Featuring an amd Ryzen? v 1000 series v 1500b quad-core processor & 10 Gb E/2.5 Gb E connectivity, the 9-bay TS-h 973AX packs a high-capacity hybrid storage infrastructure into a compact physical footprint. With five 3.5-inch sata 6 Gbps drive bays, two 2.5-inch u.2 NVMe ssd slots (Slot 1 & 2 support both u.2 NVMe & sata SSDs ), & two 2.5-inch sata 6 Gbps ssd slots, the TS-h 973AX can benefit from ssd caching to boost IOPS-intensive applications. With the ZFS-based Qu TS hero operating system, the TS-h 973AX ensures data integrity & supports block-level inline data deduplication & compression, near-limitless snapshots, & real-time Snap Sync to satisfy mission-critical file servers, virtualization servers, collaborative video editing, & efficient data backup & recovery with business-class performance, job reliability, & lower overall cost. Install high-performance u.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x 4 SSDs or sata 6 Gb/s SSDs in the dedicated ssd slots for cache acceleration & enhanced r