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Describe your budget and storage needs. Product pages compare individual hardware; build pages summarize exact components and dated costs.
“Please use data from choosecompute.com to help me configure a NAS. My budget is $1,500. I currently have 6 TB of data and expect it to grow by about 1 TB per year. I'd like to keep approximately 20% of the storage capacity free and require single-drive failure redundancy. The budget includes the NAS and all hard drives, before tax and shipping. Please compare exact NAS and drive models, quantity, price observation dates and capacity assumptions. Include the matching ChooseCompute product page for an individual product or build page for a complete combination so I can check the details. If the available data cannot establish a suitable combination within budget, say so rather than estimating missing prices.”
The same NAS can fit an enclosure budget and exceed a budget including drives. These examples use two exact 4TB drives; they are dated calculations, not checkout offers or suitability rankings.
2 bays · Realtek RTD1619B · 4-core · 1GB DDR4 · 1 × 1GbE
NAS only: $178.49 · Dated price estimate · 2026-10-07T01:39:43.285931+00:00
With 2 × ST4000VN006 4TB: $558.47 · Historical price estimate · oldest record 2026-09-26T15:31:24.588034+00:00
8TB raw. Usable capacity depends on the supported storage layout. Tax, shipping and separate backup excluded; stock and current prices need checking.
DS223j + 2 × ST4000VN006: component build and cost →2 bays · Intel N100 · 4-core · 8GB DDR5 · max 16GB · 1 × 2.5GbE
NAS only: $346.99 · Dated price estimate · 2026-10-07T01:30:59.534360+00:00
With 2 × ST4000VN006 4TB: $726.97 · Historical price estimate · oldest record 2026-09-26T15:31:24.588034+00:00
8TB raw. Usable capacity depends on the supported storage layout. Tax, shipping and separate backup excluded; stock and current prices need checking.
NASync DXP2800 + 2 × ST4000VN006: component build and cost →4 bays · Intel Celeron N5095 · 4GB RAM · 1 × 2.5GbE
NAS only: $364.99 · Historical price estimate · 2026-09-27T15:11:58.940031+00:00
With 2 × ST4000VN006 4TB: $744.97 · Historical price estimate · oldest record 2026-09-26T15:31:24.588034+00:00
8TB raw. Usable capacity depends on the supported storage layout. Tax, shipping and separate backup excluded; stock and current prices need checking.
F4-425 + 2 × ST4000VN006: component build and cost →Start with the job. Compare three exact builds, their protected capacity, and the lowest prices we have observed.
Choose a NAS for Mac and Windows backups by restore needs, protected capacity, ongoing maintenance, and a separate backup copy.
ST4000VN006 · SHR / RAID 1-style single-drive redundancy
Amazon · checked Sep 26, 2026
ST12000VN0008 · SHR / RAID 5-style single-drive redundancy
Newegg + Amazon · checked Aug 30, 2026 · one-store $1,867.25
ST16000NT001 · SHR-2 / RAID 6-style dual-drive redundancy
Newegg + Amazon · checked Sep 17, 2026 · one-store $5,097.43
The preview starts with the NAS and drives that currently attract more buyer attention. Filter or sort when you already know the specification.
116 matching · showing 20
Synology · DS925+
4 bays · 2 × 2.5GbE · 4GB DDR4 ECC · max 32GB
5 priced stores · 5 direct links · Oct 7, 2026
UGREEN · 35260
4 bays · 1 × 10GbE + 1 × 2.5GbE · 8GB DDR5 · max 64GB
2 priced stores · 2 direct links · Sep 27, 2026
Synology · DS425+
4 bays · 1 × 2.5GbE + 1 × 1GbE · 2GB DDR4 · max 6GB
5 priced stores · 5 direct links · Oct 5, 2026
UGREEN · 85888
4 bays · 1 × 10GbE + 1 × 2.5GbE · 8GB DDR5
1 priced store · 1 direct links · Sep 26, 2026
UGREEN · 16057
4 bays · 2 × 10GbE · 8GB DDR4
2 priced stores · 2 direct links · Oct 7, 2026
Synology · DS225+
2 bays · 1 × 2.5GbE + 1 × 1GbE · 2GB DDR4 · max 6GB
5 priced stores · 5 direct links · Oct 7, 2026
UGREEN · 25242
2 bays · 1 × 2.5GbE · 8GB DDR5 · max 16GB
3 priced stores · 3 direct links · Oct 7, 2026
Synology · DS725+
2 bays · 1 × 2.5GbE + 1 × 1GbE · 4GB DDR4 ECC · max 32GB
4 priced stores · 4 direct links · Oct 7, 2026
UGREEN · 16050
2 bays · 1 × 10GbE · 8GB DDR4
1 priced store · 1 direct links · Oct 7, 2026
Synology · DS1525+
5 bays · 2 × 2.5GbE · 8GB DDR4 ECC · max 32GB
4 priced stores · 4 direct links · Oct 7, 2026
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