QNAP? Systems, Inc. today launched the new QXP-1600eS-A1164 quad-port external SATA expansion card. Designed for QNAP TL series SATA JBOD, the QXP-1600eS-A1164 is compatible with QNAP NAS, Windows? /Ubuntu? PCs and servers with a PCIe port. Each SATA lane directly connects to a single SATA drive to deliver excellent transfer performance. ?The new QXP-1600eS-A1164 SATA expansion card doesn?t need any drivers and provides a more convenient solution than its previous generation. It can be used with a QNAP TL SATA JBOD for expanding the capacity of NAS or PCs to provide future-proof scalability.? said Candice Chiang, Product Manager of QNAP. The QXP-1600eS-A1164 can be used with QNAP SATA JBOD (supported from QTS 4.5.4 or QuTS hero h4.5.4), including setting RAID parameters and creating a storage pool using the Storage and Snapshots app. When the QXP-1600eS-A1164 is installed in a Windows? or Ubuntu? device, the QNAP JBOD Manager desktop utility can be used to quickly obtain and view information about the JBOD status, health, fan speed, and check for firmware updates. The 16-bay desktop TL-D1600S and rackmount TL-R1200S-RP SATA JBOD package includes a QXP-1600eS-A1164 card. Key Specifications QXP SATA Expansion Card? QXP-1600eS-A1164 4 x SFF-8644, supported SATA drives: 16 x SATA 6Gb/s drives (Each SFF-8644 internal connector supports four SATA drives) PCIe Gen 3 x8 (64 Gbps) Availability The new QXP-1600eS-A1164 SATA Expansion Card are now available. For more information, and to view the full QNAP NAS lineup, please visit www.qnap.com.