Halcyra NS-8196 Core 2-Bay NAS (2.5GbE)
NAS Systems · Halcyra · SKU NS8196-CORE · Released 2025 · Updated 2026-10-25
Key facts
| Benchmark index | 2,303 (NAS Systems scale) |
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| Category rank | #43,050 |
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| Street price | $319 |
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| Power | 27 W |
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| Performance per dollar | 7.22 |
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| Released | 2025 |
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Specifications
| Brand | Halcyra |
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| Model | Halcyra NS-8196 Core |
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| Drive bays | 2× 3.5"/2.5" SATA, hot-swappable |
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| Max raw capacity | 56 TB |
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| Processor | 4-core ARM, 1.7 GHz |
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| Memory | 4 GB DDR4 |
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| Network | 2× 2.5GbE |
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| M.2 NVMe slots | None |
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| PCIe expansion | None |
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| RAID | RAID 0/1, JBOD |
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| File system | ZFS |
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| USB | 2× USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) |
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