"But, again, what about the software? A NAS is only as good as the software it includes, right? After all, you don't want to buy the device, only to wind up having to install the necessary software to make it a NAS. Yet, that's precisely what the Xyber Hydra NAS is: a tiny plastic box with enough power and hardware to be used as a NAS, but no software to serve the purpose."
"After connecting the device to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, I let it boot into Ubuntu Linux to see what was what. The distribution is Ubuntu, and, oddly enough, it booted directly to the login screen with the user "xyber-co" and no password. My first bit of business was to create a new account with an actual password. Once I did that, I logged out of the pre-configured account and logged back in with the new account."
"If you go to the X-Plus store and look at the Hydra, you'll get plenty of description for the hardware, but next to nothing for the software. Sure, the page indicates it dual-boots Windows and Linux, but there's zero mention of the software it employs to make it an actual NAS device. Also: The best M.2 SSDs of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed You get four SSD bays, plenty of USB ports, two HDMI ports, two 2.5G Ethernet ports, Wi-Ffi and Bluetooth -- all of which come together to make for a very nice home-based NAS device."
The Xyber Hydra provides robust home NAS hardware including four SSD bays, multiple USB and HDMI ports, dual 2.5G Ethernet, Wi-Ffi, and Bluetooth, and it dual-boots Windows and Ubuntu Linux. The device ships without dedicated NAS software or a web-based NAS UI. The Ubuntu installation boots to a preconfigured "xyber-co" user account with no password. A new secured account can be created, but the Application Overview contains no NAS-related applications. The unit therefore requires users to install or configure NAS software manually to obtain typical NAS functionality despite adequate hardware.
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