Mirenta NS-8981 Prime 4-Bay NAS (2.5GbE, M.2 Cache)
NAS Systems · Mirenta · SKU NS8981-PRIME · Released 2022 · Updated 2026-10-24
Key facts
| Benchmark index | 3,707 (NAS Systems scale) |
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| Category rank | #4,172 |
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| Street price | $609 |
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| Power | 42 W |
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| Performance per dollar | 6.09 |
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| Released | 2022 |
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Specifications
| Brand | Mirenta |
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| Model | Mirenta NS-8981 Prime |
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| Drive bays | 4× 3.5"/2.5" SATA, hot-swappable |
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| Max raw capacity | 96 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 | 2× (cache or storage pool) |
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| PCIe expansion | None |
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| RAID | RAID 0/1/5/6/10, JBOD |
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| File system | ZFS |
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| USB | 2× USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) |
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