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product_id: 276333308
title: "TS-h973AX-32G 9-Bay QuTS Hero NAS with 10GbE/2.5GbE Connectivity"
brand: "qnap"
price: "€ 2811.63"
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# 2.2 GHz Ryzen Quad-Core 10GbE + 2.5GbE Multi-Gig LAN 32GB DDR4 RAM (ECC support) TS-h973AX-32G 9-Bay QuTS Hero NAS with 10GbE/2.5GbE Connectivity

**Brand:** qnap
**Price:** € 2811.63
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Elevate your data game with the NAS that means business — speed, scale, and security in one sleek powerhouse!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** TS-h973AX-32G 9-Bay QuTS Hero NAS with 10GbE/2.5GbE Connectivity by qnap
- **How much does it cost?** € 2811.63 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/276333308-ts-h973ax-32g-9-bay-quts-hero-nas-with-10gbe)

## Best For

- qnap enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted qnap brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Future-Proof & Secure:** ECC RAM support and real-time SnapSync keep your mission-critical data safe and instantly recoverable.
- • **Blazing Fast Ryzen Power:** AMD Ryzen V1500B quad-core processor delivering seamless multitasking and on-the-fly 4K transcoding.
- • **Next-Level Network Speed:** Dual 2.5GbE plus 10GBASE-T ports ensure ultra-low latency and lightning-fast data transfers.
- • **Massive & Flexible Storage:** 9-bay hybrid design with SATA, U.2 NVMe, and SSD slots for ultimate capacity and SSD caching acceleration.
- • **Enterprise-Grade Data Integrity:** ZFS-based QuTS hero OS with inline deduplication, compression, and near-limitless snapshots for bulletproof reliability.

## Overview

The QNAP TS-h973AX-32G is a high-performance 9-bay NAS featuring an AMD Ryzen V1500B quad-core 2.2 GHz processor, 32GB DDR4 RAM with ECC support, and multi-gigabit 10GbE/2.5GbE connectivity. Its hybrid storage bays support SATA, U.2 NVMe, and SSD drives, optimized by SSD caching for exceptional IOPS. Running the ZFS-based QuTS hero OS, it offers advanced data integrity features like inline deduplication, compression, and real-time SnapSync, making it ideal for professional-grade file servers, virtualization, and 4K media workflows. Designed for demanding small business and prosumer environments, it combines robust hardware with enterprise-class software reliability.

## Description

Featuring an AMD Ryzen V1000 series V1500B quad-core processor and 10GbE/2.5GbE connectivity, the 9-bay TS-h973AX packs a high-capacity hybrid storage infrastructure into a compact physical footprint. With five 3.5-inch SATA 6Gbps drive bays, two 2.5-inch U.2 NVMe SSD slots (Slot 1 & 2 support both U.2 NVMe and SATA SSDs ), and two 2.5-inch SATA 6Gbps SSD slots, the TS-h973AX can benefit from SSD caching to boost IOPS-intensive applications. With the ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system, the TS-h973AX ensures data integrity and supports block-level inline data deduplication and compression, near-limitless snapshots, and real-time SnapSync to satisfy mission-critical file servers, virtualization servers, collaborative video editing, and efficient data backup and recovery with business-class performance, job reliability, and lower overall cost.

Review: Absolute beast - So wanted to take a bit on testing t his Nas out and giving my honest review. I have all 5 bays filled with Seagate Ironwold pro 18tb 7200RPM 256MB Cache NAS drives and then 2 SSD 512GB in lower 2 bays and then 2x 2TB NVME Samsung 980 pro in U.2 QDA-UMP housings. On the 5x 18tb drives I have several ZFS directories setup for different functions, though the transfer rate on these drives tens to top out around 1.09 ~ 1.12 GB/sec from my main pc. On the other drives the U.2 its always topped out at 1.12GB/sec and around 950~980MB/sec on the SSD's. The transfer speed on this nas is amazing to say the least I had the TVS-951X with 10G network and the same drives and only would get around 400MB/sec no matter what drives I had it going to. I contacted Qnap various times on this device and they would try a few things and nothing ever would fix the horrific transfer speeds, they deemed it defective, though the replacement unit suffered exactly the same fate which told me it was a limitation of the device not any one thing. Though after testing a friends TS-H973AX and getting full 10Gbit speed on it, I bought one of these and it works beautifully. The OS on boot tends to be a bit slower then other Qnaps I have though its not really a metric you should be worried about. This device supports ECC memory and running ZFS it is highly recommended, I upgraded to 32GB of ECC memory on this device and it worked right away no fiddling with it or having the ram not work at all which I had experienced on other Qnap devices. The features of this device are extensive, from surveillance software to hosting and docker it does what you need it to do for sure. I run plex on the device and it is flawless and fast playing 4k HEVC 10bit HDR and Dolby Atmos audio with out a hiccup. It transcodes if needed like a beast, the cpu is more then capable of on the fly transcoding to lower resolutions if need be. It came with Qnaps QTS Hero 4.3 which now had 5.0 out and I would highly recommend does fix a lot of quirky things in the OS. Only down side I would say is that the security options for IP access is still lacking support, there is only allow all ips in list or deny, no white list no options for a white list. I get attempts left and right from people trying to log into my nas from the internet, though I use this as a storage device for projects and stuff when I'm out and about, I dont feel like paying for a service to store stuff online when I have plenty of storage at home. If Qnap would work on the security options and give us an option to white list IP addresses it would go just that extra step in protecting peoples nas's that really do require it to be online. All in all its a purchase I dont regret, it works great, speed is amazing and its built like it should, just needs a few loving updates to security options.
Review: Great network drive for small buisness - Set this up for the company I work for and it gets the job done perfectly for a network drive and restricting access to folder.

## Features

- AMD Ryzen Embedded V1500B quad-core eight threads 2.2 GHz processor
- 32GB DDR4 RAM (2 x SO-DIMM slots, max. 64GB, optional ECC RAM support)
- 2 x 2.5GbE LAN
- 1 x 10GBASE-T
- USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C & Type-A

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B08QS1K2SJ |
| Best Sellers Rank | #90 in Network Attached Storage (NAS) Devices |
| Brand | QNAP |
| Built-In Media | 10GBASE-T Ethernet cable x 1, Drive tray keys x 2, Flat head screw (for 2. |
| Compatible Devices | Server |
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (95) |
| Enclosure Material | Metal |
| Is Assembly Required | No |
| Item Dimensions D x W x H | 8.8"D x 8.8"W x 7.2"H |
| Item Weight | 3.52 Kilograms |
| Manufacturer | QNAP |
| Mfr Part Number | TS-H973AX-32G |
| Model Number | TS-H973AX-32G |
| Mounting Type | Tabletop |
| Size | 32GB RAM |
| UPC | 885022020690 |
| Warranty Description | 3 Years Warranty |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** QNAP
- **Compatible Devices:** Server
- **Material:** Metal
- **Product Dimensions:** 8.8"D x 8.8"W x 7.2"H
- **Size:** 32GB RAM

## Images

![TS-h973AX-32G 9-Bay QuTS Hero NAS with 10GbE/2.5GbE Connectivity - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41C6tkbN2RL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Is this device capable of configuring shares as worm compliant?**
A: Write Once, Read Many (WORM) is supported

**Q: Does this support dlna?**
A: yes it does, it is a app you need to install " Media Streaming Add-on" under qnap store, though that you can enable and use DLNA.

**Q: Is it compatible with seagate exo x18tb hdds?**
A: Yes

**Q: will this work with VMware as a storage device?**
A: It certainly works as an iSCSI target hosting ESXi datastores.   I've been running a 3-node iSCSI SAN off my QNAP's for years, including both TS451+ and the TS-h937AX.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolute beast
*by J***N on January 11, 2022*

So wanted to take a bit on testing t his Nas out and giving my honest review. I have all 5 bays filled with Seagate Ironwold pro 18tb 7200RPM 256MB Cache NAS drives and then 2 SSD 512GB in lower 2 bays and then 2x 2TB NVME Samsung 980 pro in U.2 QDA-UMP housings. On the 5x 18tb drives I have several ZFS directories setup for different functions, though the transfer rate on these drives tens to top out around 1.09 ~ 1.12 GB/sec from my main pc. On the other drives the U.2 its always topped out at 1.12GB/sec and around 950~980MB/sec on the SSD's. The transfer speed on this nas is amazing to say the least I had the TVS-951X with 10G network and the same drives and only would get around 400MB/sec no matter what drives I had it going to. I contacted Qnap various times on this device and they would try a few things and nothing ever would fix the horrific transfer speeds, they deemed it defective, though the replacement unit suffered exactly the same fate which told me it was a limitation of the device not any one thing. Though after testing a friends TS-H973AX and getting full 10Gbit speed on it, I bought one of these and it works beautifully. The OS on boot tends to be a bit slower then other Qnaps I have though its not really a metric you should be worried about. This device supports ECC memory and running ZFS it is highly recommended, I upgraded to 32GB of ECC memory on this device and it worked right away no fiddling with it or having the ram not work at all which I had experienced on other Qnap devices. The features of this device are extensive, from surveillance software to hosting and docker it does what you need it to do for sure. I run plex on the device and it is flawless and fast playing 4k HEVC 10bit HDR and Dolby Atmos audio with out a hiccup. It transcodes if needed like a beast, the cpu is more then capable of on the fly transcoding to lower resolutions if need be. It came with Qnaps QTS Hero 4.3 which now had 5.0 out and I would highly recommend does fix a lot of quirky things in the OS. Only down side I would say is that the security options for IP access is still lacking support, there is only allow all ips in list or deny, no white list no options for a white list. I get attempts left and right from people trying to log into my nas from the internet, though I use this as a storage device for projects and stuff when I'm out and about, I dont feel like paying for a service to store stuff online when I have plenty of storage at home. If Qnap would work on the security options and give us an option to white list IP addresses it would go just that extra step in protecting peoples nas's that really do require it to be online. All in all its a purchase I dont regret, it works great, speed is amazing and its built like it should, just needs a few loving updates to security options.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great network drive for small buisness
*by R***6 on October 30, 2024*

Set this up for the company I work for and it gets the job done perfectly for a network drive and restricting access to folder.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good performance, 10GB networking, ZFS, but no graphics.
*by T***Y on March 27, 2026*

This is a really nice NAS, but initial setup can be tricky. I have the 3.5 inch spinning drive bays filled with 10TB WD Red drives, the NVME drives are 500GB WD Red SN700, and the SATA bays contain 500GB WD Red SA500 drives. The sequence of installing drives matters, because you want the system files and applications to install onto the two SATA drives. So, install only the two SATA drives mirrored for initial configuration. I chose to install ZFS, for the extra stability. After the system boots up and initialized the SATA drives, you can shut down and install the 3.5 hard drives. Create your storage pool (I chose raid Z2, which allows two drives to fail without any data loss). Once the pool is online, then you can install the NVME SSDs and enable Read Cache and ZIL synchronous I/O Write log. For my uses, this provides good performance and reliability. The Virtualization Station works great for spinning up VMs. I have one Debian VM for PiHole, which auto starts when the NAS starts. The Container Station works good for Docker containers. I was confused that you have to go to the Applications tab in order to paste in your template.yaml to create the container. One thing that I wish were included is a graphics card. The AMD CPU does not include any graphics capability, so everything is controlled via the network. As a result, Plex transcoding is slow. Overall, I am happy with this NAS. The only thing missing for me is the lack of graphics capability. If I were doing it over, I probably would have built my own using an old Fractal case with lots of 3.5 inch drive bays and an HBA to connect them, and M.2 NVME drives for system and cache. Proxmox would be the bare metal hypervisor, and TrueNas installed as a VM with the HBA and hard drive passthru. If all you want to do is store and serve files, and text based VMs, this is an good choice if you can find it as a good price.

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- QNAP TS-h973AX-32G 9-Bay QuTS Hero NAS with 10GbE/2.5GbE Connectivity
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*Last updated: 2026-07-08*