Xiaomi's first NAS goes up for crowdfunding — 2-bay, up to 40TB SSD, built by Hikvision

Xiaomi’s first NAS device, the “Xiaomi Smart Storage,” is heading to crowdfunding next week — and leaked engineering unit specs give a clear picture of what’s packed inside.

The company opened pre-registration for the campaign on June 24. The actual sale goes live July 1 at 10:00 AM Beijing time and runs through July 8. For Xiaomi, a company best known for phones and smart home gear, this is a notable first step into the personal NAS market.

According to leaker @6GHz, the engineering sample carries 2GB of RAM and 8GB of flash storage. The processor is where things get fuzzy — the leaker originally reported a Realtek RTD1619B chip, but commenters pushed back, arguing it is actually a quad-core Cortex-A55 design. Either way, it is an ARM-based SoC squarely in the midrange NAS tier, aimed at home users rather than storage power users.

The unit uses a 2-bay design supporting up to 40TB of SSD storage total. Port selection includes a single USB-A 3.0 and an HDMI 1.4 output, which suggests it could also function as a media playback device.

The device has already cleared China’s Quality Certification Center under model number RP05, with a 12V/3.5A power supply (adapter model AD-D2131200350CN01). The certification page reveals Hikvision, the Hangzhou-based surveillance equipment maker, as the contract manufacturer — a sensible choice given Hikvision’s extensive experience building embedded storage hardware.

Xiaomi has not announced pricing yet. With crowdfunding just days away, that figure should surface soon. The company is entering a market where Synology and QNAP dominate the high end, while brands like Zimaboard and Raspberry Pi-based builds cover the budget tinkerer segment. Where Xiaomi lands — and how deeply its smart-home ecosystem integrates with the NAS — will determine whether this becomes a lasting platform or just another hardware experiment.