This silent all-flash NAS with 10GbE and dual USB4 is cheaper if you buy it bare-bone and add your own SSDs
- Minisforum’s fanless NAS supports five NVMe SSDs and up to 40TB
- Intel’s five-core processor reaches boost speeds of 4.3GHz
- The system combines 10GbE, 2.5GbE networking, and dual 40Gbps USB4
Minisforum's S5 is a fanless network-attached storage system designed for users who need fast shared storage without mechanical drive noise.
Its five M.2 NVMe slots support up to 40TB of solid-state storage, allowing owners to choose capacities that match their requirements.
The NAS also combines high-speed networking, USB4 connectivity and local artificial intelligence processing in a compact, passively cooled design.
Five NVMe slots combine speed with silent operation
The S5 uses Intel’s Core 3 304 processor, featuring five cores and boost speeds of up to 4.3 GHz.
Minisforum claims sequential read speeds can reach six times those of hard disk drives, with random reads reaching up to 100 times faster.
However, the actual performance of this device will depend on...
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