Question Just designed a NAS, can it actually sell in the market?

[NOR1NCO]

I used Fusion to design this NAS,

with a size of 390x450x89mm. It can fit a MATX motherboard, and it uses a CRPS PSU (12VO). There's a reinforcement rib in the middle, and on the other side, I have the freedom to design the PCB to achieve the expandability I want. For example, I could add 12 bays for 2.5" SATA hard drives, 8 or more M.2 SSD slots, or even an SXM2 slot. Currently, I'm planning to add 8 M.2 slots. But I'm not sure if this design can sell in the market.

Holes on the casing are just mockups, will be filled in actual production


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[USAFRet]

"can it actually sell" ?

Will WHAT sell?

 

[NOR1NCO]

"can it actually sell" ?

Will WHAT sell?

My words might be a bit off 'cause English ain't my mother tongue. I'm thinking of putting in an 8 port M.2 expansion board and a 4 port 2.5gbe or 2 port 10gbe NIC, and then selling it as a NAS.

 

[USAFRet]

My words might be a bit off 'cause English ain't my mother tongue. I'm thinking of putting in an 8 port M.2 expansion board and a 4 port 2.5gbe or 2 port 10gbe NIC, and then selling it as a NAS.

So....
Drives and ethernet.
What about a motherboard and some sort of OS?
Then, fans and power supply.

Shipping, warranty, marketing....

 

[NOR1NCO]

So....
Drives and ethernet.
What about a motherboard and some sort of OS?
Then, fans and power supply.

Shipping, warranty, marketing....

I'm planning to use Ubuntu Desktop and Nextcloud for the system and software. For hardware, I'll source PSUs from Hunkey or Huawei and design custom fans using CFD simulations. I have a logistics partnership to keep shipping costs low, and a stockpile of spare parts for efficient warranty replacements.

 

[Corwin65]

Unless I've woefully dumb, there will be a cost for your software as well.
Who's going to support that?

 

[kanewolf]

I'm planning to use Ubuntu Desktop and Nextcloud for the system and software. For hardware, I'll source PSUs from Hunkey or Huawei and design custom fans using CFD simulations. I have a logistics partnership to keep shipping costs low, and a stockpile of spare parts for efficient warranty replacements.

Who is your target market? Home users? Small business? Medium businesses?
Home users -- Your software is too limited, IMO and too difficult.
Small businesses -- Maybe. Just remember who you are competing with, Synology, QNAP, Thecus, Asustor, etc. What do you have that they don't?
Medium businesses -- Need redundant hot-swap power supplies, IMO. The illustrations shown look more like a NAS head unit than a complete NAS.