Qnap at IBC 2025

High-Performance Storage & Networking for Creative Media

At IBC 2025, QNAP came out with a compelling suite of new NAS, JBOD, and networking gear clearly aimed at media & entertainment workflows — high-res video, collaboration, multi-stream editing, and large-scale archives. For anyone needing speed + scale + reliability, these are worth paying close attention to. 

What QNAP Showed

Here are the key products QNAP is emphasizing at IBC, and what they bring to the table:

• TDS-h2489FU R2 NAS
   An all-flash NAS with dual Intel® Xeon® Silver processors, 24 U.2 SSD bays, with built-in 25 GbE connectivity (upgradeable to 100 GbE). This is built for high throughput. If you’re editing multiple 4K/8K streams, compositing, VFX, or doing heavy colour work, this gives you the bandwidth and storage performance to reduce waiting and buffer time. 

• TS-h1090FU NAS
   A compact (1U) NVMe all-flash NAS powered by AMD EPYC, with built-in 25 GbE and upgrade paths to 100 GbE. Great when rack space is tight, but you still want fairly extreme performance for ingest/playback.

• TS-h2477AXU-RP NAS
   24-bay high-capacity NAS, mixing storage density with performance. Uses latest-gen AMD Ryzen CPU, includes M.2 PCIe Gen 5 slots. If you have multiple departments (editing, archiving, finishing), this kind of unit lets you balance cost vs performance more smartly. 

• TVS-AIh1688ATX NAS
   Hybrid model: 12 SATA HDD bays + 4 U.2 NVMe SSD slots, with an Intel® Core Ultra processor and a built-in NPU (≈13 TOPS). Also includes USB-4 ports and optional Thunderbolt 5. The idea is smarter media work: faster transcoding, indexing, perhaps even machine-learning assisted previews or search.

• TL-R6020Sep-RP JBOD
   A 4U 60-bay SAS/SATA JBOD enclosure. If you need massive capacity for archiving raw footage, old project backups or compliance storage, this is a more cost-effective expansion path. 

• Network Switches (QSW-M7230-2X4F24T, QSW-M7308R-4X)
   These are high-bandwidth, PTP-ready switches with 25/100 GbE uplinks. Useful when your storage or ingest nodes need very fast, synchronized network performance. Live multi-cam workflows, remote editing over LAN / WAN, etc., benefit a lot. 

• Dual-NAS High Availability (HA)
   QNAP also announced its HA solution: two NAS units in active/passive configuration, with automatic failover in <90 seconds, real-time sync (SnapSync), centralized management. For studios or facilities where downtime or data loss is not an option, HA adds peace of mind. 

What That Means for You

These are the practical takeaways and benefits from QNAP’s IBC lineup:

• Speed where it matters: All-flash NVMe units + high GbE / 100GbE network options mean ingest, editing, playback can happen with fewer bottlenecks. Less waiting on loads, proxies, or transfer times.

• Scalable archiving: With JBOD, high-capacity NAS, and HA options, you can plan project storage long term, ensuring older media is safe and accessible without eating up the high-performance tier.

• Flexible deployment: Rack space constraints, department separation, multiple floors or sites — the variety of NAS / compact / hybrid / full flash lets you pick units that match physical and operational constraints.

• Better latency and synchronization for multi-cam / live workflows: The PTP-ready switches and high network speeds matter if you’re doing multiple streams, remote editing, or collaboration. Less drift, better sync.

• Resilience and risk reduction: Having HA, dual NAS failover, and centralized cluster management helps guard against hardware failures, one server going offline, or simple human error.

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