20 Best Nas Enclosure [2024]

Are you looking for the best nas enclosure? Based on expert reviews, we ranked them. We've listed our top-ranked picks, including the top-selling nas enclosure.

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1 Synology 4 bay NAS DiskStation DS418 (Diskless) Synology 4 bay NAS DiskStation DS418 (Diskless)
2 Synology 6 bay NAS DiskStation DS1621+ (Diskless) Synology 6 bay NAS DiskStation DS1621+ (Diskless)
3 TERRAMASTER F2-210 2-Bay NAS Quad Core 1GB RAM DDR4 Media Server Personal Private Cloud (Diskless) TERRAMASTER F2-210 2-Bay NAS Quad Core 1GB RAM DDR4 Media Server Personal Private Cloud (Diskless)
4 TERRAMASTER F5-221 NAS Storage 5Bay - Apollo J3355 Dual Core 2.0GHz 2GB Memory Plex Media Server... TERRAMASTER F5-221 NAS Storage 5Bay - Apollo J3355 Dual Core 2.0GHz 2GB Memory Plex Media Server...
5 WD Diskless My Cloud EX2 Ultra Network Attached Storage - NAS - WDBVBZ0000NCH-NESN WD Diskless My Cloud EX2 Ultra Network Attached Storage - NAS - WDBVBZ0000NCH-NESN
6 4 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure, Yottamaster Aluminum Alloy 4 Bay 2.5/3.5 Inch USB3.0 External Hard Drive... 4 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure, Yottamaster Aluminum Alloy 4 Bay 2.5/3.5 Inch USB3.0 External Hard...
7 TERRAMASTER D4-300 USB 3.1(Gen1) Type-C Storage External Hard Drive Enclosure Hot Swappable... TERRAMASTER D4-300 USB 3.1(Gen1) Type-C Storage External Hard Drive Enclosure Hot Swappable...
8 WD 6TB My Cloud Home Personal Cloud, Network Attached Storage - NAS - WDBVXC0060HWT-NESN,Single... WD 6TB My Cloud Home Personal Cloud, Network Attached Storage - NAS - WDBVXC0060HWT-NESN,Single...
9 Zyxel Personal Cloud Storage [2-Bay] for Home with Remote Access and Media Streaming, Disks not... Zyxel Personal Cloud Storage [2-Bay] for Home with Remote Access and Media Streaming, Disks not...
10 Synology 2 bay NAS DiskStation DS220+ (Diskless) Synology 2 bay NAS DiskStation DS220+ (Diskless)
11 Synology 2 bay NAS DiskStation DS220j (Diskless), 2-bay; 512MB DDR4 Synology 2 bay NAS DiskStation DS220j (Diskless), 2-bay; 512MB DDR4
12 Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 5900 RPM 64MB Cache for... Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 5900 RPM 64MB Cache...
13 Western Digital 4TB WD Red Plus NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - 5400 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 128 MB... Western Digital 4TB WD Red Plus NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - 5400 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 128 MB...
14 Western Digital 6TB WD Red NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - 5400 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, SMR, 256MB Cache,... Western Digital 6TB WD Red NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - 5400 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, SMR, 256MB Cache,...
15 Seagate Expansion Desktop 10TB External Hard Drive HDD - USB 3.0 for PC & Laptop, 1-Year Rescue... Seagate Expansion Desktop 10TB External Hard Drive HDD - USB 3.0 for PC & Laptop, 1-Year Rescue...
16 QNAP TS-451D2-4G 4 Bay 4K Hardware transcoding NAS with Intel® Celeron® J4025 CPU and HDMI Output QNAP TS-451D2-4G 4 Bay 4K Hardware transcoding NAS with Intel® Celeron® J4025 CPU and HDMI Output
17 QNAP TR-004 4 Bay USB Type-C Direct Attached Storage (DAS) with hardware RAID (Diskless) QNAP TR-004 4 Bay USB Type-C Direct Attached Storage (DAS) with hardware RAID (Diskless)
18 1-Click UPnP Media Server 1-Click UPnP Media Server
19 Disk Warrior 5 - Mac (select) Version 5 Edition Disk Warrior 5 - Mac (select) Version 5 Edition
20 Building a Plex Server with Raspberry Pi Building a Plex Server with Raspberry Pi
Bestseller No. 1
Synology 4 bay NAS DiskStation DS418 (Diskless)
  • Sequential throughput performance at over 226 MB/s reading and 170 MB/s writing
  • Dual 1GbE ports with failover and Link Aggregation support
  • 4K 10-bit H.265 video transcoding on the fly
  • Over 40TB raw single volume capacity. Compatible Drive Type-3.5 inch SATA HDD, 2.5 inch SATA HDD, 2.5 inch SATA SSD. "Compatible drive type" indicates...
Bestseller No. 2
Synology 6 bay NAS DiskStation DS1621+ (Diskless)
  • Accelerated Performance: 174% higher 4K random read IOPS and 76% faster sequential write speeds compared to its predecessor
  • Maximize Performance: Turbocharge HDD arrays by 20x or more without occupying drive bays using dual built-in M.2 slots for NVMe SSD cache
  • Easy Expansion: Scale-up on-demand to 16 drives with two DX517 expansion units
  • Includes Everything to Protect Your Data: Back up critical data to and from public clouds, Windows PCs and servers, virtual machines, and data on the...
  • Ready for 10GbE: Add in a 10GbE SFP+ or RJ-45 NIC to instantly increase network bandwidth based on your existing infrastructure
Bestseller No. 3
TERRAMASTER F2-210 2-Bay NAS Quad Core 1GB RAM DDR4 Media Server Personal Private Cloud (Diskless)
  • An affordable, high-performance 2-bay NAS optimized for home and SOHO users, running the latest TOS 4.2 operating system.
  • ARM v8 quad-core 1.4GHz CPU with 1 GB RAM (NOT upgradeable), blazingly fast read/write speeds of more than 114 MB/s (RAID 0, SATA III 4TB NAS hard...
  • Supports Emby and Plex media servers, which keep your videos, music, and photos personal media beautifully organized,always ready for on-demand...
  • Compatible with 3.5" and 2.5" SATA HDD, 2.5" SATA SSD. Each bay supports the HDD up to 20TB (Total of 40TB in RAID 0). For stable performance,...
  • Supports Docker, cloud drive sync, multiple backups, remote access and mobile app. Dozens of free applications;Ultra-quiet heat dissipation...
Bestseller No. 4
TERRAMASTER F5-221 NAS Storage 5Bay - Apollo J3355 Dual Core 2.0GHz 2GB Memory Plex Media Server...
  • POWERFUL HARDWARE: the F5-221 NAS storage is equipped with Apollo J3355 2.0GHz dual-core CPU, and 2GB of RAM (expandable up to 4GB). Dual 1GbE LAN...
  • The F5-221 NAS server adopts AES hardware encryption engine to encrypt shared folders and network data transmission to keep data from unauthorized...
  • Advanced Btrfs file system featured in the F5-221 5 bay NAS offers 71,680 system-wide snapshots and 1,024 snapshots per shared folder.
  • An ideal Plex server / media server: real-time hardware transcoding of up to two concurrent 4K video streaming.
  • Features an aluminum-alloy shell and intelligent temperature control ultra-quiet fan, good in heat dissipation. The F5-221 NAS enclosure is compatible...
Bestseller No. 5
WD Diskless My Cloud EX2 Ultra Network Attached Storage - NAS - WDBVBZ0000NCH-NESN
  • High-performance 1.3 GHz dual-core Processor for lag-free streaming
  • 1GB of DDR3 Memory to multitask with ease
  • Centralized network storage and access from anywhere
  • Automatic file synching across all your computers
  • Simplified file and folder sharing
SaleBestseller No. 6
4 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure, Yottamaster Aluminum Alloy 4 Bay 2.5/3.5 Inch USB3.0 External Hard Drive...
  • 【Reliable External Storage System for Individuals】This 4 bay hdd enclosure support up to 64TB external expanded storage. The front door adopt...
  • 【64TB Large Storage Capacity 】The 4 bay hard drive enclosure can house up to 4 hard drives, single disk support up to 16TB. Such Large capacity...
  • 【80mm Silent Fan Inside】The 4 bay enclosure built with rugged heat-dissipating aluminum shell, front and rear with cooling holes, a 80mm silent...
  • 【For 2,5/3,5-inch Hard Drives】It comes with four removeable trays, allowing for easy installation and replacement of either the large desktop hard...
  • 【6Gbps Transfer Rate】This 4 bay hdd enclosure adopt SATA III protocol, transfer rate up to 6Gbps (MAX). Equipped with a versatile USB3.0 Type-B...
Bestseller No. 7
TERRAMASTER D4-300 USB 3.1(Gen1) Type-C Storage External Hard Drive Enclosure Hot Swappable...
  • Designed for applications like video editing, photo backup, technical document preservation, file backup, music library, financial records (this is...
  • USB3.1 (Gen1, 5Gbps) Type-C interface, compatible with 3.5” SATA hard drive/2.5” SSD, supports up to 4 hard drives, total storage capacity up to...
  • Supports hot swapping. The drive can be rapidly installed in 5 seconds.
  • The device is driverless and supports MAC, Windows, Linux cross-platform operating system; fully compatible with the USB protocol, and can be used...
  • Intelligent temperature control low noise fan. The fan speed is automatically adjusted with the temperature of the hard drive.
Bestseller No. 8
WD 6TB My Cloud Home Personal Cloud, Network Attached Storage - NAS - WDBVXC0060HWT-NESN,Single...
  • Centralized storage for your favorite photos, videos and files from your devices and popular cloud accounts.
  • Organize and easily find your content with the intuitive My Cloud Home app.
  • Access your content from anywhere you have internet.
  • Invite family and friends to share and collaborate on content.
  • Stream music and movies with Sonos, Google Chromecast, Plex Media server and more. ( Services may be changed, terminated or interrupted at any time...
Bestseller No. 9
Zyxel Personal Cloud Storage [2-Bay] for Home with Remote Access and Media Streaming, Disks not...
  • Two 2.5" or 3.5" SATA II hard disk the max support up to 32 TB (16 TB x 2)
  • Reliable and secure data storage on your personal cloud with easy access online
  • Support for JBOD, RAID0 and RAID1.
  • Easy to setup, maintain and organize
  • RAID 1 read/write performance at 105/105.8 MB/s
Bestseller No. 10
Synology 2 bay NAS DiskStation DS220+ (Diskless)
  • Featured dual 1GbE LAN ports to support network failover, and with Link Aggregation enabled, DS220+ provides over 225 MB/s sequential read and 192...
  • Intel dual-core processor with AES-NI hardware encryption engine; 2 GB DDR4 memory (expandable up to 6 GB)
  • Access, share, and sync your data easily across different operating systems and devices.
  • Average 15% performance boost to photo indexing and other computing-intensive operations, as well as database response time.
  • By default, two camera licenses are installed; extra licenses can be purchased (CLP1, CLP4, or CLP8)
SaleBestseller No. 11
Synology 2 bay NAS DiskStation DS220j (Diskless), 2-bay; 512MB DDR4
  • 24/7 file server for your household to store share and backup personal data
  • Award-winning DiskStation Manager (DSM) brings intuitive operation flow and reduces learning curve
  • Access and share data with any Windows macOS and Linux computers or mobile devices
  • Integrated media server to support multimedia content streaming. Freely access private cloud files on-the-go and back up mobile photos with iOS and...
  • Compatible Drive Type* (See all supported drives)-3.5 inch SATA HDD, 2.5 inch SATA HDD (with optional 2.5 inch Disk Holder), 2.5 inch SATA SSD (with...
SaleBestseller No. 12
Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 5900 RPM 64MB Cache for...
  • IronWolf internal hard drives are the ideal solution for up to 8 bay, multi user NAS environments craving powerhouse performance
  • Store more and work faster with a NAS optimized hard drive providing 4TB and cache of up to 64MB
  • Purpose built for NAS enclosures, IronWolf delivers less wear and tear, little to no noise/vibration, no lags or down time, increased file sharing...
  • Easily monitor the health of drives using the integrated IronWolf Health Management system and enjoy long term reliability with 1M hours MTBF
SaleBestseller No. 13
Western Digital 4TB WD Red Plus NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - 5400 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 128 MB...
  • Available in capacities ranging from 1-14TB with support for up to 8 bays
  • Supports up to 180 TB/yr workload rate Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to or from the hard drive. Workload Rate is...
  • NASware firmware for compatibility
  • Small or medium business NAS systems in a 24x7 environment
SaleBestseller No. 14
Western Digital 6TB WD Red NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - 5400 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, SMR, 256MB Cache,...
  • Available in capacities ranging from 2-6TB with support for up to 8 bays
  • 5400RPM performance class
  • NASware firmware for compatibility
  • NAS systems with daily workloads associated with personal and home office environments and idle time available to perform necessary background...
  • Supports up to 180 TB/yr Workload Rate* | * Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to or from the hard drive. Workload Rate...
SaleBestseller No. 15
Seagate Expansion Desktop 10TB External Hard Drive HDD - USB 3.0 for PC & Laptop, 1-Year Rescue...
  • Enjoy enormous desktop storage space for years to come for photos, movies, music, and more
  • Designed to work with Windows computers, this external USB drive makes backup, easy with a simple drag and drop. System requirement: Windows 7 or...
  • Setup is easy; Just connect the external hard drive to your Windows computer for automatic recognition no software required
  • Includes an 18 inch USB 3.0 cable and 18 watt power adapter
Bestseller No. 16
QNAP TS-451D2-4G 4 Bay 4K Hardware transcoding NAS with Intel® Celeron® J4025 CPU and HDMI Output
  • Intel Celeron J4025 dual-core 2.0 GHz processor (burst up to 2.9 GHz)
  • Intel HD Graphics 600
  • 4 GB SO-DIMM DDR4 RAM (Max 8GB)
  • 4 x 3.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s (Diskless)
  • 2 x Gigabit Ethernet Port (RJ45)
Bestseller No. 17
QNAP TR-004 4 Bay USB Type-C Direct Attached Storage (DAS) with hardware RAID (Diskless)
  • Direct-attached storage device via USB Type-C for Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Use the TR-004 as external storage for NAS backup
  • Expand the capacity of your QNAP NAS
  • 4 x 3.5-inch SATA 3Gb/s (Diskless)
  • Hardware RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 5, JBOD, and individual disks
Bestseller No. 18
1-Click UPnP Media Server
  • share your multimedia content with only one click!
  • English (Publication Language)
SaleBestseller No. 19
Disk Warrior 5 - Mac (select) Version 5 Edition
  • Uses an award winning method of rebuilding directories. Disk Warrior can find your missing documents and files.
  • With a single click, Disk Warrior finds all salvageable files and folders and builds a new error-free, optimized directory for you to use. Just one...
  • Disk Warrior's preview feature lets you see how your disk will appear after it is repaired, but before any changes are made. You can even compare your...
  • Disk Warrior verifies your repaired directory to ensure it is error free and then uses fail-safe method of replacing the damaged directory with the...
  • Disk Warrior is incredibly safe to use.
Bestseller No. 20
Building a Plex Server with Raspberry Pi
  • Amazon Kindle Edition
  • Schell, Brian (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 02/16/2020 (Publication Date) - BlueHouseBooks.com (Publisher)

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FAQ:

Q: Why are NAS enclosures so expensive?

A: Some may need more storage while others would like to set up a media server. The more bays a NAS enclosure has, as well as the better the processor and more RAM, the higher the price will be. We rounded up the best NAS servers from the likes of Synology, ASUSTOR, and QNAP to help you choose the right one for your home.

Q: What is the best Nas for home use?

A: This is one of the best NAS enclosures for the home, Plex, and for beginners. Remember to use the discount code BFFRDY36 when checking out! $439 at Newegg You’re getting the same specs here, but you have an additional two drive bays. Remember to use the …

Q: What is the best hard drive enclosure?

A: Mediasonic Raid USB 3.1 4 Bay 3.5” SATA Hard Drive Enclosure with USB By mediasonic Tripp Lite USB 3.0 Dual Bay External RAID Enclosure for 2.5″ and 3.5″ By tripp-lite StarTech.com USB 3.1 (10Gbps) External Enclosure for 2.5″ SATA Hard Drives – RAID By startech

Q: What is the best NAS system?

A: FreeNAS – Our Choice. Verdict: FreeNAS is a small FreeBSD-based distribution kit for organizing NAS (Free Network-Attached Storage) storage. XigmaNAS. Verdict: When a business has a large number of networked computers,including servers and workstations,it’s important to have XigmaNAS software installed. Rockstor. … Amahi. … OpenMediaVault. …