The Minisforum N5 Pro NAS has specifications far more advanced than we’re used to see in a NAS. It will feature AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370 Strix Point processor, it can be equipped with up to 96GB of ECC RAM, a 10 GbE LAN port, and it has PCIe 4.0 x4 connections (internal and OCuLink port for external connections). This could be not only your NAS but your home server as well. It’s nice to have companies challenging QNAP and Synology as their products sometimes feel a bit overpriced.
However, competing with the likes of Synology on the software side is a whole other matter and no easy task. Many of the less established NAS companies fall far short when trying to provide a total NAS experience because they don’t have the years of experience nor funding that the larger companies have. And this truly matters in the NAS experience because if the software isn’t flawless it can create major problems including data loss.
We’re very happy to see the competition heating up.