QNAP to discontinue vQTS

[dolbyman]

https://www.qnap.com/en/news/2020/qnap- ... t-for-vqts

Taipei, Taiwan, August 7, 2020 - QNAP® Systems, Inc. (QNAP) today announced that it is ending support for vQTS and the feature will be removed from Virtualization Station. vQTS virtual machines will not be creatable from Virtualization Station v3.4.6 onwards, but existing vQTS virtual machines will still be usable – only with no future updates or support from QNAP.

Users looking for alternatives to vQTS can utilize QuTScloud, which is a licensed software and available for installation from the Virtualization Station VM Marketplace.

To learn more about QuTScloud, visit https://www.qnap.com/go/solution/qutscloud-hypervisor/.



About QNAP Systems, Inc.

QNAP, named from Quality Network Appliance Provider, is devoted to providing comprehensive solutions from software development, hardware design to in-house manufacturing. Focusing on storage, networking and smart video innovations, we strive to build a technology ecosystem upon subscription-based software and diversified service channels. QNAP envisions NAS as being more than a simple storage and has created a cloud-based networking infrastructure for users to host and develop artificial intelligence analysis, edge computing and data integration on their QNAP solutions.

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[OneCD]

Another support method closed to me. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

[Trexx]

Wow... pandemic must be really having an impact on QNAP based on latest moves they have been making.

[tpenno]

Excuse me for jumping in here - I'm a real novice and have a very old TS-341 - old enough that is can't do virtualization. I was going to get a new QNAP and am unsure if this announcement (discontinuing vQTS) means I can't run a VM on a newer QNAP. Is that accurate? (Told you I was a novice).
Thanks in advance
tom

[OneCD]

Hi Tom and welcome to the forum.

If your new NAS has a version of Virtualization Station earlier than 3.4.6 (or you can find and manually install one), you can still create and use vQTS sessions.

But, this doesn't affect virtual machines in-general. This announcement is only for a specific type of VM provided by QNAP. So, you'll still be able to create and install other OS inside virtual machine images.

[dolbyman]

There is no TS-341

There are TS-451 or TS-351 or TS-431

[tpenno]

sorry TS-431

[tpenno]

Hi Tom and welcome to the forum.

If your new NAS has a version of Virtualization Station earlier than 3.4.6 (or you can find and manually install one), you can still create and use vQTS sessions.

But, this doesn't affect virtual machines in-general. This announcement is only for a specific type of VM provided by QNAP. So, you'll still be able to create and install other OS inside virtual machine images.

sorry TS-431


Thanks much

[dolbyman]

that one does not support virtualization anyways..so no need to worry

[OneCD]

No, but I think Tom is shopping for a new unit, and wants to make sure it can handle VMs.

[dolbyman]

gottcha

[tpenno]

Thanks very much.

I'm looking at a TS-453D. Seems to get good reviews and it will handle VM's - correct?

[dolbyman]

it does handle VMs ...just be aware of the speed limitations of a little celeron processor

[tpenno]

Thanks - I was concerned about that. Any specific minimum processor level you;d suggest? This is just for home but I do like tinkering.
thx
tom

[dolbyman]

depends on your VM requirements

I'd say .. whatever you would want out of a physical processor + 50% (for the type 2 hypervisor overhead)

A Celeron is fine for small linux machines or 'GUIless' windows stuff, if you want GUI and usable performance, an I5,7 or Ryzen is needed