"And oh, what great storage it is! To keep a...

"And oh, what great storage it is! To keep a slim profile, QNAP enabled four M.2 SATA storage ports (with the 2280 form factor). We suspect the system will be very fast, even when distributing several 4K videos through the network. The Intel Braswell quad-core processor enables the system to stream multimedia files to other network devices and even mobile drives like tablets at remote locations."
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Now create us a 1U appliance with 10/40/100GBE connectivity and 48 M.2 slots. I'd buy one tomorrow if it was under 10K.
 
I wonder who the target customer is for this device? Equipping it with a decent amount of disk (SSD) should be VERY expensive, and who besides home users have a need to distribute several 4K video streams simultaneously? Am I missing something here?
 
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I wonder if it has the "Story Wall" that the QNAPS I just paid over $2000 has. Trying to do some mission critical data recovery - and a hipster friendly "story wall" comes up - is the Star Bucks crowd buying alot of NAS appliances?