QNAP TS-AI642 6-Bay AI NAS Enclosure, ARM Cortex, 8GB RAM, Diskless

6-Bay Tower AI NAS with 8-Core Processor, GPU, HDMI Ports, and 6 TOPS NPU, Outperforms Similar NAS in Image Processing and Smart Surveillance

The next-generation TS-AI642 AI NAS is specifically designed for AI-powered video and image recognition applications. Adopting the 64-bit ARM Cortex-A76/-A55 SoC octa-core processor with up to 6 TOPS NPU (Neural network Processing Unit), the TS-AI642 not only tackles image processing and analysis tasks, but also offloads CPU workloads when running AI applications to reduce system operation power consumption. With powerful computing performance, high-capacity storage space and flexible I/O expandability, the TS-AI642 allows enterprises to easily deploy an AI NAS solution for video surveillance, image recognition, and face recognition applications.

AI computing performance of 6 TOPS NPU
With a built-in NPU (Neural network Processing Unit) processor, the TS-AI642 boosts performance for high-speed face and object recognition.

2.5GbE is a must!
2.5GbE provides higher transmission speeds with existing Cat 5e cables, making file backup/restore and media conversion smoother.

PCIe Gen 3 Expandability
Install a 2.5/5/10GbE adapter, QM2 card, or USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) card to increase application potential.

Professional surveillance NAS solution
QVR Elite allows you to deploy up to 64 channels (2 channels are included for free).

Dual 4K HDMI Output
Use two screens for a surveillance TV wall monitoring.

ARM hardware transcoding
Supports ARM NEON technology that accelerates video processing for a better media experience.

Expand storage capacity up to 18 hard drives
The TS-AI642 supports a storage capacity of up to 110 TB by installing six 3.5-inch 22 TB hard drives in RAID 5. By connecting a TL-D1600S QNAP storage expansion unit, you can add an additional twelve hard drives to the TS-AI642 to achieve up to 350TB storage space to meet growing storage requirements. Or connect TR Series storage expansion units to add Hardware RAID protection for expanded storage.

NPU accelerates on-device AI performance. 3x Faster face recognition.
Adopting an NPU (Neural network Processing Unit), the TS-AI642 boosts QNAP AI Core (the AI-powered engine for image recognition) performance for high-speed face and object recognition.

QuMagie photo management
NPU greatly accelerates image recognition performance when uploading pictures in QuMagie, realizing intelligent classification.

Qsirch full-text search engine
NPU accelerates AI OCR image recognition technology to make capturing text in images more efficient.

QVR Face Insight facial recognition
QVR Face instantly recognizes faces and runs analytic tasks within 0.2 seconds. NPU allows more IP cameras to be analyzed at the same time.

QVR Human people counting solution
QVR Human provides real-time counting data and analytics, and NPU allows more IP cameras to be analyzed at the same time.

Efficient image search with AI photo management
TS-AI642 is the best photo and file storage center. Store and organize thousands of photos and find them anytime you want with powerful AI image recognition.

QuMagie smart photo management
By auto-organizing thousands of photos by People, Things, or Places, QuMagie creates AI albums for smarter filtering and faster searching.

Qsirch fast file search
As powerful as Google, Qsirch allows you to find files faster and smarter by using keywords, color, and metadata. AI OCR image recognition technology recognizes and captures text inside images.

Smart surveillance
The TS-AI642 provides a professional surveillance NAS solution, compatible with 6,000+ IP cameras of 190+ brands and thousands of ONVIF network cameras. Full HD (1080p) surveillance video recordings of 2 cameras can be stored for 2 years. Compared to AI surveillance cameras, you can save up to 70% on the implementation cost!

Build surveillance with affordable deployment costs

All-in-one surveillance
Say goodbye to expensive and complicated PC NVR. QNAP’s integrated surveillance NAS solution offers a subscription licensing solution or perpetual licensing solution for flexible deployment based on your needs.

Connect to HDMI monitors
The TS-AI642 has dual HDMI output for direct surveillance video playback to two monitors, removing the need for a dedicated workstation.

Surveillance failover
Install the high-availability QVR Guard app to automatically takeover recording tasks if a QVR Pro server fails.

Live surveillance monitoring, remote management, and smart AI

Live surveillance video monitoring
Monitor live feeds and receive alert event notifications from client applications on PCs or mobiles.

Large-scale central management
Centrally control up to 256 Surveillance NAS (licenses sold separately) in different locations via QVR Center.

AI surveillance event search
Instead of manually searching through a whole day of event videos, QVR Smart Search helps you efficiently search through hundreds of hours of video recordings from hundreds of cameras to find specific events.

MP4 surveillance videos
Videos are saved using the non-proprietary MP4 video format.

Next-generation 2.5G NAS with power-efficient ARM SoC 8-core processor
The TS-AI642 adopts the ARM Cortex 64-bit-A76/A55 SoC octa-core processor with ARM Mali-G610 MC4 GPU, offering excellent computing performance at a low power consumption. TS-AI642 has one 2.5GbE port and one PCIe slot for upgrading to 10GbE connectivity. SATA 6Gb/s drives are supported to deliver reliable read/write performance for hosting versatile NAS applications in offices.

Processor
ARM Cortex 64-bit A76/A55 octa-core processor (2.2 GHz/1.8 GHz)

NPU
Up to 6 TOPS NPU high compute performance for boosting high-speed face and object recognition

Memory
8 GB RAM (non-expandable)

Connections
Two USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps) ports and two USB 2.0 ports

Abundant I/O capabilities with PCIe expansion
The TS-AI642 has one PCIe Gen 3 x2 slot, allowing you to increase its application potential.

2.5/5/10GbE network card
Enable lightning-fast throughput for bandwidth-demanding tasks (virtualization, massive data transmission, fast backup/restore).

QM2 card
Add M.2 SSD caching, Edge TPU or 2.5GbE/10GbE network connectivity to the TS-AI642 for optimized performance and bandwidth.

SATA storage expansion cards
Designed for connecting a NAS to SATA 6Gb/s expansion units to attain up to petabyte-scale storage capacity.

Simple Backup
Superior hardware performance with an all-in-one Backup Solution to speed up backup/recovery tasks.

Back up all your devices

PC and Mac backup
Sync your computer files to NAS with Qsync. TS-AI642 also supports Time Machine for Mac computers.

File server backup
Supports multiple protocols such as Rsync, FTP and CIFS for backing up different file servers.

SaaS Business Backup Solution
Use Boxafe to easily back up Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 business account data.

Google Photos and WordPress backup
The exclusive MARS service enables backing up Google Photos and WordPress databases and files to NAS.

Remote Replication for NAS data

Back up data from one NAS to another NAS
Back up data on a local NAS to another remote NAS using Hybrid Backup Sync. You can also deduplicate your backup using QuDedup to save time and storage space.

Back up NAS data to the Cloud
Hybrid Backup Sync supports mainstream public cloud services for backing up or syncing data from NAS to Cloud.

Cloud Storage Gateway
VJBOD Cloud connects cloud object storage (Bucket) and back up data from NAS to the cloud.

Back up NAS snapshots
Use Snapshot Replica to back up NAS snapshots to another NAS and recover when needed.

Multi-version snapshots mitigate ransomware threats
The TS-AI642 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.

Volume and LUN snapshots
Take snapshots in seconds and revert the entire volume/LUN back to a specific point in time to prevent loss of important data.

Instantly restore snapshots
Snapshot content can be quickly restored to a local NAS, or restored on a folder/file basis to a local/remote NAS or cloud storage. You can also conveniently view and restore snapshots from the client side.

Back up snapshots
Multiply data protection by backing up snapshot files! Replicate volume/LUN snapshots in the TS-AI642 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.

Host container applications
If you are curious about Docker or are a hobbyist developer, Container Station on the TS-AI642 integrates Docker lightweight virtualization technology, allowing you to run all kinds of self-contained applications. You can download apps from the built-in Docker Hub, including popular and fully-configured applications, and deploy them with just one click. From smart homes to multimedia applications, you can explore your creativity and bring containerized applications to life.