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Description

ARM 8-core CPU, built-in 6 TOPS NPU
1x 2.5GbE, 1x PCIe slot for 10GbE expansion
2x 4K HDMI™

 

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.

 

Specification

 
CPU 8-core ARM Cortex 64-bit Processor ( 4-core Cortex-A76 2.2 GHz + 4-core Cortex-A55 1.8 GHz )
CPU Architecture 64-bit ARM
Graphic Processors ARM Mali-G610 MC4
Floating Point Unit
Encryption Engine
Hardware-accelerated Transcoding
Neural Processing Unit (NPU)
System Memory 8 GB on board (non-expandable)
Note: Reserves some RAM for use as shared graphics memory.
Maximum Memory 8 GB
Flash Memory 4GB (Dual boot OS protection)
Drive Bay 6 x 3.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s
The system is shipped without HDD.
Drive Compatibility 3.5-inch SATA hard disk drives
2.5-inch SATA hard disk drives
2.5-inch SATA solid state drives
Hot-swappable
SSD Cache Acceleration Support
Gigabit Ethernet Port (RJ45) 2
2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Port (2.5G/1G/100M) 1 (2.5G/1G/100M/10M)
5 Gigabit Ethernet Port (5G/2.5G/1G/100M) Optional via an adapter
10 Gigabit Ethernet Port Optional via an adapter
Wake on LAN (WOL)
Jumbo Frame
PCIe Slot 1
Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x2
USB 2.0 port 2
USB 3.2 Gen 1 port 2 x Type-A
IR Sensor  (Optional QNAP RM-IR004 remote control)
HDMI™ Output 2, HDMI™ 1.4b
Form Factor Tower
LED Indicators Power/Status, LAN, USB, HDD1-6
Buttons Power, USB copy, Reset
Dimensions (HxWxD) 165 × 235 × 226.5 mm
Dimensions do not include foot pad (foot pad may be up to 30mm / 1.18 inches high depending on model)
Weight (Net) 4.4 kg
Weight (Gross) 4.4 kg
Operating Temperature 0 ~ 40˚C (32˚F ~ 104˚F)
Storage Temperature -20 - 70°C (-4°F - 158°F)
Relative Humidity 5-95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C (80.6˚F)
Power Supply Unit 120W adapter, 100-240V
Power Consumption: HDD Sleep Mode 14.005 W
Power Consumption: Operating Mode, Typical 33.33 W
Tested with drives fully populated.
Fan 2 x 90mm, 12VDC
System Warning Buzzer
Kensington Security Slot
Standard Warranty 3
Max. Number of Concurrent Connections (CIFS) - with Max. Memory 1,500
Compatibility
  • ✔ Expansion Units:
    See which QNAP NAS and expansion units are compatible.
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(TS-AI642-8G)

 
CPU 8-core ARM Cortex 64-bit Processor ( 4-core Cortex-A76 2.2 GHz + 4-core Cortex-A55 1.8 GHz )
CPU Architecture 64-bit ARM
Graphic Processors ARM Mali-G610 MC4
Floating Point Unit  
Encryption Engine  
Hardware-accelerated Transcoding  
Neural Processing Unit (NPU)  
System Memory 8 GB on board (non-expandable)
Note: Reserves some RAM for use as shared graphics memory.
Maximum Memory 8 GB
Flash Memory 4GB (Dual boot OS protection)
Drive Bay 6 x 3.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s
The system is shipped without HDD.
For the HDD compatibility list, please visit https://www.qnap.com/compatibility/
Drive Compatibility 3.5-inch SATA hard disk drives
2.5-inch SATA hard disk drives
2.5-inch SATA solid state drives
Hot-swappable  
SSD Cache Acceleration Support  
Gigabit Ethernet Port (RJ45) 2
2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Port (2.5G/1G/100M) 1 (2.5G/1G/100M/10M)
5 Gigabit Ethernet Port (5G/2.5G/1G/100M) Optional via an adapter
10 Gigabit Ethernet Port Optional via an adapter
Wake on LAN (WOL)  
Jumbo Frame  
PCIe Slot 1
Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x2
USB 2.0 port 2
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) Port 2 x Type-A
IR Sensor (Optional QNAP RM-IR004 remote control)
HDMI Output 2, HDMI 1.4b
Form Factor Tower
LED Indicators Power/Status, LAN, USB, HDD1-6
Buttons Power, USB copy, Reset
Dimensions (HxWxD) 171 × 235 × 226 mm
Weight (Net) 2.92 kg
Weight (Gross) 4.51 kg
Operating Temperature 0 ~ 40˚C (32˚F ~ 104˚F)
Storage Temperature -20 - 70°C (-4°F - 158°F)
Relative Humidity 5-95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C (80.6˚F)
Power Supply Unit 120W adapter, 100-240V
Power Consumption: HDD Sleep Mode 14.005 W
Power Consumption: Operating Mode, Typical 33.33 W
Tested with drives fully populated.
Fan 2 x 90mm, 12VDC
System Warning Buzzer
Kensington Security Slot  
Max. Number of Concurrent Connections (CIFS) - with Max. Memory 1,500
Note: Use only QNAP memory modules to maintain system performance and stability. For NAS devices with more than one memory slot, use QNAP modules with identical specifications.
Warning: Using unsupported modules may degrade performance, cause errors, or prevent the operating system from starting.
QNAP reserves the right to replace partial parts or accessories if the original is no longer available from its manufacturer/supplier. Any replacement would be fully tested and verified to meet strict compatibility and stability guidelines and will deliver identical performance to the original.
The terms HDMI, HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface, HDMI trade dress and the HDMI Logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing Administrator, Inc.
Product images are for illustrative purposes only and may differ from the actual product. Due to differences in monitors, colors of products may also appear different to those shown on the site.
Designs and specifications are subject to change without notice.
  1. Operating System

    QTS 5.1.0
    Supported Client Operating Systems
    1. Apple Mac OS 10.10 or later
    2. Ubuntu 14.04, CentOS 7, RHEL 6.6, SUSE 12 or later Linux
    3. IBM AIX 7, Solaris 10 or later UNIX
    4. Microsoft Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11
    5. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019 and 2022
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    Supported Browsers
    1. Apple Safari (latest version)
    2. Google Chrome (latest version)
    3. Microsoft Edge (latest version)
    4. Mozilla Firefox (latest version)
    Supported Languages

    Chinese (Traditional & Simplified), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, and Turkish
    Storage Pool

     
    SED Storage Pool

     
    Maximum Pool size

    308 TB
    Maximum number of storage pool

    128
    Volume Type

    Thick, Thin, Static
    Maximum volume size

    250 TB

    Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required.
    Maximum number of volume

    128
    Maximum shared folder size

    250 TB
    Maximum number of shared folder

    512
    JBOD Expansion

     
    VJBOD / VJBOD Cloud

     
    iSCSI Service

     
    Fibre Channel Service

     
    LUN Type

    Thick, Thin
    File-based iSCSI LUN

     
    Block-based iSCSI LUN

     
    Maximum LUN size

    250 TB

    Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required.
    Maximum number of targets LUN

    128
    LUN feature
    1. LUN Mapping (LUN can be moved between iSCSI and FC)
    2. LUN Masking
    3. WWPN Aliases Import/Export
    4. FC Port Group
    5. FC Port Binding
    6. Multipath IO (MPIO)
    7. Online LUN capacity expansion
    8. LUN snapshot
    9. LUN snapshot replication and clone
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    Auto Tiering

     

    Requires minimum 2GB memory.
    RAID Type
    1. 8-bay (and more): JBOD, Single, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
    2. 6-bay: JBOD, Single, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50
    3. 4-bay: JBOD, Single, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
    4. 2-bay: JBOD, Single, RAID 0, 1
    RAID Group

     

    To ensure data security, system stability, and storage performance, the maximum number of drives for a single RAID group is now 16 (applicable to RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID TP, and subgroups of RAID 50 and RAID 60). Nevertheless, users can combine multiple RAID groups into a large storage pool that contains more than 16 drives, using RAID 50, RAID 60, or RAID 10 as the RAID configuration. This enhancement will only be applied to new RAID groups. All existing RAID groups and storage systems will not be affected.
    RAID Level Migration

     
    RAID Expansion (by adding Disk)

     
    RAID Expansion (by replacing bigger Disks)

     
    Storage Pool Expansion (by adding RAID Group)

     
    RAID Hot Spare

    Global, Local
    RAID Sync/Rebuild/Scrubbing

     
    Internal drive

    EXT4
    External drive

    EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+, and exFAT (optional for ARM model)

    Note: To use exFat in certain models you must purchase an exFAT driver license from License Center.
    Disk, Enclosure Locate

     
    Disk S.M.A.R.T. Scan

     
    Disk S.M.A.R.T. Data Migration

     
    Ironwolf Health Management

     
    Secure Erase

     
    SSD Trim

     
    SSD Life Estimation

     
    Disk Roaming

     
    Disk Standby

     
    Volume Snapshot

     
    LUN Snapshot

     
    Maximum Snapshot (Per System)

    Check maximum number of snapshots of your NAS
    Maximum Snapshot (Per Volume / LUN)

    Check maximum number of snapshots of your NAS
    Minimum Snapshot Interval

    5 minutes
    Snapshot Retention Policy

     
    Self-serve Snapshot Recovery

     
    Application Consisted Snapshot

     
    Snapshot Full Clone

     
    Snapshot Replica / Vault

     
    SSD read-only Cache

     
    SSD read-write cache

     
    SSD write-only cache

     
    SSD Cache Maximum Size

    Check your QNAP NAS cache capacity and RAM requirements
    SSD Cache RAID

    0, 1, 5, 6, 10
    SSD profiling tool

     
    External Device Management

     
    Mount Smart Phone (MTP)

     
    External RAID Device (QNAP so on) Management (External Device Mode)

     
    External RAID Device (QNAP so on) Management (NAS Mode)

     
    File Server
    1. File sharing across Windows, Mac, and Linux/UNIX
    2. Microsoft networking (CIFS/SMB)
    3. Apple networking (AFP)
    4. NFS version 3/4 services
    FTP Server
    1. QuFTP
    2. FTP, SFTP and TFTP protocols
    3. FTP over SSL/TLS (explicit FTPS)
    4. FXP support
    Maximum FTP connection

    1024
    File Station (Web)

     
    Object Storage

     
    Local user account

    4,096
    Local group account

    512
    Domain user/group account

    200,000
    Domain Security

     
    Domain Controller

     
    Shared folder permission

     
    Advanced folder permission

    , (AFP, CIFS/SMB, FTP, and File Station)
    Windows ACL

    , (CIFS/SMB)
    User quota

     
    Group quota

     
    Folder quota

    , (Snapshot shared folder)
    Home folder

     
    Resource Monitor

     
    SNMP

    V2, V3
    Network recycle bin
    1. Recover files deleted using AFP, CIFS/SMB, and File Station
    2. Automatic cleanup and file type filter
    System Log & Notification Center

    Log recording: 3,000 event per second
    Smart Fan

     
    Schedule on/off

     
    Internet protocol

    IPv4, IPv6
    Virtual Switch

     
    Port trunking

    , (7 modes)
    VLAN

     
    DHCP Server

     
    DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Service)

     
    Network access protection with auto-blocking

    SSH, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP, CIFS/SMB, and AFP
    Security Counselor

     
    Malware Remover

     
    AES 256-bit Volume Encryption validated by FIPS 140-2 CAVP

     
    2-step verification

     
    Allow/Deny List

     
    Access Protection

     
    Service binding

     
    Firewall

     
    vSphere Web Client Plug-in

     
    VMware vSphere VAAI for iSCSI

     
    VMware vSphere VAAI for NAS

     
    Windows ODX

     
    Windows/VMware Snapshot Agent

     
    HTTP/HTTPS Connections

    TLS 1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3
    Supports WebDAV Connection

     
    Supports Virtual Hosts

    32
    Qsync

     

    Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required.
    [Qsync] Management Mode

    User customization, Central
    [Qsync] Qsync client supported platforms

    Windows, macOS, Ubuntu, Android, and iOS
    [Qsync] Maximum number of version control

    64
    HybridMount

     

    Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required.
    [HybridMount] File Cloud Gateway

    Concurrent Connections = 20 Upload & 20 Download
    [HybridMount] Network Drive Mount

     
    [HybridMount] Free cloud gateway sessions

    2
    HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)

     

    Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required.
    [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] NAS to NAS backup

     
    [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Cloud Backup

     
    [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Cloud Sync

     
    [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] 2-way and Active Sync

     
    [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Apple Time Machine Backup

     
    [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] External drive backup

     
    [HBS (Hybrid Backup Sync)] Maximum number of backup job

    400
    Boxafe

     

    Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required.
    [Boxafe] Office 365 Backup

     
    [Boxafe] Google Workspace Backup

     
    [Boxafe] Full-text search

     
    Qsirch

     

    Note: This feature is supported by all QNAP NAS devices with at least 2 GB of memory
    [Qsirch] Previews

    Photos, music, videos, PDFs, Gmail, and others
    [Qsirch] Integrate Mac Finder

     
    [Qsirch] Advanced picture search

     
    [Qsirch] Search filters

     
    QuMagie

     

    Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required.
    [QuMagie] Browse photos

     
    [QuMagie] Virtual and smart albums

     
    [QuMagie] AI-assisted photo management

    People, things, places, and others
    Antivirus (free)

     
    QVPN Service

     

    Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required.
    [QVPN Service] Remote Access

    PPTP, L2TP/IPSec, OpenVPN, WireGuard, QBelt (QNAP proprietary)
    [QVPN Service] Supportedd utility and mobile app

    Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android
    [QVPN Service] Supported maximum clients

    100
    HD Station

     
    LDAP Server

     
    RADIUS

     
    SQL server

     
    License Center

     
    Multimedia Console

     
    Photo Station

     
    Music Station

     
    Video Station

     
    Download Station

     
    Notes Station

     
    Qfiling

     
    Media Streaming add-on

     
    QmailAgent

     
    QuWAN

     
    DA Driver Analyzer

     
    Q'center

     

    Note: The application is available in the App Center and in virtual appliance marketplaces (VMware vSphere ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V).
    Q'center Server

     
    Q'center Agent

     
    Connect to Q'center

     
    Container Station

     

    Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required.
    [Container Station] Supported type

    LXC/LXD and Docker

    Note: LXD has been supported after Container Station 2.4
    [Container Station] Docker Hub Registry

     
    [Container Station] Container importing and exporting

     
    [Container Station] Console mode

     
    QVR Pro

     

    Note: At least 4 GB RAM is required. The maximum number of channels supported varies by NAS model, network configuration, and camera settings. For more information, visit https://www.qnap.com/go/qvr-nas-selector.
    [QVR Pro] Recording Technique

    Index database based
    [QVR Pro] License Type

    Perpetual
    [QVR Pro] User-defined trigger events

     
    [QVR Pro] Metadata

     
    [QVR Pro] QVR Pro Client (Desktop)

    Windows, macOS, and QNAP HybridDesk Station
    [QVR Pro] QVR Pro Client (Mobile)

    Android and iOS
    [QVR Pro] Recording camera streams

    H.264
    [QVR Pro] Free built-in camera channels

    8
    QVR Elite

     

    Note: At least 1 GB RAM is required. The maximum number of channels supported varies by NAS model, network configuration, and camera settings. For more information, visit https://www.qnap.com/go/qvr-nas-selector.
    [QVR Elite] Recording Technique

    Standard MP4 file based
    [QVR Elite] License Type

    Subscription-based
    [QVR Elite] User-defined trigger events

     
    [QVR Elite] QVR Pro Client (Desktop)

    Windows, macOS, and QNAP HybridDesk Station
    [QVR Elite] QVR Pro Client (Mobile)

    Android and iOS
    [QVR Elite] Recording camera streams

    H.264
    [QVR Elite] Free built-in camera channels

    2
    QVR Pro Client

     
    [QVR Pro Client] Dynamic View Layout

     
    [QVR Pro Client] Windows

     
    [QVR Pro Client] Mac

     
    [QVR Pro Client] HybridDesktop

     
    [QVR Pro Client] iOS

     
    [QVR Pro Client] Android

     
    QVR Human

     
    QVR Face

     

    The maximum number of channels supported varies by NAS model, network configuration, and camera settings. For more information, visit https://www.qnap.com/solution/qvr-face/en-us/
    QVR DoorAccess

     
Note:
QTS does not support DRM content and some IPv6 services.
Some data encryption features may be unavailable because of country-specific legislative restrictions.
Some features may vary by model.
Designs and specifications are subject to change without notice.
 
SKU TS-AI642-8G
Model # TS-AI642
Barcode # 4711103084335
Brand QNAP
Shipping Weight 4.2000kg
Shipping Width 0.350m
Shipping Height 0.260m
Shipping Length 0.390m

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