QNAP TS-873A-SW5T-US 8-Bay NAS with 2.5GbE Switch

The QNAP TS-873A-SW5T-US is a bundle that pairs an 8-bay NAS with a 5-port 2.5GbE unmanaged switch, providing a turnkey storage and networking solution. At the heart of the NAS is a quad-core AMD Ryzen V1500B processor clocked at 2.2 GHz, paired with 8GB of DDR4 RAM that can be expanded to 64GB for users running virtual machines, containers, or multiple simultaneous applications. The eight drive bays accept both 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch drives, and dual M.2 PCIe Gen 3 NVMe SSD slots offer the option of SSD caching to accelerate frequently accessed data or dedicated high-speed SSD storage pools. Dual 2.5GbE network ports on the NAS itself provide fast connectivity, while multiple USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (Type-A and Type-C) deliver up to 10 Gbps throughput for external drives and expansion enclosures.

The included QSW-1105-5T is a fanless, silent 5-port 2.5GbE switch that supports 2.5G, 1G, and 100M speeds with auto-negotiation. It works with standard Cat 5e cabling, meaning you can upgrade your local network to 2.5GbE speeds without replacing existing infrastructure. This makes the bundle particularly appealing for teams and workgroups that need to share large files — such as video editors, photographers, or development teams — without the latency bottleneck of standard Gigabit Ethernet. Together, the TS-873A and QSW-1105-5T deliver a cohesive, high-performance storage environment that scales from small office file sharing to more demanding applications like surveillance, media management, and private cloud hosting.