--- product_id: 208176996 title: "QNAP TL-D800C 8 Bay Desktop JBOD Storage Enclosure with USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Connectivity" brand: "qnap" price: "R19789" currency: ZAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 category: "Qnap" url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/208176996-qnap-tl-d800c-8-bay-desktop-jbod-storage-enclosure-usb store_origin: ZA region: South Africa --- # 250W reliable power supply 8 x 3.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s bays USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C 10Gbps QNAP TL-D800C 8 Bay Desktop JBOD Storage Enclosure with USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Connectivity **Brand:** qnap **Price:** R19789 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸš€ Elevate your storage game with QNAP’s TL-D800C β€” power, speed, and simplicity in one sleek enclosure! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** QNAP TL-D800C 8 Bay Desktop JBOD Storage Enclosure with USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Connectivity by qnap - **How much does it cost?** R19789 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/208176996-qnap-tl-d800c-8-bay-desktop-jbod-storage-enclosure-usb) ## Best For - qnap enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted qnap brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Massive 8-Bay Capacity:** Plug and play up to eight SATA drives for ultimate flexibility and scale. - β€’ **Effortless Hot-Swapping:** Screwless drive trays and no soft power switches mean zero downtime and zero hassle. - β€’ **Universal Compatibility:** Works flawlessly with QNAP NAS, Windows, Mac, and serversβ€”your multi-platform storage sidekick. - β€’ **Whisper-Quiet Reliability:** Smart cooling fans keep your data cool and your workspace peaceful. - β€’ **Seamless High-Speed Expansion:** Blazing 10Gbps USB-C connectivity for instant storage growth without bottlenecks. ## Overview The QNAP TL-D800C is an 8-bay desktop JBOD storage enclosure featuring USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C connectivity delivering up to 10Gbps transfer speeds. Designed for seamless expansion of QNAP NAS, Windows, Mac, and server environments, it supports eight 3.5-inch SATA drives with screwless trays and hot-swappable functionality. Powered by a robust 250W PSU and equipped with quiet cooling fans, it offers reliable, high-capacity storage without RAID complexity, perfect for professionals seeking straightforward, scalable storage solutions. ## Description The TL-D800C JBOD storage enclosure allows you to back up and expand your QNAP NAS and computers (supports Windows and Mac). The TL-D800C features eight 3.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s drive bays with USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) Type-C connectivity to provide a fast and smooth expansion solution. Review: Works great for adding disks to always-on system! - QNAP did it with their TL-D800C. I just want the most obvious thing! I want some drive bays slapped on a fast USB plug. I don't want backup software, RAID, or anything. I use ZFS which is far better than RAID. And even software RAID is better now than hardware RAID. How hard can that be? Apparently nigh impossible! I tried Sabrient's and Yottamaster's, both total garbage. Sabrient's had no less than 10 soft power switches, which must be tickled after every reboot...I mean, nobody wants to run anything unattended, and everyone wants a lot of extra fiddling to power up, right? πŸ™„ Hello Captain Obvious! If I didn't want a drive powered on I wouldn't put the drive in! Obviously there was zero thought put into actual user experience. Yottamaster -- also a total failure. At least they didn't add a bunch of stupid power switches, but the drives kept getting checksum errors, retries, and dropping out. I have 8 drives, of various brands, various ages and sizes, all of which worked perfectly after I returned the Yottamster and put them in this QNAP unit. It was two units, so not a matter of a single defect. It was totally impossible to use and corrupted data. Apparently Yottamaster is terrible at testing. Oh, and the drive sleds often got stuck in the cheap chassis. Just throwing junk together hoping people won't return it. So thank you, QNAP! These actually work reliably. 10 Gb USB, screwless insertion, no soft power switches, decent price point, good (and quiet) fans, hot-swappable, no drivers. No extra junk to bypass like RAID logic or soft power switches. Works perfectly on FreeBSD 14 with ZFS. Review: Decent Enough - When I bought this, I assumed it had built-in JBOD array capability like the TL-400. It does not. This just serves 8 disks independently over USB. So, in order to use this as an array, you have to use software RAID of some sort. This is my fault for not researching more before buying, but anyone else looking at this should be aware. Regardless, I was able to get all 8 disks to set up as a pool in Unraid using btrfs with different sized drives. I just needed to setup the profile to "single" to get all space allocated. I'm using this as a backup, so I don't need redundancy capability. Write transfer speed bounces somewhere between 150-300 MB/s, which I'm guessing is limited by the drive speeds I put in the array. All drives are mechanical 7200 RPM. USB is on a 3.2 gen 2 port on my server. I really only have two nitpicks with this unit. My old TL-400 worked with a USB-C to USB-C 3.2 cable. This unit will not function with one. You have to use a USB-C to USB-A 3.2 cable. My other gripe is to show the drives are spun down, the light above it flashes fast. This is the same behavior when the drive is actively reading/writing. So, it's difficult to tell if the drive is active or spun down. If the drive is spun up but idle, the light is solid. Beyond that, this box seems to run fine. Automatic fan is quiet and seems to do good enough job. ## Features - Storage Expansion for your QNAP NAS, computers (supports Windows), and servers - USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C High-Capacity JBOD Storage Enclosure - 8 x 3.5-inch SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s (Diskless) - 250W Power Supply Unit - 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C - Includes 1 x USB Type-C to Type-A Cable - The TL-D800C can only be used as a separate storage pool or volume on your QNAP NAS. It cannot be combined with an existing storage pool/volume. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B086WCRFQ3 | | Best Sellers Rank | #25 in Network Attached Storage (NAS) Enclosures | | Brand | QNAP | | Built-In Media | Flat head screw x 24 (for 3. | | Color | black | | Compatible Devices | Servers, Laptops, Desktops | | Customer Reviews | 4.0 out of 5 stars 91 Reviews | | Is Assembly Required | No | | Item Dimensions D x W x H | 8.7"D x 5.9"W x 8.7"H | | Item Weight | 7.62 Kilograms | | Manufacturer | QNAP | | Mfr Part Number | TL-D800C | | Model Number | TL-D800C | | Mounting Type | Tabletop | | Product Dimensions | 8.7"D x 5.9"W x 8.7"H | | Size | 8 Bay | | UPC | 885022018185 | | Warranty Description | 2 Years Warranty | ## Product Details - **Brand:** QNAP - **Color:** black - **Compatible Devices:** Servers, Laptops, Desktops - **Product Dimensions:** 8.7"D x 5.9"W x 8.7"H - **Size:** 8 Bay ## Images ![QNAP TL-D800C 8 Bay Desktop JBOD Storage Enclosure with USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Connectivity - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81gTtdBU0PL.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: Is a nas required or can this be directly connected to a pc?** A: I have mine directly connected to PC and works great. The only reservation I have is when directly connected you end up using Windows Storage Space which I am not experienced with. Absolutely follow the posted recommendation for ORICO USB PCI-E Card, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Internal Expansion Card,Type C PCI-Express 4X to USB 3.2 and make sure you use 3.2 C to C cable you will get blindly fast results. Mine is faster than my workstation with NVMe discs. Have 7 18TB discs installed now and fully loaded with movies and wow. **Q: Is this usb 3.0 compatible?** A: Yes **Q: Does this device work with ubuntu?** A: Yes it’s just a usb sata device **Q: Using software can I use the QNAP TL-D800C to be configured with RAID 6?** A: Whatever Windows or Linux can do natively, this can do ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works great for adding disks to always-on system! *by L***K on August 24, 2024* QNAP did it with their TL-D800C. I just want the most obvious thing! I want some drive bays slapped on a fast USB plug. I don't want backup software, RAID, or anything. I use ZFS which is far better than RAID. And even software RAID is better now than hardware RAID. How hard can that be? Apparently nigh impossible! I tried Sabrient's and Yottamaster's, both total garbage. Sabrient's had no less than 10 soft power switches, which must be tickled after every reboot...I mean, nobody wants to run anything unattended, and everyone wants a lot of extra fiddling to power up, right? πŸ™„ Hello Captain Obvious! If I didn't want a drive powered on I wouldn't put the drive in! Obviously there was zero thought put into actual user experience. Yottamaster -- also a total failure. At least they didn't add a bunch of stupid power switches, but the drives kept getting checksum errors, retries, and dropping out. I have 8 drives, of various brands, various ages and sizes, all of which worked perfectly after I returned the Yottamster and put them in this QNAP unit. It was two units, so not a matter of a single defect. It was totally impossible to use and corrupted data. Apparently Yottamaster is terrible at testing. Oh, and the drive sleds often got stuck in the cheap chassis. Just throwing junk together hoping people won't return it. So thank you, QNAP! These actually work reliably. 10 Gb USB, screwless insertion, no soft power switches, decent price point, good (and quiet) fans, hot-swappable, no drivers. No extra junk to bypass like RAID logic or soft power switches. Works perfectly on FreeBSD 14 with ZFS. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Decent Enough *by N***9 on September 17, 2025* When I bought this, I assumed it had built-in JBOD array capability like the TL-400. It does not. This just serves 8 disks independently over USB. So, in order to use this as an array, you have to use software RAID of some sort. This is my fault for not researching more before buying, but anyone else looking at this should be aware. Regardless, I was able to get all 8 disks to set up as a pool in Unraid using btrfs with different sized drives. I just needed to setup the profile to "single" to get all space allocated. I'm using this as a backup, so I don't need redundancy capability. Write transfer speed bounces somewhere between 150-300 MB/s, which I'm guessing is limited by the drive speeds I put in the array. All drives are mechanical 7200 RPM. USB is on a 3.2 gen 2 port on my server. I really only have two nitpicks with this unit. My old TL-400 worked with a USB-C to USB-C 3.2 cable. This unit will not function with one. You have to use a USB-C to USB-A 3.2 cable. My other gripe is to show the drives are spun down, the light above it flashes fast. This is the same behavior when the drive is actively reading/writing. So, it's difficult to tell if the drive is active or spun down. If the drive is spun up but idle, the light is solid. Beyond that, this box seems to run fine. Automatic fan is quiet and seems to do good enough job. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of the few high-quality reliable USB DASes *by J***N on February 14, 2025* If you've been trying to find a way to attach a bunch of disks via USB to turn a machine into a NAS, this is the best product in this category and I've tried so many. TERRAMASTER, Yottamaster, Sabrent, OWC, you name it -- this thing is the only product I've found that checks all the checkboxes and is reliable even in the 8-bay size. From a perspective of using this with Proxmox or TrueNAS or Unraid: This is just a generic DAS. It shows up as 2 USB 3.2 generic hubs when it's empty. Each time when you insert a disk, a ASMedia UAS device corresponding to that disk shows up with USB ID 174c:55aa. It works just fine without any Linux UAS quirks. It also supports hot plug / hot un-plug on a per drive basis without disturbing any of the other bays. I've tried disks as big as 24TB and had no issues. You don't really need to run any of the Windows/Ubuntu/Linux tools -- it shipped with the latest firmware and just works out of the box. It also passes through each drive's model/SN correctly, as well as SMART stats via just smartctl. I left the fans at the Auto setting on the rear switch and it was pretty quiet. Of course with 28TB spinning drives you really don't want it in your face, the hard drive seek noise dominates any hint of fan noise from the enclosure. The DAS powers on and off automatically after a power failure. I know all of this doesn't sound like a lot, but trust me, over the course of 2 years I've bought 10 different cheaper DASes from other brands that claim to do these things. They all had deal breaking flaws. They either intermittently had data corruption (ZFS checksum errors), hangs, randomly lost the partition table for the drive until a power cycle, disks disappear off USB, or had an annoying power button per drive bay and no ability to automatically power everything on after power failure. It's refreshing to finally see something that works. ## Frequently Bought Together - QNAP TL-D800C 8 Bay Desktop JBOD Storage Enclosure with USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Connectivity - Seagate IronWolf 12TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 7200 RPM 256MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage (ST12000VNZ008/ST12000VN0008) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/208176996-qnap-tl-d800c-8-bay-desktop-jbod-storage-enclosure-usb](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/208176996-qnap-tl-d800c-8-bay-desktop-jbod-storage-enclosure-usb) --- *Product available on Desertcart South Africa* *Store origin: ZA* *Last updated: 2026-07-05*