EQ-NAS 16

16-bay. 4.5U. Institutional-class magnetically aligned storage.

$44,900 Base with 1TB drives. Configure below.
EQ-NAS 16

Determines available drive capacities per EHS-CLAP Section 4.1

RAID Comparison

RAID Usable Capacity Fault Tolerance Read Write
AI Drive Alignment
Total
+ $30/mo alignment subscription

Key Features

  • EQ-Audio drives with custom low-jitter firmware
  • EquatorialOS: Arch Linux, zero scripting bloat
  • EQFS checksumming filesystem with weekly scrub
  • 16-axis AI-driven platter alignment
  • Dual 10GbE slip-ring network ports
  • 96dB piezoelectric error alert

Specifications

Bays 16
Form Factor 4.5U Rackmount
Drives EQ-Audio, custom low-jitter firmware, 1–10TB
RAID Levels RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
OS EquatorialOS (Arch Linux — bash/rust/C only)
Filesystem EQFS (checksumming, weekly scrub)
Drive Alignment AI-driven platter orientation per bay (16-axis)
Network Dual 10GbE (slip-ring connectors)
Magnetic North Tracking Real-time IGRF-14 geomagnetic model
Error Notification 96dB piezoelectric alert, 20Hz–20kHz
Scripting bash, rust, C/C++ only

Sixteen bays in a 4.5U rackmount chassis. The EQ-NAS 16 is designed for recording studios, mastering houses, and archival institutions that require magnetically neutral storage at scale. At sixteen drives, the AI alignment system operates on 16 axes simultaneously — each drive's platter orientation is calculated not only relative to magnetic north but relative to every other drive in the array, minimising inter-drive magnetic crosstalk to below the EQFS corruption detection threshold.

RAID 6 across sixteen drives delivers 14 drives of usable capacity with dual-parity redundancy. RAID 10 provides eight mirrored pairs with striped reads. The 4.5U chassis uses a heavy-duty rotation bearing rated for the combined mass of sixteen loaded EQ-Audio drives. Dual slip-ring 10GbE connectors maintain link aggregation during realignment. The weekly EQFS scrub at this bay count takes approximately 72 hours and is non-interruptible — plan accordingly.

Fine Print

  • * AI alignment subscription ($30/mo) required for continued platter optimization. Interpreted languages not supported.