilization, and the advantage of Qtier auto-tiering. You can also migrate drives from your current QTS-based NAS to the TVS-h474.
QTS
Suited for performance-demanding tasks, cross-teams file sync, and HDD-SSD hybrid storage applications
QuTS hero
Featuring highly reliable data protection and data reduction, and optimized for SSD-based applications
QTS and QuTS hero use different file systems. You must remove all the drives from the TVS-h474 before switching from QuTS hero to QTS.
Extend hardware warranty up to 5 years
The TVS-h474 is backed by a 3-year warranty at no additional cost. You can also purchase a warranty extension that extends your warranty coverage up to 5 years.
