Halcyra NS-8994 Prime 12-Bay NAS (10GbE, M.2 Cache)
NAS Systems · Halcyra · SKU NS8994-PRIME · Released 2023 · Updated 2026-10-23
Key facts
| Benchmark index | 7,075 (NAS Systems scale) |
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| Category rank | #7,382 |
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| Street price | $2,499 |
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| Power | 99 W |
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| Performance per dollar | 2.83 |
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| Released | 2023 |
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Specifications
| Brand | Halcyra |
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| Model | Halcyra NS-8994 Prime |
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| Drive bays | 12× 3.5"/2.5" SATA, hot-swappable |
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| Max raw capacity | 288 TB |
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| Processor | 4-core x86, up to 3.6 GHz |
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| Memory | 32 GB DDR5 ECC |
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| Network | 1× 10GbE + 2× 2.5GbE |
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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 2 (10Gbps) |
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