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Extremely Limited Areca Multi-Buy Offer

Buy 2 Or More Areca RAIDs with the 20TB, 22TB , 24TB or 26TB Drives Fitted

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Our Speciality Is Listening To Our Customers, Then Designing & Integrating Well Considered, Cost-Effective Solutions.

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Here Are Some Ideas & Example Packages

240 TB / 4 x 10GbE Seat NAS Example Package:

Connect 4 x Macs Directly via 10GbE With The Included 4 x 10GbE Adapters.  Edit Together.

The QNAP TVS-h1688X-W1250 is a perfect entry level NAS for Video Production / Photographic / Graphic Design Studios etc.

The following package provides everything needed for 4 x Thunderbolt Macs (not supplied) to directly connect, and work collaboratively from its huge internal  storage pool.

Example Package Contents:

Main QNAP NAS Unit Bespoke Expanded as follows:
• 1 x 240TB QNAP TVS-h1688X-W1250-32G 12-Bay Desktop NAS Fitted with
• 12 x 20TB Enterprise Drive Mechanisms.
• 96GB RAM Total Fitted.
• 2 x 1TB Enterprise NVMe Boot Drives (Mirrored) Fitted.
• 4 x 10GbE RJ45 Fitted – A dedicated 10GbE port/bandwidth for 4 x connecting Macs.

Network Kit To Directly Connect 4 x Mac Workstations:
• 4 x Sonnet Echo Express SE1-TB Thunderbolt 10GbE RJ45 Network Adapters.
• 4 x 10m CAT6a Cables.

Installation / Delivery:
• Pre-configuration / Testing of the QNAP so the internal Storage pools / network ports are ready to use straight away.
• UK Mainland Delivery included.
• Free Telephone / Email Installation Help & Aftersales Support.
• On-Site Installation Available (sold separately).

Further Discounted Package Price – £ 8,495.00 ex VAT.

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Edit & Archive Example Package:

Large & Fast 264 TB RAID with SAS LTO-8 Tape (12 TB uncompressed per Tape) Archive:

The Areca ARC-8050T3U-12E 12-Bay Thunderbolt 3 RAID is an amazing RAID that also has a miniSAS expansion connector, to connect a SAS LTO Tape Drive.

Combined these 2 x units offer an extremely large & fast DAS RAID perfect >4K editing / grading, together with the cost effective & unlimited archive potential of Tape, both daisy-chaining to a Mac o PC via a single Thunderbolt cable.

Example Package Contents:

• 1 x Areca ARC-8050T3U-12E – 264 TB Thunderbolt 3 RAID Array fitted with
• 12 x 22TB Enterprise Drives.

• 1 x SymplyLTO External HH SAS LTO-8 Drive.

• 1 x Symply LTO-8 Tape (12TB Uncompressed..!!)
• 1 x Symply LTO Cleaning Tape.
• 1 x Thunderbolt Cable.
• 1 x miniSAS Cable.

• Pre-configuration Of The Areca RAID As RAID5 Or RAID6, For Mac Or PC.
• UK Mainland Delivery included.
• Free Telephone / Email Installation Help & Aftersales Support.

RRP – £ 11,249.00 ex VAT

Further Discounted Package Price – £ 8,995.00 ex VAT.

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38.4TB Flash SSD / 160 TB  Spinning Disks – Small, Fast Thunderbolt NAS Example Package:

Connect 2-3 x Macs Directly via Thunderbolt (x2) & 10GbE.  Edit Together.

Example Package Contents:

Main QNAP NAS Unit Bespoke Expanded as follows:
• 1 x 38.4TB QNAP TBS-h574TX-i5-16G 5-Bay Desktop NAS Fitted with
• 5 x 7.68TB E1S SSD Drive Mechanisms.
• 16GB RAM Total Fitted.
• 2 x Thunderbolt 4 Ports.
• 1 x 10GbE RJ45 Port.

Expansion Unit For Cold Storage:
• 1 x QNAP TL-D800C 8-Bay USB-C Desktop Expansion Unit fitted with
• 8 x 20TB Enterprise Drive Mechanisms.

Installation / Delivery:
• Pre-configuration / Testing of the QNAP so the internal Storage pools / network ports are ready to use straight away.
• UK Mainland Delivery included.
• Free Telephone / Email Installation Help & Aftersales Support.
• On-Site Installation Available (sold separately).

Package Guide Price – £ 9,995.00 ex VAT

( SSD Prices Are Fluctuating Daily.  If Of Interest, Please Call For An Accurate Price )

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Ultrafast 92 TB Flash SSD NAS / 24-port 10GbE Switch Example Package:

Connect up to 24 x Workstations via 10GbE – Ultra Fast Shared Storage.

The QNAP QNAP TS-h1290FX-7302P is an extremely fast Desktop NAS for Video Production.

The following package provides the NAS / 2 x 25GbE Uplink, 10GbE Network backbone to connect up to 24 x Workstations via 10GbE (not supplied) to directly connect, and work collaboratively from its large and extremely fast internal storage pool.

Example Package Contents:

Main QNAP NAS Unit Bespoke Expanded as follows:
• 1 x 92.16TB QNAP TS-h1290FX-7302P 12-Bay Desktop NAS Fitted with
• 12 x 7.68TB Enterprise SSD Drive Mechanisms.
• 128GB RAM Total Fitted.
• 2 x 1TB Enterprise NVMe Boot Drives (Mirrored) Fitted.
• 2 x 25GbE Network Ports.

Network Kit (24-port 10GbE Switch With 2 x 25GbE Uplink Cables):
• 1 x Ubiquiti EnterpriseXG24 – 24 port 10GbE RJ45 With with 2 x 25GbE Uplink ports
• 2 x 25GbE Twinaxial Cables (to connect NAS to Switch via 25GbE).

Installation / Delivery:
• Pre-configuration / Testing of the QNAP so the internal Storage pools / network ports are ready to use straight away.
• UK Mainland Delivery included.
• Free Telephone / Email Installation Help & Aftersales Support.
• On-Site Installation Available (sold separately).

Package Guide Price – £ 20,995.00 ex VAT

( SSD Prices Are Fluctuating Daily.  If Of Interest, Please Call For An Accurate Price )

Mega 368 TB Flash SSD / 1PB Spinning Disks / 100GbE Backbone Network Example Package:

Connect 8 x Macs via 25GbE – Huge, Ultra-Fast Hot & Cold Shared Storage.

The QNAP QNAP TS-h2490FU-7302P is an extremely fast and Expandable NAS for Video Production.

The following package provides the NAS / 100GbE Network backbone to connect 8 x Mac Workstations (not supplied) via 25GbE and work collaboratively from its large and extremely fast Hot Flash SSD storage pool, and tier to over 1PB of cold spinning disk storage.

Example Package Contents:

Main QNAP NAS Unit Bespoke Expanded as follows:
• 1 x 368.64TB QNAP TS-h2490FU-7302P 24-Bay Rackmount NAS Fitted with
• 24 x 15.36TB Enterprise SSD Drive Mechanisms.
• 384GB RAM Total Fitted.
• 2 x 1TB Enterprise NVMe Boot Drives (Mirrored) Fitted.
• 1 x QXP-3X8PES SAS Expansion Card Fitted.
• 4 x 25GbE Network Ports.
• 2 x 100GbE Network Ports.

Over 1PB NAS Expansion Storage:
• 2 x QNAP TL-R2400PES-RP 24-Bay Rackmount Expansion Units Fitted with
• 48 x 22TB Enterprise Drive Mechanisms.
• 2 x SAS Expansion Cables to connect to the NAS.

Network Kit To Directly Connect 8 x Mac Workstations via 25GbE:
• 1 x QNAP 100GbE Switch with 8 x 25GBE Ports.
• 2 x 1.5m 100GbE Twinaxial Cables.
• 8 x Sonnet Twin25G Thunderbolt to 25 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters.
• 16 x SFP28 Optical Transceivers.
• 8 x 10m Optical Cables

Installation / Delivery:
• Pre-configuration / Testing of the QNAP NAS & Switch so the internal Storage pools / network ports are ready to use straight away.
• UK Mainland Delivery included.
• Free Telephone / Email Installation Help & Aftersales Support.
• On-Site Installation Available (sold separately).

Package Guide Price – £ 84,995.00 ex VAT.

( SSD Prices Are Fluctuating Daily.  If Of Interest, Please Call For An Accurate Price )

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