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 ? …

[image] Bob: Kioxia They spun off from Toshiba storage, they are pretty big, most SSD storage in Dell PC’s is from them [image] Kioxia Kioxia Holdings Corporation (/kiˈoʊksiə/) is a Japanese multinational computer memory manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company was …

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.

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 wa…

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!

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

who are these companies making drives ?

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dolbyman October 30, 2025, 10:40pm 2

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