Best NAS Devices for Data-Protection Workflows

These NAS devices have at least five relevant data-protection opinions with more praise than complaints. That community evidence is not an independent security assessment, and RAID or drive redundancy is not a backup.

Design recovery before buying: keep separate versioned backups, including an offline or off-site copy, and test restores. Also verify snapshot support, filesystem checks, encryption, update history, access controls, alerts, drive compatibility, and what happens if the enclosure itself fails.

Based on 239 relevant Reddit opinionsMethodology

20 products available in the US

#1
NASync DXP2800

UGREEN

$382.98

NASync DXP2800

64.6/100
413 opinions

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40 positive0 neutral6 negative
#2
F4-425 Plus

TERRAMASTER

$509.99

F4-425 Plus

62.1/100
65 opinions

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9 positive0 neutral0 negative
#3
DS423

Synology

$399.99

DS423

55.6/100
42 opinions

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9 positive0 neutral0 negative
#4
DS225+

Synology

$364.99

DS225+

57.4/100
49 opinions

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8 positive0 neutral0 negative
#5
DXP4800 Plus

UGREEN

$656.99

DXP4800 Plus

67.5/100
280 opinions

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25 positive0 neutral5 negative
#6
DiskStation DS1522+

Synology

$4,029.00

DiskStation DS1522+

51.4/100
41 opinions

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7 positive0 neutral0 negative
#7
BeeStation 4TB

Synology

$364.99

BeeStation 4TB

53/100
46 opinions

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10 positive0 neutral1 negative
#8
TS-464

QNAP

$639.00

TS-464

57/100
72 opinions

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20 positive0 neutral5 negative
#9
DiskStation DS925+

Synology

$749.99

DiskStation DS925+

53.1/100
52 opinions

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11 positive0 neutral2 negative
#10
F6-424

TERRAMASTER

$594.99

F6-424

55/100
40 opinions

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5 positive0 neutral0 negative
#11
DiskStation DS218+

Synology

$629.00

DiskStation DS218+

51.9/100
53 opinions

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5 positive0 neutral0 negative
#12
DS1825+

Synology

$1,548.86

DS1825+

51.7/100
36 opinions

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5 positive0 neutral0 negative
#13
DXP6800 Pro

UGREEN

$1,099.99

DXP6800 Pro

58.5/100
91 opinions

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8 positive0 neutral1 negative
#14
DiskStation DS223

Synology

$254.99

DiskStation DS223

56.4/100
33 opinions

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8 positive0 neutral1 negative
#15
DS124

Synology

$159.99

DS124

51.5/100
23 opinions

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7 positive0 neutral1 negative
#17
DH4300 Plus

UGREEN

$373.99

DH4300 Plus

52.1/100
107 opinions

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10 positive0 neutral4 negative
#22
DiskStation DS1821+

Synology

$3,739.00

DiskStation DS1821+

53/100
34 opinions

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5 positive0 neutral2 negative
#25
DXP8800 Plus

UGREEN

$1,369.99

DXP8800 Plus

55.5/100
73 opinions

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4 positive0 neutral2 negative
#26
DiskStation DS918+

Synology

$1,819.00

DiskStation DS918+

51.3/100
52 opinions

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4 positive0 neutral2 negative
#27
DXP4800 Pro

UGREEN

$799.99

DXP4800 Pro

56.7/100
38 opinions

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4 positive0 neutral3 negative