Introducing a sleek NAS and mini PC called the MAIYUNDA Y104A, a machine that allows you to install disks up to 112 TB of storage.
This attractive NAS made of aluminium allows mounting 4x removable 3.5″ HDD and 4x NVMe 2280 PCIe on its bottom plate. A computer that gives us the option to use it as a multimedia center to play 4K HDR content directly, we just have to connect it directly to a monitor or TV thanks to its two video outputs. As an operating system we can use Windows 111 or a Linux distribution, OpenWRT to use it as a soft router, taking advantage of its 2 high-speed 2.5G Ethernet ports.
A computer with an aluminum case that offers us the popular and efficient Intel N150 processor, a CPU that we have seen in the Intel N150 comparison some time ago.
MAIYUNDA Y104A Specifications
Inside this Mini NAS we find the Intel N150 processor manufactured in 10 nm with four cores and four threads of execution. In terms of graphics power, we have the integrated Intel UHD Graphics GPU with 24EU supporting AV1, VP9 and h.265 video codecs up to 4K@60fps HDR. Limited hardware for demanding 3D games, but it is valid for daily multimedia or office tasks in a fluid way, as well as a network server.
This NAS mounts on the front up to four removable 3.5″ SATA drives, opening the bottom cover we can access the four internal NVMe PCIe 3.0×1 2280 disks, adding them all up to 112 TB. The RAM memory can be mounted on a SODIMM DDR5 4800 MHz up to 32 GB.
Other notable features
This machine includes in the rear area two 2.5 GB Ethernet ports for use with large files in RAID or as a soft router, we also have a Wi-Fi adapter and internal Bluetooth. We also have two USB 2.0 connectors, DC connector and HDMI 2.0 and DP 1.4 video outputs with 4K@60fps HDR support. On the front, we have two USB-A 3.0 ports and another USB-C 3.0 for data.
If we buy it with RAM and disk, the Windows 11 operating system will be installed. Although it is possible to install operating systems such as Linux, OpenWRT, iKuai or LEDE if we want to focus on a home file server or backup center.
Price and availability
- The MAIYUNDA Y104A can be purchased on AliExpress and soon on Amazon only for $349 in barebone version using the coupon IFPOQKV
- You can get an extra discount using the Active AliExpress Coupons.
