The UGREEN NASync Series is 15-20% OFF this Black Friday 2024
This Black Friday, UGREEN is offering substantial discounts on its range of NASync devices, available exclusively on Amazon. Known for their reliability, performance, and user-friendly features, these NAS (Network Attached Storage) solutions cater to a variety of needs, from personal data storage to professional setups requiring robust multi-bay systems. Whether you’re looking for a compact 2-bay model for home use or a high-capacity 8-bay desktop NAS for intensive workloads, these deals provide a great opportunity to upgrade at a fraction of the usual cost.
Here’s a quick overview of the discounted prices:
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UGREEN NASync DXP2800 2-Bay NAS
The UGREEN NASync DXP2800 is an ideal entry-level NAS solution for personal or small office use. Equipped with an Intel® N100 processor featuring 4 cores and 4 threads, it provides efficient performance with a maximum turbo frequency of 3.40 GHz. The 8GB DDR5 RAM, expandable up to 16GB, ensures smooth multitasking and reliability. Supporting 2 SATA bays, this device accommodates up to 64TB of storage with RAID options including JBOD, RAID 0, and RAID 1 for data protection. Its dual 2.5GbE LAN ports enable fast data transfer speeds, while its compact design makes it perfect for space-conscious users.
UGREEN NASync DXP2800 2-Bay NAS: $319.99 (down from $399.99, Save 20%) HERE
UGREEN NASync DXP4800
The UGREEN NASync DXP4800 offers enhanced connectivity and storage features for advanced users. Powered by the same Intel® N100 processor as the DXP2800, it supports two M.2 SSD drive slots for faster data access and improved performance. With its 8GB DDR5 RAM (expandable to 16GB) and dual LAN ports (2.5GbE), the DXP4800 is well-suited for media streaming, backups, and file sharing. Its sleek design, combined with support for 4K HDMI output and self-ejecting SD 3.0 card slots, makes it a versatile choice for both home and small business environments.
UGREEN NASync DXP4800: $479.99 (down from $599.99, Save 20%)
UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus 4-Bay NAS
For users requiring higher storage capacity, the UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus steps up with its 4 SATA drive bays, supporting up to 112TB of total storage. Powered by an Intel® Pentium® Gold 8505 processor with 5 cores and 6 threads, clocked at a turbo frequency of 4.40 GHz, it delivers excellent multitasking performance. With 8GB of DDR5 RAM (expandable to 64GB), dual LAN ports (2.5GbE and 10GbE), and RAID options including RAID 5 and RAID 6, this NAS ensures fast, secure, and reliable data storage for demanding tasks like media editing and virtualization.
UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus 4-Bay NAS: $559.99 (down from $699.99, Save 20%)
UGREEN NASync DXP480T Plus M.2 SSD FLASH 4 Bay
The UGREEN NASync DXP480T Plus is designed for high-performance storage with its 4 M.2 SSD slots, enabling ultra-fast data access speeds. Featuring a 10-core Intel® Core™ i5-1235U processor with a 4.40 GHz turbo frequency, this NAS is ideal for professional users handling intensive workloads like video rendering or AI applications. Its 8GB DDR5 RAM is expandable to 64GB, while Thunderbolt™ 4 connectivity provides transfer speeds up to 40Gbps. Dual 10GbE ports, RAID configurations, and 8K HDMI output make it a cutting-edge solution for power users and content creators.
UGREEN NASync DXP480T Plus 4 Bay All-Flash SSD NAS: $849.99 (down from $999.99, Save 15%)
UGREEN NASync DXP6800 Pro 6-Bay
The UGREEN NASync DXP6800 Pro combines capacity and speed, offering 6 SATA drive bays and dual M.2 SSD slots to support up to 160TB of total storage. Powered by an Intel® Core™ i5-1235U processor, its 10 cores and 12 threads ensure high-speed performance for demanding applications. With 8GB of DDR5 RAM (expandable to 64GB) and dual 10GbE LAN ports, this NAS is built for businesses or professionals who need scalable, high-performance network storage. RAID options, Thunderbolt™ 4 support, and SD 4.0 compatibility further enhance its versatility.
UGREEN NASync DXP6800 Pro 6-Bay Desktop NAS: $1019.99 (down from $1199.99, Save 15%)
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus 8-Bay
At the top of the lineup, the UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus offers unmatched storage capacity with 8 SATA drive bays and dual M.2 SSD slots, supporting up to 208TB of storage. It is powered by the Intel® Core™ i5-1235U processor, ensuring seamless multitasking with 10 cores, 12 threads, and a turbo speed of 4.40 GHz. With dual 10GbE LAN ports, Thunderbolt™ 4 connectivity, and expandable RAM up to 128GB, this NAS is perfect for large-scale data storage and processing. Its 8K HDMI output and advanced RAID configurations make it an exceptional choice for enterprises and creative professionals.
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus 8-Bay Desktop NAS: $1274.99 (down from $1499.99, Save 15%)
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Do you have any beginner friendly tutorials on how to deploy containers in UGOS?
I’m trying to run plex and jellyfish. Ive downloaded the images and loaded them but don’t know how to interactive with the instances. When i figure it all out, nextcloud would follow
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Ugreen NAS Series – “Could” you buy?
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can you upload other software? can you install unRaid or TrueNAS?
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They’re countries, not regions!!
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The hardware is seriously good. It’s a bit noisy with drives but that’s the only real complaint I have.
Software is stable enough and has enough features now instead of at the start when I wondered if I made the right decision to get a 6800 but I’m happy with it now.
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I have 2- dxp6800 and I can’t get Thunderbolt to work, Do have any ideas how to get it working
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I understand that it tickles when a new product comes on the market with extremely strong hardware, but let’s stay real and down to earth, because without good smart software you can do very little. It is a Ferrari or shiny Lamborghini without an engine. Even if they bring it in gold, it must be reliable and stable and above all functional. We as consumers would really like to see it differently, faster network ports and a thick core. But are you going to need it, is that 10Gb applicable, is that 5Gb applicable. And is that 2.5Gb really 2.5Gb during your transfer, or do you first have to invest in your network by buying new more expensive switches. I certainly think it is positive, but first wait and see for 12 months from now. And then I will see how this brand and NAS has developed.
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Serious??
Ugreen??????
A china co.
Will your data sent to their server at background??
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Cù u cummerciu, e cumpetenze di analisi tecniche ùn sò micca abbastanza; A disciplina è a maturità emotiva sò ancu cruciali per u successu. U dittu “tempu à u mercatu versus timing di u mercatu “hè una bona mente per avè durante i fluttuazioni di u mercatu. Grazie à l’infurmazioni di Martin Davis, i signali di cummerciale di ogni ghjornu è a mo dedicazione à l’apprendimentu, aghju aumentatu i mo guadagni di ogni ghjornu. Mantene!
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Not resident in US or Germany. No option to order oh well. What alternative matches this though?
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I would like to buy a ugreen nas but they do not want to sell one to me. Which is fine, diy seems like a better way to go so ill keep working on that.
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I really like your videos, but how can I disable the auto-translated audio? Your channel is the only one I’m subscribed to that defaults to that creepy stuff every time I watch a video even though I switched back to the original audio the last time. This is quite annoying…
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Hi, thx for this video. Looking to get a 4800+ but I cannot find anything about if UGREEN NAS supports/brings with it something like Synology Drive. An always synced folder between my devices and the NAS itself. And that not only locally but also via the internet. Is this something that is supported?
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Should you buy? I want to buy but the company is not looking to sell it in my country, India! 😛
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So, if I need a system to archive video and photo files from my contracts, is this the right solution? I work alone, in projects for small and medium-sized companies. I am looking for a system that would allow me to archive the material (often very large) of my completed and delivered projects and free up the disk space on my MacBook Pro. I am quite confused with NAS, RAID, JBOD … What do you suggest? Thanks ✌️????
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Can’t be happier with my dxp8800 pro. It’s been running great with TrueNAS
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DXP4800 Plus for 560 USD or the AOOSTAR WTR PRO (Ryzen 5) for 400 USD? My network is 2.5Gbe
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They need 6 and 8 bay options with lower tier hardware. Just because it has more HDDs it doesn’t mean they need a high power CPU. The 6 and 8 bay ones are overkill CPU wise for most users that only want network storage and maybe some docker stuff.
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Whats a better deal???
The AOOSTAR WTR PRO AMD Ryzen 7 5825u for 400 USD or the UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus for 560 USD? Mostly docker services, image backup and plex server.
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Chinese NAS are a non-starter for me. Cannot trust them never ever.
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I could not buy the Kickstarter offer, due the limited offer to only US and Germany. Now, the SSD version price is insanely high (compared with the Kickstarter) and still not available in my country (while UGreen offers other products). I got the Flashstor 6.
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Can’t buy it in oce.
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6 bay nas only worth 650 dollars no matter what pc parts they put in ; nothing in there is worth 1200 or 1500 diskless
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for me annoying part is that firmware updates mess up my configuration like SSH keys and configs otherwise I am quite happy.
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Ugreen is reputable- The Kickstarter price was great but the scheme had potential to be a rug pull. Now the pricing is too high considering other options. I would consider it if there were some hardware revisions..
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I have never owned a NAS and have been using portable SSD HDD. I don’t get the vibe that there is a perfect product out there for me yet. At a risk to loosing my files I think I will wait for a high Tb storage solution utilising SSD’s in a small form factor. That does not exist yet.
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The last update bricked SMB discovery no idea when they’ll fix it
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UGREEN hardware + Synology DSM = The NAS Synology should have built. I hope UGREEN becomes popular because Synology needs to serious competition…
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I just wish it had ECC memory.
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They should have allowed PCIe slot
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got the Aoostar WTR Pro AMD instead…changed out the wifi card with m2 key adaptor. running the OS from that slot on 2230 nvme. 2 free nvme bays + 4 hdd bays.
Wonder Ugreen can even sell these at that price.
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Would you go the normal DXP4800 or the Plus version? Whats the real perfomance increase of the plus version?
I have yet to find content that helps give data to make this decision. I know the plus has a cpu with 1 more core… but what does that mean to performance. The plus also has a 10gb ethernet port… but i would not even benifit from that at current.
My main use case scenario is plex media sever with up to 4 concurrent users and just general personal file and photo storage backup for my family.
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You should dust your stuff before filming. 🙂
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Short answer: no, wait for AOOSTAR WTR PRO AMD Ryzen 7 5825u 4 Bay Nas Mini PC(Pre-sale, shipping between December 13-16) $399.95 Barebones.
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It’s a pity Ugreen didn’t add a PCIe card slot to DXP4800 Plus. Ugreen should have followed QNAP in this regard and should have added the slot.
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I’d like to know how well this Ugreen NAS works with TrueNAS scale and other OS’s; is there driver support for the 10G ethernet NICs? …the Thunderbolt 4 ports? …included in a standard OS install, or do I have to hunt for drivers and tweak some things? (I know I’d have to make a few BIOS changes.) Seems like the hardware specs are great but I’d almost prefer they didn’t try to reinvent the wheel with their own OS. There’s plenty of more evolved (and free) options out there to use, but do they work well? Is there any downside to just using TrueNAS or ProxMox (or even Windows) on an additional SSD? (and set BIOS to ignoring the built in SSD to preserve warranty and the option to use UGOS). I know it’s possible to install other OS’s because I watched your other video, but is there any downside to going that route?
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Why is there flashing in the video?
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I would buy if for sale in the UK.. I’m holding out to be honest but how long for now I dunno????
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Just checked the import fees and crazy to uk from Amazon
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I didnt realise we could import it here to the uk
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I wanted a Ugreen NAS. Missed the Kickstarter and it is not for sale in the UK yet. I have given up waiting and bought a Flashstor 6 when it was on sale for ~£350 last month. Not offering these NAS’s worldwide was a massive fail for Ugreen!
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Greetings .. is direct attached ( DAS ) from PC or Mac via thunderbolt supported ?
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Agree about the availability, lost out on sale from me as couldn’t make a purchase in UK so ended up get the Terramaster F6-242 Max instead.
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319$ for a 2 bay is wild
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The larger units have USB-4 connectivity. Can this be used to connect a mac directly to use as a ‘DAS’ or is it only network connections for accessing shared files?
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Taking it all in, it just seems like they are crawling before they walk. UG will undoubtedly flesh out the missing bits over time. From what you’ve said, these machines seem to have a lot of promise. I just hope that the shortcomings don’t poison the well with people thinking that the evolution as ceased here.
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Currently UGreen NAS models are on offer stateside. Over $100 off depending on model. Personally I don’t think anything beats the Kickstarter price and while it still a decent product at retail price there are other options with similar hardware now. TerraMaster has a number of models using the Core i5 1235U and Core i7 1255U. The F6-424 Max and F4-424 Max are noteworthy options. I have the DXP8800 Plus (Kickstarter) and I am reasonably pleased with it.
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I have 2 6bay units and have a question. I am happy with the hardware and true there are for sure problems with the software and tech helps very much. I want to connect a UPS to protect units on power failure, is there a way that I can connect 2 units to shut down smoothly or do I have to buy 2 UPS units?
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I’m so tempted to pick up a ugreen NAS but having no previous NAS experience I’m hesitant. Synology sounds like the way to go at the moment but would like to see better hardware on their 5 bay drive.
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Need an Intel CPU containing replacement for my aging Synology DS916+ (Plex transcoding), but uGreen still not on sale in UK (only Germany & US). Don’t want to import (support, taxes, etc) but would buy if on sale in UK. No I don’t want Synology’s only (aged design) Intel 4 bay NAS (423+) – embarrassing offering for 2024, but then they’ve drunk the corporate cool-aid and seem hypnotised by that market!
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when i saw you jumpur, my mind read as “i hate seagate” lol
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Wish they can provide option for buy hardware only and cut of the price for their still not perfect software
Going to buy terramaster F8 as they now discount 100GBP again , or another cwwk pocket nas / p8 x86 but some user reported cwwk have nvme issue where my first unit is fine (lucky)
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Got a dxp8800 pro – using with TrueNAS EE + Intel A310 + 8 Exos HDD + 96GB RAM – and (for me) is the perfect plex server
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Can you put an alternate OS on one of these?
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Is there a way to configure shared folders level snapshots with greens . I watched many reviews and there is no word on the matter anywhere.
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no, you shouldn’t buy these:
1. Their OS is crap even after some big updates
2. If you ditch their OS and install your own 3rd party OS, there are other bare metal NAS or DIY options much cheaper
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to expensive in uk
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I have no use for HDD even in a NAS, because of their far slower transfer speeds.
Question is should I buy a NAS that has both 2.5inch SATA SSD bays & NVMe slots, or keep searching/waiting for an all NVMe NAS that isn’t super wrongfully priced.
I have no clue. I only have about 1Tb of data so I can buy very fairly priced 1Tb/2Tb NVMe SSD’s.
What should I do?
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Mine is showing up tomorrow. We will see what happens
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it is time they start using qualcom/arm chips instead from android phones which are more than what is needed with high power efficiency & low temperatures.
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I feel like a nuub…. Help me understand the thunderbolt ports. If I hook my MacBook Pro via the thunderbolt 4 ports, will have a 10Gbps+ direct connection between my Mac and this as additional storage. I’m an amateur photographer using medium format photos (large). Looking to connect directly, import my photos into this NAS and editing from it. Basically looking for bi-directional SSD fast connectivity. Help please…
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If it is the retail version, would you recommend to buy? (Since the price in south-east Asia is very competitive with around 300 pound)
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01, 02, 03, 04, 07, 05, 06, 08… what an animal!
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This one is now selling for 999? That is ridiculous. Ehat does it think it is? A flashtor 12?
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is it possible to ssh-connect on the system?
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I don’t know much about networking but I am using link aggregation from the Naz to a 8-port switch. I tried to get thunderbolt networking going but I didn’t have any luck. For some reason my motherboard from Asus will not detect my network card. So I’m going to have to send the motherboard back. I am thinking what is my best bet to get faster than 1 gig speed on my PC? If I added another Network card should I grab a 2 quart 10 g or do I need a 20 g 2 port?
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DXP6800 Pro, with 6x2TB Ironwolf SSD’s plus 2x4TB Crucial P3 Plus NVMe’s + 64GB RAM. Set up single storage pool w/ 6 SSD’s (12TB, 8TB usable). Updated to newest FW. Rebooted a couple of times. Problem – in Storage Manager, there is no option to add SSD Cache. Should be found by clicking the 3 dots to the right of the storage pool. That pull-down menu does not list SSD caching at all. Further, under Hard Disks it shows the 2 NVMe drives and says they are both “normal”. Are these NAS incompatible with Crucial P3+ NVMe’s?? This is frustrating.
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I see this thing for €999,99 with 8GB of RAM and no SSDs and that’s 500 bucks too much.The UGREEN Software sucks donkey balls. Maybe they should hire someone who actually knows how to tune Linux and SAMBA…
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At $999 without storage, you have to be joking.
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If I just use it as aNetworkdrive with two NVMEs for writing and reading cache + HDDs, and turn anything else off, make it not reachable, I should be fine? Or is the certificate breach a problem still?
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i would try a dual channel sodimm kit and see if that changes anything.
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Don’t work with seagate exos 18 16tb hdd!!!!!!!!
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Shame it doesn’t support more drives and the big 8TB drives.
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Ok so this was three months ago… Any improvements in the ecosystem?
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A NAS with UGREEN hardware with Synology software would be amazing…
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If there is an ECC Ram and NFS I can’t do it.
Also that static noise when you’re testing the fan noise is because the Nas is not well sealed from interference. I bet you it would fail FCC regulations for interference if it was scrutinized
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I don’t understand why this exists. Why not buy a $400-500 mini PC? It has a much more powerful cpu and has flash storage drives?
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Please show how to get into the memory module area. that piece is not coming out after removing all the screws for me. Almost all the reviewers wer simply skipping that part and just jump into that memory module area which tells me it is either painful or needs a special tool. I followed the manual to the letter and it is not coming out for me to upgrade the memory module.
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Please explain how you disassembled the server casing. I removed the rubber caps from the back and unscrewed the 4 screws, but I still cannot remove the server casing. I want to replace the UGREEN disk with another one and install a different OS. Video Chapters 19:24 – Internal Hardware
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That power draw is horrendous
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none the less
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There are flash based nas from well known brands like QNAP SYNOLOGY AUSTOR or just diy in a system using adaptors for more m.2 that the typical motherboard has.
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Is the 10g Ports??
Intel® 82599EN 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
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Hey! fantastic review and I am setting mine up as we speak! I am curious what 2 port 10G card you used with it? I want to buy that one or one you would recommend!
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do you have any idea when the flash system is being re-stocked? Every time I look they are out of stock :/
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on the DXP6800 Pro can we just disable the Expansion slot and get back those pcie lanes and speed on the SSD m.2 slot?
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I got a DX 4600 . A previous generation product. It was quiet in the first place. But it become much noisy because the losen hdd rack. I hope this product line will be better.
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I got my DXP4800+ a few days ago (as of this post) and while the default software looks more polished, I’m now struggling with network speed issues (facepalm). Latest software version is not helping. Goes full throttle for a few seconds, then it drops to a crawl (kb/s) I may have to give a 3rd party software a go at this rate. But I knew what I was getting myself into, so it’s just annoying, not game breaking xD
Can’t say the same for innocent people who only wanted an off the shelf experience though.
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Any chance of a Plex – docker setup tutorial on UGreen UGOS? I ask because I have a DXP8800 Plus and just can’t quite get Plex working.
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Will I be able to use the thunderbolt connection to transfer files from my drobo to the urgreen?
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hello I’ve been wondering if I you could tell me if the the backup program can delete the photos of my iPhone, once they are uploaded to the NAS through wifi?
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Great video! Very informative. Newbie here. I just received mine 1 hour ago, and I would like to set it up sometime this week. I need some help figuring out some questions:
1. The device came with an 8gb SODIMM DDR 5. Should I keep it and add another 32gb or should I install 2 x 16gb (not sure how the ram is processed)
2. Should I buy two 4 TB SSD nvme 2.0 and add two other at a later date or should I buy four 2TB now (asking because the 4TB ssd are a bit expensive).
Thank you.
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Nice video, the content is very detailed and professional????
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I’ve always had good experiences with UGreen products. So this should be promising.
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Can anyone tell me what is the clearence hight for the M2 NVME (if for example it will fit the : MP600 PRO LPX 4TB PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe M.2 SSD or the MP600 PRO XT 8TB M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen. 4 x4 SSD) ?
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What is the crackling popping sounds while you were doing the fan noise testing???
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wow very comprehensive review exactly what i was looking for
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If I am editing 4k CDNG or 6k BRAW video files in davinci resolve, would i get essentially the same performance with this NAS wired connection than with a Thunderbay8? It looks like they have the same USBC thunderbolt ports and the price is even cheaper to the TB
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Gotta love the seagulls! Great review as usual Robbie! Waiting for my 4800P+ unit!
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Robbie as always you show us all of the incredible new NAS devices. And this is the one small users have been waiting for, too. Great, great video. Cheers.
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Becaus uou can run third party software it is much more time proof then the others were software is nit getting updates and force you to use online connections. This could be my new truneas server replacement (now use a old xeon pc) that i bought in parts, it was very very cheap.
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Been seeing a lot pop up with this new company. Just nervous with new companies that they might end up like DROBO and then you are stuck with no more service or updates.
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Do you see the NVME lane downgrade when in other operating systems? maybe its a driver issue.
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That is splendid, but can a dentist sponsor you and fix the grill? What is it with people from the UK always having fucked up teeth.
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There is a non-technical reviewer who had close to 10gb transfers from the 4-bay after upgrading to 64gb and making sure that the drive the utility moving and accepting data was running on their their nvme and not their sata ssd. You can definitely get faster speeds.
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It appears that the campaign isn’t open for us to contribute from the United Kingdom, but for the United States and Germany only ….am I missing anything here?
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I backed it at the $899 but as soon as it arrives I will be installing unraid without ever launching ugreens software. Is it possible to use the OS nvme slot for Plex meta data?
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Hi, i think it’s a great device, but i have two u.2 server ssd Micron and Intel, can they be used with this NAS?
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I’ll stick with Synology
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绿联真帅!期待在中国也能买到
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SO one of the M2 slots is downgraded? 🙁
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Great hardware. But correct me if I’m wrong, 64gb max ram is kinda insufficient, if I want to run truenas with 20tb hdds.
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I just watched another review of this, and the idle power consumption was insanely high, 30 watts. It’s very disappointing if it will be that high… Arguably it should be around 5-6-8W idle for a device like this.
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Thank you for pointing out the lack of proper ECC!!!
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can you play mkv’s via directly connected hdmi to tv?
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nice device, except front panel and power button 🙁
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The only reason I’ve not signed up for the 6-bay model is the limited choice of countries that are allowed to purchase at the discounted price – currently the marketing is just hype for most of the world with products being sold at prices we will never have access too. If I ever do get my hands on one, my first test will be to see if Proxmox installs as the configuration makes one hell of a platform for a lot of projects.
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When these larger companies do crowd funding it’s just free advertising. Pre buy, like and share our new product…
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Great reviews as always. I’m new to the NAS scene and have ordered the DXP8800 Plus and wondering what hardware you’d kit this machine out with. I’d like 6 HDD’s maybe 20TB each in Raid 6 and 2 SSD’s and 2 M.2’s. Finally upgrade the RAM for virtual machine scenarios. How would you fully utilise this hardware from Ugreen and what brands and models of components would you use? Cheers ????
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Man I just built my own NAS and didn’t even know about this thing. I wish I did.
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What’s the point of the magnetic dust filter, if (I assume) the air is vented out of the back?
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UGreen is a Chinese company. If you don’t mind them spying on you, go ahead guys.
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i´ll stay on my Asustor FS6706T Flashstor 6
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I joined the presale today of the dxp8800+. Seen them for awhile but looked at the costs vs other Nas . I really think this will be a good buy for a media server for plex. I plan on loading it all with 18TB drives. Upping the memory to 64gb and 2 2tb m.2s. Should be a beast.
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The SD card is useless if you’re using a NAS like a actual NAS
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I actually think the access door on the bottom side should have been designed to reduce the space between it and the NVMe SSDs. That way those massive thermal pads could be a more conventional size. I mean, good god, those things are huge,………..(that’s what she said).
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I backed this project at the most save money time, and they actually offer to get any of the other units at the same time for the same savings. I did not as I was unsure of the unit. On paper they look fantastic though.
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I am glad that UGreen has blown away the status quo. Hoping we see a new generation of NAS units with more capable hardware and upgradability as the new norm.
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Your effort to clarify Ugreen NAS innovations is fantastic. Thanks! Could you think of a video about the opposite view of the equation like “Best Ugreen NAS for content creators” (THE ULTIMATE WORKFLOW FOR EDITING AND STORAGE)”? or less dramatic lol… and compare the units
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Can this be rack mounted?
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Personally due to the fact they did not include the UK in the kickstarter campaign, and since NASCompares is based in the UK and we can’t buy it, I am going with the Asustor Flashstore 12 Pro, I recently bouhgt the Asustor Lockstore 4 Gen 2 and I added 4 x 18 Seagate Ironwolf Pro, all for file storage and plex server, and cloud storage, macbook air and macbook pro backups and more storage for my numerous Raspberry Pi setups., as well as home automation. Will use the Asustor Flashstore 12 Pro as a silent Plex server sitting under my wall mounted TV. So Asustor Lockstore 4 gen 2 will have duplicate copy of Plex files for back up.
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I’m mostly interested in serving files and media; I want to clean off a lot of things on my hard drive, and the accumulation of USB drives in the house is getting to be a bit much. I backed the 6-bay. Probably more than I’ll need, but I figured having the better processor and more bays doesn’t hurt, and future-proofs me to an extent.
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Hi. Love this channel. You should make a video about what to “must do” after 3 sec hard reset
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I really want to get rid of my disappointing Synology ds923+ for this one. This + unraid will be epic!!!
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Thanks for this. I always appreciate your attention to detail on these reviews. I wouldn’t buy a piece of NAS hardware you hadn’t made a video on at this point. 🙂
I’m a bit stunned on the lane difference between the two slots. I’d expect that on an AliExpress demon board or something, but that is clearly not how the product is marketed, and it’s not acceptable for a machine at that price point targeted at creators, IMHO (he says, having backed the 8 bay model).
I wonder if the 6 bay model does the same thing with its lanes.
If that’s a hardware restriction that can’t be fixed, I’m going to seriously consider cancelling my pledge. For that price, those slots should run at full speed.
Thanks for taking the time to follow up with UGREEN. 🙂
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Is it possible that adding the PCIe card is what throttled the second NVMe card? I just built a new desktop and had to make sure I used the right PCIe and NVMe slots so my OS SSD wouldn’t get throttled and also wouldn’t kill access to two of my SATA ports.
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Tho use network performance numbers look terrible – and they are far below what Storage Review showed on the 6 Bay. At one point they showed 2x10GbE saturation on one of their results (flashed on the screen).
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Just need to point out that all Macs have for years supported Thunderbolt networking, even the old Intel Macs – and that Thunderbolt is at this point from Intel and not exotic. Just because the NAS sector treats it that way, does. It means it actually is – and I would argue Thunderbolt is far more common than 8k (and far more useful) and so deserves at least as much attention as 8k.
I would appreciate if you would stop making it sound exotic in order to help normalize TB for your community and to normalize it as a product expectation for modern NAS units. If it is desirable enough for storage transfer to eat the hardware engineering costs, then it is also desirable for peer to peer for the same reasons.
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This Kickstarter only ships to US and Germany. You really need to make that clear in the introduction.
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They need a 10/12 bay
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PCIe devices can readily downgrade their link speed when not in use. It’s entirely normal to observe a “downgraded” link when the device is idle, although this capability also depends on BIOS and OS settings. Recently, one of our clients was puzzled by why their GPU was showing only a 1-lane link speed, but it turned out to be in an idle state.
There was a recent lspci output from the 6-bay system that caused some concern because, in that specific test unit (although it’s uncertain about production units), they used the same 4-port SATA chip as the one used in the 4800 Plus model. Since this chip is a 4-port SATA chip, it implies the use of port replication in that particular unit, which could potentially cause issues with TrueNAS. I’m not requesting a check of TrueNAS compatibility on this device, but if you have a moment, could you please look into the SATA chip used for the backplane? I would greatly appreciate this information.
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I almost went with them, but ultimately my choice was QNap QuTS Hero with ZFS.
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Very interesting product – I’ve been looking for something exactly like this. To be honest as a consumer user I’m not even that focused on getting top performance out of it. I’d be quite fine with a few hundred MB/s over ethernet via file shares. The main factor for me is the compact size, the quiet operation, the hopefully low idle power consumption, and the flexibility of it as a platform. But, I also have to say that at 800 euros it’s getting pretty expensive for a regular consumer who wouldn’t use it for work related tasks. And if someone is using it for work, then maybe they’d have a lot more options to look at from more established professional brands.
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My OCD is getting crazy when i saw the disk bays ????
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I own a Qnap 453be and I’m upgrading to the Ugreen 6bay. Nothing that these guys can offer will be worst than the near-to-trash QTS.
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This is a freaking PC!…..Synology, please take a good look at this!
Why does Synology does always have souch a weak hardware out of the box?
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Please do a test with a 3rd party OS and jumbo frames. That hardware should easily saturate a 10 GBe link even if it’s just full of spinning rust with an NVMe cache. I get better transfer speed going to a 2 bay Synology over 2.5 GBe from my desktop than you were going over 10 GBe. It has to be the overhead taxed from the lack of jumbo frame support in the OS. Let’s be honest, not a single person backing this product gives a shit about the native OS, as a matter of fact, the selling point is that I can put anything I want on it, even if it voied the warranty I wouldn’t care. How would they know? I can just plop the original NVMe back in and send it back for repair. If people really care about product support from a software level, they’re barking up the wrong tree buying anything funded by a crowdfunding campaign.
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Orico has a new 8 Bay USB DAS (I bought one for 144 $ on Alibaba). Which could be paired with a 250$ mini pc to basically get the same results as this 1000$ unit. I wish you had a video comparing them 🙂
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at this point, i’m just hoping for a solid software with many apps and features, aside from this, ugreen got my money straight away, i almost bought a synology nas for backing up my photos mainly, but ugreen came at the best moment
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I saw you touched on the thunderbolt ports, but I did not quite fully understand you explanation. What do you mean when you say it will only be a host? Would I be able to connect a thunderbolt compatible computer and transfer files back and forth using the cable at full speeds?
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At the very least UGreen is shooting over the bow of the established NAS manufacturers which offers us better value/hardware in the long run – competition!!!
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Can the software expand the raid pool by adding disks on the fly (5 drives in raid 6 -> 6 drives for example)? I would love to get the 8-bay and add drives as I need them, rather than purchasing all at once.
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Looking forward to the 6-bay. That’s the one I backed. Just now to decide how much storage I want to shoot for next. Should hopefully arrive before I go on a cruise in your region from London to Bergen
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I tried to reserve this model when it was announced, right after you started posting about them. the $5 payment didnt get thru. Now with it up about $80 I’m not sure Im going to risk it.
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14:58 this man gets paid by how many programs he has open in the taskbar at one time.
Great job as usual.
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For anyone wondering about the ECC support – DDR5 ODECC is not true ECC – “While traditional ECC ensures data integrity by handling memory errors while data is being moved, on-die ECC ensures higher reliability of higher-density memory and protects the data that is in the memory chip.” All the Ugreen NAS support ODECC, which is great,… but it is not full ECC… so,.. e.g. ZFS will not benefit for data in transit.
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the thunderbolt network bridge functionality maxes out at like a quarter of actual thunderbolt throughput
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Which nvme slot is 4×4 and which 3×2? Should I just buy a Pcie 3 ssd for that slot? And what 8TB sata SSDs did you use? Gonna be my first NAS
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Finally the review I’ve been waiting for! I backed the 8-bay and recently even added the 6-bay version to my pledge. As soon as I saw the specs of the 8-bay, I knew it was the NAS for a data hoarder like me! ???? I was still a little hesitant though because of their lackluster software but as soon as I found out that it is possible to install 3rd party OS like TrueNAS, unRAID, OMV, etc. and that the hardware is still covered by the warranty, I couldn’t resist anymore and backed their Kickstarter campaign! ????
I’m also hoping they soon add multi-factor authentication too and the option to change the MTU to around 9000 to be able to fully utilize the 10GbE connection. I’m not too worried security-wise though as I plan to place this NAS behind a hardware firewall and not open it directly over the Internet (as any security conscious person should!). This is even more important since their software is very new and is at high risk of 0-day attacks and vulnerabilities.
Another feature I’m hoping they add is options for data checksum for advanced data integrity with data scrubbing in UGOS software since this NAS doesn’t support ECC memory. Having this feature will make this NAS more resistant to bitrot and have the ability of self-healing corrupted files when doing data scrubbing.
Btw those are some awesome noise levels! It’s much more silent than I anticipated. But I doubt it will be that silent if you are using Seagate EXOS drives. ????
The power draw isn’t that bad either! That’s another one of my concerns. The power consumption they mentioned on ther Kickstarter page was much higher than your results. Maybe they have further tweaked both the hardware and software to improve power efficiency.
Anyways keep it up! Great review as always! I’ll be looking foward to your review of the 6-bay unit which I also backed on their Kickstarter page. ????
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5:27 the most you’re gonna be scaling up is 96 GB, since the largest amount of RAM you can get on a single DDR5 SODIMM is 48 GB.
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Do you happen to have the full final packaging size please?
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I’ve started seeing more and more established companies using crowdfunding to pre-load their R&D or manufacturing spend. This includes the unofficial crowdfunding methods like pre-orders with a 30-day or longer lead time before the product is actually released. I not really a fan of this mentality. In the case of ugreen I also think this is inappropriate as it shifts a lot of the risk to the customer.
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The 10Gb RJ ports, is there a way to use one to a switch directly to your computer and one for internet connectivity
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Been thinking about picking up a second 1821+ but the DXP8800+ is very tempting. Even if UGOS sucks can just install TrueNAS. Price is actually really fair.
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I am looking into buying this unit for PLEX. Would you recommend it, and that kind of optimization would do for that? Or is there a better option out there for 4k streaming?
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Could you try installing Windows 11/Server or a Linux distro with a GUI, plug in a monitor to that HDMI port and see what happens? I’m surprised no one has tried it yet ????????♂️
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Never heard of this. Never will !!
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Would love a video covering the potential use-cases of that PCI-e slot found in this 8-bay and the 6-bay model!
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Just listening to the list of vendors you mentioned at the end, and I ended up wondering: whatever happened to Thecus? I remember they used to have some interesting ones back in the days when I was coming off D-link.
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I kind of not trust in products “Made in China”. Especially, storing my family photos and personal documents…..Sorry, not interest about it.
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Is it just me or is their OS looking a lot like a ripoff of DSM?
Also, I find the Thunderbolt and SD card slot very gimmicky for a NAS. Your NAS should be somewhere hidden, and your thunderbolt port isn’t going to be reaching any speeds of use off a network.
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if one wants to simply play tv shows & movies via plex, is there any reason to get the plus version of the 4 bay instead of the non-plus of the 4 bay? thanks for your reviews!
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Will a Thunderbolt external multi-drive enclosure like the OWC Thunderbay 8 work with the UGreen DXP480T through the Thunderbolt connection
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I am new to this and many people recommend buying Synology or QNAP.
They say Synology is more consumer grade whereas QNAP is more business grade. Is that true?
What are the biggest differences and which one do you recommend?
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need more affordable nvme storage
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I remember you mentioning that you basically lose money doing this UGREEN series so another tremendous THANK YOU! This is the model I backed so I’m looking forward to it even more. I’m sure UGREEN watches your videos so they should know that a lot of buying with confidence is due to your selfless work.
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Robbie what are your thoughts on using those Dell X540 T2 cards without the typical 200lfm required airflow? I’ve been looking at these and HBA cards which were designed to live in a rack unit with Delta screamers forcing air through the chassis.
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M8, you’ve got the drive bay numbers sat the wrong way round 🙂
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US and Germany only
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Another reason I just realized that they went to kick starter is to build a customer base. That way they don’t have to get the software perfect out the gate. And then they will have a base to attract others once the software is good.
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I backed this, but I think before the campaign ends I’m probably going to cancel it. If I do a build with the W680 chipset I get QuickSync AND ECC, which seems like the gold standard for a NAS build. Those motherboards are pricey, but it doesn’t seem like it’s worth saving a bit of money to miss out on ECC.
The problem is basically every NAS chassis I can find pisses me off in one way or another. I wish there was a NAS chassis in this shape and style with full ATX support and hotswap bays.
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Is there a limit or sweet spot for the speed of the RAM?
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My self I just backed DXP2800 2bay nas. perfect for my need
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I’ve been watching your reviews on this NAS and I feel like from what you said, im going to risk it and get the 6 bay from them. I have no real need for a NAS but I want one to have a network at home to stream movies. Great stuff, i hope they continue to improve the software.
Would anyone know if you can run emulators off of it like NES so i can play old games from a TV?
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Seeing that that the dust filter is on the back of the NAS, I presume the airflow is back to front? I don’t recall this being mentioned.
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Thank you very much for this review and the whole UGreen NAS Series! For the noise, I guess I would buy some Noctua fans before buying extra RAM 🙂 Exchanging built in fans with Noctua fans on brand new device became a normal practice for me. At the moment, pairing the hardware with TrueNAS Scale is the winning combination. I’m really like how UGreen handles the constructive feedback and how they are improving the software. Let’s see what will they deliver when they start shipping devices.
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Thanks for the review, great content as usual. Fairly recently discovered your channel but I am a fan! Primarily wanted to write this comment because of your sweatshirt though. ???? It gave me a hearty chuckle and I agree wholeheartedly. Rats of the skies, I call them. The average pigeons are well-adjusted by comparison!
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TrueNAS Scale compatibility was my sticking point. Looking at other videos that does not seem to be an issue. Ordered it from the kickstarter. Will pair it with 4 16GB Ironwol Pro (don’t need more than that) and 2 4GB NVMe drives. Will just need to figure out the RAM specs so I can bump RAM to 64GB.
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I wonder if you can fit an RTX 4000 ada in that slot? Load this with TrueNAS and you can bypass the still not ready native O/S. This might make a decent system to play with some AI models. I have been sold on ZFS for quite some time despite the limitations (old Solaris admin here). Bit rot is real.
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Let’s hope for a rack mount version of this series
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Great to see more test and reciew on their software side .
The trust me bros OS could be great if things go correctly
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I went to NAB and UGREEN had a booth showing off these systems. They are really nicely built. That said, I’m a Synology fan.
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Fantastic review, as always. I’ve backed the six bay, so its nice to see the larger form factors with increased capabilities.
I wonder whether the performance on the second m.2 drive would still be downgraded if PCI slot was empty?
Which also begs the question: What is the R/W performance on a PCI based storage card in the system?
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What’s different on the plus version
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Just to be clear the 6 bay and the 8 bay are spec’ed the exact hardware wise correct ? CPU etc
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I just want an enterprising case manufacturer to build an mATX case in the same vein of the DS3615xs. The market has been ruined by catering to gamers.
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Oh yeah is the PCIE slot 4.0 x8?
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So both NVME are PCIE 4.0 x4 but for some reason the second nvme slot on your unit is operating at x1? Do let us know what they tell you the issue is… I backed the 6 disk model which I think is the exact same board just 2 more sata
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Would appreciate a review of the dpx2800 if possible. Love your deep dives into the new UGreen systems ❤
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Thank you!! Looking forward to the 6 bay review. Excellent review as always 🙂 I agree the hardware is very impressive. Looking to upgrade from a ~2015 WD system. QUESTION:: A make-or-break item for me is the (1) using one NMVE as a cache (possible?) (2) using the other NVME as a drive that is mirrored into a folder structure of the warm storage of the magnetic SATAs. Is this viable on this system??? @NASCompares
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make my own case, these are overpriced… hba + drives + embedded or newegg deal call it a win they basically want around 300 for the case if you add it up mobo 200/cpu 200/ 64g ram 200/ 75 psu/ 50 hba/ 50 used network cards and then you get option to add so much more. And depending on what you want you can use cheaper mobo/cpu etc
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Do you know how big the built-in fans are and eventually if the 6-bay model has the same size?
Nice Video as always!
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One day I hope Plex native app gets added ???? (I don’t want to fiddle with Docker)
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As good as it might be, the fact that it’s restricted to DE and USA means it’s not for the rest of us.
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as someone who is OCD, the hdd bay sequence numbering 1,2,3,4,7,5,6,8 made me uncomfortable… lol.
anyway, thanks for the great review. actually i have backed the kickstarter with 6-bay NAS.
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That’s one Sexy NAS!
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Is there any airflow going across the PCIe slot?
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You get a lot for your money but after getting burned with an abandoned Netgear ReadyNas I just went Synology
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The price of $899 with this hardware is very competitive to Synology
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I really don’t like that the trays are labled. I would prefer the label on the chassi.
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Nice!
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I would Iike a mini-PC version of this with 10GbE, HDMI 2.1, and Displayport 2.0 at the back and USBs, SD-card reader, and thunderbolt 4 connectivity at the front panel. ????
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I have 4 Synology’s. This looks very polished with DDR RAM and a 10G NIC! I upgraded my RAM and NIC in my 1621+ and 1821+ to 32GB RAM and 10G
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Kickstarter is US and Germany only. Waste of time for other countries… should make that clear.
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Can it run unraid?
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I don’t like that it is maxed out at 16TB of storage.
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This channel is indispensable. Thank You!
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I wonder it the 10gbe performance is better on TrueNas, OMV, or Proxmox.
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Will the final released version of the Ugreen NAS’s have any different hardware or other parts inside might be different than these Kickstarter versions?
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Once again Youtubers not knowing wtf they are doing. You mention your dd “benchmark” not being cached, but it is.. That’s why your first two measurement are significantly slower; they are the real Q1T1 read speed and why copying between the drives is similarly slow. Did you really think solid state drives needs a few seconds/runs to “warm up” first, lol? Fast NVMe needs more than QD1 to achieve max sequential performance, which makes dd a terrible benchmark for them.
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It just occurred to me that one could probably bang in four or five of those NVMe to SATA cards (each usually support 4 or 5 SATA ports) into one of these UGreen models and be able to support something like~25 SATA HDD or ~25 SATA SSDs.
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I would like to know, if I occupy all 4 bays and make a volume with all sdds, is the speed then bottlenecked but the 2 Gen3x2 bays?
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1000th like! (if I’m to believe YouTube.)
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Too bad it can’t utilize tb4 and have DAS functionality, big missed op
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Does this NAS come with intel vPro AMT?
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Short question: Can we install Debian with Proxmox on it? Or does it have some weird quriks that hinders that?
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There seems to be a lot of negativity around the number of reviews for this here, and that it’s a kickstarter. To be fair there are lots of reviews on this site for different manufacturers, so I don’t see any special treatment of Ugreen. Also, as a video editor this is exactly what I’ve been looking for, and based on this review, and the fact it’s Ugreen, if I could I’d be buying off the kickstarter, but sadly just Germany and US. I understand if you have large amounts of data this NAS would be limiting but as an editor it’s perfect, I still have a Terramaster with 24gigs in it to offload completed jobs. I am currently editing off the Terramaster but even with 10Gbe it struggles editing 4K due to the Platter drives.
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It still bugs me with mini PCs and this, that manufacturers are so wedded to the 4x4x2 (ish) form factor, that you can’t just chuck a Noctua fan in them when if it were maybe an inch or so larger, there’d be more than enough room for it. Or just sell the base version, and an upgraded fancy case.
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Your main camera is the only thing you need
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If only it was fanless, passively cooled. There’s a missed opportunity not making it perfectly silent IMO. The most interesting option I’ve seen so far is the one LTT looked at recently, the Friendlyelec CM3588.
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Another of the channels that got the NAS was able to get higher network speed by increasing the RAM to the maximum
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The seagull was not outside my window? ????
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Why only shipping to US and Germany?
Pointless.
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I’m wondering about a NAS to put in a car as a media server. After I saw another channel do a video on the FriendlyElec CM3588. I wondered what you thought about something like that. obviously I don’t want to use any spinning disks & that one sounded promising. In the car I was thinking videos wouldn’t need to go above 720 p.
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A question I’ve been trying to get into touch with UGreen about there mobile app because I have a question if you know the answer that would be great, will the mobile app automatically upload your phone to the Nas or do you have to upload to the Nas manually? If you have to upload manually will they be implementing it in the future so it will upload automatically? Please let me know
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Any knowledge on being able to get the kickstarter discount prices with shipping to the UK?
Currently it only shows USA and Germany.
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The ssd screws are so important, you have to mention it twice in a row ????
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Does it have the capability to deploy a Virtual Machine?
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I buy a Nas because of the software. Otherwise I would go DIY.
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It looks like the SSD area would be better served by housing one single fan that takes up the whole area and can spin much slower for near complete silence with the same CFM. The engineering they chose looks slick to be sure, but I abhor tiny fans
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With ugreen nas lineup are you able in docker to change what storage pool the container lives in?
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On the down side at this point the drives are going to cost you an organ, unless of course you’re happy going back to a tiny capacity NAS. On the plus side, by the time large drives are affordable we might be on version 10 and it will be much improved.
Thanks for another nice review it’s good to see where things are going. Will look forward to it becoming mainstream.
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great review, thanks for all the helpful info and updates on all the ugreen nas news. really excited to get my 480t ????
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For an old man who doesn’t speak English like me, it’s not easy to follow but I’m trying hard. Thanks for his work on the channel.I ask you if you can tell me about good quality SSDs specifically for NAS with medium and medium/high prices. It would help me a lot. The content he makes on NAS is fantastic ????????
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@nascompares Are those test results using default 8GB RAM or full 64GB RAM? If it’s the default 8GB RAM, can you please redo the tests using 64GB RAM? I’m just curious if it will make any difference. Thanks! ????
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Great video as usual, this unit can be converted to an unraid server simply by booting with an unraid USB or there are additional steps?
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what they told you about the Thunderbolt ports being “host only” doesn’t make any sense. *minimally* , support for Thunderbolt *networking* — that is, point to point, peer to peer connections between two machines (I guess in “NDIS” mode) should be built into the kernel by default. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it can’t just like, become a USB mass storage device, and never would have expected that to begin with. but the idea that it “just can’t” make a Thunderbolt-Thunderbolt connection between itself and another host at ~40G for networking doesn’t pass the smell test. I suspect someone mistranslated something in emails.
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really unfortunate that this system just seems like a solution searching for a problem. I’m really not sure I understand what niche role this actually fills. It just seems so half-baked as presented, with the seemingly alpha-state software (same as the other boxes) and the limited PCIe and Thunderbolt functionality, at the price bracket it’s being sold at.
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The biggest issue is not the supposed risk crowd-funding platforms might have, but the fact UGREEN is using Kickstarter for marketing purposes. UGREEN is a 12 year old Chinese company. I’m pretty sure they have enough experience in the market to determine if a product will sell or not.
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Can you shrill anymore for Ugreen ?.. honestly how about you just say No … I will not “ review” an unfinished non shipping product…. I am really disappointed with your channel lately you might as well just rename it Ugreen
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far from even being useful. the drives are only accessible via a hatch in the bottom of the device??? so one would have to pull the device out of its place, unhook everything and flip it over and…. i wouldn’t want one from free.
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Great review. I would have preferred that they did PCI 4 x2 lanes for each of the 4 instead of using PCI 3 x 2 for 3&4. I’d probably buy if they had they done that. That said, they’ve done a better job than the others.
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Thank you for your review. This kind of storage box, will get down in price, as the nvme and SSD will be more expensive.
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It’s a shame it pnly does host based TB4. I would have loved to connect my Macs to it.
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Fine if you live in the US or Germany otherwise kind of pointless review “Ugreen NA Sync Series on Kickstarter will be available in the following countries: US, Germany”
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This is so great! Love the videos you make about these Ugreen NAS. Really love this model with m2 SSD, and have backed for one on Kickstarter, so its nice to learn the products more and see what they change based on feedback in the close future close to release!
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Software looks almost like a Synology copy
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I think your videos are just mega. You help many users, including me, to make the right choice. Your diagnosis is precise and quite accurate and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I have pre-ordered the DXP 4800 Plus and the DXP 480T Plus because of your videos which I find exciting to follow. I think it’s great that Ugreen has eased up a bit so that you can install other operating systems such as Unraid or Truenas. Thanks for that and I think your work is just great. ????????????????????
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@35:53 – Wow, that is terrible. Might be OK for a single HDD but nobody is spending the money for a 10gbe NMVE NAS for that level of performance when writing large sequential files. If I got this and didn’t see it writing/reading at 900MB/s+ I would assume something is very, very wrong. Until they resolved it, and have proven it isn’t some hardware limitation/bad design that can’t be fixed with software, I wouldn’t fund/order this.
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cute, the asus flashstore comes out better pricewise though and is available with 12 m.2 storage slots, the favorite is still the QNAP TBS-h574TX, shiver down my spine if I just think of five 60 TB drives…that would nicely tidy up my hoarding issue……and ruin me financially as a side effect 😀
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Looks like a great product, I would of bought one but seems they only let Germany and USA back it and get the discounts. Really disappointing that a massive company like Ugreen would use kickstarter, and on top of that making it impossible for other countries is ridiculous.
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Rob another great assessment! I have supported the 4800 plus and anxious to get it!~ Thanks for your honest, deliberate, and detailed video!
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This guy is a master of stretching a 5 minute video into 45 minutes. He must have repeated that the ssd and i5 fans are separate about 10 times and doesn’t even get into the technical stuff until 17 minutes in. If you like wasting your time then watch this. I guess he’s just trying to game the algorithm at our expense.
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This looks like a perfect replacement for my aging nas with spinning rust. Shame the kickstarter is US and Germany delivery only 🙁
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0:00: ⚠️ Important disclaimer regarding changes in software updates and features of the reviewed product.
4:22: ???? UGREEN DXP480T Flash NAS offers high performance at a surprisingly low price point for content creators.
8:51: ???? Detailed analysis of the device’s ventilation system and noise levels during testing.
14:36: ⚙️ Efficient heat dissipation design with integrated metal plate and fans for NVMe SSD system.
18:44: ⚡️ High-speed connection with limited network ports but Wi-Fi 6E capability for versatile usage.
23:06: ???? High-performance SSD NAS with impressive power efficiency, memory support, and hardware architecture.
27:02: ⚙️ Evaluation of Wi-Fi and Thunderbolt connections in UGREEN DXP480T Flash NAS.
31:00: ⚙️ Evaluation of security features and system settings in the latest firmware update.
35:07: ⚙️ Performance optimization and network streaming capabilities need improvement in the UGREEN DXP480T Flash NAS.
39:27: ⚙️ Analysis of internal components reveals consistent high-speed data transfer capabilities.
43:29: ⚙️ UDX480T Flash NAS offers unique design and features but falls short in performance and connectivity.
Timestamps by Tammy AI
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If it could do thunderbolt in client mode then that would be a complete game changer. Like this I dont see the advantage over their other boxes which also have 2 SSDs. Essentially it seems like you are getting 2 SSD slots but losing all the HDD slots. If you could use it as highspeed thunderbolt storage, then that would be really cool for people who edit photos and videos on a macbook or something. Did they indicate if they want to add both ways functionality to the thunderbolt?
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It should be around $250 not more.
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I’m new to the NAS home desktop servers. But not the concept. I ran my own Telecommunications Company for 12 years serving large corporations. (HPs International Headquarters, Met Life, Ingersoll-Rand, Burns & Roe, etc) basically 1000 employee workstations or more. Retired in 2010.
I’ve been watching your channel nonstop trying to find what I consider “bare minimum” for an NAS setup. Which is 2000TB in a RAID2 configuration based on Blu-ray and 4k Blu-ray disc size. I’m not reducing quality when I rip. That’s the point. I buy these formats for the quality. I do the same with music, when I rip CDs it’s at 320 unlimited. My music collection is over 7TB alone. I don’t care. I want the quality I’m paying for. Otherwise just get crappy streaming services.
3 years ago drive sizes were 22TB. 3 years later it’s still the same? WTF is going on. According to Moores Law I should be looking at 96TB drives today?
So let me just ask strait out.
What’s the best way right now to build a 2000TB desktop NAS server?
Thanks for your help.
Love the videos.
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Could this be used to replace a Thunderbolt 3 10G Ethernet Adapter (and for storage as well of course)?
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Is the 10Gbps speed bad performance present in the other OS’s (unraid truenas etc) ?
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Betteridge’s law – no 🙂 But thanks for the in-depth review.
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Another NAS without ECC…catering to the least common denominator yet again. Oh, and NO! $779 is not cheap for a NAS like this without ECC. I just built a 2U rack mount flash setup with ECC and far more capability for just under $1K US.
Its really sad that a NAS specific channel like this so easily dismisses the fact that all these systems do not have ECC.
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CAT 7 isn’t a real standard for network cabling. UGREEN are providing a cable that is more than likely CAT 6, or even 5E, and mislabeling like the huge number of sellers on Amazon are currently doing.
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It would be interesting how the performance is using UNRAID. if it is better, then its a software problem, if not what a shame
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Looks like UGreen could have opted for a single 120mm fan on that bottom cover to cool the NVMe drives.
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Could it be possible to install a different OS (TrueNAS, UnRAID, Ubuntu…) on this UGreen device?
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Why would I buy a turnkey NAS solution just to install a 3ed party OS on it? ????
I use Synology for their SW, not their HW. Had I wanted to use TrueNAS/UnRaid, I would have gone the DIY route and got better HW for less $
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Google doesn’t use pure SSD for data centers. Anyone could’ve used SSD drives for NAS if they want to, it’s just a lot more expensive than regular spinning disks.
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Thank you reviewing my suggestions! You’re the best
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Struggling to see the practical benefits of these boxes. Storage size is still seriously limited compared to SATA drives and being quieter can’t be the biggest selling point
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Great Update and huge amount of Infos as always ???? Is the Network Performance with other OS also poor or its only with UGOS?
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Really? Best guess ppl maybe afford 4 x 4tb ssd , raid 6 , so 12tb storage. Lol no thanks
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Where is the plex testing lol
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Great review ,
Wish they use intel/broadcom/mellanox 10gb chip .
Also I will never use a 3rd party as software therefore truenas scale is a must to install on this system !
@nascompares – great video !!
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I wish it has sd card slot. What a miss ????
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Thanks for digging into the hardware and showing internal file transfers. Try unraid with zfs1 of 2 or 3 drives and see how fast it is, just to verify it’s not OS/driver related. I think you are correct that the pcie and network are somehow connected to a pcie switch. That would explain the drop. Or that Aquantia nic has incorrect driver. I would pre order one, but can’t as not being able to saturate 10Gb is a no go. I think you’re beating them up too much on the security part. If account is local then let 3rd party do 2 factor, same with malware, etc.
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I’d love to see Synology just copy this device… cos you know DSM is BAE
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Another of your amazing detailed videos, thanks Robbie ????
Whilst I’m not in the market for another NAS, I’m still following along the UGREEN story with interest!
I’ve been pretty happy with my Lincstation N1 (I got in January at the amazing crowd-funding price of £230 ????, rather than the now Amazon price of £400 ????)
It’s got 3 (of 4) 2GB NVMe’s and 1 (of 2) 2GB SATA’s installed and whilst the network/drive performance isn’t amazing, it works more than well enough for basic home NAS requirements (it averages around 15-20W’s and the fan is barely noticeable even in a totally silent room!)
For me in a home environment, low-cost, low-power, lots of functionality (thanks to UNraid) and ‘just enough performance for Plex & home-server stuff’, is more important than worrying about saturating the SATA, NVMe, 2.5Gb, etc limits!!
I’ve (hopefully ????) got a ZimaCube N100 turning up in the next month or so (got from KS for around £430) at which point the N1 will likely be sold on. The ZC probably won’t be ‘twice’ as useful as the N1 (at almost double the cost), but the 10-bay (6x 3.5″ +4x NVMe) drive capacity, should see me fine for storage for the foreseeable future. Plus the N100 might be a tiny boost over the N5105, and I can increase the memory to 32GB (vs the fixed 16GB in the N1)
In future, I think I could see the value of a higher performance CPU (more processing power and especially more PCIe lanes).
Thanks again for all your fantastic NAS coverage (I think you are the GO TO source on YT for this sort of thing ????????)
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Quick tech question, why don’t people use powered screwdrivers any more? Is there a technical reason?
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Did you hire a new video editor? This video had a few weird glitches in it 🙂
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Thunderbolt 40g is often thrown around like it’s that speed per port. But it’s often 40 total throughput. So your discovery of 20 per port is pretty typical to how most thunderbolt operates.
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cwwk 7840hs followup video when?
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Great video update! Thank you! Feel a little more confident with the kickstarter
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kickstarter is the dealbreaker. we’ll see after retail.
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It would be great to have 8 drive version even if only 1x or 2x lanes. 4 is a bit too low, nvmes don’t have that much capacity.
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Just glad that we can install 3rd party OS if UGOS isn’t up to the job. Question – in Truenas/Unraid or whatever software you install, are you able to use the USB4/Thunderbolt 4 like normal?
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Sold until learning thunderbolt can’t be used for networking. What a miss
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hi, which os for the NAS ?
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Do you need to still pull the m.2 to install 3rd party?
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*IMPORTANT UPDATES* – 1) Power Consumption Tests were removed from this video, as an update to the system services has changed the results and will be revisited in another video very soon. 2) PCIe Lane allocation is under re-investigation, as in post-production I noticed an 8GT/s x4 downgrade that I need to check was unrelated to the tested drive vs system lane allocation. 3) UGREEN states that system optimization is still ongoing and the 10GbE SMB performance will be better in the next large update.
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I agree with you on two factor security being key. I am going to get a unit ones your pleased. I am 84 years old, Physicist, am spend 54 years working on Eglin AFB.
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What are the physical dimensions?
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I was interested in the 4bay or 6bay options… The 3dP OS capability does not look important compared to their inability to provide delivery to some countries on the planet *apart from two (2!)*… That, also coupled with a strange KickStarter-only nice price, looks like another blatant cashgrab, like several other KickStarter projects.
This is definitely not befitting a company with more than 10yrs presence on the market – it creates a bad precedence for their future product lines and it is a valid reason for many people to stay away .
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What are some good alternatives for DXP4800 plus from Synology? I like synology better and would like to put my money in who is in the industry for a longer period?
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I know the constant use of the word “Utilised” is intentional – to cater to American audiences’ distorted English. But it does grate!
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I’m interested in the 8 bay variant as I currently have a 4 bay synology and when that fills up I’m going to need more bays. Im hoping for something where I can still slowly upgrade the storage one drive at a time like the synology. Im wondering if the OS or an alternate one can support that since this seems a better value than getting a synology 8 bay.
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Looking at the KS page, it seems this is only shipping to USA & Germany, so can’t actually back it in the UK
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Phenomenal review. Being the first time considering buying a nas what is your opinion on buying this or something else instead?
I want to finally centralise my file system but it does become incredibly confusing.
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Does anyone know the idle power consumption of the just SSD version?
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the 40% early bird discount is what got me to back this product. I have a Ryzen 2700x from a prior system of mine that is mostly sitting unused. I would just need need a new a case and motherboard, preferably RAM as well, but being able to lock in $600 for a six-bay NAS is incredible.
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I want to see the review of the DXP8800 Plus please.
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The move here is to put truenas scale on it and call it a day, probably makes a perfectly competent truenas box, and you get all of the features you could ever want, probably more performant too
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Your are not reviewing the 4800 but the 4800 Plus.
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33:30 38:11 These are not beta issues.
UGreen NASes were manufactured for a non-English market and did not successfully sell. Their kickstarter is a well-veiled fire sale; project -rewardees- backers beware.
Nice video ???? great YT channel. Thank you.
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5 core? 6 threads??? How, what, I’m so curious what is under the hood of that CPU
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6 Bay for 600 bucks is so tempting that I might just spring for it. This was a fantastic in depth review and I greatly appreciate you making it!
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I like this NAS, but compared to the Synology that uses a 12cm fan that is easily replaceable, the ugreen uses a rather custom fan that can be potentially hard to replace if it fails
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Would there be any benefits/possibilities of running XPEnology bootloader on this platform (i5 gen12) and boot DSM 7 ?
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Question: Have you enable jumbo frames on your OS NIC settings? Thx
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Why does the spec sheet list that the 2 bay and 4 bay use 32gig EMMC OS drives? I won’t buy devices that use soldered EMMC storage.
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Why the hell they only send to USA and Germany ?!
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Thanks for this. Not sure how I missed the boat about that 40% discount but that alone has gotten me very interested in this, so it seems I have less than 24 hours to decide if I want to pull the trigger or not.
For that price with that hardware, I’m considering just getting the 8 bay and sitting on it a while until I can get good prices on drives and give them time to sort out the software etc. or reverse the decision about voiding the warranty if you install another OS. It’s completely unusable for me without Docker anyway, as I do everything with Docker Compose.
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Do these units support RAID?
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The Synology NAS is absolutely noiseless
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*Update on the use of 3rd Party OS’ on UGREEN NAS with hardware, with regard to warranty*: “The Ugreen team confirms that whatever is promised in their warranty policy will not change, which only covers the hardware. They also mention that there is a risk of damage if you install a third-party OS, including data loss and compatibility issues, etc.” – Ugreen Representative, 26/3/24
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Thanks for the review always appreciated. Very disappointed by Ugreen policy to limit starter to Germany and the US. Why many people are getting test units for free outsides of those 2 countries, but was refused to subscribe
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by chance does anyone know if this kickstarter is going to be able to be delivered to the UK? I’ve seen contradicting info
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If they add a few as certain functionality and improve security and 3rd party support (PLEX and such). Also if they offer something similar to Synology SHR raid configuration I would definitely consider switching from Synology.
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A few questions, does it come with 3.5 to 2.5 inch adapters? Also do you have the 6 bay model? curious about the size of the PCIE x4 expansion slot, wondering if one can shove a GPU in there
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I’m seriously regretting my QNAP TS-464 purchase 16 month ago. It looks like Ugreen have done an initial good job. It looks a smart thing, probably the best looking box out of all of the competition if it’s on show. The SD slot, brilliant addition, I don’t regularly use SD cards, but sometimes I do get client video footage on SD cards, and it would be great to just dump straight to the NAS.
Finally, a NAS that has easy access for the RAM and NVME slots, the TS-464 isn’t too bad as you just pull the drive bays to get access, but my hands aren’t great and I struggled to get RAM and the NVMe’s into the slots; the access panel is great, I remember the days laptops had them and upgrading the RAM and drive was a 5 min job. It’s also great to see the OS being an actual removable drive, so if the drive fails, or you need more space for apps etc, you can upgrade it, big thumbs up there, it should increase the life span of the NAS, as I’m sure over the years the OS will get larger.
Onboard 10Gbe is a massive plus, but it needs to be true 10Gbe, 700-900mb/s transfers realistically, otherwise work on a solid 5Gbe the is consistently 500mb’s. I’ve added the 10Gbe NVMe addin card to the TS-464, in hindsight a waste of time and money due to PCIe lane limitations that I didn’t fully understand when I bought the NAS, the best transfer speeds I get is 270-500mb/s (more often than not the lower end of that range), the 2.5Gbe is also great too rather than 1Gbe. How I’ve got my networking set up is, all my containers use the 2.5Gbe port and 10Gbe is restricted to video editing PC interaction.
Software – 100% agree on the UI font, it’s awful, and akin to the 90s/early 2000s, it certainly isn’t on brand with Ugreen branding, on their website they use Poppins font, why wasn’t that used? A modern on brand font needs to be used to fit the overall look of the NAS. The transfer status definitely needs to be in window as well as in the main Tasks menu, QNAP and Synology both have a status icon on the window you started the transfer in, with a popout for all current tasks, including remotely started tasks. Custom folders for media definitely needs to be enabled. The OS definitely has a Synology feel about it, rather than QNAP, I think it’s wise for Ugreen to go for something in between, I’m use to QNAP’s QTS, I find Synology’s OS a little too simplistic, but something in the middle would be nice for the average user. For all the flaws in the software, the good thing is it is software and can be improved with each update, more important is the hardware is right, and I think overall they are offering a far better hardware package than anyone else.
Regardless of the current state and we know it’s not finished, if Ugreen really are serious about getting into the NAS game, this and future products really could shake up the turn key NAS market, I honestly think QNAP and Synology isn’t always the best value for money, and often their hardware choices on stunted their NAS’s.
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The ability to us TrueNAS or another opensource NAS OS is a deal breaker for me. I do like the hardware but the OS is just missing too much to day to day operation.
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11:02 that’s maybe on purpose to catch vibrations?
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+Like just for saying 4 times 4 and not this stoopit “ex” fad that seems to have taken over most tech channels.
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Thanks for showing how hard it is to install another OS on it…that was pretty extreme????
37-53W seems like a lot of power for a NAS…and this isn’t even the 1235u 6 bay I’d get ????
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I like Synology software – with a bit of luck this UGREEN NAS will finally force Synology to put some decent hardware in their next “plus” generation – much better CPU, integrated GPU, 10GbE, more RAM – and also move away from their lock-in on RAM modules and HDD on their higher end gear. If not, as the software evolves, I might just have to make the move.
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Looks great, but UGREEN should stick with their stuff which are good. A Nas is a very complicated product to execute properly. I bought a second hand NAS from QNAP, and this thing is old; and still recieves some updates now and then. I do not see this happening with UGREEN. The cooling, i see no proper vents on the front. So it looks like it will suffocate a bit in warmer weather. Also, a little critisism; the splitscreen video for showing closeups is not really an addition, the right side image is a tad soft and less contrasty. The audio/video lag between the two shots is distracting more than it is worth your time editing this in. Your main camera captures it all just fine in my opinion.
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Can these NAS drives be used for storage and play of 4k UHD Blu-ray Discs? Would I need additional hardware to stream it over my home network through the newest Apple TV? I am quadriplegic and can’t change discs without help so this device could be very helpful and freeing for me. Thanks for reading.
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Does it support truenas?
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This misses the big one ….would you trust a Mainland Chinese company with being the center of your network? …Why do you think they only want their own OS ??? What else is in there????
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Will this get Docker and Plex? It looks like a really attractive option but my main uses would be just for Plex and maybe a minecraft server.
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I don’t think we really need yet another NAS OS, especially not a Chinese made one. So can you run Unraid or even better TrueNAS on these UGREEN boxes?
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watched the whole length of this review, thanks! … they need to sort the software issues out quick and at least with a video/streaming app too
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Thank you for your review. Is it possible to connect another computer directly to this nas via cable to open the disks?
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As someone completely new to this space I had a question. The transfer speeds that you showed over 10gbe was slow and again sorry for my incompetence when asking this but, thats transfer stuff over the network so wireless right? I have a mac studio that has a 10gb ethernet port could I plug the ethernet cable directly from my mac to the NAS and receive much fast speeds?
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Waited so long for you review! Huge fan of yours since I am new to this whole NAS topic and your videos are really helpful!
Is it in general possible to use this NAS (or any other) for hoarding data, especially videos etc and use a Mini PC as the Plex server that accesses the videos from the NAS?
My use case would be mostly for storing digital documents, photos and videos. Since they currently don’t seem to have a Plex app, I wonder if above solution would be possible.
I am currently cheering for this device due to the comparably great hardware/€…
Would rather use synology but cannot believe what kind of hardware they are selling compared to others
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If the only thing that we miss out on is the warranty but we still have the option to install 3rd party OS options. then I think that’s acceptable. worst case use it stock until the warranty expires then upgrade to a supported 3rd party OS (or sooner if you don’t care about the warranty)
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*Please note that The UGREEN NASync Series Kickstarter campaign currently only supports shipping to addresses in the United States and Germany.
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I hope we can get a stable version of TrueNAS Scale to run into this until the UGOS get better.
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Too bad there’s no AMD version. I boycott Intel processors.
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I’ve been saying for a while that I don’t understand why this processor hasn’t been more popular with these kind of devices. The 5 core 1P+4E benchmarks pretty close to the N100 overall, but it has a bunch more PCIe lanes.
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That mobile app is such a mess. Too many taps to see a photo
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Idle at 60w, it’s crazy! My old 12700k build with proxmox and a few powertop tuning idle at around 30w
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What are the dimensions of the case? Will the 6-bay and the 8-bay model be the same height?
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Looks good I am considering; however …… they should have concentrated on the hardware and put something like TrusNAS on, or allow you to choose an OS when purchasing. Companies shouldn’t keep trying to reinvent systems. Would have been relased quicker and less expensive without their custom software. I would be happy with Ubuntu server with ZFS. But would be overkill, so I should stick to repurposing old hardware I suppose.
I worry about the Drobo situation if they kill this project. Wouldn’t be great running out of date NAS software.
The hardware looks great and mature.
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Thx4ur hard worx! I will get my hands on 6bay variant as an update for my Qnap TS-452-D2-8G only as a secure datavault (raid5, snapshots and backup). So the kickstarter prize triggers me and i love to see further updates of ur intel.
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Great review. I’ll pass now and pick up a QNAP instead since I need Plex support sooner than later and there is no timeline on that, let alone everything else to do with its software. Thank you again!
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Thanks for the great in-depth review <3 I have a DS918+ and am considering to get a 6 or 8 bay solution. UGREEN is also fairly intriguing from a pure pricepoint pov (with the 40% KS discount). I don't seem to find any good alternative around a similar pricepoint these days, any thoughts from a pure $$$ pov?
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Would you buy it to run unraid? I’m looking to replace my aging home built nas.
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What is the direction of the fan in relation to the filter, from front to back or from back to front.
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no ECC support no ZFS?
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so are UGREEN happy for you to take it all apart?… I can only imagine their faces as they watch this…
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The software looks a lot like DSM. We cant tell from this video (for sure, the deep dive will show more) but the visuals of the interface looks like DSM, so much in fact … maybe a bit copy/paste.
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I don’t like external PSU, I don’t mind the NAS itself a bit bigger.
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I feel like a n00b asking this, but is your video of the interface accelerated at all? I have a pretty beefy QNAP and it in no way responds that quickly.
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Commenting before watching: I’m really excited to see Ugreen break in to this space and see what they can bring to the table! I’ve been enjoying their designs in the charger and adapter sector. While I don’t yet see them as a name that’s synonymous with guaranteed quality and the highest standards, they do seem to be pushing competition in value delivered. I think that’s very exciting for us laymen!
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totally agree with you on the sd card slots, it always seemed weird to me how many off the shelf nases don’t have one when they seem to mostly advertise to photographers and other content creators who are mostly moving data from sd cards anyway.
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Can you swap the fan to something like a noctua?
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Yeah, I”m gonna stick with my Asustor.
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way too expensive
if you’re gonna put only 4 drives and an underpowered cpu in the machine just buy a 10 year old secondhand computer.
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I like to see new players entering the market. I feel like Symbology has become lazy in recent years and needs a kick up the bum (Low ram, 1GB ports, etc).
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Awesome review! Many thanks! ????Looking forward to the TrueNAS/Proxmox UGREEN video ????
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60W idle power consumption is a no go. This would cost 160€ in energy per year in germany. No wonder noone else is talking about the power consumption. If it stays like that i am out.
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At least it isn’t storaxa
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Biggest issue for me is it is a custom Linux kernel. From a Chinese company ????
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Wait they put drmos vrm on that thing ????
Hardware looks nice ,just software still need some work to become a turkey nas product
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The thing is, I don’t mind beta products for many uses, but my storage systems need to be solid. My current 3-drive NAS has been running for over 10 years.
I can’t see trusting an incomplete, crowdfunded solution. And, face it, the main reason for crowd funding is when the company doesn’t have the resources to complete the device without getting money up front. My conclusion is that either Ugreen really doesn’t have many resources or they are using crowd funding as a method of marketing.
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Let’s see if this “turkey solution” with their super confident OS works out of the box or not
Yep very confident on OS and restricted plus not very confident and raise as crowds funding … Odd
If it works really great then with the strict OS limitation might still be considerable
If it needs tons of user manual work to make it work and they are still playing stupid OS restriction policy to Dodge support ticket then sorry, skip
Thank you for reviewing this ????
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Ughhh….getting closer to having real ECC memory but still not there. ODECC is not for data retention. When are these manufacturers going to learn a NAS is for long term storage for so many. Would have bought into the kickstarter for the flash version if it supported true ECC memory. Would already have the Asustor flash version if it supported ECC memory.
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Is there a regular UEFI/BIOS that would allow to use an alternative NAS OS such as UnRAID, FreeNAS in conjunction with the USB port?
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Will they allow you to buy 2 units with ONE $5 deposit?
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I hear seagulls. More than the device. Hahaha
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Excellent video.i really like your videos. So what is ur suggestion..do the diy like i9 erying PROJECT or buy the ugreen nas 6 bay and wait for them to do some miracle to software or allow 3rd party O.S?
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im just about ready to transition from a 4 bay to an 8 bay so I think im going to snag the 8 bay for the discount and sit on it while things get ironed out. The price for that hardware is just too good that that price imo. Great review!
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That you have to disassemble the whole thing to get to the drive where the OS is installed is a big NOGO
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Already been burned by a Kickstarter NAS crowd funding, I lost a large sum of cash, be careful.
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I still don’t understand why UGreen needs to crowdfund this product…
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When you backup photos can you make it delete the photos on your phone once those are uploaded?
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Nice hardware specs, but now a total failure unless you live in the US or Germany. I was very excited initially, I was ready to order on the kickstarter, I need a new NAS now, but then found out if you now don’t live in those places then you have no idea when it will come to other regions. The RRP is not in the least competitive so unless you have loads of spare Dosh and don’t care about cost, you will choose a different vendor – Ugreen have no pedigree with NAS devices, they have no track record with NAS systems. I have tons of Ugeen devices, love them, but this NAS release is totally daft and a massive turn off. I will get the Terramaster instead, the 424 has good hardware, a sensible price, and a good pedigree, and if don’t like TOS I can replace with TrueNAS or Unraid, or Proxmox. I feel quite let down, especially as the restriction to US and Germany only appeared later.
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Thank you for the video.
I really like this product, and for me, a 40% discount to essentially be a public beta tester with such good hardware seems reasonable. I think we have to consider the price difference between the Kickstarter campaign and the recommended retail price (RRP). It’s unfinished, the OS still needs some work, but I think that makes the 40% price discount reasonable.
I mean, if we compare this to other NAS devices at the same price segment, we have to overpay for the software on those (bundled with really weak hardware). Although I still think (and I think I mention this all the time) that most of the software options other brands offer are still much worse than 90% of the open-source counterparts, but it is what it is. Most people like it for some reason. Although in my humble opinion, Synology is kind of the Apple of the NAS world. Until you show people that there are much better solutions, they are fine with something mediocre. Like… a usable Docker UI on any one of the NAS OSes?… Anyone?… They should just stop wasting development time on creating limited, useless “apps.” They are in the F league compared to the mature open-source solutions like Portainer, Yacht, heck even DockGE, which is like 4 months old with only a single main developer.
The only thing I really dislike in the Ugreen NAS lineup is the price difference between the 6 and 8-bay models. A 50% price increase for just +2 disk bays? For that $300 price difference, I can pick up a 6-bay USB DAS (for example from Terramaster) and double the number of my bays.
I have two questions, if you have some time. Does the fan in this model have a regular 3 or 4-pin fan connector, or is it something proprietary (like TerraMaster’s mini connector)? Just because with a 5-year life expectancy, it would be cool to be able to swap out the fan for something else in case it has any problems (like wearing out the bearings and starting to be louder).
Also, since you have experience with the TerraMaster F4-424 (Pro), which is probably the only comparable product to Ugreen’s 4-bay models at the moment (hardware-wise), and both have one large fan at the end, is there any meaningful difference regarding noise levels between the two? I don’t need exact measurements; I am just curious if you have any opinion on this topic.
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But, can it run Crysis? (AKA TrueNas)
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I was pretty interested but after I watched a Q&A video where they mentioned if you install any other OS they’d void the warranty… Nah. Currently considering a DIY NAS…
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0:12: ⚙️ Overview of the UGREEN NASync DXP4800 NAS crowdfunding campaign and hardware specifications.
5:17: ???? Unique design with lockable bays, USB ports, and bold text sets the UGREEN NASync DXP4800 apart.
10:10: ???? Issues with tray sturdiness in NASync DXP4800 system despite overall sturdy build and ventilation.
14:59: ⚙️ Overview of design and connectivity features of UGREEN NASync DXP4800 NAS.
19:43: ???? Exploring the internal components of a NAS device, including the motherboard, CPU, and SSD.
24:20: ???? Review of UGREEN NASync DXP4800 software features and client application for local network access.
28:32: ⚙️ User-friendly folder creation and management with comprehensive options, lacking advanced security features.
33:03: ????️ Exploration of geolocation data and AI photo recognition features in NASync DXP4800 NAS.
37:59: ???? Beta features include LED scheduling, language issues, and occasional Chinese notifications.
42:04: ???? Enhancements in system configuration backup and network settings reset needed for UGREEN NASync DXP4800 NAS.
47:21: ⚡ Comparison of data transfer speeds between two NVMe SSDs in UGREEN NASync DXP4800 NAS.
51:33: ???? Detailed overview of the network interface, hardware information, and app management on UGREEN NASync DXP4800.
55:45: ⚙️ Evaluation of UGREEN NASync DXP4800 prototype software and build quality.
Timestamps by Tammy AI
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Can we get the measurements of the retail box it ships in?
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Not open to UK buyers!
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Too many variables and in beta to purchase or kick-start
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Just FYI, you used 10Gbe but kept the MTU at 1500. You should test with jumbo frames (9000 MTU).
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This looks pretty great for a first gen product not going to lie.
As long as they keep pushing good updates to the operating system, things should shape up to be a really great competitor. If they keep the price affordable people will 100% go UGREEN
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First of all, thank you for the detailed test of the hardware and software. I think you are the only yt who does such a great and detailed test, that’s why you got my subscription. I have been waiting impatiently for this video review. As I understand it, the hardware is great and the software is still in beta. Now I don’t know whether I should buy the 4800 plus or 6800 pro or the 480t plus. I want to use the Nas as a Plex Media Server, Portainer, VM, backup of my Apple devices. This should be my 1st Nas with which I don’t want to have any trouble for years. So I trust your suggestions and advice. Would appreciate some advice from you and thanks for the great work ????????????????????????
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All these new devices coming out will force sonology to innovate on the hardware side of things and stop being so particular with low end hardware. Maybe even lower their prices.
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I hope the final product will allow me to use ZFS instead of Btrfs.
Otherwise I could always disable the watchdog, enable UEFI boot and boot unRAID from a USB stick, I guess… ????
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I’m thinking of using the 2 nvme 4+4=8tb with docker and lancache with one of the 10gb nic. Then make a raid with the hard drive for my network share drive using the other 10gb nic.
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That’s a great review and the NAS is very very promissing. Finally seems like some competition for Synology and QNAP. May I ask if it would be possible to do a PLEX review with this device? I’m very curious to see how it performs. Thanks a lot and keep up the great work!
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Great fair review – shame its not available in the UK – Germany and US only. Im sure they will learn and go with third party OS surely.
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Not buying something that might be some day. I’ll check it out when its really for sale.
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Storaxa a ruined me on cheap Chinese hardware. Will not back another. Ever.
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That power consumption would absolutely kill my buying intentions if it stays that way.
Would love to see its idle power with Unraid and powertop.
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Do you know, if on the 6 bay and 8 bay Versions, the Thunderbolt on the front is to connect to the Computer direkt, so the NAS
can be used as a Storage pool, or is the thunderbolt port in front only for a external hard drive to connect?
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Great Review. What’s really a bummer is the idle power consumption of about 55w with 4 drives. That’s about 35w for the nas alone, which sums up to 300kwh a year. In Germany this alone costs 100€ on the energy bill for the nas alone.
Existing products like QNAP TS-464 needs about half of that in idle.
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I will have a hard time forgiving Ugreen for limiting launch (and discounts) to 2 countries. Just my POV.
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This is only available to the USA and Germany right?
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My 6 year old Synology DS1618+, populated with 6 Iron Wolf Pro 7200rpm drives, gets 733 MB/s write and 1026 MB/s read over a 10 gigabit network.
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Which way does the air travel through the system? Is it from rear to front or vice versa? The reason I ask is I suspect that I would assume that the air is coming in from the font and is blown out the back at which point the filter in the back is of no use.
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Hardware is awesome, but the software seems to need some time to mature. Voiding the warranty if you install an alternative OS is a bit disappointing.
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Man the UI looks very similar to Synology.
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For the SSD model review, I think the following would make your review stand out from the rest. Can you test RAM with speeds above 4800? Does it support XMP? Can it do 48GB sticks? What happens when you use 990 EVOs that only use 2 lanes of Gen 4, will all of them run at Gen 4 for speeds then? How well does thunderbolt 4 behave on Unraid. Just some points I think people would like to know, keep up the great work!
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1st. Thanks Robbie for this review!
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