Four 2.5GbE ports accelerate file sharing across teams and devices, virtual machine applications or multimedia transmission. DDR4 ECC memory detects and corrects single-bit memory errors, demonstrating high reliability for crucial applications. Two M.2 NVMe Gen 3 x4 SSD slots (each slot providing up to 3.2 GB/s bandwidth) enable SSD caching to boost random read/write performance. Two PCIe slots allow for 5GbE/10GbE/25GbE/40GbE adapters, QM2 cards, or entry-level graphics cards to increase application performance. Scalable storage supporting virtual machines, containerized apps, centralized storage, backup, sharing, and disaster recovery. QuTS hero combines ZFS advantages with the QTS App Center ecosystem to empower your business. Delivering enterprise performance at SMB prices, the TS-h686 features an Intel® Xeon® D processor and DDR4 ECC (Error Correcting Code) memory (expandable to 128 GB) with dependable reliability. With the ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system, the TS-h686 ensures data integrity and supports block-level inline data deduplication and compression, near-limitless snapshots, and real-time SnapSync. The TS-h686 helps your business achieve reliable service-level agreement performance in various use cases, including mission-critical file servers, virtualization servers, collaborative video editing, or efficient data backup and recovery applications.