6 & 8-Bay NAS Deals – Prime Big Deal Days 2026
Five, six and eight bays are for people who expect to grow: RAID 6 or RAID-Z2 across six drives keeps two-thirds of the raw space with two-drive protection. The models here range from the LincStation N2 kit to the DXP8800 Plus, and the iDX6011 Pro sits at the top as an AI-capable six-bay.
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Nothing here is at a tracked low, because we hold no price history for these listings before this week. The lowest-ranked row is the LincStation N2 at $348.42 against Amazon's own reference price of $409.99, with no verdict claimed.
Worth checking out today
Few 6 & 8-Bay NAS listings have enough price history with us to call a tracked low yet, so these are the standouts on Amazon.com today: Prime-exclusive offers first, then the deepest cuts against Amazon's own reference price. Amazon's reference is its figure, not our price record.
6 & 8-Bay NAS prices checked against our history
| Product | Size | Price | Was | Per unit | Verdict | Prime | 90 days | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LincStation N2LincStation N2 6-Bay NAS Server, Intel N100 16GB LPDDR5 RAM, 10GbE NAS Storage, 2X SATA Bays, 4X M.2 NVMe Slots, DIY NAS for Plex, Docker, Private Cloud, Unraid Starter License Included, Diskless | 6-bay | $348.42 | $409.99Amazon ref. | $58/bay | No history yet | Prime deal | - | Buy on Amazon |
| TerraMaster F6-425 ProTERRAMASTER F6-425 Pro NAS Server, Intel Core i3-1315U, 8GB DDR5 (Diskless) | 6-bay | $799.99 | $999.99Amazon ref. | $133/bay | No history yet | - | - | Buy on Amazon |
| UGREEN NASync DXP6800 ProUGREEN NAS DXP6800 Pro 6-Bay for Teams, Small Businesses File Server | 6-bay | $967.99 | $1,099.99Amazon ref. | $161/bay | No history yet | Prime deal | - | Buy on Amazon |
| Minisforum N5 ProMINISFORUM AI NAS N5 Pro AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX Pro 370(12C/24T) PC, 2x SODIMM DDR5-5600MHz Slot(ECC Support), 128GB SSD(MinisCloud OS), 3xSSD Slot, 5xHDD Slot, 5GbE+10GbE Lan Port Network Attached Storage | 5-bay | $899.00 | - | $180/bay | No history yet | - | - | Buy on Amazon |
| Synology DS1525+Synology DS1525+ Video Editing & Production Server - Scale to 300TB, 10GbE Ready & Multi-User Workflows (5-Bay Diskless NAS) | 5-bay | $1,113.49 | $1,309.99Amazon ref. | $223/bay | No history yet | - | - | Buy on Amazon |
| UGREEN iDX6011UGREEN AI NAS iDX6011 32GB 6-Bay for NAS Upgraders, Creators & Small Teams | 6-bay | $2,349.99 | - | $392/bay | No history yet | - | - | Buy on Amazon |
| UGREEN iDX6011 ProUGREEN AI NAS iDX6011 Pro 64GB 6-Bay for SMBs, IT Teams & Growing Business | 6-bay | $5,999.99 | - | $1,000/bay | No history yet | - | - | Buy on Amazon |
Verdicts: Our tracked low is at or below the lowest price we recorded before today; within 3% is close to it; cut vs list only is below Amazon's reference price but above our low; no history yet means we make no claim. The 90-day line shades the event days. Was prices are Amazon's reference prices.
We have no price record from before this week for the listings on this page, so we make no claim beyond showing Amazon's own reference price. Of 7 rows, 0 are at or near our low, 0 are cut only against Amazon's list price, 0 cost more than usual, and 7 have no history yet. Large enclosures are seldom discounted deeply; a six-bay array's cost is dominated by the six drives, so the drive pages matter more here. Hard drive prices have risen through 2026 on AI datacenter demand (why hard drives cost more in 2026), so a price that only matches our low is a better outcome than in an ordinary year.
Fill cost with today's hard drive prices
Enclosure plus the cheapest new CMR NAS drives in stock today, and the same capacity bought as shucked externals. Usable space comes from our RAID calculator (after about 9% formatting overhead).
UGREEN NASync DXP6800 Pro at $967.99 with 6 drives
| Drives | New CMR drives | Total, new | Shucked drives | Total, shucked | Usable, RAID 5 | Usable, RAID 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 x 12TB | 6 x $329.99HGST Ultrastar 12TB | $2,947.93 | 6 x $517.96WD My Book 12TB | $4,075.75 | 54.6 TB | 43.7 TB |
| 6 x 14TB | 6 x $515.00Seagate IronWolf 14TB | $4,057.99 | 6 x $598.94WD easystore 14TB | $4,561.63 | 63.7 TB | 50.9 TB |
| 6 x 22TB | 6 x $795.99Toshiba N300 22TB | $5,743.93 | 6 x $956.99WD Elements 22TB | $6,709.93 | 100.0 TB | 80.0 TB |
Synology DS1525+ at $1,113.49 with 5 drives
| Drives | New CMR drives | Total, new | Shucked drives | Total, shucked | Usable, RAID 5 | Usable, RAID 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 x 12TB | 5 x $329.99HGST Ultrastar 12TB | $2,763.44 | 5 x $517.96WD My Book 12TB | $3,703.29 | 43.7 TB | 32.7 TB |
| 5 x 14TB | 5 x $515.00Seagate IronWolf 14TB | $3,688.49 | 5 x $598.94WD easystore 14TB | $4,108.19 | 50.9 TB | 38.2 TB |
| 5 x 22TB | 5 x $795.99Toshiba N300 22TB | $5,093.44 | 5 x $956.99WD Elements 22TB | $5,898.44 | 80.0 TB | 60.0 TB |
Frequently asked questions
Is a 6-bay NAS better value than two 4-bay units?
Usually. One six-drive RAID 6 array loses two drives to parity; two four-drive RAID 5 arrays also lose two but survive only one failure each. One box also means one set of backups to manage.
Does the Synology DS1525+ count as a 6-bay?
It has five bays and is listed here because it competes with six-bay units on price and expansion. It accepts a five-bay expansion unit if you outgrow it.
How much RAM does a 6-bay NAS need?
For storage and Plex, 8GB is fine. For ZFS on TrueNAS, the rough rule is 1GB per TB of usable pool on top of a 16GB base; the TrueNAS RAM calculator gives a model-specific figure.
Can I start a 6-bay NAS with fewer drives?
Yes. Start with four drives in RAID 6 and add the rest later; UGREEN, QNAP and Synology can grow an array onto new disks, and recent TrueNAS SCALE releases can widen a RAID-Z vdev one disk at a time.