Qnap's growing portfolio of expansion cards opens the door to M.2 SSD slots for caching purposes, as well as 5GbE or 10GbE networking, though do be aware that the Gen 2 x2 slot will limit the ...

All three PCIe cards allow adding M.2 NVMe SSD slots and 10GbE connectivity to a QNAP NAS or PC/server/workstation, with no driver installation required.

The PCIe 2.0 slot allows for installing expansion cards to enhance NAS functionality (such as a 5GbE/10GbE network card, a QM2 network/storage card, or a QWA-AC2600 wireless adapter. The TS-x53D ...

The PCIe slot is important, and unique among NAS, because it allows you to install a 10 Gigabit Ethernet network card, wireless network cards, a QM2 M.2 SSD, or a USB 3.1 card.