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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on April 01, 2025, 17:16:15

Title: Aoostar WTR Max launches as new 11-bay NAS with capable AMD Ryzen APU and OCuLink port
Post by: Redaktion on April 01, 2025, 17:16:15
The Aoostar WTR Max made its first debut in China, and while the company didn't reveal much about the NAS back then, it has now made the system available to pre-order. It packs the Ryzen 7 Pro 8845HS, and the barebone version costs $699.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Aoostar-WTR-Max-launches-as-new-11-bay-NAS-with-capable-AMD-Ryzen-APU-and-OCuLink-port.991136.0.html
Title: Re: Aoostar WTR Max launches as new 11-bay NAS with capable AMD Ryzen APU and OCuLink port
Post by: Johnson John on April 01, 2025, 18:30:49
Looks fun, but I wonder how storage, networking and OCulink are going to fare given the 20 PCIe lanes the chip offers - OCulink alone is, what, PCIe 4.0 8x worth of bandwidth? Not that it's really need for a NAS, but still.

The NVMe slots appear to be limited to 1 or 2x only, which is enough for a storage device, plus all six SATA disks it supports. And 2 x 2.5G + 2 x 10G networking.. something is going to throttle.

Don't get me wrong, I really like Aoostar's NAS models, but with this one they seem to try to cram too many features in.
Title: Re: Aoostar WTR Max launches as new 11-bay NAS with capable AMD Ryzen APU and OCuLink port
Post by: heffeque on April 01, 2025, 20:29:28
What does Synology give you for $699?
Sheesh! Synology has great SW but... they're making it more and more difficult to stick with them every year.
Title: Re: Aoostar WTR Max launches as new 11-bay NAS with capable AMD Ryzen APU and OCuLink port
Post by: Al Hayes on April 02, 2025, 03:28:42
Sounds very similar to the Minisforum N5 Pro that is coming out later this month. Although the N5 Pro has better specs.
Title: Re: Aoostar WTR Max launches as new 11-bay NAS with capable AMD Ryzen APU and OCuLink port
Post by: GenevieveEbert on July 14, 2025, 15:12:50
Quote from: Al Hayes on April 02, 2025, 03:28:42Sounds very similar to the Minisforum N5 Pro that is coming out later this month Solitaired (https://solitaired.io). Although the N5 Pro has better specs.
Can you give me some reviews of the N5 Pro?
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