Try the QNAP TS-2888X, which will simplify your AI computations!

Are you finding that a single computer with a fast graphics card is no longer sufficient for your AI computations? But do you lack the funds for conventional AI workstations, which are relatively complicated to configure and prohibitively expensive? Then there is another solution alongside the cloud – the QNAP TS-2888X.

This is supposed to be an AI-Ready NAS – so I would expect that you can connect graphics cards or specialised chips to it. The entire setup is powered by an Intel Xeon W with up to 18 physical cores and clock speeds of 4.5 GHz. As for RAM, you can expect up to 512 GB of DDR4 RDIMM with ECC at 2666 MHz. Furthermore, it accommodates various accelerators for PCIe 3.0 x16, with a total of four slots (there are eight 6+2 pin power connectors available for them), which will be sufficient for the integrated 2000W power supply with 80 Plus Platinum certification. If you're interested in drives, there are 8 slots for 3.5″ SATA 6 Gb/s devices, sixteen 2.5″ SATA 6 Gb/s slots, and also four 2.5″ bays for U.2 NVMe SSDs, which will utilise four PCIe 3.0 lanes with a throughput of 4 GB/s.

I found prices at CZC ranging from 180,000 to 540,000 CZK.

Specifications: TS-2888X:
• Intel Xeon W processor, up to 18 cores/36 threads with Turbo Boost up to 4.5 GHz;
• up to 512 GB DDR4 ECC 2666 MHz quad-channel RAM (8x 64GB);
• 4x 2.5-inch U.2 PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe SSD drive bays, 16x 2.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s SSD drive bays, 8x 3.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s drive bays;
• 8x PCIe Gen3 slots (including eight 6+2 pin power connectors);
• 2x 10 GBASE-T LAN ports, 4x Gigabit RJ45 LAN ports;
• 6x USB 3.1 Gen1 ports, 4x USB 2.0 ports;
• 2,000W power supply unit;
• 6x 12cm smart fans; LCM display;
• 4x rotating wheels with stoppers.

Sources:
https://www.qnap.com/cs-cz/product/ts-2888x
https://www.svethardware.cz/qnap-ts-2888x-nas-server-…/48840
https://www.czc.cz/TS-2888X/hledat
https://www.techpowerup.com/…/qnap-officially-launches-the-…