8 Things to Know About the QNAP TS-873A NAS
- Eight bays and an AMD Ryzen processor make this a prosumer NAS, not a basic home unit.
- It can handle a real ZFS pool with hot spares, giving you enterprise-level data protection.
- The Ryzen CPU leaves headroom for running virtual machines alongside storage tasks.
- Expect faster performance than ARM-based NAS units, especially for file transfers and VMs.
- It supports PCIe expansion for adding 10GbE networking or NVMe caching.
- The TS-873A is best for users who need both high-capacity storage and compute power.
- It runs QNAP’s QTS or QuTS hero operating system, with ZFS support on the latter.
- This model is overkill for simple file sharing; it’s built for demanding workloads like media editing or virtualization.