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The appliance

MD Vault Gateway — the home for your personal data

MD Vault is sold as hardware. You order a unit, plug it in at home or in the office, and relocate personal libraries off rented clouds onto equipment under your roof. There is no “download the server” path for this product.

MD Vault physical gateway
Shipped unit · $1,499 list

What arrives

  • MD Vault Gateway chassis with power and Ethernet
  • Wi‑Fi radio so phones and tablets reach the vault from the house
  • On-prem path for files, photo libraries, contacts, and family records
  • Preloaded Docker runtime and privatized MD Hub stack image path
  • AI Guard monitoring agent ready on first boot
  • Setup guide and claim path to bind the unit to your MD Hub account

Optional Wi‑Fi repeater packs ship as separate line items when you need more rooms covered.

Built into the gateway

CapabilityOn the unit
Personal data homeWorking copy of files, photos, contacts, and private records on hardware inside the premises.
Gateway routerWAN uplink, LAN path, firewall edge for the house or office.
DHCP serverHands out addresses to phones, PCs, cameras, printers, and IoT on your LAN.
Local DNSResolves internal hostnames on-prem so vault services stay findable without public DNS for private names.
Docker containersRuns the privatized MD Framework, database, and edge services in containers on the appliance.
Wi‑Fi radioPrimary wireless so every handset can push photos and files to the home vault.
AI GuardActivity monitor across network flows and the servers holding your relocated data.
MD Hub stackFiles, Sites, Portals, Plans, agents, domains/TLS tooling under the owning account.

Purchased product

SKU-based hardware order. You own the unit. Support and warranty follow the physical product terms.

Data stays home

Designed so the durable copy of personal life is inside the building — not only mirrored in a free-tier cloud.

Not a download

This product is not distributed as installable software for arbitrary hosts. The stack ships on — and runs on — the appliance.

Local AI

AI Server Node

$3,499

GPU-equipped node for local LLMs on your LAN. Pairs with the gateway; sold as its own physical SKU.

Add-on

Wi‑Fi Repeater

$179

Extra coverage so every floor reaches the vault. 3-pack $499.