who are these companies making drives ?

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I know that I am a little cockaroach, but I feel like I do a lot of high end QNAP systems, using OCCATIONALLY U.2 NVMe drives, and 25G ethernet.

And I see all this NEW stuff, and new “compatibilty” vendors from QNAP - and I can only ask - “WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE”.

Who is actually using E1S drives ?

And who is

DERA

FADU

Hagiwara

Kioxia

Memblaze

SSSTC

(hey - at least I know who Solidigm is - it’s the old Intel solid state drive division, that Hynix bought out).

Do any of you use drives from any of these companies ? The only reason I know who Exascend is, is because I met one of their reps at a trade show this year. I never saw anyone install Exascend drives.

I must really be “out of touch”.

Bob Zelin

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They spun off from Toshiba storage, they are pretty big, most SSD storage in Dell PC’s is from them

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I’ll leave this here as it’s related-to these drive types: QNAP Launches All-Flash NASbook TBS-h574TX with Pre-installed Enterprise E1.S SSDs for Combined Performance and Reliability | QNAP (AU)

QNAP seems to be aiming for video editors.

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Here is the problem. The E1S drives are expensive. Just like the U.2/U.3 drives are expensive. People want CHEAP. The appeal of the TBS-h574TX is not that its great, and fast and portable. Those are all important - but the real appeal is that it costs $1200, or $1500 depending on the CPU you want and the RAM you want (12gig or 16 gig). When people shop for the M.2 drives, they look for the CHEAPEST M.2 drives they can find. I only started to do the Samsung EVO 990 with heatsinks (4 TB) - because a client of mine just went out and bought them - even though they are not on the certified compatbility list - and they work great. If you look for 8 TB M.2 NVMe drives, the only drive shown in an obsolete Exascend M.2. Why don’t they test and qualify the Western Digital SN850X that only costs $600. Same applies to ALL the flash products. People want CHEAP. This goes for every step in the process - “what QNAP should I buy - how about this crappy Annapurna CPU model - it has a 10G port” - and the same with the RAM, switches, drives, etc, etc. This is why the QSW-M3216R-8S8T is a popular 10G switch - ITS CHEAP - and the new QNAP QSW-L3208-2C6T 8 port 10G switch - that is REALLY cheap ($349).
It’s my opinion, that selling the systems with E1S drives will be a tough sell.

Bob Zelin

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Hi, I will check internally regarding the status of these hard drive manufacturers.

However, generally speaking, these drive models are likely the result of our standard verification process based on user requirements. Thanks!

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thank you for checking Steve. The goal of any company - including QNAP - is to sell products. If QNAP “approves” products like the WD SN850X 8TB (or says - we tested it, and it’s not approved) - that would be very helpful. It will help sell a lot more QNAP products !

thank you !

Bob