Black Friday at Zima – Home servers and more up to 50% off

IceWhale, the manufacturer behind the ZimaBoard 2 (our review), ZimaBoard SE (formerly ZimaBlade), and ZimaCube 2 (our review), is offering discounts on several of its products around Black Friday. Anyone looking to stock up on home server hardware now has an opportunity to do so at lower prices than usual.

The manufacturer's website advertises discounts of up to 50 percent, although that figure presumably applies only to certain accessories. The three main home server products have received considerably smaller price cuts, but the deals may still be worth checking out. Here are the offers we found:

The smallest home server, the ZimaBoard SE 864 (formerly ZimaBlade), costs just $144 during the promotional period, down from its regular price of $159. A free NVMe adapter is also included.

The ZimaBoard 2 is particularly well suited as a compact DIY NAS for trying things out, gaining experience, and experimenting. The so-called Mini NAS Kit also includes a PCIe dual NVMe M.2 SSD adapter card. Its price has dropped from $469 to $409, and a four-port USB adapter is included as well.

For large photo backups, an extensive home media library, and more, the ZimaCube 2 is a full-fledged home server option. It currently costs $749 instead of $799, with a USB4 SSD enclosure included as a free bonus.

Anyone spending more than $399 in total also receives a PCIe-to-2.5G Ethernet adapter card. Only the manufacturer knows where the 50 percent discount advertised in the promotional image on Zima's store page comes from. Nevertheless, there are currently a few home server bargains to be found. The screenshot below shows some additional deals.