NAS buying guides for Canada
For most Canadian homes, a four-bay NAS with CMR NAS drives (Seagate IronWolf, WD Red Plus or Toshiba N300) is the right call, sized with the calculators and bought by CA$/TB. The guides below answer the decisions before that — which drive, which NAS, how much RAM — each answer-first, with a live CA$/TB table and a "Buying in Canada" note on landed cost and local warranty.
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How to use these guides
Work top to bottom: pick the drive family and tier, choose the NAS that suits your bays and priorities, then decide on memory and cache. Every guide is grounded in real specs and priced live from Amazon.ca in Canadian dollars — not a currency-swapped US page. If you just need to size an array, jump to a calculator.
Choosing a drive
Get the recording method and the tier right first, then buy by CA$/TB. These decide which drive goes in your NAS.
Choosing a NAS
Bays first, then software vs hardware. Who each brand and size suits, framed for a Canadian buyer.
Memory, cache and setup
The upgrades people ask about most — and honest answers on when they help and when they do not.