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18 June 2026

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Enterprise storage has traditionally required costly licensing, proprietary hardware, and complex management. ENAS changes that by delivering a private, local storage platform designed for performance, scalability, and simplicity, all without the overhead typically associated with enterprise infrastructure.

Enterprise-Class Performance from the Ground Up

The all-new ENAS combines powerful hardware with modern storage technologies to provide the performance and reliability organizations expect from enterprise solutions. ENAS combines proven ZFS architecture, with optional M.2 NVMe L2ARC caching, and a powerful ARM Neoverse N2 platform to make our highest performance storage solution to date.

• 8 Arm Neoverse N2 cores for demanding workloads

• 64GB ECC memory for enhanced data integrity

• Dual NVMe cache for accelerated performance

• Native ZFS for advanced storage protection

Enterprise-grade performance engineered for modern business workloads.

Massive Scale with Complete Flexibility

ENAS is built to grow alongside your business. With extensive storage expansion capabilities and no firmware restrictions on drive models, organizations can scale capacity without being restricted by proprietary hardware ecosystems.

• 16 drive bays for high-capacity deployments

• Expandable to more than one petabyte of raw storage

• Open-drive compatibility for maximum flexibility

• Dual 25 Gigabit SFP28 ports and redundant power supplies for resilience

Scale storage on your terms without vendor lock-in.

License-Free Management with UniFi

The hardware is only part of the story. ENAS integrates directly with the UniFi platform, creating a centralized source of truth for files, backups, and shared organizational data, all without recurring software licensing costs.

• No licensing fees or feature unlocks

• Centralized file and backup management

• Unified data visibility across teams

• Simplified administration through UniFi

Powerful storage management without recurring software costs.

Secure Access for Every Employee

Modern organizations need secure and seamless access to business data. ENAS integrates with existing identity providers and enables role-based access controls that simplify user management while maintaining security.

• Integration with existing identity providers

• Role-based folder permissions

• Native secure access through UniFi Endpoint on desktop and mobile platforms

• Consistent access across any device

Secure collaboration starts with identity-driven access control.

Centralized Backup Orchestration Across Sites - Coming Soon

Managing backups across multiple locations becomes significantly easier with UniFi Fabrics and Site manager. Organizations gain centralized oversight and control while ensuring critical data remains protected. With just a few clicks, your ENAS can begin backing up data to an offsite ENAS, rsync server, or even a cloud destination. It can also backup user data from Microsoft 365 applications into an employee’s user drive.

• Unified backup management across all sites

• Centralized orchestration from a single platform

• Integrated snapshot capabilities

• Improved disaster recovery readiness

One platform for protecting data across every location.

Shared Storage for Modern Virtualization

ENAS extends beyond traditional file storage with native iSCSI support in UniFi Drive, enabling shared block storage for virtualization environments and high-availability infrastructure.

• Native iSCSI shared block storage

• Centralized storage for multiple compute servers

• Support for live migration workflows

• Compatible with Proxmox, VMware, and Hyper-V clusters

Shared block storage built for virtualization and high availability.

ENAS brings together enterprise-class performance, massive scalability, centralized management, secure access controls, multi-site backup orchestration, and virtualization-ready storage in a single license-free platform. By eliminating proprietary limitations and recurring software costs, ENAS delivers a simpler, easily scalable, and more cost-effective path to modern enterprise storage.