Best 8 Bay NAS of 2022/2023

Best 8-Bay NAS Winners (links to Amazon)

A Guide to the Best 8-Bay NAS Drives to Buy Right Now
If you have been looking at getting a NAS for your business, then I think it is safe to say that 8-Bay is where things get SERIOUS. Up until this point, most NAS system can typically fall into home use, budget use, small business and effective storage for a small group of users and their data. However, 8 drive (hard drive or SSD) NAS systems are where you start to see the NAS brands flex their muscles a bit. 8-Bays have typically been the jumping-off point from Desktop to Rackmount servers (slightly less so in recent years admittedly), thanks to the larger degree of storage on offer allowing greater performance, capacity and redundancy – So you start to see hardware appearing inside/outside that can greatly enhance the system’s utility. Features such as 10-gigabit ethernet, Xeon processors, considerably more memory and ultimately a system that can support a much wider number of users and processes than the systems that came before it. NAS brands very early on championed the inclusion of 8-Bay desktop servers in their portfolios, recognizing the need for a desktop server for compact deployment that could challenge the traditionally high power of rackmount solutions, so there are ALOT of different 8-Bay NAS systems on the market to choose from – all with their own distinct hardware and software capabilities, yet all at comparable pricing. Today I want to highlight to you the best three 8-Bay NAS to buy in 2022 and 2023 out of the hundreds (maybe even thousands) that are currently available on the market. These are systems that I choose, based on their value, scalability and overall power. Let’s begin.

01:50 - Things ALL of these 8-Bay NAS Drives Include
04:10 - Honourable Mention - The QNAP TVS-872XT
05:51 - The Best Softare NAS of 2022/2023
10:30 - The Most POWERFUL 8-Bay NAS of 2022/2023
16:49 - Best Value 8-Bay NAS of 2022/2023

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[whyandaccount]

Thanks for a year of great videos - All the best for the Festive Season to you and yours.

[Suzukii-DIY]

Exceptional reviews. Thanks.
"I Hate Seagulls" cracks me every time. If you recall, (not), I purchased my TVS-872XT with i7/64GB based on your reviews in the last 8 months for PLEX. It still chokes on playing certain h.265 encoded videos, not all though, even with a Nvidia GTX 1650 -LP installed. Now I want their TVS-H874 i7/i9 version but, it must have 10GbE on board. If only QNAP had an upgrade/trade-in program.

[Youngbasketball]

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[kevinh]

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[andresramirezmolina]

You are amazing! So useful in all my personal and professional purchases. Thanks again! "I hate Seagulls" hasss to be a T-shirt.

[Youngbasketball]

Thanks for all you do for all NAS pros, enthusiasts, and hobbyists out there. QQ for you. How come the TVS h1288 dropped off from your 8 bay list from last year? Are you recommending the TVS h874 over it? Thanks again!!

[WhiteDieselShed]

All the Amazon links are broken: DS1821+ link actually links to a DS1019+ (5 bay) which is unavailable. Terramaster actually links to a Synology RackStation.
872XT link, product unavailable. No QNAP 874 found also.

[thNebula]

I want to replace my Drobo DAS with NAS and likely to get the Synology 8-bay 1821+ though I noticed you mentioned a new one coming out that will be more powerful. I have an ASUS Creator B 660 motherboard with both 1 gbe and 2., 5 gbe and want to connect the Synology to the 2.5 gbe for LAN directly to PC to get 2.5 gbe. Won't edit off the Synology but want to have fast storage.

[DavidM]

I currently have a DS-920+ and a TS-453A. If you were a member of the More Money Than Brains Club, and you wanted to muck about with VM's and such, and never have to worry about another NAS purchase for 10 years, would the 874 be your choice ? ( Maybe the 6 bay version though.) I could, presumably, just move the TS-453A drives over and be up and running.

[muffinberg]

Hi 👋. Does anyone now speculated dates for synology 6bays ds1621+, ds1621xs+ and 8bays? I would like them to be released soon.

[mikelola]

872 could be a great NAS until it dies