Minisforum is expanding its NAS lineup with two all-flash models that ditch hard drive bays entirely in favor of pure NVMe SSD storage. The All-Flash S5 and All-Flash S7, announced alongside Intel, represent a different approach to compact network storage, trading raw capacity for speed and silence. Neither model has pricing yet, but the all-SSD design means storage costs will depend heavily on how many terabytes you want to slot in.
The smaller All-Flash S5 packs five M.2 2280 slots running at PCIe 4.0 x1 speeds, powered by an Intel Core Series 3 processor likely from the Wildcat Lake family. Connectivity is solid for a compact unit, with 10GbE and 2.5GbE Ethernet ports, two USB4 ports at 40 Gbps, two USB 3.2 Type-A ports, and an HDMI 2.1 output. The stepped-up All-Flash S7 shares its chassis design with the MS-03 mini PC and bumps storage to seven NVMe SSD slots. It runs an Intel Panther Lake processor and adds a 10 Gigabit SFP+ fiber port alongside its 10GbE RJ45 and 2.5GbE Ethernet connections, plus the same dual USB4 setup.
For open-source enthusiasts, Minisforum's existing NAS lineup offers relevant precedent: the N5 Pro has been confirmed by reviewers and community members to run TrueNAS, Unraid, and Proxmox without warranty concerns, and Minisforum explicitly supports third-party OS installs across its NAS range. At the chipset level, Intel has been actively upstreaming support for both Wildcat Lake and Panther Lake into the Linux kernel, including NPU driver patches, though what that means for end-to-end compatibility on the S5 and S7 specifically will depend on community testing once the hardware ships.
Minisforum is positioning both systems to work with its MinisOpenClaw AI agent platform, which offers features like semantic photo search. But the hardware itself is equally compelling for anyone building a home media server, running containers, or self-hosting services where fast, quiet, compact storage matters more than sheer disk capacity. Pricing and availability have not been announced.
