Kestrix NS-1178 Pro 8-Bay NAS (1GbE, M.2 Cache)
NAS Systems · Kestrix · SKU NS1178-PRO · Released 2021 · Updated 2026-10-26
Key facts
| Benchmark index | 5,684 (NAS Systems scale) |
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| Category rank | #19,879 |
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| Street price | $1,609 |
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| Power | 71 W |
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| Performance per dollar | 3.53 |
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| Released | 2021 |
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Specifications
| Brand | Kestrix |
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| Model | Kestrix NS-1178 Pro |
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| Drive bays | 8× 3.5"/2.5" SATA, hot-swappable |
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| Max raw capacity | 192 TB |
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| Processor | 6-core x86, up to 3.3 GHz |
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| Memory | 8 GB DDR4 |
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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 | Btrfs, ext4 |
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| USB | 2× USB 3.2 Gen 1 |
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