Kestrix NS-2281 Ultra 6-Bay NAS (1GbE, M.2 Cache)
NAS Systems · Kestrix · SKU NS2281-ULTRA · Released 2020 · Updated 2026-10-26
Key facts
| Benchmark index | 4,959 (NAS Systems scale) |
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| Category rank | #24,120 |
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| Street price | $1,079 |
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| Power | 57 W |
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| Performance per dollar | 4.60 |
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| Released | 2020 |
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Specifications
| Brand | Kestrix |
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| Model | Kestrix NS-2281 Ultra |
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| Drive bays | 6× 3.5"/2.5" SATA, hot-swappable |
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| Max raw capacity | 144 TB |
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| Processor | 8-core x86, up to 3.2 GHz |
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| Memory | 16 GB DDR4 ECC |
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| Network | 2× 1GbE |
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| M.2 NVMe slots | 2× (cache or storage pool) |
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| PCIe expansion | 1× PCIe 4.0 x4 slot |
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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 1 |
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