TS-653D having certifications for VMWare, Citrix... while TS-873A doesn't, what does it mean

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TS-653D having certifications for VMWare, Citrix... while TS-873A doesn't, what does it mean

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Are they talking about TS-653D as storage for VMWare Hypervisors? Or are they talking about running VMs on the NAS itself?

Is it possible the TS-653D is more capable to host VMs than TS-873A?
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Re: TS-653D having certifications for VMWare, Citrix... while TS-873A doesn't, what does it mean

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jang430 wrote: Fri Jul 09, 2021 3:15 pm Are they talking about TS-653D as storage for VMWare Hypervisors?
Yes. Check it out here.
Or are they talking about running VMs on the NAS itself?
No, not with VMware VSphere, MS Hyper-V or Citrix XenStation.

It's possible to run VMs on the NAS itself with the Virtualization Station app but that's a completely different feature and neither of the models you mention are ideal as a large scale VM host.
Is it possible the TS-653D is more capable to host VMs than TS-873A?
No. It's not a huge difference but the TS-873A have a more capable CPU and more importantly as a VM host, it support much more RAM.
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Re: TS-653D having certifications for VMWare, Citrix... while TS-873A doesn't, what does it mean

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Either TS-653D or TS873A works with VMware. But certifications cost money and we don't certify every model.
TS-873A should be better for VMware than TS-653D because 873A has a better CPU for better IOPS. And it has more and higher bandwidth PCIe slots for 10GbE in a PCIe slot that can actually accommodate 10GbE of bandwidth.

TS-873A does not have HDMI or the ability to do hardware transcoding without adding a GPU. But for almost any other task, this should be a better unit.
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Re: TS-653D having certifications for VMWare, Citrix... while TS-873A doesn't, what does it mean

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Thank you P3R, and QNAPDanielFL for the clarifications.
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