NAS Storage Build Guide — 2026

Building a NAS storage server in 2026? Alo Info USA stocks Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS, and iXsystems NAS units + NAS-optimized drives from Seagate IronWolf, WD Red, Toshiba N300.

NAS Unit Price Range

Synology DiskStation

• DS923+ 4-bay AMD Ryzen R1600: ~$599-$799
• DS1522+ 5-bay Ryzen R1600: ~$799-$999
• DS1823xs+ 8-bay Ryzen V1780B + 10GbE: ~$1,799-$2,299
• RS3621xs+ 12-bay rackmount Xeon D-1541 + 10GbE: ~$3,999-$4,999

QNAP TS-series

• TS-464 4-bay Celeron N5095: ~$549-$699
• TS-873A 8-bay Ryzen V1500B: ~$1,199-$1,599
• TS-h1290FX 12-bay EPYC 7232P all-flash: ~$4,999-$6,999

TrueNAS / iXsystems

• TrueNAS Mini X+ 4-bay: ~$1,499-$1,999
• TrueNAS R20 12-bay 2U: ~$5,999-$8,999
• TrueNAS R40 24-bay 4U: ~$9,999-$14,999

Best Drives for NAS

• Seagate IronWolf 12TB ST12000VN0007 — best $/TB for 4-8 bay NAS
• WD Red Pro 12TB-16TB — longer warranty + helium-filled
• Toshiba N300 12TB-18TB — best value enterprise NAS

See our full 12TB HDD Price Guide, 8TB, 4TB.

RAID Recommendations

• 2-bay NAS: RAID 1 (mirror) for simple redundancy
• 4-bay NAS: RAID 5 or SHR-1 for capacity + 1-drive failure tolerance
• 8+ bay NAS: RAID 6 or SHR-2 for 2-drive failure tolerance
• All-flash NAS: RAID 10 for max IOPS + redundancy

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