UniFi New NAS Rumours – Everything We Know
UPDATE 09/25 – UniFi just launched 4 MORE new products into the UNAS lineup. Below are links to the reviews of the new systems, alongside where you can buy them. Be aware, UniFi are kind of famous for running out of stock at launch, so if you think you want one of these new systems, I would favour haste (standard consumer refund policies are in place!).
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Duing the UniFi World Conference event (the UWC 2025 expo event that took place in several places around the world over a week in May) the brand took the opportunity to share a huge amount of information about their roadmap for hardware and software in 2025 (and 2026!) and although there was a lot of information about cameras, switches, integrations and improvements – the big, BIG detail that emerged that got my attention was that the UNAS series of NAS devices is rumoured to be getting several portfolio additions over the course of the next 18+ Months! All of this was seemingly shared behind closed doors, with photography and video prohibited during the presentations (with choice projects by the brand like these limited to keynote ‘on stage’ presentations) and not available for general access and sharing on the show floor.
However, ALOT of the information shared was then discussed at length on forums and community sites across the internet (unsurprisingly predominantly on Reddit more than most – shocker I know). Because of this, we have a great deal of rumoured, shared and near-confirmed information about what the brand is planning for the soon to be growing UNAS series of devices – including a potentially dedicated M.2 NVMe SSD flash devices, Enterprise grade ZFS Rackmount system (XG NAS?) and even more entry level desktop solutions in 2 and 4 Bay SATA.
There is a lot to get to and I think we will likely see granular and gradual updates to all of these solutions as time wears on, so I wanted to create this article to add shared info and leaks as they appear online. You can get notifications and alerts on this page by subscribing at the bottom of the article.
IMPORTANT – Regardless of how solid/rumoured any of the UniFi UNAS systems that are detailed on this page are – do NOT be complacent about your data and backups! If you need a backup solution right now/soon, do not ‘hold out’ for these devices, as no device will ever be worth the danger of your data being lost (power lose resulting in a raid failure, data corruption, accidental deletion..need I go on?). So, if you like the sound of UniFi and their products, and the UNAS from UniFi sounds like it meets your needs, it is still available RIGHT NOW for just $499 HERE – It is a 7x SATA Half-Depth Rackmout NAS with 10GbE and a comprehensive data management software in UniFi Drive. You can watch my review HERE and my 6 Months Later update on it HERE.
Here is a list of Sources on Reddit that detail what was observed at Unifi World Conference 2025 with regard to Network Attached Storage:
Which UniFi UNAS Devices Are Rumoured for 2025 and 2026?
16th June 2025 Updated
Below are the details we know so far (some details need further verification and confirmation, indicated appropriately) that we are aware of so far. Keep in mind (IMPORTANT) that these drives are massively ‘TBC’, so alongside potential name changes it is also possible that they may not arrive at all – as UniFi might change their mind based on market research about the need for a given device! Additionally, sometimes information online is contradictory to other information (eg the larger and smaller scale NAS system and a potential Pro XG system might well be the same device!), so do not treat this information as set in stone! Let’s break down each entry:
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2 Bay Entry-Level HDD NAS
The UNAS Pro, although popular, is none the less quite large for much smaller user deployments – so if UniFi was to really stretch it’s muscles into the world of NAS, it would come as no surprise that they would provide more entry/small-footprint devices. So, the oft mentioned 2 Bay UNAS would be desirable, but also UniFi’s most compact HDD system to date, targeting home and SOHO users looking for simple backup or file-sharing functionality. No confirmation or detail on the shared information on the hardware profile (one can imagine an ARM base and 2-4GB of memory – but it’s all very ‘TBC’) and 2.5GbE connectivity. 2 drives would give precious little bandwidth for 10GbE to even be worth the time of day, even with SATA SSDs.
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| Specification | Details |
| Bays | 2 x 3.5” HDD |
| Storage Type | SATA HDD |
| Software | UniFi Drive 3.0 |
| Features | Entry-level NAS, ideal for backups |
| Status | Confirmed Seen at UWC2025 |
| Source(s) | Source 1, Source 3 |
An NVMe SSD NAS dedicated NAS for Creative Workflows
This proposed SSD focused NAS moves away from spinning disks in favor of M.2 NVMe SSD slots, focusing on silent, high-performance workflows for media creators or prosumers. This compact unit maintains a passive cooling design and leverages Drive 3.0’s new dynamic storage pool system to balance protection and performance. It’s intended for those needing faster I/O than HDDs can provide without the size or noise of a rackmount. if this ends up coming out, is would be INCREDIBLY popular (given M.2 SSD prices are now only around 2x more than HDD, with a 4TB M.2 NVMe SSD in both Gen3 and Gen4 hitting just $200+, and WD Red and Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDDs around the $89-99 mark)
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| Specification | Details |
| Bays | Unknown – Possibly 4x M.2 NVMe |
| Storage Type | PCIe SSD (M.2) |
| Software | UniFi Drive 3.0 (NVMe pool optimization) |
| Features | High-performance SSD storage, silent design |
| Status | Confirmed Seen at UWC 2025 |
| Source(s) | Source 1, Source 3 |
4 Bay Desktop-Grade HDD NAS
This would deliver a more durable 4-bay solution with a desktop form factor, designed for small business environments or tech-savvy users. It combines the flexibility of 3.5″ HDDs with the enhanced features of UniFi Drive 3.0, including smarter snapshots and storage pools. Compared to the standard UNAS 2-bay discussed solution, this model would offer better RAID options, as well as performance potential (even in a RAID 5). Nevertheless, if/when this comes around, expect modest hardware under the hood!.
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| Specification | Details |
| Bays | 4 x 3.5” HDD |
| Storage Type | SATA HDD |
| Cooling | Active fan (almost certainly!) |
| Software | UniFi Drive 3.0 |
| Features | Mid-range performance, desktop NAS |
| Status | Confirmed Seen at UWC 2025 |
| Source(s) | Source 1, Source 3 |
A ‘Proper’ 4 Bay and 8 Bay Rackmount NAS
Alongside the already released 7 Bay UNAS Pro, there is talk of a 4 Bay and 8-bay rackmount NAS aimed at larger deployments such as offices, branch networks, or video surveillance environments as a storage target for UniFi Portect perhaps. Built to handle RAID 6 (rolling ut in the latest UniFi NAS OS and Drive updates) and large-scale storage pools, it includes business-class hardware for redundancy and expandability. Its release aligns with Ubiquiti’s push into more scalable data solutions under the UniFi Drive 3.0 future framework.
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| Specification | Details |
| Bays | 4 and 8 x 3.5” HDD |
| Storage Type | SATA HDD |
| Cooling | Likely Dual fan or rack-grade cooling |
| Software | UniFi Drive 3.0 |
| Features | RAID 6 support |
| Status | Confirmed, Seen at UWC 2025 |
| Source(s) | Source 1, Source 3 |
An Enterprise ZFS Appliance – THIS IS WHERE IT GETS GOOD!
Although the existing UNAS Pro NAS system runs on an BTRFS foundation, there was multiple references and rumours to UniFi’s first foray into ZFS-based NAS systems and appears to be targeted at enterprise environments requiring snapshot-based backup, inline compression, and greater control over storage topology. Very few hardware specifics have been shared, and it is unclear whether this is a completely separate physical unit or a software SKU atop a Pro-series device. I will be interested to see if, if this arrives, how they will migrate the existing UNAS/Drive/NAS OS appliances onto this ZFS base – as well as whether it will benefit from the inline and native performance/integrity benefits of ZFS!
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| Specification | Details |
| Bays | TBD |
| Storage Type | ZFS pools (likely mixed HDD/SSD) |
| Cooling | Likely 2 stage rackmount active cooling |
| Software | ZFS OS (Unconfirmed re:UniFi Drive 3.0) |
| Features | Snapshots, compression, enterprise storage, in-line ZFS benefits |
| Status | Confirmed (via software roadmap) at UWC 2025 |
| Source(s) | Source 3, Source 4 |
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the people who designed this never talked to a single customer, it’s made to look nice in boardroom presentations, the “Gavin Belson Signature Box III”
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Great little backup / fall over ( sort of ) just hung off your network somewhere. I would use this WITH my other NAS system.
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Hello. Great video. Thanks. Can I use it to watch my videos through VLC and/or Plex ? Is there any transcoding ? Thanks
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is there also a possibility to install an acronis backup agent?
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Can you explain if bitrot protection is available? That is the only reason that keeps me using synology
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What the hell? No USB for UPS connectivity??? That’s idiotic.
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I do not think that 3x10gigs are not overkill if you plan to use enterprise SSDs, you can saturate 2 of them by 7 drives in theory.
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Does it fit the mini rack?
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Is there any way to backup the UNAS2 via the USB C port?
I have a couple of external drives that I would cycle though to create backups.
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Can this backup to a connected USB C Drive?
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Software needs more improvement. I want to just have apps installed on desktops and phones that backup data or access it easily for multiple users.
The simple ubiquiti approach is refreshing to see. But I need that simplicity mindset to work for backups for family data.
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Overall, the best review I’ve seen on this product. However, I wish you spent more time on the software configuration screens. Ubiquiti tells us next to nothing on their website of how this works or what it’s capable of, more of a “Just buy it and find out!” stance. I’d like to know if I have a storage pool of four drives, if that can be expanded to five or more without having to delete the storage pool and start over.
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The use of the NVMEs for caching only (https://youtu.be/UOOFqhf4S8k?t=511) is also perfectly justified. You don’t buy an 8 bay box to start sharing date from 2 NVMEs only.
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Regarding the network bandwidth overkill statement at 5:55 – you forgot it’s got 2x NVMEs there which in theory can deliver 10GB/s in raid0 caching mode (or 5GB/s in Raid1), which will easily saturate even the 3x10Gbit/s
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I wish they’d release a media server line for 3rd party app support too.
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How are the hardware specs of these additions ? Still the low ARM system of the initial UNAS pro?
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Looks like a great product, like that they are stepping in and hope they continue to improve it. Need to work on HDD hibernation, Raid availability, M.2 options, and Cooling based off all the information im getting. but These things do seem like a software update. (Except the cooling, and memory that might be next gen)
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Hi! Can you please help me by telling me the noise level when this is running? I’m only able to (because of apartment limitations) put this in the living room. I wanted to know the noise level when it’s running (since I wanted to put Plex media files on the NAS). Thank you!
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Hi! Can you please help me by telling me the noise level when this is running? I’m only able to (because of apartment limitations) put this in the living room. I wanted to know the noise level when it’s running (since I wanted to put Plex media files on the NAS). Thank you!
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btw do you take video requests? I would pay good money for a thorough guide on setting up rsync between a ugreen nas and the unifi unas pro 8 (to be able to sync data both ways between the two)
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M.2 trays should be included. Ditch all plastic packaging. I have numerous Unifi devices and that’s a serious drawback. All those little parts could just as easily come in nice paper bags. The rest of their packaging is lovely. If Apple can be all paper and Google can be all paper, so can Unifi. Just do it.
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The UNAS has no drive security, if you take out the drive and put it in another NAS or Computer you can access all data
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Is there any data scrubbing capability to help protect against bitrot/bitflip? That alone is the reason I a staying with Synology atm, but if the UNAS offers this, I may pick one up.
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They need to add Unifi Protect app for NVR on their NAS models so can use same harddrive storage
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What happened to the 4 NVME SSD only NAS that was in the 2025/26 line up?
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Can i use it for plex? ????
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Being a full time RVer, I like this setup on power supply (POE) and storage capacity for all our trip photos and video. Plus the price!
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Did I miss it or is there not way to backup to an external hard drive through the USB-C port?
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Unifi might be a great brand and system but my experience has been one frustration after another so I dropped after a couple years of dealing with all the crap they force you to deal with making even the simplest of tasks unnecessarily convoluted increasing the learning curve and the confusion at each step of the way. It’s been years and I’ve never looked back. Unless they’ll become more user friendly I am fine without using them as much as they will be fine about not having me as their user 🙂
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NVMe/TCP is replacing iscsi as iscsi cannot use the speed of modern drives
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Yeah, but what kind of CPU does it have?
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De ANUS Pro ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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No iSCSI? RIP.
2nd gen or 3rd gen should be pretty nice in the future.
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What’s the fan noise like???
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Can you merge multiple units together for larger capacities ?
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more bush please!
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I want a Protect “CPU” that dumps stuff to a Unifi NAS
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I guessing that my hope for a 4 bay rack mount unit that I could use to replace my Plex server is not going to happen (yet).
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Thanks!
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Most of your criticisms of this unit, were actually positives! NVMe shouldn’t be used for storing critical information long term. Information can’t be recovered like it can off of traditional spinners. Also, many professional servers/NAS units do not have LCD screens, just LED indicators of drive status. 8 bays is a MUCH cleaner look than 7! Also, having rear mounted data connections is perfect ????! This is a RACK MOUNT NAS for REAL racks! Not a desktop NAS. The ONLY gripe I have , like another comment, is lack of USB ports on the back to signal to a UPS for shutdown. Other than that, this thing looks pretty decent!
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Can you do a review of xcy NAS showing up on aliexpress recently. 150 € for 4 bay NAS
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Also show in your review Time Machine integration. Not everyone uses windows. A lot of Mac users using UniFi.
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The only challenge I have is the 7-bay NAS *will* fit in a network rack whereas the 8-bay needs a “proper” rack because it’s a larger device.
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Damned if they do, damned if they don’t… “we want 8 bays” gets 8 bays… “we want the screen back… just put it on the top”. I can hear all the people screaming already “The screen on the top is useless – you cant see it!!!”
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Can you also review the 4Bay nas Pleas ?
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Had to do a double take when the video starts, was rather sure I clicked the wrong thing 😉
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Kinda wished you opened it up and took a short interior tour.
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The lack of integrated iSCSI and zfs support is a dealbreaker for me. I have an aging official TrueNAS scale NAS (mini XL) that I would love to replace with a UniFi system but won’t rebuild everything I currently have for it.
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quick question, is it possible to run 2 drives without any raid? just normal dual drive storage?
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Great video. Looking to get the this or the 4 bay to takeover external filesharing from my synology ds1817+ and see how that goes. Over time I probably drop synology instead of replacing it – mostly due to synology harddrive policy for new systems.
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Please open it up and let us know how much empty space is inside that big box.
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Sounds like this could be good for a backup to my 8 bay Synology
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I’m so annoyed, they release this 1 month after I jump ship from Synology.. but I feel the price point is a little too much, especially given the CPU and the limits this brings (with regards too docker etc). One other annoyance is the lack of NVMe on the 2-bay, though it does have a jazzy screen.
They need to make Protect available on this, seems crazy not too, and they have no excuse as they do it on the UCG and UDR. Hell, even better, lets see a “NAS Instant”, so a NAS/Protect/POE Switch..
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Is it me or is the silver finish making it look a bit cheap build quality wise?
Also definitely agree the trays should be included for the nvme drives.
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Great video. The spec says “Max. Power Budget for Drives 52w”, with a “Max. Power Consumption of 60w”. Do you know what this uses in idle with 2 drives? Thanks
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I feel like a pay for what you need is better than paying all including for things you don’t need. As long as ubiquiti doesn’t price gauge, it’s less waste and base price is cheaper
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i still need something like synology shr or drobo the ability to have one back up drive and the rest no matter the size utilizes all the size of different drives. I want them all to look like one giant drive with one drive as a fail drive that i can pull and replace hot swap
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robbie you cant use this to run a plex server??
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Curious they have left out the RPS connector as I would now consider this a reduction in power supply redundancy, not an improvement! If you think about it the UNAS Pro + RPS gives you a maximum of three power supplies (one in the NAS + two in the RPS). Without the RPS you are now limited to 2 in the NAS itself. Also quite annoying if you have a stack of Pro devices all with RPS connectors where getting the RPS can cover all your devices apart from this one.
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Still no UPS shutdown connectivity. Come on guys this is extremely important for a NAS. Not sure why they don’t offer this.
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ECC ram? Bitrot protection? Snapshots and replication? I’m stuck on my old synology DS1821+ and looking for an exit path while it ages out, but I need those features to be sure my data is protected.
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Are Unifi Hot-swappable AC/DC 550W power modules, interchangeable with other brands like an QNAP?
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You can just see that Unify has the potential to take a lot of Synology (and other brands) marketshare. Still early days though. Reliabilitiy is key,
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Thanks a lot for your video.
An improvement over last year but still feels more Mid than Pro.
Agree with you on Including a sku with all those optional accessories (at a higher price if need be) , and bump on the specs on that cpu to an 8 core, add the iscsi support in software, and I think it would be extremely recommendable to home labs.
Also, give that new sku an 1xsfp+ 25g port instead of the 2x10s. Unifi’s higher end switches have those 25g ports on board and so you have better synergy this way.
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How is the noise on this? Can it be stored in a home office?
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I just got a UNAS Pro (OG Model) so the 8 bay coming out a week later is a bit rough. But oh well. My biggest gripe is I can enable Snapshots on user’s Personal-Drives but even as Admin… there is no way to revert a snapshot back. Ubiquiti told me “personal-drives are private even from admin”. Kinda defeats the purpose of being able to do a snapshot on the personal-drives if there is no way to revert them back.
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Sorry, I didn’t watch the whole video, only parts of it since I didn’t have the time. I don’t know how much it will cost, but I still think Ugreen NAS looks like a more complete solution, especially for private use. For example, if you don’t want to use cloud storage like Google Drive, you can easily sync your phone with it. If you are a more advanced user, you can also run VMs and set up your own Plex server, Pi-hole, or other useful services. Upgrading the RAM is simple, and M.2 SSD support is included as well.
Even though I really like UniFi and recommend it to everyone, I just can’t see these NAS servers as a complete product. Another thing they could have done differently is the drive layout. Instead of placing the drives horizontally, they could have gone vertical like other manufacturers to fit more drives or make space for a display. And one last thing I don’t like about UniFi is that sometimes they put the network ports on the front and sometimes on the back, which is very inconsistent.
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take a drink every time he says “if you choose”????
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What i missing:
1. Stacking (like in QNAP and Synology) where adding second unit can double size of pool. It has 3 10Gbit ports why not use one or two for stacking. UNVR has it.
2. lack of backup software which will dowload something from other servers. Upload is nice but it should work in both ways.
3. ARM getting very warm. Mikrotik using ARM in their routers and even in full load they are not getting so hot.
4. Ubi should make something like APP store for external companies to wrote software for their system (like Apple App Store). After Ubi checking it will be publish in the shop. This will greatly increse ammount of possible solutions avalible on first day.
5. Worry about RAM. Big RAIDS need a lot of RAM and lack of possibilty to change/add RAM can be a roadblock.
What i like is that they really improving system with every update. If they will address first two of my points i will remove my Synology units from rack. recently i faced problem of lack of space, wish to change drives and all we know what Synology did with HDD compatibility ;/
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Wrong form factor. It’s designed to be placed on the desktop, but there is no need for that because you cannot connect it to your computer. You have to connect it on your network so it would be better to have a form factor for network like a network rack
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NAS first album was the best though…
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Can you use ECC RAM?
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No ZFS, no care.
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No HDD lock. Nice you’ve won me over those Synology Crooks
Great job Rob, always great to see you telling these brands how it should be.
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Thanks for the great review as usual! I wonder if the “excessive” 10GbE networking will be how UI implements add-on storage, in lieu of eSATA or other proprietary ports?
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I wouldn’t be surprised if one of those SFP ports are there for a possible expansion device down the line, would make a lot of sense Unifi would use SFP as the medium over the slower eSATA connection, and SFP cables means they have an opportunity to sell you a nice Unifi SFP cable with the expansion bay when that comes, USB C / Thunderbolt 10Gbps cables are pretty common these days.
Ta for showing the NFS settings!
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I’m surprised they didn’t just throw a USB port on the front, and create a front bevel cover thing like you can with the Enterprise NVR. That way it could provide you the same kind of information. Ubiquiti loves to reuse things.
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Yes this just replaced my synology as my UNAS pro backup, this is a great option to have a level 2 backup of your main NAS for local data and then use the unas2 resources to cloud backup as a level 3 offsite solution
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What is the m.2 pcie gen and lane count? Maybe I missed it but I’ve watched the video, read the article on your site, and been through unifi’s site and don’t see the spec anywhere. Debating ordering new nvme drives vs using some gen 3 optane drives I already have.
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Fk Unifi
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Tell me how it integrates with my DR7
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its not a NAS if it doesn’t have Iscsi
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The NVME slots are they Gen4 or Gen3? I can imagine Gen3 is all you need.
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74C at idle is high… can you do a quick video showing the noise levels at low, med and high fan speeds? Thanks
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I have the UNAS pro for about 4 months in my house, the only thing I want is for the software to support having a second UNAS pro at a second location and the two sync with each other so I can pull locally without worrying about the files be out of sync.
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Iscsi support?
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How much storage do I need to store Kate Bush and the Jam posters? Still rocking 80’s jam.
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If you have key data in a raid dont you need a second raid enclosure? An entire secondary enclosure so if it goes down you can reinsert the drives into the new enclosure? You guys talk about redundancy all the time but that seems like what real redundancy looks like. Unless I’m missing something.
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Honestly not seeing the value of the 4 over the original 7 bay,
And the 8 is a very hefty premium for 1 more bay and 2 m2 slots imho.
Probably just gonna pick up the original actually
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btw UNAS can be use for Unifi Protect right? so you don’t need UNVR if you already have UNAS?
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i got 2 Unas pro and i love them. and i have made my own system and more. never have i have something so good. so im happy..
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I don’t need a NAS but it would be nice to have. I do have a 16 TB hdd for my needs and the cost difference I think it would be best for me to get the UNAS 2. I currently have UDM SE USW Pro Max and the UNVR. Thanks
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Hey so how loud is the thing ? quiet like the router ish or data center level where you dont want that thing near an office space ?
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This shit literally has wall to wall drive bays but is complaing about it not having a one inch screen to view it’s current status For fucks sake!!!! #DownVoteVideo
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No ECC, no direct attached usb for backup device, no graceful shutdown with UPS. Sadly, not that appealing.
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So is the m.2 gen5 ?
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I totally agree with your suggestions: M.2 trays and 2nd PSU included in an optional package. As for other improvements, I’d like to see iSCSI support and a personal “cloud” storage feature. Privacy of your data is becoming even more important and while you can run apps like NextCloud on a separate device, having a baked-in solution would make the UNAS a definite Synology-killer.
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no one in their right mind would want to use the NVME for storage…Whaaat? Ubiquiti you need to use less plastic…LOL. NO Bias here
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How loud are the fans?
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Bought the UNAS Pro about a month ago, Still seems like a good deal. I had a UGREEN 2bay for about 3 weeks worked well. I Bought the UNAS Pro so that I can move my family’s docs to a shared location. I needed just a solid file storage solution and the ability to manage in my Unifi system. I was going to get another 4 bay to use as a backup, but know I’ll be looking at another Unifi purchase in the future. Appreciate the review and the regular content you provided. Keep up the good work.
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Hmmm is it an underpowered NAS or is what people are using a NAS for these days (Plex, docker, etc) more like a server with a bunch of drives?
It does feel like the idea of NAS is changing quickly and this is sticking to the more traditional view on what a NAS is (low power bulk storage)
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Really wish a plex like service was built in.
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Does the backup also works to a remote UNAS or only another local UNAS?
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In the video at 7:15 you mention it’s PoE+++ ; that is not correct. The UNAS 2 is PoE++
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Hi and thanks for yet another great NAS review! I’m struggling to understand how Unifi’s NAS options – and this in particular – support UPS-solutions. What extra equipment do I need to buy and how do I configure it to ensure a graceful shut down in the event of a power outage? Dual power supply will not help unless I have two different power sources. As a home user I don’t have more than one power supply. If I’m going to trust this devise with lots of my data, I certainly would like to know that I have a working solution to handel events like a power outage – even though they rarely occur. As far as I know Unifi has a product called Mission Critical that resembles an UPS, but it doesn’t seem to work with the UNAS Pro 8. Would greatly appreciate any advise or if you could address UPS-solutions for Unifi NAS in a follow ut video.
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I hope in a hypothetical future UNAS 8 XG and 16 XG with a beefier CPU and more M.2 slots in the back to create tiered storage or separate SSD pool. Tiered would be awesome though, inspired by QNAP.
Either way, solid review of the UNAS 8!
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re: new UNAS 4 and UNAS pro 4 and 8
can these new UNAS take full advantage of the gen 5 M.2 four lane NVME cards eg. Samsung 9100 Pro and Crucial T705?
also, will the Samsung 9100 Pro heart sink variation fit in the SSD trays?
thanks in advance
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What I want is a M.2 NVME, 4 or more bays, with dual 10GB SFP+, and a form factor similar to the minisforum MS-A2. My current HDD NAS sucks as it takes almost a minute to spin-up when you try to access anything.
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Pretty good review overall, a bit disappointed that you are still so concerned about cpu and nvme temps like its 1999. The hdds are cool that is the only thing that matters. You sadly completely misunderstood unifi indentity and the unifi client apps
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Is this a good choice for simply backing up a 4 bay Synology on home network?
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you mentioned there’s no USB port for a UPS to communicate, but couldn’t it use the RJ45 port for that?
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A few quick questions: Does it offer a feature similar to Synology Drive?. Can it perform local USB backups?. Is there a dedicated photo app included?. Great video as usual
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I like everything I see, except for the lack of ECC memory. Would have made it perfect for me.
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Mark my words…UniFi will eventually become what Synology is. I hope they don’t go down that path.
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I really need a nas. I am currently on truenas homebrew, but there is a lot of comfort that comes from an integrated device (as long as it is stable unlike the readynas line was) if I am able to buy one I will use your link ???? still dunno about the 7 bay or the new 8, decisions!
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I was just thinking, outside of QNAP and their Q-Tier, I’m not aware of anybody offering tiered storage outside of expensive enterprise systems. What has been the experience of Q-Tier, who are using it and does it work well?
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I literally just bought the UNAS Pro for the seven bay capacity. Overall the Pro has been a great resource to expand my network.
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I have 300 of these
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Please stop saying “not bad for an Arm” processor. I’m being a bit pedantic here, but the issue is they’re running an ancient Cortex processor designed and released in 2012. Frankly the fact a 12 year old processor still being used and getting the performance it is getting here is extraordinary, especially when you factor in the cost of electricity for running a device like this. There are newer processors just as efficient and more than capable of pushing beyond the performance envelope of this device, but is it necessary for something designed to have 8 spinning slow HDDs?
Arm processors are just as fast or faster than Intel/AMD equivalents. Look at AWS Graviton/Azure Cobalt/GCP Axion/Apple Silicon.
Saying “not bad for an Arm CPU” here should be replaced by “not bad for a 12+ year old CPU”.
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I have several clients that need a new NAS and once the get iSCSI I’m buying about 10 of them.
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Can you remove the 7 populated drives from the UNAS Pro and slot them into the UNAS Pro 8 without having to configure anything?
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yet another no to a proprietary unflexible system. I like Unifi and have many of their products but no.
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Is Active Directory supported? Can AD users access folders with proper permissions via smb ?
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hello nice video and review as always , can you confirm it has raid 0 on hdds?
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I’ll take an Synology RS unit wrapped in this case please
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So no LDAP support? And you should show the internals.
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has a similar function as synology ACTIVE BACKUP BUSINES ?
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This bloke is quite critical in his review; bottom line this appears to be an outstanding unit from Ubiquity.
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A cool feature for the UNAS 2 and 4. If they allowed the you to configure a share to be mounted as a USB drive over the USB-C port. The idea being having it connected to network as a NAS, but you also have it connected to your video editing machine over USB-C for ultra fast edits.
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Have you tested it as a Ubiquity NVR target?
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Would this unit fit in the 12U Slim Rack Cabinet which is 560 m deep? If it does not, it would be a major problem.
Also, how noisy are the fans? Would they be disturbing in a quiet office environment? No one ssems to hvae measured the sound pressure with a dB meter placed at 1 m in front to the unit.
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Can you install unifi protect on it and have UNVR functionality?
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This sound like a really good product if the could add the few things like sad trays and a version that comes with the Dual psu preinstalled. Would be interesting to see what a version with a more solid 8 core X86 processor would cost
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I wanted a new synology to expand my storage, but I changed my mind. UNASPRO8 is for me
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One thing no one seems to be highlighting is the rack depth requirement.. Original UNAS Pro was a very workable 325mm, UNAS Pro 4 is 400mm and the Pro 8 is a chunky 480mm deep.. it’s a worthy consideration for anyone thinking this will slot nicely into an existing wall mounted rack where even a 550mm deep rack will have a somewhat limited actual working depth nearer 400mm!!
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has anyone cracked one open to see what we could maybe do about the heat?
And do they have any settings on drive spin-down?
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If given the choice to do things again, I would have never moved off TrueNAS to Synology & UNas Pro. The lack of subnet level access via NFS is the biggest pain for me. Most of my NFS clients are DHCP. Thus I would have to setup 250-ish permissions in UNas Pro. Yuck. And don’t get me started on lack of VLAN support for the device. Plus, why is routing required in the device if both UNAS Pro ports are used?
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Just the other day got me the 7 bay UNAS Pro purely as a backup target. I don’t need anything this box has to offer. For my use case I would make the same purchase any day.
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whats the power draw in idle without any disks installed? (or all disks sleeping )
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Still waiting for the 12 bay… but agreed, this is a move in the right direction. By the way what was the power usage like? I will be replacing 4 x MD1200 NAS shelves, so i am excited.
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iSCSI and an SHR equivalent and I’m replacing my Synologies.
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The day they make one that supports docker containers , I will by it on day one.
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I’m waiting for the 4-bay UNAS Pro, which is the one for me. I’m going to save up to get one from my home rack. I have a NAS, but it’s slow & I don’t like how it does my photo backups.
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All that case space and no pcie expansion? Disappointing.
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This is an iteal replasement for older DS2xx (non +) models for home use at a very nice price, with 2.5Gig Network. The looks do not hurt either.
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is the RAM ECC?
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Synology: YOU HAVE TO USE OUR OVER PRICED DRIVER.. Ubiquity: hold my beer.
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I enjoy the UNAS Pro. The biggest show stopper for me is the lack of NFS authirozation via subnet mask. When I have NFS clients via DHCP it makes asignment of permissions a pain.
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I got a erection watching this.. not sure why… ????
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I’d MUCH rather have the m.2 sleds included instead of rails. Not having the m.2 sleds is really BS
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I’m a bit disappointed. I would like to see the V1500B cpu or the more recent model V3C14 with ram slot.
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1:30 releasing a perfect device, does it exist. Iv only watched the 1st 2 mins but it should be obvious now how tech works.
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“As close as they fly to the sun they’re not quite there yet”
I’m not sure that’s the analogy we’re going for 😀
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I’ll wait for more window and ios support along with containers.
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2:04 What was that sound?
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Would you recommend Unifi Nas instead of Synology or QNAP seeing the progress they done in just one year? if you looking for a long term solution for file storage? (not for me, I bought 1821+ two years ago… 🙁 )
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I’m excited for the UNAS-Pro-4 and plan to get one. I hope that price is $400 but don’t have my hopes up.
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Your right that the networking is unusually excessive. However, to be brutally fair to Ubiquiti it is the year 2025 and for a copper port we expect 10 GbE, and for SFP+ we expect two for LAPC redundancy. So in fact, this configuration is the bare minimum correct setup for modern hardware. As for the 8 bays and I/O saturation, your probably correct that the network hardware is probably not going to be the bottleneck, and once again…. It’s 2025, and the network simply should not be the bottleneck in any situation. You can get a theoretical 1,190 MiB through a single SFP+ port in both directions, and the eight SATA drive going 200 MB/s (note MB not MiB) you will find that the network is still the bottleneck for a single TCP/IP steam going no faster that 1,600 MB/s. The LACP network redundancy will not aggregate the TCP/IP network connections, rather it will distribute traffic streams equally across both links yet below the capacity of the slowest link in the LAG. So really we need an upgrade to 25 GbE to get beyond the theoretical bottleneck.
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unifi is getting very enticing indeed
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Anyone know if the cache SSD are encrypted at rest please?
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Icarus died when he came close to the sun – just saying 🙂
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without iscsi not sure why anyone would buy this
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Not including drive trays is too petty, still can’t backup Google Drive to the unas.
It’s a pass for me
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No USB for UPS connection is a big miss. What’s the likelihood of data loss when the UPS runs out of juice and it powers off unexpectedly?
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I learned about this unit looking into the new smaller Ubiquity NAS releases yesterday (UNAS 2 & 4). I’m glad I’ve held off on the original UNAS Pro while they’ve finally added fan control. M.2 trays should have been included.
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Please, Unifi, give me an hybrid raid mode, pleaaaase.
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I am just so confused as to what to actually get. What does a regular Joe with a turnkey need get, that also wants to use third party drives?
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How loud is the system at the various fan modes? I would love to replace my older qnap rack that screams
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I definitely agree with the point that the m.2 trays should be included. Ubiquiti should just include them and set the price of the product accordingly.
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You did somewhat bury the lede when you talked about the CPU as just a 4 core ARM. Because I checked and its a 4 core A57, which is about what you’d get in a low-end smartphone circa 2018. Not that you can’t run a basic NAS on that, Synology’s DS423 runs a slightly lower than that A55 setup and mine did a very basic job just fine. This is after all an efficiency NAS and that Synology pulls only 5W in idle, but you’d have hoped they would’ve at least matched the (2019) Raspberry PI 4 with its far mor performant 4xA72 setup.
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1. to bad they didn’t make it SATA/SAS compatible.
2. i have big doubts about its cooling performance since its intake is almost non existing. can you give us hdd temperatures under heavy load for example 5 min big file read/write?
3. its nice to have same NVME tray for all line up but for that price it should be included.
4. as you sad, wtf with all that plastic
5. as software side, it can be better with time passing but yes, lack of iSCSI if kind of problem
6. price is strange. personally i think its too expansive with current hardware. only thing that make it better then others for now is 3x10Gb.
7. better cpu could make better performance. in theory it should be around 1000-1200MBs
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What about encryption? No encryption = no buy. Nm it’s available would love to see the speed impact
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Would have made more sense if the rails had been an optional extra, and the M.2 trays were included to begin with!
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I only need iscsi and this beautiful nas will join me. 799 8 bay? That’s a steal since I don’t really need ugreen powerful HW just for storage need. Worse HW is better for electricity cost, but definitely not synology.
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Why are you upset at 10gbe – better than getting 1gbe at higher cost from the legacy vendors
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I’m guessing you can lag all 3 nics? I have 2 25g nic in my Synology And the high capacity agg. This will make backing up the Synology to this nice and speedy.
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I wish they would use that same PSU approach on more things. One in the box with an option to add a second hot swap
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was your speed test with or without cache drives?
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I know this is a big ask, but a tower version for us home users (with my limited experience it is much easier to quiet the fan noise on a tower, and sometimes a tower just fits in the office a bit better….years ago I made a nice mahogany rack for rack mounted kit but it got repurposed into the sitting room…..gah!).
More CPU choices would be nice since we’re spit balling…..and more memory and make it ECC while we’re at it. :^)
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3 NICs is common.
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They could have just as easily gone with a bezel for locking the drives and have a screen. Just like the Enterprise NVR. It always baffles me how Unifi always seems to miss the obvious solutions right in front of their faces.
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No iSCSI no use for me unfortunately…
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DO you also have the 4-bay versions you’ll do a review on?
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When is the Unas Pro 4 coming for review?
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what the use of 10×3 Gbit if you cannot do lacp for example?
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Does it support SAS, or is it SATA only?
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The symmetry is OCD approved!!!
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Not sure who this is really aimed at – small business perhaps, the dual PSU would be minimum for business use, connectivity good, use the NVMe for caching. It’s like a very cheap HPE MSA, but without the redundancy and expandability needed for enterprise use. MSA would have dual controllers, dual connection drives, expandability to add other shelves. Typically true enterprise level requires two redundant NICs, through two separate HBA switches. For a small business this could be suitable. Weird that you get the HDD caddies but not the NVMe ones. Note, when you have two independent controllers you get 100% uptime since each controller can be f/w updated independently. No downtime.
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Always great and educational
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I’d be interested to use this for backing up my docker host, so just file storage is perfect.
However does it spam you with crap messages about using some cloud services, like Synology crap does these days?
The Synology nagging is driving me insane and is the primary reason I typically build my own nas systems and just use base Linux OS’s on them. I don’t really need a nice ui for a NAS, but for a backup destination it could be fine.
And I like tinkering with new equipment.
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It looks nice, but rather run other NAS software. Still getting 2x aoostar wtr max ????
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The missing M.2 trays is really not great
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13:55 oh my. Your poor, poor C drive.
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Anyone knows if there will be any kind of apps also, torrent for example?
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I’m deeply tied into Unifi at home and my 13 year old Synology need to retire. This might be it however..the UNAS4 pro looks tempting. I like racked stuff.
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Do you know if they’re planning an app store or running apps on them? I’d love to get my plex setup running on less vs more.
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Darn it, if only the UNAS 4 had 10GbE ……. so not perfect yet. Leaning more towards Minisforum N5 (non pro) then …
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Finally i see lot of competitors for Synology… hope they will lower their prices and… disk needs
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Im waiting to see what the new UNAS 4 is like
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I think the 4 bay version which will come later with supposedly the m.2 ssd bays for cache. Sounds good.
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Great video about the new NAS, unfortunately I have already bought mine, but would have considered the unas8, because of the m.2 slots, at the same time it is quite a pricebump though 🙂
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Wish that could also run UniFi Protect app on it for NVR as well
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The reversed drive bays are interesting. I bet they mirrored them like this to offset rotation and help with vibration.
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Huh. This seems like a really interesting product. Would be a great off-site backup NAS if it’s possible to install Tailscale on it. (Is it possible?)
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Beelink ME mini 6 > this line up. It not being all NVME is a major no for me.
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Hey, wondering if you could check if NFS shares are supported and if you can toggle between NFS versions? I have a OPPO 203 and it’s only supporting old SMB v1 which I don’t want to use and NFS, I think up to v3 only so would be great to know if the options are there.
Documentation it is limited.
Thank you! 🙂
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Cooling is not done probably, I think. Bottom clearance minimum, as is top ventilation. Disk bays closed on all sides. No wonder this device runs hot. 45 degrees is too hot for a harddisk. Don’t understand why, because doing it better does not cost anything more! Unifi equipment always has a tendency to run on high temps.
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How do you shutdown the unit upon power fail from a UPS? Previously we would either support NUT (preferred) or a USB input from the UPS directly. Does this have any support for that?
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I don’t have any Unifi products but paying Nest/Google $200 a year for camera storage is making me look their way.
Maybe a full stack video with basic network then add ons like cameras/doorbell/NVR, NAS, and network upgrade options would be cool series or single video.
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I was waiting for the 4 bay pro, but ended up ordering this one to see if I like the features first, then if I go for the pro 4 as well this can make the perfect offsite backup NAS!
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Looks extremely trivial to just 3D print a dual drive sled for this. If you’re super clever, you could probably even print in some TPU or have inserts for o-rings that would really eliminate the vibration/swap problem.
Undoubtedly Ubiquiti thought about this, and decided not to because they’re chasing a rock bottom BOM cost here.
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I just want something to replace my google photos cloud storage. Could this work? Sorry, still watching through the video!!
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I like that it has PoE, I love that it comes with an injector. Not everyone has PoE infra, however including an injector makes it good for the end user and Ubiquit as they can save on a second power solution on the board while offering AC power options to the end user.
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i just wish they released an nvme-only, 10gbe model as well…
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i was looking for a docking station whare i have had a lot of disk over the years, and want to put thme in and clear them off….. this would be great for that role, once done i can use it as a back up drive to keep my on site backups from my server on as a low cost Nas…. now when will you have the 4 bay one one ????
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il be honest i want to take that single tray to a band saw….. and make it 2
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dude please get some power numbers for the entire line – these pro devices are very nicely priced for dumb storage with 10GB
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Not the NAS for me but a well done review! Thank you for what you do!
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The upright rectangular form with white color seems to borrow a trick from mesh routers that aim for a more ‘living room/den-friend’ look (rather than giant black spider with legs sticking up like some stand-alone routers), a welcome improvement over some competitor stand-alone NAS units. Their 1st NAS was noted to be an excellent value in a 7-bay NAS, but be mostly ‘just’ a NAS, without some of the server functions competitors have (such as I imagine led to the scrutiny UGreen faced ramping up application offerings their 1st year+ out). It’ll be interesting to see if Ubiquiti branches out into more ‘beyond the NAS’ functionality.
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Funny they are pitching this as home and and still don’t have built in DLNA server. Also I would love to use this as back up to my nas but no Rsync. Bummer.
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What are your top 3 two-bay NAS for someone who’s never had a NAS but would use it to backup computer and files.
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I was very sceptical about the NAS Pro when it launched. I’m glad the software is improving. I recall the backup options ware limited to other NAS Pros and Google Drive. Adding S3 and B2 options goes a long way.
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Are the two new UNAS Pro rack mount models replacing the existing one or just being added.
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Does the drives spin down? If not this means a commercial NAS will destroy most drives people will put into them.
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Does Unifi have a phone app to do photos backup for backing up photos when at home as well as remote, similar to Synology photos.?
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Does any of the UNAS (2 or 4) support SAS drives?
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Would be nice to be able to have it backup to another Unas (eg. over a VPN connection).
That would solve my backup issue with some of my elder family members, where I could put one of these into their homes for them to store their photos etc. on and then backup to my Unas Pro.
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I’m really not happy because of the fact that it does not have a separate power supply jack, not everybody has a spare or POE ethernet available
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I will buy one as an offsite backup and to test the System. Maybe the Pro will replace my Synology in the future
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I’m surprise people aren’t talking about the UNAS 4 more. It’s $380 compared to the Synology DS425+ at $520, and you can use non-proprietary drives.
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now im curious. i have a ds220+ offloading to a WB external storage….. would the unas 4 be a better option to replace both?
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At this price point this is a superb offer. I was looking to replace my aging Synology DS716+ with a Synology UNAS pro and keep the DS716+ as second backup. However at this price point I might well buy the 4 or even 8 bay plus (let’s see what those offer over the current UNAS pro 7 bay machine) this one as second backup.
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It’s a neat device, I had not expected a POE+ NAS. The design is clean, it does remind me a bit of an air purifier so definitely not something that would stand out in a reception or living room.
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Thats a nice DBC-611G!
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they still didn’t add docker support to NAS… the day they do that, will be the day i switch over to their NAS solutions
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This is Unifi. Hardware first, then better software as popularity is confirmed/demanded/begged for.
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I know I’m not most people, but this would be so much more a killer app if they has put a UniFi wrapper on docker and allowed containerization.
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UPi. UNAS looking rack device that the bays can have RasberyPi mounted in them and the Unifi software can control firewall rules into the network, power control, remote keyboard input and USB/HDMI interface. Maybe USB/HDMI connections over ethernet for video to monitors and USB drives for zigbee antennas. Just the ultimate tinkering rack mounted chassis.
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While I love the idea and the price I do think it should have come with 8GB of ram or at least had the ability to be upgraded.
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Is it possible to backup Ubuntu? Thx
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This time they have a black version. The pure white design always looked to me (similar to Apple devices) like it belongs to a bathroom or a clean room in a medical establishment.
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Does this also force a format or can it be populated with loaded discs?
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Shut up and take my money!
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Please excuse my noob question but can I create a multi-version backup from Synology Hyper Backup to UNas2 in SMB partition? Looks like yes, but I want to be sure about it. I am currently backing up everything to usb drive and want to change it something more robust. Huge thanks!
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Ubiquiti make good products, but you can build something small on top of techologies well known for NAS setups. Users need a NAS to be rock solid and the same company that released the dream machine machine routers I wouldn’t trust with my data.
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I doubt this product will sell well. It seems tailored for entry-level but what newbies have POE setup?
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Hardware RAID in 2025?
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I hope they will also stick to just pure storage in the future and just make a dedicated “host” device or lineup for docker and VMs. If they gonna make there NAS systems run these, they a: need way better Hardware and this makes them more expensive or b: they will run so extreamly slow that they will be unusable.
I want cheap and fast expendable storage and not an all in one Product like Synology or QNAP that will run like ass.
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PoE Only is a wild choice.
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Can you add a SATA SSD cache to the existing 7-bay UNAS Pro if Unifi Drive now supports SSD caching?
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Would love to see a future video around getting “just storage” NAS’s and then getting a mini-pc to run your containers (ie OS, connectivity, etc etc)
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Another video on UNAS ???? 2nd one. A few of my regulars have videos on it.
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Well now! Looks like what was old is new again!
Does anyone else remember the old Apple Timecapsule? Looks the same, fundamentally acts the same, and let’s face it, aimed at the same.
Not for me, BUT….
This is a smart move from ubiquiti.
Forget the complex. Gimme something simple that a student can afford to make sure their book report or thesis gets backed up.
Same core developers who developed the Apple Timecapsule, only to be shuttered by the evil empire.
This is ironic, rich, and utterly hilarious/genius.
I LOVE THIS!
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can you backup to usb? I didn’t see the option
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Eh, the Aoostar R1 N150 to me is a much better value.
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synology must be kicking themselves lol.. they had this market sewn up like a kipper basically Until some moron decided to alienate the userbase.
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Hardware is there but software needs to follow. Without a proper apps this is not going to work for Synology runaways 🙂
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is it possible to load your own OS on it?
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Why is there not a 5/6 bay model in a similar form factor?! 4 isn’t enough…
Great timing though for the review
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Only need thing they need before I fully invest is better software for the units. They need to add something like Active Backup For Business for these units That alone would get me on board 100%. An app store in general would be nice but thats much more further down the line.
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This would be perfect for deploying at relatives home’s for backups, alongside an unifi express/dream machine!
Only thing it’s missing for family backups is 1) a phone photos backup app and 2) ability to turn the HDDs on/off on schedule, either to save electricity or reduce noise in the evening if it’s in the living room!
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I just want backup software and docker support.
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Hi! I’m wondering if it’s possible to use the UNAS-2 as an offsite backup for my Synology NAS. Can I set up an automated backup from my Synology to the UNAS-2 and restore everything from it if needed?
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Can I pull my UGreen NAS Hard Drives and place them in this without Data loss? Sorry newb here.
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I hope it doesn’t have that horrible soft touch plastic they sometimes use. It falls apart in a few years and turns into a sticky mess. I’ll be passing on this because no nvme and 10gbe option.
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I love Ubiquiti and recently traded my Synology NAS for a Green. At this price point I would recommend the DXP2800, it give you so much more value for your money compared to this UNAS 2.
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The single PoE port is a risk imho for an abrupt shutdown if you update or restart the switch and don’t use the adapter.. I wonder if they are considering that in their software.. Does a grace shutdown option exists?
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Seems a perfect replacement for the old Apple AirPort Time Capsule!
Perfect timing as Apple are discontinuing support for Time Capsule in macOS27. And Apple Time Machine backups are already encrypted so the lack of disk encryption isn’t an issue luckily.
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the price is good
what I need to know is if the unit fails can the drives be migrated/imported to a new unit and have the data available?
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I just needed to be able to run basic apps like Plex
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Dang, for $199 it’s a great deal!
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Can you use as a standalone NAS outside of Unifi?
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PoE is an interesting twist.
No DLNA functionality for multimedia streaming?
Perhaps they’re avoiding iSCSI because of the additional tech support they’d need to provide.
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Love the desktop 4 bay unit. Will definitely get that for my home. Will you do a review of it? Test caching performance for small files and such? How large cache SSD makes sense to have? 2x 500GB? 2x2TB?
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Thanks for the review! I like their thinking with their NAS devices being for storage only. Mini PCs are so cheap now that anybody looking to do enthusiast level stuff with their NAS is better served by a low price NAS + MiniPC vs a high priced all in one device.
I do think they are missing some key storage functionality from this though – especially for me, I would want some kind of cloud sync to “reverse backup” my Google Drive etc onto the NAS in case I lose access to my Google account. And encrypted backups? I didn’t see an option to encrypt the backup in the backup task creation screen.
Hopefully they can add some of these things soonish.
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I think the UNAS 4 is going to steal the show when released.
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Just a shame there is no Docker/Container support, otherwise seems a solid NAS.
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Good video thanks. Will you be doing a video on how we would back this kit up to an existing Synology NAS?
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I heard about these coming about a month and a half ago. Was at a Unifi event LAST WEEK! They didn’t have these there even, but they mentioned that a desktop 4 bay was coming. Now then they are in the store we can discuss them.
The 4 bay with m.2, is SSD only used for caching or can you have tiered storage pools?
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A slim model for 2.5 drives would be nice
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I am ok to use NAS as NAS only, as I’m running my services on MiniPCs, but I need more than 2.5GBe.
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Very much looking forward to the 8 bay pro model with 2 caching drives. That needs iSCSI. I am unsure on the UNAS Pro (existing model) due to 7 bays. But 8 bays with caching drives, for a bit more $, will be a great simple NAS to back up to and use to store VM snapshots and software installers, backup of NVRs. Now here’s hoping the local importers put this on their pricelists, as I can’t buy from the US (the UI store just cancels orders to freight forwarders these days)
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The contrast between Ubiquiti and Synology is striking
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They just need to update the CPU so we can run containers and it’s a done deal. Many turn key solutions, Qnap & Synology, already support this so it’s strange that this is pure purpose built.
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Synology fumbled their own bag so bad. Incredible how idiots in management can destroy a brand in 1-2 moves.
Good on Unifi
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Imagine Synology 225+ is just around 280,-USD with zillions applications, docker and mainly Active Backup – the most important piece of software for NAS – as a backup device. You can backup physical machines, Windows, Mac, Linux servers and also Vmware and Hyper-V hypervisors. Thats insane for that price. I hate Synolog to the core – but that 280USD price is unbeatable. You populate it with 2x4TB original Synology drivers /99USD/, which are the only not-overpriced ones, and you have much much better system than this UNAS2. I think that smallest Synology NAS /225+/ is the only one which still is relevant even with vendor HDD lock-in. Bigger units are no-go and there I see the space for Ugreen/UNAS/TrueNAS competition.
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For me they lack two things:
1) iPhone Photo Backup
2) Synology Drive / OneDrive / Dropbox like Cloud Sync across devices
For Both they should be able to use their existing Remote Access Network, Right?
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Hell yeah. I knew this was the spot for the vid! Thanks!
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synology shaking in their boots even more now
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7:15 Correction, the UNAS 2 is POE++ it’s the UNAS 4 that is POE+++ not the 2
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Given the current prices of the more versatile Terramaster F2-425 and Ugreen DXP2800, one must really love Ubiquiti to buy this thing…
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Thanks for your great reviews. I’m a newish Unifi user and am tempted by the 2 bay NAS. I have 2x 4TB HDDs I could use to storage my photos and mirror my 1TB OneDrive.
Can I attach a 2TB SSD via USB-C and make it availe as another network share? Then I could use the fast and quiet SSD for most and the HDDs to archive stuff. Does seem possible and make sense?
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I’read a comment … offsite backup, yes maybe the most effective use. For now I’ll bet on beelink me mini
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I really wish Ubiquiti would allow Docker and at least one m.2 for this device. However, I guess I can just install linux on a mini pc (to be a server) for Plex, immich, and other apps and then use this Ubiuiti NAS to hold all of the media for the mini pc?
I really love Ubiquiti’s products but I may just pick up a Ugreen or similar for an all in one solution. Going to hold off on buying anything until I see reviews of the rest of Ubiquiti’s upcoming NAS lineup.
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but there is no USB port for UPS data connection.
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I think PoE needs better branding…+++ is a little much.
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I bet someone could design a 3D printable split cage that would allow you to pull each drive individually – even if it’s not hot swappable. That should soothe the nerves when replacing one.
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UniFi taking Synology’s breakfast and lunch
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can you use it as a cloudkey and to record the cameras?
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No phone gallery backup, no home assistant (docker) means a pass for me, unfortunately. It seems it has a lot of potential.
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Can you tell us when you are releasing the UNAS 4 review? I’m hoping the 4 will be fast to edit video from – depending on how the M.2 drives are used. I need to know!!! ????
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Might have a zimaboard inside
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WOW 😉
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20:40 do you know how the backups appear in the remote storage? Is it just a straight copy of the source folder, where I could open the backup SMB or Google Drive folder and have a copy of the files? or does it package the data in some (possibly encrypted) format like Synology Hyper Backup?
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This is quite appealing for a simple TimeMachine backup solution for clients that aren’t too demanding of their networks. Perfect replacement for all those old Apple TimeCapsule devices that are collapsing after all these years.
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Finally! A relatively cheap offsite backup solution for UNAS.
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Good ideas and doing the upsell. This is a basic unit for set and forget type users who don’t need bells and whistles. The entry point is so good!
UniFi can create their own version of SHR and its peak for Synology (not that it already isn’t)
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Can finally ditch Synology. The UNAS Pro is overkill for home users IMO. Will pick up a 2 bay when it becomes available.
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It’s a bit disappointing there’s no M.2 in the 2 Bay. UniFi seems to be looking at these as storage only, rather than a multimedia device like others. It’s a really good price though, might be a good backup for my UGreen NAS?
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What do you know about the snapshot process? The type of mechanism is using, how much space it takes up, that kind of thing.
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$199 for 2-bays or double the price for 7-bays. Hrmmm…………
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Do you know anything about the internal storage that is hosting the os? Is it possible that it can be flashed with something else?
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Great video, thanks! Quick question: is it possible to encrypt the data stored on the hard drives? I don’t want anyone to be able to access my data if my NAS gets stolen.
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is this the first ever PoE NAS? I almost want to buy one just because of that
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It’s going to sell like hotcakes.
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13:41 MacOS user here, one thing I wish they would include on file transfers is the real time transfer speed, like in Windows.
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Ubiquiti needs to get iSCSI support on the Pro!!!
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If it depends of cabled network to work, in order to be powered up, wireless, is not a redundant option… I see this both as a “future option” if they see that this becomes a very good selling product, as a “UNAS 2 Pro” or something.
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It’s a good looking unit. A bit different to the usual shape and style.
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I know they still miss a lot of Synology features… but… still probably acurate “I think they are getting very nervous at Synolgoy HQ”
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Oh boy Synology couldn´t chose a better year to lunch locked hard disks, bring then on competition, bring them on.
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Using POE for NAS is very creative, but it’s a NAS, even as an entry lv one, I don’t trust POE enough for this.
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Been waiting for a new nas from unify. Almost started building a home server! Phew!????
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Wow, this is huge announcement.
I’m more surprised by the choice to go with PoE considering 3.5 inch drive spin up sucks quite some power.
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Oooh a new one
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Opposite its cool, a nas that just does what we need, nas thing
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Wonder what unifi are going to do as Time Machine is due to be deprecated soon?
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UniFi has built an awesome ecosystem at fair prices. They’ve made things fairly simple to use and very easy to adopt new equipment. I may eventually add one and repurpose my truenas server.
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I like to see shr features in this and 10 gbe r45 port. Its so close to totally replacing synology. For a 7 bay its half the price of synology nas
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Dear … , is it true that the unas takes the smallest drive and defines all other drives to the same size? Like if I have a 8TB drive and a 20TB drive it works like two 8TB drives.
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i am hoping that we can install our acronis backup agent like in the synology.
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When you are rebuilding a RAID array, then disks are gonna get hot. I hope that helps explain the low CPU use and high temps.
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I wish that writing, testing and releasing SAN firmware was as easy as producing YouTube videos . . . When it comes to storage – stability first, last and always.
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The CPU sticking at a constant temperature is actually ideal.
You want the silicon to be at a as consistent as possible temperature , my guess is that it’s a pretty minor heat and their intentionally not spin up the fan so that even when it’s idling, it is at that specific constant temperature that prevents any thermal expansion or contraction.
You do not want your CPU to be significantly cooler when idling for endurance.
Yes, lower temperatures are always better , but anything under 90° is absolutely fine nowadays.
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Dockers and VM’s do not belong on storage
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Do you think, it will sometime be possible to make back-up to an UDM Pro / SE? I am using all flash configuration with my UNAS Pro with only 7TB of storage (RAID10)… I would love to put a 12 TB HDD in to my UDM SE to back-up the whole drive frequently… while not using any NVR funktionallity, the bay is not in use at this time…
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so they added raid 6 have they made it where I can add different sized drives like a Drobo or Synology? any chance they will? I know I can’t be the only one who can’t afford to buy all the same drives to propagate this. I have to buy what I can afford as I can afford them ands drives die I want to buy newer higher storage drives to replace them.
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I just bought one so hope they keep updating and upgrading it via sotftware
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top !!!!
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We REALLY need to do something about your teeth. Wonderful opportunity for improvement.
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Does everything… stores files, shares files, and books your dentist appointment. Brilliant.
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Is it possible to share (sub-)folders to users now? Last I checked around Youtube videos I only saw it possible to share entire drives, not sub-folders.
My situation: I take pictures of clients in a recurring fashion. I want them to login their account and they can see all the folders I’ve shared with them. These individual links are too primitive and having what should be sub-folders only be “Drives” would be way too unorganized.
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I got an old mini pc and turned it into an app server and using my nas as just a nas. Allows me to need a super powerful nas for my storage. If i want to upgrade my servers, i just swap servers. easy. I am running a headless linux with docker and using dockge as a way to manage the apps. Really any linux will work, depends on what you want to use.
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Does it support full volume encryption or only encryption of shared folders? Thanks
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You want a roadmap? From Ubi? Better chances hitting all the numbers on powerball. Great video though, thanks for the deep dive.
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How about connecting unas to external ups? Any thoughts?
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I wish they’d let you control the backup folder structure. It’s convoluted when I back it up to my other NAS and it’s 3 or 4 folders deep.
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Im a current UNAS Pro owner. My unit is RAID 5 with a hot spare. Thanks for the timely opinions and update on the new features. The changes made so far are great for the average user, especially RAID 6 and an “easy” conversion from Raid 5. I hope it is indeed as simple as disabling the hot spare to make it happen w/out data loss. Also Im glad to hear Time Machine on private drives is supported and Admins can control all backup settings. All the other features you wish for, (to me at least), can wait and I won’t miss them. Thanks again for the followup!
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A lesson I learned a long time ago and very much applies to Ubiquity, assume the product is complete when you purchase it and won’t get updates. Does it have everything you need? I’ve learned that I can take quite a bit of time (years) for features to be added to UniFi products and even then they are still somewhat incomplete.
They are clearly a company in a growth phase so I’d imagine lots of projects in the works but they really need to concentrate a bit more on the software experience.
How does a NAS ship feature incomplete? There was no consumer rush on it. It’s a very odd product line at this point.
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a NVME nas from ubiquiti would make me drool.
And a 4 bay for larger (but less than 7) storage.
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RE: 7:30, it would be better to see dual PSU’s, but Ubiquiti’s “Power Back” (USP-RPS) isn’t a “backup battery failover” it is an external PSU. It is confusing, but that’s how they do their non-enterprise redundant PSUs.
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For me i would want an 8 bay system with atleast 2x 10Gbe sfp ports and 2x 2.5Gbe or 5Gbe ports for it to be worthwhile investing my hard earned into it.
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Why the concern over the CPU temps? If it’s capping at around 70° C that feels well within safe operating temps for the hardware. If the drives were doing that I’d be concerned but on the socket?
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I have a unas pro, The one feature that frustrates me is snapshot access. Unless I am mistaken you have to go to the admin panel, go to the time you want to restore, restore then you can access then rather than windows previous versions like ive been able to do with other nas OS’s.
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I have SMB disabled along with shared links. This is a backup storage device to replace my DS418. However, I might go back to my DS418. The lack of NFS configration options is anoying. Subnet level access via NFS has been a thing since forever except when configured NFS on UNAS Pro. I should not have to enter every single individual IP address, and folder permissions, to the UNAS. Plus the fact that I am required to add a gateway and two DNS servers per network interface. Now, if DNS1 is my router, and my router goes down, what is the bonus of having a second DNS server in a NAS? Plus, what if I want to use 10Gbe as local link only and not route traffic? Why does a network mfg company require things that are not actually required? Filesystem snapshot recovery from the UI? Schedule snapshots, sure. Recovery snapshots. Nope.
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Executable ????
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Raid 6 has slower write performance to Raid 5 due to calculating dual parity for the two disk redundancy.
Raid 5 can survive only 1 disk failure but will rebuild array to fault tolerant with hot spare — The question then becomes how long to rebuild data from parity info. Obviously Raid 6 can survive 2 failures and still maintain data integrity- like all things it a compromise.
Raid 10 gives best performance albeit at losing 50% of your aggregated disk capacity, but could in theory tolerate more than two drive failures. For example
Best-case: 1 disk per mirror pair can fail — e.g., in an 8-drive RAID 10 (4 mirrored pairs), you could lose 4 disks if each failure is from a different pair.
Key point: It’s not how many fail, but which ones.
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It’s awesome, but going from Synology, I think the right path for me is either QNAP or DIY with either Unraid or TrueNAS both with dockers ????
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Why would you want to schedule an on/off time for a rackmopunted nas ?
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Are there any European (or Canadian) nases?
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LOL! mine just came in, looked at youtube for some relaxing and came across this!
Nice content as always.
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They need to add BackBlaze as backup cloud provider
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Only problem it is 7 bays.. That is consumer grade. I would need 24bay w/ extended chassis..
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I am so ready to make the full switch from Synology to my UNAS but can’t live without Docker support. I already have a JBOD.
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It looks like a prototype, maybe it will be worth it after the third interation.
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such temperatures on Unifi ARM CPU’s are normal. G2-Plus – same story, request to Unifi to give option to speed up funs are useless. Unifi thinks (same as apple) that users are stupid and less options is better.
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Couldn’t be happier with mine after 6 months. Rock solid, fast. Just works.
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this brings back memories of the readynas days ..
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I’d still like to see a recycle bin option similar to what Synology does.
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As a user of Unifi Protect I would line to see UNVR (Unifi NVR) Protect application on UNAS hardware, because should be able to run both on the same hardware at the same time.
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Your opinion regarding the definition of “a bag of chips” is noted. We anticipate a response in 6-8 weeks.
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As much as I love hearing about Unifi entering the NAS market, especially with Synology major missteps, seeing its UI reminds me why I fell in love with Synology’s UI so much. I am surprised Unifi went the old school look rather than the modern GUI.
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I’ve had one for about three months and I’ve been very happy for the price.
Seems silly, but I would like to be able to backup my android phone pictures automatically or at least easily to this device instead of some cloud service.
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There’s another YouTuber that used this device as a media server
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With Synology suddenly off my list of vendors, this ridiculously primitive NAS might be slightly more appealing in a few years if their progress continues to improve.
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@11:20 looks like the system up time is being calculated from the UNIX Epoch of 1st Jan 1970… so it seems the startup time isn’t being updated from 0 when it boots up.
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If they release a 4 bay NAS, I’ll buy tomorrow. I don’t need 7 drives of storage.
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As a Canadian living in the US with a British mother.. I’ll agree with the football thing and I drive a lot of people nuts around here, “Do you mean the game with the round ball with pentagons? Or do you mean glorified Rugby with padding?”.. chips/crisps not so much.
Unfortunately.. As I would like to go more Unfi stuff.. I’ll stick to what I’ve built for now…
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Im happy with it. I have two of them
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Ubiquiti hardware running hot? Yep, it’s to spec then.
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I have an older Synology NAS and love it, but as they have turned into an evil corporation by charging extra for features already existing on a monthly subscription basis, I know I need to replace this while I can still copy data from it. ????
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My UNAS is turned off and basically a brick for the last 3 months until there are migration tools like rsync. I have 22TB to move.
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I’m very happy with mine so far. One it’s pretty quick and the setup for net shares nfs is super easy. As a power user, this is honestly a breath of fresh air as far as upkeep goes. I wish it had a dedicated file sync app for PC/Android/IOS. I personally would love to see B2 backup and rsync capabilities. I don’t really care about running apps or VMs on a NAS, so Im happy on that front.
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My UNAS pro works flawlessly with my minisforum MS-01 UnRaid server. Serverpartdeals came through with great recertified drives. It’s almost like YouTube videos inspire me to spend money or something… ????. Keep up with the great content @NASCompares! Also… Synology is trying to be the IT equivalent of the AAA gaming industry over the past few years. Synology brass might want to forget the business advice they took from the swanky cigar club discussions with Ubisoft execs…
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I don’t have space for that monster, so I need go for a Synology or UnGreen.
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UNAS Pro definitely needs S3 backup targets so the nas can be backed up to services like Backblaze B2, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, etc.
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Great update video! For me the unas is perfect a couple things I’d like to see added it backing up email and something like ABB
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Is there a way to sync 2+ of these over the Internet?
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No support for S3 compatible backup sites like Backblaze B2?
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Thank you so much for the time you take to make all these videos. I was so excited when I heard Synology was coming out with the 925+. but then they put too many conditions. However, I am deep into ubiquiti and I might just not bother with Synology and wait for Ubiquiti to come out with a more powerful processor based “Unas Pro 2” assuming it’s going to happen and that it will be built better based on their experience on the current gen. I can’t wait as my NAS really wants to retire, it’s a WD My cloud ex4 slow as molasse.
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What is the use case of scheduling on and off of Ethernet ports? If you are an SMB with a server rack?
Is it expected that you network is occasionally insecure?
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Well said on the chips and walkers front!!????. Thanks for the update on the nas. I have been looking at this recently.
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The one thing I’m disappointed about with unas pro is that I can’t have more than 1 arrays ????
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Still debating adding a UNAS Pro into my Ubiquiti network infrastructure and then adding a server for my apps, or building my own NAS/Server combo. My long relationship with Synology has come to an end.
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Excellent presentation. Thank you. I am trying to better understand the internal NAS snapshots. I reviewed your previous reviews and see where snapshots seem to exists. I use BTRFS snapshots with my Synology unit and they are basically instanteous and take up no “extra space” initially. I can bring up a file explorere of sorts on the Synology and easily drill down to directories on each set of snapshots looking for the file I want to restore. Do the UniFi NAS snap work like this as well? I really only use my current NAS units for SMB file storage and that storage is mainly file copies from other systems as backups. I need my NAS to have solid network performance and snapshots like I described. The UniFi unit is “fair” on the performance side with you showing roughly 375-475mb/sec read and writes – so it does about half with the 10GbE port can support. At $500, it would be a pretty good unit versus a Synology 1821+ (which needs 10GbE added) if it has good snapshots.
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The only big missing feature is S3 (compliant with Backblaze, Minio) cloud backup support.
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I’d like to see either a 1U form factor or a combo NAS/NVR
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agree with fan control, iscsi – I wish there was a slightly better cpu in it and a 1U version would be nice – and when is an official unifi Drive app coming out?
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I have workflows built around FTP (one-way file transfer between two internal networks with no internet or cloud involved), and I really don’t want to have to hack the OS to get it.
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Totally on point about the bags of chips
… this channel for me pairs well with SpaceRex… The speed is night and day , but I get the info I need … And understanding
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I can’t seem to find an answer – can I mix and match drive sizes the way Synology does, making the most of the mix? If not, what RIAD number am I waiting for?
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My UNAS Pro is working brilliantly and as I expected. I even store my Docker container data on it over NFS (since I already use separate computer for containers).
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Thanks for the update. With Synology going to the crapper (IMO) this was one of the options i’m looking at.
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S3 backup support, I want to be able to backup to B2
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Who needs a working radiator when we have networking, servers and UPS devices keeping us cozy!!
I almost purchased a UNAS but held back. I’ll wait for their next iteration with a better GPU, form factor and more I/O
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I was just looking up this NAS, and my favourite NAS channel just uploaded a review! Awesome.
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Needs rsync added to the base OS instead of manually having to install it each time there is an update.
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Love seeing some one finally mentioning fan control missing and temps being high in regards to this. Thank you!
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I would definitely pick this up if they added container support… but maybe given its arm the value isn’t there given less compatibility with out of the box containers people like to use
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This device is virtually useless to me without iscsi
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Synology needs to release a 4 / 6 / 8 bay desktop chassis version and take on Synology, Qnap, UGreen and the others in market. Time is perfect given Sinology’s recent moves.
I just ordered a UGreen DXP4800 Plus because I can’t use the 2U form factor of the UniFi. Synology is dead to me and I have a UniFi network yet had to go UGreen .
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Thanks a lot! When I move to a bigger place, I’m getting one, at this price a no brainier.
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Is there no way to disable RAID at all? Only have 2 HDD right now, kinda want to have access to both for storage.
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Had mine for two weeks now and it’s a fine NAS but a few bugs. It does desperately need an update. SMB issues when viewing larger MP4 videos want to download instead of streaming over local network.
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Does anyone suspect UniFi will release a non-pro NAS?
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The NAS hat a bunch of minor issues. It does not properly test disk drives inserted. I used an older but not failing one and this causes a ton of problems like random disconnects. Then with 2 brand new 8TB drives copying thousand of small files (like 100GB worth) can take hours or even days! I have let Unifi know about this days ago and so far just one canned response. It is NOT fast in may experience even with all 10gbe connections. Just keeping it real folks.
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Best Review
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Hi, can you advise please, if I connect UNAS Pro to UDM-pro via 10G SFP+, and then from the UDM-Pro connect to my windows PC using 10G SFP+, will I achieve the roughly speeds of 500-850 MB/s (RAID 5 using 3 x Seagate Exos X24 20gb drives). Or do I need a 10G SFP+ switch?
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This NAS vs. Synology???
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Mine just arrived and I’m excited to get it up and running. Will use it to replicate from my Unraid box as well as use it to replace Nextcloud.
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Why should I buy this NAS? Out of curiosity perhaps, but certainly not for practical reasons! Look at a QNAP, Synology and even a UUGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus. Maybe a 4 bay instead of a 7 bay, but much better hardware and software and therefore possibilities. If I would buy one of these brands, and I only use the bare NAS properties, then you still have a 20x better NAS that is not only more durable, but also many times as much as a UniFi UNAS Pro. By the way, just leave the Pro out of it, Marketing-wise it may sound nice, but it certainly is not. It is a big marketing launch from UniFi anyway. But an experienced NAS user really knows better.
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wish this would come back in stock
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I’ve also discovered the two ports, are not for failover. You can only use one at a time. UniFi advised you can only use SFP+ or RJ45. Not both at the same time.
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I’ve been testing my UNAS Pro with four Seagate 18tb Exos drives in the “more protection” setting. I have uncovered a major issue it has with being unable to download files completely to any iPhone via the Identity app. Regardless of Wifi, or LTE (5G or 4G mobile), if you use Safari, it failed on every file to be able to download a file in its entirety. It would download half an image or half a wav or mp3 or mp4, but not the whole file. Despite multiple emails to UniFi and going through their escalation team they were unable to identify the issue until the end when I worked out it is an issue with Safari. Switching to Google Chrome as the browser on the iPhone, it works! I have advised UniFi and they say they will investigate and look at a possible update as they realise now there is an issue with the driver and a bug in its ability to allow for sharing and downloading to the files app on the iPhone via Safari. Thought I’d share for anyone else experiencing this issue. Would be keen to know if you have found this also.
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FANTASTIC REVIEW, ROB!!!
Thanks a lot!
I am a long time Ubiquiti user, both UniFi (SOHO/semi-Pro use) and UISP (professional use) and although the lacking twistles that others can offer, as you say, this NAS is almost the ideal companion of a full UniFi network.
I’d lke the WORM feature as you mentioned, but hopefully I think they will put in there as soon as possible.
It is very interesting that an early firmware fron Ubiquiti would be as complete and stable as this one, at the moment of the launch.
In my memory, this is almost the first time it happens… ????
Price wise, it is a bargain!
I’ll purchase it, maybe the new revisions in mid 2025… ????
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This is first gen. Give time and they will get up to speed.
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Non-starter for me without an SHR type option. Too bad.
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Thecus 7700 pro was a seven drive nas
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The lack of a professional cloud backup with „time travel“ and restore options are stopping me from using this device
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What a long way to say what a disappointment this is.
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I just need a nas for file and picture storage
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Great review! Thank you.
Just to clarify… I cannot have 2x 16TB disk in here without RAID, together with 4x 4TB disks in RAID10 right? Because the two 16TB ones would be consumed by the RAID as well (as 4TB disks).
Is that correct?
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Unifi has a few great lines: wifi, switching, maybe power.
Then they have some weird stuff:
– Security cameras, where users can’t add cameras in the phone app unless they are given admin rights.
– Signage product that plays content on a TV. Nice idea, lousy software. Transitions between pictures are not suitable for public use.
I didn’t try access control yet.
I wonder how will the NAS turn out.
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My other brand nas come with only single psu, 2 or 4 1gbe ports and cost more, so this is still way better value.
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Say you had an Android phone and wanted to transfer videos to your NAS.
Is the software robust enough to simply ‘send to NAS’ with a couple taps on your phone?
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Not being able to stack these or expand to more bays is such a deal breaker 🙁
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Fantastic in depth review man! I just got the Minisforum MS-01 to replace my DS918+ in terms of server needs, so my Synology is just acting as storage now, so this would be the perfect unit for me to upgrade to 10Gbe to go with the rest of my UniFi stuff besides that it doesn’t have NFS yet :/ quick question, when you say reactive storage, do you mean you can add drives to the pool without wiping and just increase pool size?
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Thanks for the review!
If it had NFS, I’d be down. Without, not so much. Possibly also a radius server or something reliant for auth.
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How does this unit handle drive expansion? Say I have all 7 bays filled and I need more storage…Can I swap a drive or two with higher capacities in place and it dynamically adjust the array to make that space available?
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Good stuff thanks for making this video
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Would be awesome if they released the nas SW as an app for the NVR lineup.
Can’t hurt to dream…
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16 bay version will be here soon and it’s also already at a cheaper price than Synology. They do have stacking but I would assume that’s also possible
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You give UI too much of a pass for being an ecosystem and as such they don’t have to play nice with others. You also mention the word “Enterprise” numerous times. So does UI whenever it can. These two add up to missing one big fundamental, as you put it, which is directory integration and I’d argue licensing bc it’s a huge part of the marketing. Everything “Enterprise” must have directory integration, that’s what pretty much the term really means. UI in its AzureAD/Keycloak/Okta/ADFS/etc knockoff — none of which ALSO requires specialized branded hardware BTW — put LDAP/AD integration behind a per-user per-month subscription, despite the fact that unlike the aforementioned, they aren’t providing any service at all, only the permission to connect your own hardware to your own systems, AKA: licensing.
This storage thingy is worthless is you need to keep separate accounts for it. It opens doors for so many problems. If you want to use the Enterprise moniker you need to integrate or have a system so well thought out that you can cover any need, absolutely any need even if it’s convoluted, perhaps egregious, like Cisco’s. This ecosystem thing is cute until it starts being a headache, the pretty dashboards in day-to-day are rarely useful, and the push for a cloud dependency, the fact that your network devices tasked to guard your data are exfiltrating it from your network, the fact that UI relentlessly pushed for mobile app-based mgmt revokable at any point leaving gear unmanageable (like UniFi Video did) are headaches waiting to happen.
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It’s underpowered, given that it has a 10gb interface , fully saturated with ssd would generate 3500 mbs yet the controller I will be only half the hd capacity transfer rate
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I’m curious if the RAM it does have is even ECC. For me, ECC is a requirement for a NAS.
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Hi there, thanks for the video.
I am looking to see the following:
1. iPhone and Android Applications to backup the pictures from the phone into the UNAS.
2. something similar to google documents to create office documents directly on the UNAS.
3. backup up one entire windows computer to the UNAS, similar to synology backup for business. .
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I will get one because I have a ton of UNIFI in my house (Personally, I would not use Ubiquiti at work. Not Ent enough for that). But what I love about Synology is all the apps you have access to, and the more significant benefit to me is upgradability. On my 1821+, I tossed in a 10G card, two 2TB NVME caches, and 32 GB RAM.
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Thanks.. good review. I have converted all my networking to Unifi and am considering while building a new house whether I want to use Unifi cameras. If this could have replaced the UDM it would have been a no brainer, but as a satisfied UnRaid user of 20 years, the lack of some networking and apparent inability to mix/match drive sizes may make me just get a UDM and keep my existing UnRaid. Definitely something to keep my eyes on though.
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I disagree that this is not an exciting product. I think it is exciting to see such an intuitive user interface, a focus on the basics, and very capable hardware for such an unheard of low price. I don’t use the snazzy bits of my Synology NAS and would prefer the 10Gb/s connection and the intuitive interface of the UniFi NAS. UniFi don’t unecessarily prescribe any UniFi-branded hardware and are yet to remove features that one paid for, like Synology. Can’t wait to see RAID 6 support and perhaps a future model with support for media-transcoding and a USB port.
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for me at thos time That NAS is only for hosting backup of my data and config of Synology nas becouse I need runn all my services from nas. I actuaky run old websites on my nas and run docker on my main Synology. But Synology pice me of when I see deleted apps – webstation plugin deleted from DSM 7.2 – old PHP (Update php code for that sites is not cost effective in terms of time or money to rewrite them to the latest php) and I mast be on DSM 7.1 – deleting support too apps fron old dsm on new version pice me of but I intrested to have uptodate nas.
UNAS for me is also to big and have too big energy consumption and 7 HDDs is not form me.
If UNAS will be based on 4 HDDs UNVR and have webstation like on Synology and docker support (to install DNS Server on difrent docker apps).
About Unifi apps for me will be good Use UNAS as unifi backup target storage for auto backup network or protect or UnifiOS on UNAS – If I see that things on Unifi devices as UNAS I probably will swich from Synology.. – I’m a homrlaber have a unifi network on my home.
I think UNAS Pro ss for me for a bog misness or enterprise where data access tiime or suoort alot users too data on drives, on home is too big and bare additional functions as for energy consumption.
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no advertised hardware specs can fuck off
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Ummm what is a ‘knicker’ ?
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Have they changed shipping date; I saw Oct 25th. Now it says Nov 4th!
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With the limited amount of drives we need stacking
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Does it come with any sync app for windows?
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can you run duel network/gateways with the two nics?
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LOL I’m currently getting away from Unifi. Sick of their “ecosystem.” Sick of their crap. Having to use HTTPS and 2FA for my UDM that’s local.
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The Mac of NAS. Ecosystem is Apple-like
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I haven’t had a “modern” NAS, I have a bit of a basic question. Can I buy this NAS, throw in two 20TB drives in RAID5, and then expand and switch it over to RAID6?
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Its their NVR with different software… I think for MOST. Home users and even small businesses it is a great design!
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Not really a fair comparison to compare to Synology really as Synology are not just a NAS, they have an app ecosystem too, where as the Unifi NAS is just a NAS and no extra crap.
I think the hardware is identical to the UNVR Pro, except the UNAS is 8gb RAM. Price is identical as UNVR, and I feel the price point is pretty good for a 10gbp link, Directory Service integration. UI have advised they are adding Raid 6 in a firmware update, so they do listen to the users. I don’t think M.2 is really a big deal, you can get adaptors from M.2 to 2.5″ 2.5″ SATA will max out a 10gbps connection anyway. The single PSU is not an issue as it supports the Unifi USP device as well when you want redundant power supplies. It would add cost if you had a redundant PSU and this is NOT an enterprise version of the device.
I have seen several reviews of this unit and the speed tends to be consistent. Again, remember this is not an Enterprise version of the device. This is a Pro version, which is in between standard and enterprise. A lot of Synology devices at similar price point only have 2 x 1gbp NIC’s
I feel if this sells well, UI will likely release an Enterprise and standard version, based around the other UNVR form factors they have.
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Is it true it doesn’t do iSCSI or NFS?
If so it should be called the “UniFi NAS Home”, or “UniFi NAS SMB”
I am fine with it not doing containers or VM’s, but not doing NAS features such as iSCSI or NFS, and then calling it a “PRO” NAS is ridiculous
I am even fine with the price point, but the NAS PRO name without iSCSI or NFS is ridiculous
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No USB ports useful for local Backups and also no UPS support due to the lack of a USB port. Major failure if you ask me …
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this iust a simple and very basic NAS / filer but lacks « business » features specially for the number of drives that it holds:
* NVMe Cache
* Better and more capable processor
* More RAM!!
* Dual 10GbE RJ45/SFP+ for LACP & redundancy
* Dual PSU for power resilience
* AD Authentication integration
* FIPS 140-2 compliance for business that is required
* No SCSI or NFS support
Wouldn’t recommend this unit for professional use.
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Raid 6 is a curious omission, with raid 10 you have to rely on luck for more than one drive failure especially here with an odd number of drives. So three options, basic protection(raid 1), advanced protection raid 6) and performance (raid 10 would have been ideal. Perhaps a max version with raid 6 and zfs/NFS is in their future. I don’t see the point personally of adding docker etc when most will use another more powerful scalable server for virtualization (proxmox etc)
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It is “cheap”, short depth, quiet, and Unifi. Those are the selling points. Everything else goes hard to the other guys by all appearances. Qnap has a few very short depth (13cm) NAS as well, but the price point speaks for itself.
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But can it run Plex or Jellyfin?
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its has ssd cache support?
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Look Unifi is a cult like Synology BUT ….a NAS that doesn’t have docker, apps, rubbish ,,,a NAS that actually prioritizes local Network attached storage? …Well that is very interesting to me.
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Huge question for using this at work: What is the Active Directory integration like? I saw the checkbox option being moused over many times, but it was never explored on the video. Can I manage access to shares based on group rights, and apply group rights to a share, or a folder within a share?
From a business perspective, the lack of a second PSU is definitely problematic… they really want to push their weird outboard PSU, I know, but that just doesn’t fly if you’re trying to play with the big boys. For small environments and homes, however, it seems pretty great… as long as what you want is STORAGE and not all the extra stuff Synology and the like have grown into becoming.
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I would love this plus something like the Synology Drive software.
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could i put my backup copies of movies on this and run plex from a computer and access from any tv?
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Excellent review. Thank you. I would really be interesting to knowing what drive setup with RAID5 would be needed to saturate the 10b both for reads and writes. Your numbers are not that great with the drives you used. Could faster hard drives do it? Would SATA SSD’s do it and how many would be needed? I am not buying another NAS with 10g that will only do less than half the network capabilities. With this unit in particular, it really needs to have 10g file transfer capabilities.
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Be nice if they allowed for backups to AWS or Backblaze via their AWS api thing.
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So no PLEX available?
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can i ask what hdd temperature at full load all 7bay?
and the cpu is too weak,that power only enough at 2 bay
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can it present iscsi LUNs at all ?
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How you add Reolink Cams to the unifi protect?????
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A teeny tiny bit frustrated that I ordered a backplane mini-ITX case from AliExpress last month (and am still waiting on delivery) intending to build my homelab server/NAS for my Unifi stack then they announce this thing. Chances are it’ll be like the 2U PDU they make & stay out of stock for 10 months…
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I might’ve missed it, but does it really not have NFS or iSCSI support?
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A NAS that’s not trying to be a golden goose-do-it-all homeserver where you run everything but the kitchen sink on.
Take my money
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Waiting for the NAS pro MAX if it has docker/vm support.
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499?! Holy crap. If this does RELIABLE storage, I cannot care less about Qnap and Synology bloatware!
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GREAT video and I love that they have nailed the fundamentals. In your comparative videos, I suspect it’s going to be REALLY hard to find something in this price range that can even come close. (Find an off the shelf 7 bay NAS for $500?)
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7:26 There is a secondary PSU. Uni does it using the Unifi RPS… That is Unifi’s redundant power supply device. Also if you are worried about noise then RACK MOUNT HARDWARE ISN’T FOR YOU! Only a little over 7 minutes and I already dislike this review.
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Everybody is going nuts over the price but that’s by design. V2 will charge extra for redundant power supply and other status quo features.
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Is there currently a feature where you can backup pc clients like active backup for business on synology?
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Wonder why this isn’t just available as an app for other Unifi devices with disk storage?
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Can this replace Synology Drive?
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But can it run plex?…
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Great comprehensive video. I absolutely love all things Ubiquity but I feel like I want to wait for another version or at least more apps. I have a Synology now and don’t even scratch the surface of the features available (including things like running docker images) but the one thing your video suggested is given the lack of use of file metadata I would certainly be missing some app features like the Synology photo app at least and probably video as well so I could look up pictures by person (facial recognition) or geo (show me my Aruba vacation pictures)
I have wanted all things Uniquity on my network and maybe I just need to wait a few software and maybe even a hardware revision or 2. I feel like it may need more memory and CPU once and IF they start to add more app features.
Also, I wish they would have done an M.2 drive slot at least for caching.
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What is your opinion regarding UNIfI selecting BTRFS for their filesystem? I see many video stating that BTRFS with RAID is not ready for production. This is a topic that I would love for you to expand in one of your future videos for the UNIFI nas.
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Does it have Docker?
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@NASCompares Can you test throughput with SATA SSD setup? Like Samsung EVO drives?
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If the unit included NFS, multiple volumes and mixed hard drive sizes . . . that would be then end of Synology for me.
A luxury version with larger screen – summarising all the data at a glance would be a nice option.
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I’m running a bare metal k8s cluster, so I really don’t need to be able to run docker containers on a nas. This is exactly what I wanted and at a great price. Ubiquiti nailed their first NAS outing
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Great video, this is almost exactly what I have been looking for, just need the ability to make immutable backups (WORM) which it sounds like you are expecting from them in the near future. Will be looking forward to your future videos.
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wow imagine releasing a “pro” NAS that is 100% SATA and not being able to have redundant 10 Gb uplinks…. Ubiquiti has no idea what they are doing
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When the UniFi Pro NAS dies, can you take the drives and plop it into a new UniFi Pro NAS and carry on like Synology NAS’s ?
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Will this run Plex so I can ditch my Synology?
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10:01 you’re forgetting that this is unifi’s “pro” line not “pro max”. “Pro” really just means rack mount entry level SMB for unifi devices. I wouldn’t expect dual 10Gb on the regular “pro” model.
Now a “pro max” NAS I would expect to have NVME, more bays, dual 10Gb and a single 25Gb.
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I would be interested to know how the hardware compares to the Protect UNVRPro? But none of the reviews peek under the lid. Is it the same hardware but with more memory or is the more to it?
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Thanks!
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no x86, no good…
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So, can you designate drives? Maybe use 5 of them for raid and 2x as backup?
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Thinking if these do well they will come out with a ‘Max’ and ‘Enterprise’ editions.
I’ve been looking at getting a Synology or building my own TrueNAS system for home. Now this came out, I have more research to do to see this will work for my home and families needs.
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Does it support NFS ISCSI?
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Having already invested in Unifi gear (including a Pro switch with a spare SFP+ port) and already having a fairly beefy Proxmox host in play to host applications this seems like a great option!
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It’s pretty clear their goal for this device is having basic file storage for users of a home/small business that are going to connect to shared folders on mac and windows systems. What a NAS by definition really is… I see a lot of people complaining about lack of redundant network ports, NFS, iSCSI, etc. IMO, I think all those features they’re wanting are things needed when you are building enterprise infrastructure and Ubiquiti knows that’s really best handled by a proper SAN product from the likes of Dell, HP, IBM, NetApp, etc.
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Can an existing UNVR-Pro be turned into a UNAS Pro? Is the hardware identical? Is the software the only difference?
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How can some spend nearly an hour reviewing a NAS and not address file systems?
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Will this support SATA and SAS drives? Haven’t been able to find this anywhere.
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11:30 on my Synology rs3614rpxs, those read and write speeds are what I was getting with five hard drives, over a SPF+ DAC cable. When I switched to a LC om4 fiber SPF+ cable, I was achieving 750MBps or 7Gbps.
Not sure why I’m getting better numbers from fiber cable over the copper cable. Both cables are rated 10gigabits per second
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Can hardly wait for the Enterprise NVR to be released as a NAS WOW
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How about power consumption? Did I miss that part?
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Where is the non-pro version?
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wudnt piss on this crap if it was on fire
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This is just a NAS network attached storage only. Not able to complete to Synology, QNAP, UGreen, etc. at this time. Is this NAS going to support docker, plex, etc
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Is it possible to use 1-2 HDD as a nvr Storage?
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If this is “Pro,” I wonder about their name for the (maybe) upcoming, more powerful version of this. UNAS MegaUltraProMaxSE
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I smell a Ultra Pro version with NVEM Cache Slot, which will be announced in 3-6 months.
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Have you actually logged in via SSH and poked around the system? I’m curious what filesystem its running on those drives; given the feature set, it sounds like they are using btrfs.
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Does this have a media server capability or a way to link up to Plex server??
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VMs are heavy on the ressources, I could understand why it ain’t there, but missing Docker support is a no-go. I remain on TrueNAS for the time being.
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What kind of raid protection is it using? What about the data if the unit fails? Are able to mix different hdds size like Sinolgy shr does?
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Maybe I missed but is there any thermal test for this machine? The front design of those drive bay let me suspect it might have thermal issue once you use it for some years later.
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ZZZzzzz they should enable this feature for UDM PRO MAX , it has 2 disk slots
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SAS support or just SATA?
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Some what disappointed, this is just a software patch of the UNVR with a slightly more RAM. I’m sorry to say this but I’m not going to buy it, well not until an NVME slot, 1x 2.5 gbe lans and 2x 10 gbe SFP+
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Me still waiting for a EU version of Unifi Cable Modem…
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Dude this is amazing how many people are now entering the consumer space. honestly if the software is stable and good like synologys and as a storage server this seems like a no brainer for a home user who doesn’t want to configure a lot.
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Now put in 4TB NAS based SSDs!
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A product like this is for a specific market and it’s not me. I prefer DIY… A used 12bay 2U server is about the same price but way more powerful and more versatile. I do like and use their networking hardware though.
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would love to see a 1u 4 bay version based on unvr as well.
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Such a detailed review, thank you ???? It is a pity about Docker/VM/Plex support (or lack of!), but I understand why Ubi have focused on making just a NAS right now.
Also re reply you made to another comment, I would love to watch the story of how you had to reshoot this video multiple times. Fair play to you on the patience.
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disappointed in the power consumption. Granted being 7 bays at 500$ seems decent but my AIO server is a much better fit long term. I hope they continue to add to their offering.
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Can you have a few drives in raid and a few as seperate single storage?
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Finally someone is throwing a bomb in the NAS market, $500 is CHEAP for a proper built system with solid software and hardware support from a company that is represented in the whole world.
And those that shout “software”, that is something completely different, it takes way more resources to come up with comparable features that Synology has. If that is the need Synology have you covered at a high price with weak specs.
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How about noise ? Is UNAS Pro quiet ?
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I think it’s very nice to have a system that’s actually ONLY a NAS. I do use docker on my Synology devices at home and in the office. And the Synology backup between these two sites is so great that I wouldn’t be without it.
But for something like an actual online disk system in the office, this fits the bill nicely at a much lower price. Also, as an on-site backup for the backup, this would do well.
The only reason why this is the case is the price, of course. If it had been comparable to Synology, why would you ever get it? It’s nice to see someone hitting Synology with a price hammer, though. They’ve been getting a bit pricey over the years.
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this is 99% what I need… I just now need docker so I can run off site backups to b2
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is there a way to gracefully shut down the nas in case of power outage (with a ups of course) maybe with NUT?
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I know you are looking for proxmox setups with the GMKtecK8 mini PC. Do one with the mini running proxmox and a vm like home assistance os (needs a vm) and another vm or proxmox container to run docker containers. The data or docker volumes are atore in the new Unifi nas using SMB (I hope one day it gets NFS)
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I did have a question, understand you were able to put a large seagate hdd without issues. But don’t you usually need more ram when total storage size is much larger? If so is there a limit? For instance, if I fill all 7 bats with 24tb drives let’s say, is it capable of that? Or will the 8gb ram be an issue?
Also if I put 3 drives inside, does it have the ability to add more drives as you go and expand your storage without wiping data from existing raid array?
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Now I need ubiquity to make a 1U server that can run media apps like plex or any of its alternatives and make it for about $200 since rackmount chassis are about $200 on their own which is insane
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70 c temp ? ????????????????????????
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Can you play 360 video within Unifi Drive?
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Need a SAS model!
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Time to ditch Synology. Had enough.
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No redundant replaceable power supplies or network , awful network options in general … sure feels like they left to much out for a Pro max / SE model later
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Can you mix and match drives? On the nvr pro it made me use old 2tb drives because when I tried to put in 2x 10tb, 2x 8tb, and 2x 4tb, it wanted to only use 4tb of d ery drive.
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My entire feed is now just tech tubers reviewing this device. I’m guessing they must have all been waiting for an embargo to end. I am, of course, watching this guys review because he’s THE MAN.
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Would using SSD’s reduce the top end power consumption and idle power consumption?
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I love your review. No shade on any of the other reviewers, but your review is geared more towards how “I” am looking to use a NAS for my work loads.
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It’s all a bit bizarre. Let me check…. yes, it’s definitely 2024. As always, beautiful interface, Ikea-style Unify minimalism, but NIC redundancy, no NVMe, single PSU, it’s all a bit drab. Can you run TrueNas on it ????
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Can be cool if those who dont have a server rack to be able to have Unifi Drive on a cloudkey g2 to have a small file storage without redundancy. Or even on the drive of a UDM.
As they keep the UNVR frame, im assuming they will have a UNAS Enterprise as well with the UNVR Enterprise frame 🙂
And no need apps on a NAS… its a NAS and not a server… I have Plex on my truenas and I regret not having it on my proxmox instead.
I will for sure ditch my TrueNAS for UNAS and migrate my Plex on a VM
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THANK YOU UBIQUITI…. Finally….
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This is the “beta” product. They will cut production quickly and check how many buyers, then renew the team that made it to continue with next unit. New unit will have slot-in PSU (regular server style) but still no backup, as they want to encourage purchase of the Ubiquiti UPS battery. Two SFP ports (depending on cost and users making use of 10G speed, could be one 10G and one 2.5G) and two RJ45 ports (probably regular 1Gbps or using the new 2.5G that throttles when hot). Likely one fewer drive bay. Newer CPU. More RAM. Double the price.
Pro: all driver ports will be SATA/U.2 compatible, much more expensive CPU, possible socketed RAM slot (onboard or soldered 4GB or 8GB). Pro will be around 10x the price.
Ubiquiti developer team isn’t huge, they will not support apps or VM until far future. Best you can hope is to SSH and attempt to install your own OS.
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its their 1st iteration, give them a break?
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Hey Ubiquiti, how about putting Drive on the UDM and NVRs? I want to learn the software while you are working out the bugs.
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The only thing I would have liked was for them to drop the RPS connection and put in dual hot-swappable power supplies. But I get it, they are using the existing hardware from the UNVR Pro so it takes much less effort to make one of these. I plan on getting two of these. One for my primary backups and then the second one for backups of my backups. I will use my current Synology NAS that I am currently using for backups as a Docker system running HA and Plex and move my backups from Synology to the Ubiquiti NAS.
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@nascompares, Robbie, I don’t think you mentioned the file system. Any idea what’s being used?
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no NFS either?
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I would buy this without hesitation if I could split data pools to have a 4 drive raid 1 nas as a data replication for my Synology, and a 3 bay raid 0 for unifi protect. To add to that, I would love love LOVE to also be able to use the drive bay in my UDM SE as an additional storage option for unifi protect. (I don’t need redundancy for my home cameras Ubiquiti, I just want as many days recorded as drives I have available).
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No SAS drive support either, that backplane SATA only 🙁
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This will save me a ton on having a NAS to backup my 1821+. My old 4 bay Synology died. So, I’m backing up one volume on my 1821+ to another volume on the same NAS, which obviously worries me. I can’t justify buying another 8 bay Synology, but I can justify this easily. As soon as it’s proven itself in production environments, I’m getting one.
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I quite like the NAS and just NAS approach they took. I have separate machines for hypervisors to run VMs and containers on and like the separation. Two of these in a shadow mode active-passive fail over setup would be tits.
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I feel like you miss the point of the single PSU. Unifi devices all ahve a single PSU and they have a solution for it that connects to multiple devices and acts as a secondary psu for them. I do not know of any NAS or computer/server that people typically use at home that have duel psu’s.
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It looked fantastic until I saw the weak CPU it has. It worse than my old 5bay QNAP.
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Great introduction and descriptive video to this NAS. Thanks for your efforts!
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Hopefully the firmware up-downgrade will be even easier than their other network devices, as they do sometimes release stinker of updates. Currently they broke many widely used IoT devices like shelly. It would probably be good for install-and-forget areas though.
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This as a no-frill local data replication of the Unraid and TrueNAS systems I already own. Absolutely perfect.
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This is basically a router cpu with storage attached ????
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Any piece of hardware that requires me to create an account just to be able to is it, goes into the trash.
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can you try via ssh `apt update && apt install unifi-protect unifi-talk` and see what happens? (on an EFG it installs both even though its not supported…)
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They are definitely after the home lab market, not commercial. Ticks all the boxes for me!
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WOW, excellent review, I have Unify network setup at home along with a QNAP NAS and heard on the grape vine that there may be a Unifi NAS released soon, and that price, you can’t go wrong… Can’t wait for future updates to see whether they include docker etc as I do like having the utils that QNAP provide. ????
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For my Home Lab this is almost what I need. I have QNAP 8 bay ARM (~1000€) but it’s not rack mounted. But I also use ssd in raid 0 as a cache. And I have about double the ram. I really use it as SMB store so thats fine. I wanted so bad to replace my QNAP with this but it seems, it will just be a backup for QANP storage with speeds I see. UNAS Pro MAX would just need to have 2 NVME bays for CACHE, double SFP+ and give us the 12 bays and 3U. But who knows, maybe the UNAS Pro is enough for raw video editing of SMB and playing games with Steam?
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Those poor hard drives will have no airflow.
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What rack is that?
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All I need is my private dropbox, ability to back up family phones and view uploaded and edited videos from hols on TV and phone. Dont care about plex or dockers (what are these?:)Is that going to cut the mustard?
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Hey there! Finally it came to life, so many years! Now I’m glad I never did spend time on switching OS on a UNVR, that time is now _saved_.
thoughts: It’s good that there’s no concept of pools. keep it this simple or it will just not fit into its very limited scope anymore.
If I could, and if it would already support the right bits, I would put one in each access switch cabinet and use them as archival storage or similar. Not as team folder or anything they would suck at. but as a way to spread out tertiary storage. The price is right, the URPS connector is suitable, don’t need a second 10g port for that either. Integrate moosefs or similar at the same level of hands-off-no-choices setup and this would be nice[tm].
I also would say the lack of WORM features is a pity. how well do they have that down in UNVR? it’s not a trivial feature to implement to any non-laughable level of reliability.
Given the price point, I’d even ejnoy a toggle switch that makes the whole device read-only and can only be cancelled at the front panel. Fill it, lock it.
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Kinda a bummer, i was holding out building something for myself. Sure Not having plex is a bummer butttttttt…. Not allowing Unifi Protect to be used on the NAS is a deal breaker….
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So 4-5 more years and (if they don’t abandon the idea) it actually might be a nice NAS brand 🙂
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Great review. Could you please also test performance with SSD drives? Would like to see how close to 10 Gbps those transfer speeds can be.
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I still have stuff on a DROBO-FS. So, this might be a great upgrade for me. ????
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hardware raid or softwear ?
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I saw this release announcement and instantly search your channel knowing you HAD to have been right on top of it!
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I guess they had a few nvrs laying artound nobody bought ????
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Good review.
I’ve a question about user management and “directory integration”. Does it mean that instead of creating local users in this NAS, if I’ve a MS AD server on ny network, I can assign rights for some network users on some directories ?
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Great video. Soon as they get Docker; I am in.
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Thanks for really nice video!
When sharing a folder, you can add a user. What user is this? Is this something that you create on your machine?
And how does the remote login for it look?
I’m currently using Nextcloud on Truenas to share large video files. All my friends and clients have a personal login where they view/download/reshare the media. I’m curious if I can replicate this with the UNAS.
Also, when you preview/stream remotely a video file does it transcode? If yes, does it also do h265? Sorry for the interrogation 😛 It’s just it can be a dealbreaker or dream for me depending on the answer.
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I wish you would slow down the screen caps.
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For the price, this is great! I usually have my Plex server and VMs and stuff on another machine anyway. Seems pretty desirable to split the two so you have some redundancy.
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If you are going to say G U I instead of gooey, you really need to say N A S instead of nas as a word 😉 – (nice video BTW, really liked your analysis)
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Is this a VCR?
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So nice seagul shirt ????
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Please can you pop the cover off and show us it’s guts? I’m keen to see if the RAM is upgradable
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Needs iSCSI, NFS and SSD caching. Maybe Pro Max next year will have those.
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Nice start, but not a homerun.
Give it:
More cores/threads (n305)
Replacable RAM
NVME storage
Usb ports
Alligned front drives, not this masonry pattern
I’d like to run docker and apps like photobackup, torrent, jellyfin, home assistant.
Happy to pay twice the price
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Got it, this is intended to be mostly a pure NAS not a compute and app platform. For the cost that is a great value prop for SMB. They currently seem to have more interest in nailing the NAS basics rather than trying to run any and all docker apps. This seems ok. woah, directory integration, hope they extend that to the whole control plane and not charge a subscription for that.
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So, did I understood correctly, that with one drive you cannot set this nas up? It requires at least three hard disks, to set up required redundancy level?
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Given Ubiquiti’s history of never delivering promised features on new devices before they reach EOL, I’ll wait to see if they actually deliver the app that simplifies mounting of drives for end users before I decided to make a purchase… I’m over here having “Security Scanning Radio, SHD-AP” flashbacks…
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So Like it but I think you mentioned that Plex does not work on it at the moment? is there any ETA on that (Getting Plex on the the unit)
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Surprised they don’t sell the drive caddies separately haha
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Ubiquiti systems already run docker under the hood. So, it would be very easy for them to make a “hosting” app available under UniFi OS.
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Great video, lots of details thanks! One question, can you mix and match different HDD sizes? As someone who hacked unvr to NAS, I have installed 4 disks which automatically turned on raid 5. Is this the same case with UNAS PRO?
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Hi there,
Can files on this system be shared using Microsoft DFS?
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Buy yourself some new teeth, please.
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Kind of limited to me but I can see this being great for a lot of people, especially those already using Ubiquity equipment and/or who might be on the fence about buying Synology. Kind of refreshing to see a ‘pure’ NAS though as someone who still believes in separating storage and compute.
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Great video! will be using your link to purchase one.
I currently have a TrueNAS box that has 9 drives in it but going to scale down to 7 drives anyways to save power consumption (yes for me it does make that big of a difference). That is the biggest thing for me… when my NAS is at idle it is 90-100w and reading/ writing heavy it is 160-200 w. I don’t do docker or anything like that on my NAS, I have another machine for that. I just need something efficient and that will do the storage thing well, and it will match my other Unifi equipment…. lol
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I actually like that it’s not a Synology or QNAP. I can’t stand how those brands are trying to turn their NAS into a Swiss army knife. I don’t need my NAS to be a VM host, run Docker containers, host OpenOffice, Nextcloud, Home Assistant, act as a DNS or DHCP server, or provide LDAP, etc. I hve proxmox clusters, DC servers, and Routers that already do all of that. I need my NAS to do one thing, and one thing only—store stuff. And that’s exactly what this does. It’s a no-frills solution for straightforward storage.
That said, Ubiquiti has a bad reputation for exciting the world with new products then abandoning thrm 9 months to a year after release and leaving a bunch of early adopters with useless doorstops after they stop supporting it (ask me how i know), so I think I’ll hold off buying one until its been around for a while but it looks like a great jumping point for a platform. as it seems to be based off the UNVR Pro, I imagine the UNVR and UNVR Enterprise will eventually join the ecosystem as the UNAS and UNAS Enterprise so well see. lot of potential here.
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For simple business NAS this is probably more than adequate but anyone who wants a server like Synology/QNAP or something more advanced like Unraid won’t be interested in this at all. What would be cool is if they launched a 4U rack mount case with tons of hot swappable drive bays so we could build what the client (or Prosumers) wants.
I have a 90TB Unraid server in a desktop style ATX case. There are not many rack mount cases that work great imo other than those massive LTT style servers they build (forgot the companys name) but they don’t just sell the case.
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If it can do storage and permissions better then unraid/truenas then I could care less about vm/docker support. Proxmox does vms better and docker is just better on a dedicated machine
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I’ve got multiple Synology’s in my house, and I love them. I also have a full Unifi setup. I’d love to try transitioning to one of these in the future, but I’m going to wait until the software gets a little more polished, and some more features get added. But $500 for a 7 bay rack mountable NAS is a great price!
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ZFS? If not, I’m not interested
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What’s under the hood? TrueNAS Scale?
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I would want this but it’s lacks Docker and VM support. Without docker this is a deal breaker
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Hi, I like rack unit on wheels. Can you please share the link where you bought it from
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It’s surprising to see the same hardware as the NVR Pro, running Drive but doesn’t support Protect. If you combined the NVR and NAS into a single product line, eliminating the need to purchase and manage two separate sets of drives, I’d be ready to purchase it, even with the current software limitations. Over the past few years, Synology has been scaling back on features while continuing to charge a premium for hardware that is outdated. It’s hard to justify paying top dollar for a NAS that still ships with generations old CPU and 1Gb Ethernet. Unfortunately, UniFi’s solution doesn’t seem to be quite there yet either. I had high hopes that UniFi was going to get me out of the Synology downward spiral.
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What’s the underlying file system, BTRFS? No NFS 3 or NFS 4.1? No iSCSI LUN and target support? Upgradeable memory? Does it deliver data fast enough for 4K streaming (Plex) running on a connected device? Does seem disappointing compared to Synology.
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Question: Does it works with mixed size disks? For example like the SHR in Synology
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I don’t understand the connectivity/single PSU complaints. The thing’s 500 bucks. It’s got SFP+. This is 100% a repurposed NVR, and fit for purpose at a frankly insane price. Great for storing your jellyfin library and similar workloads. Don’t ask it to do stuff it wasn’t designed for.
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Hopefully seperate pools setup will be added in the near future 🙂
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I really like this product. Most home users these days want a “NAS” but really they want a home server that runs a lot of different services and stores files for their network and they think their NAS is supposed be that device. I appreciate that this device goes back to being what a NAS was originally intended to be and seems targeted perfectly to the small business and home business market.
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I’m not sure if it supports dynamic expansion, such as adding more hard drives later like SHR, or flexibly expanding by replacing one hard drive with a larger capacity. After all, not everyone is a professional who would spend a large amount of money to buy all the hard drives at once.
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A true lean, clean STORING machine. WONDERFUL!
UNIFI should pay you a comission. Your excellent thorough review just sold one device to me.
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You mentioned it’s quiet and I’ve heard the same from other reviewers. What HDDs were you using when you put the mic on it? It sounded just like my UNVR, which is very quiet. I can’t get over how quiet these Unifi devices are compared to my Synology with Ironwolf drives, which I can hear 2 rooms away.
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I’m not terribly impressed with the documentation on the website as it doesn’t cover what the back plane and system support. is it all SATA3 6Gb or does it also support SAS 12Gb? yes there’s only one 10Gb port BUT the fewer drives you need to saturate that bandwidth the more drives you can allocate for redundancy if you aren’t just looking to maximize storage volume. Despite my grump there, the price alone makes this device appealing and thanks for the video!
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UNIFI, take my money!!!
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Not sure how they can call this a “pro” device… Great review Rob
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Can you create an NFS share on a folder.
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@liamfoneill We have to wait for the UNAS Pro Max for NVME M.2 drive support!! 😛 😀 🙂
It’s also worth noting 1 PSU isn’t a big deal, it has a connection (from what I see from your pictures) for an RPS.
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now Unifi needs to come out with a 24bay Disk Shelf. 😀
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this NAS is a good machine for back-ups over the network
the only think I want to know is what if the unit fails (mobo/PSU) can I remove the drives and move them to another unit and have the data?
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Amazing review, thanks mate.
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ARM. Not A R M.
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This needs ubiqitui dedicated app for creating backups from phones.
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The photo sharing and date sorting is something that I am glad is present.
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Needs to have SFP+ for me to leave synology 2.5Gbps. I am very happy with synology software ecosystem (drive, photos, audio, video, VM Manager). I can’t leave that either.
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Wheres the little one that was on the website ????
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I’m wondering if the storage can be increased by adding more drives without destroying the data already there. Say you set it up in RAID6 with 4 drives and then add 3 more, do you have to wipe the array and start over or is there a way to expand the storage without losing the data already there? 7 disk bays, 10 gig and an easy to manage interface for $500 seems like a crazy good deal if you don’t want to hassle with a DIY job (which I’ve done and hate).
Edit: LOL should have finished watching the vid first
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Good start with a nice price, but I’ll just wait for the next iteration, unless I get Terramaster or Synology (if they ever release anything) soon.
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Exciting! Can’t wait for the content
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SATA SSD’s are cheap
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Cheap is not good. There could have been a bit more hardware and software for a 20% higher price.
It’s just a data repository with a fancy interface, there’s still a lot to do. I have UGreen NAS as an EA, it could do more than NAS when it came out and it’s not more expensive. For the little that the UNAS can do (lack of synchronization between PC and MAC, no NFS and iSCSI, no M.2 NVMe) you don’t need a “special” interface. And the worst thing for me is that I have 7 disks and I can’t set them up in different storage pools.
Is the video also available in slow mode? Many of the interfaces are hard to recognize and the video is extremely hectic.
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Would rather have a 4 bay at $300 and get two for HA
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Great price imo
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Great Video thanks. I’ve been waiting for something like this since I turned off my Power hungry Apple 1U Servers and huge Apple RAIDs and bought a Qnap, which I have hated for years. All I want is mountable storage , easy to use, no faffing about, couldn’t care less about Apps and Containers and real hot swappable storage. Gonna get one for sure.
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What’s the experience like for an iPhone user accessing photos/videos? Can this replace iCloud?
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give us Max version: x86 platform at least 4/8 core, nfs+iscsi, 4x NICs /2+2 10G/, nvme storage, wasabi+backblaze backup target, native apps or dockers. will happily pay 899+ EUR any day.
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That asymmetry is triggering my OCD,…..
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Sorry if i missed it but do they have any SHR like system for mixed sized drives?
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I guess the price reflect the features. But you can use it for Protect archiving recently released. I guess you have UDMP with protect and archive to this or the cloud. The cpu and memory on this are slim because it can’t run any other apps but it’s good for shuffling files. Also the Microsoft / Google account integrations for identity enterprise could be a big feature for businesses.
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I was excited until I discovered it does not have NFS or iSCSI, as I consider those services a fundamental requirement for even an entry-level NAS. I’d also love to see an NVMe RW/RO cache option.
I’d have instantly given UI my money if it had iSCSI, NFS, NVMe cache, and dual 10GB SFP+.
I guess those will come as a PRO MAX version 😛
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The perfect NAS… a pure local storage device without any extras.
When you don’t want another server, you get a NAS.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for a great video on this system. I felt your review was very honest and unbiased. I totally agree on your Pro’s and Con’s and for me, I think the ‘current state’ of this unit is underwhelming for my needs. Maybe if they release another unit that will allow third party software, unifi surveillance integration, a better CPU, and memory upgrades. BTW. I’m almost all in on the Unifi ecosystem although I do have a QNAP and Synology NAS.
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Oh, what a great NAS!
Will it be available in Japan?
I am very much looking forward to it!
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Can I have multiple UNAS-Pros? If I need two for more than 7 drives, will that work?
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Well there goes my hope of not having to wait for synology. So you think if we dont get a synology announcement by first week of Nov no release again this year? I dont see how they would miss the holiday buying period. Unless their plan is to sell old NAS on black friday and release the new one right after and really p everyone off.
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a couple of nvme slots just for the caching would have been really nice.
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Sounds like a very good system for a backup for other NAS Systems. The possibility of 7 * 24 TB HDD for 499€. Sounds fair.
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The “Create a UI account” really seems to be disingenuous on UniFi’s part. Not being at all familiar with Unify, I would just think that it’s the normal user name and password to login locally to the desktop *User Interface* and not an online account. Unify could have been far clearer about this but I suspect that a fair number of people would have blindly proceeded with setting up the UI account which is what they are counting on. And, to put that in perspective, think back to your review of HexOS and the really solid push back by those who did not want an online login. I don’t like to do business with anyone who runs their business like that. No thanks.
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Synology is the only NAS brand where I think their software adds value beyond being a storage server. But if I’m being honest, over time as I’ve migrated most of my docker/VM services over to Proxmox or XCP-ng and have very little running on the Synology hardware itself.
I could see myself being interested in exploring Unifi as a storage server in the future, but I’d need a higher performance version.
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I love all the competition that’s popping-up recently.
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What is the Power consumption?
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Defiantly going to pick one of these up. Don’t give a hoot about the docker side, that’s why I have servers. I want a storage NAS that does just that, store things and get data to the right users, I don’t want to host my docker apps from it as well. Great video thanks for the review!
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Terramaster in 2U would be perfect option with non locked bootloader.
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How fast is it with SSDs?
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Is it even possible to saturate a 10G connection with spinning disks? Other than that, i assume this is meant to be connected to an SFP+ aggregator (USW-Aggregation) switch to split between multiple storage units
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A silent rackmount NAS is what I was searching for! Other rack mount NAS are too loud! I do not need docker, because I have docker on my Proxmox computer.
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Basically this is the NVR reworked to see if the NAS will sell, I would wait to the next generation
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This device is the beginning . It’s affordable and it’s easy to use.
If it catches on, you bet you’re bippy, more will come.
I’ve got four Synology unit in use between my family members and they are great but … I would love something that just efficiently stores data.
It also appears that it may easily, allow safe direct remote access.
I’ll have to watch how things go before I would purchase.
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So I see some real good here; one, Unifi has a track record of software upgrades, so I fully expect items like NFS/ISCSI. I do not in any way expect Plex, Docker, etc. and I shouldn’t – that isn’t who this product is aimed at. Two, the remote management through the UI account management system is a potential IT godsend in comparison to the way that this works in Synology. Three, I do like the snapshop methodology in comparison to the way that this functions in synology. Now, the biggest items I see that will be big is that it fits directly into the UI ecosphere, and that is good. Now, I can see a lot of room for improvement, but I can see where this can have a big future with some of the integration options this is going to have. I do like how this is a business ready product that isn’t moving to drives that are made by them and nothing else (screw you Synology on that one)
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Just a correction, the Unifi Power Backup is a redundant power supply, not a battery backup.
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Thanks for the deep dive. Any news on the ability to mix drive capacities?
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Soooooo ugly. I like Unifi, have a lot of their hardware. But just can’t understand why 7 drives? Why layout is so strange? Just… why? Can’t they just stack two 4-drives cases?
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Thanks for the review, well done and thorough. Not surprised to see no availability for Docker at this point. At the price point, this is great for fire storage. It’s not HA or high-speed system, which is fine. There are other players for that type of equipment. It appears that UI gave us a purpose-built system that does one thing really well, at a price that is hard to not smile at.
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This looks like a decent start – funnily enough while eating my bacon, egg and black pudding (and watching this video), I got the email from Ubiquiti titled “Welcome to Unifi Drive and UNAS Pro” (1134hrs EDT). As others have commented though, I won’t be swapping my DS920+ for the UNAS Pro. I do have a Ubiquiti network setup, so was very excited when I saw your video this morning. As always – great video and thanks for taking the time to post!
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I am… underwhelmed.
I was not expecting perfection, but… it lacks so much to be an instant buy. But yeah, it’s truly cheap (especially for Unifi) for a 2U 7 drive bay (which is really something) and would play nice into the ecosystem. But… no ZFS, no NFS, no iSCSI, no docker (because let’s be honest, even if purists say that a NAS should be just a NAS, but… it makes sense to have those hosts a few docker).
I know Unifi makes update, albeit slowly.. but.. at the moment it’s not worth it. But 500 euros… it’s super interesting when they started adding features.
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Does it support Jumbo frames?
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First galance. Where does the air flow come from to cool the drives. As not much air is going to get around those solid caddie faces. As a rackmount. Its supposed to have front to back airflow. The almost solid front panel raises questions.
The network ports have one up and one pointing down is an odd design choice. Not to mention being in the front.
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Were read/write speeds over 10GbE covered in this video?
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Did he say what OS backend it uses and what file systems the HD can use?
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This is just a pure NAS. Nothing more. I mean, yea. But at the same time it does not go up against things like Unraid or Truenas. Even OMV has more functions. For what this is, it is about $200 more then it should be for what you get. I was really looking forward to this to replace my Unraid server, but damn.
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I’d consider going with a Unifi Nas, but I don’t want rack-mount (5 bays would be great) and I’d like to see more configuration options. Docker support would be (really) nice.
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I’m disappointed in the backup options on this nas. Let’s be honest, no one will be backing up their 7 drives of data to Google Drive. That would be a insane cost. So this device doesn’t have a real, usable cloud backup that you can use. It doesn’t also have USB backup, so to backup this device you need to… get another NAS. Because you haven’t payed enough just yet.
I do agree it’s a good value target for a synology backup.
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The device feels like the perfect unit for low cost offsite backup storage. Easy to lock away in a comms rack and you wont saturate the write speeds over the wire.
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Amazing review! Thank you!!! Excited to see Uniquiti launch a simple JBOD NAS and looking forward to the future of where they take it!
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This is an superb video !
You really know your stuff and you really gave us an insight into the product, what it can and can’t do with lots of visual showing of it
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Looks like a VCR lol
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This looks really interesting to me. My big question though, what if you get more than 1 of these? Say I expand and need more than 7 drives, could I buy a second unit and have the pools merge between the 2? Because that would be cool. Also seeing performance stats of SATA SSD’s would be nice too!
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people complaining about the features for a $499 NAS drive from Ubiquiti, common guys .wait for next more expensive version will probably have all those missing features.
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No tower or 10“ version. Not suitable for a small rack in confined spaces. So my choice will be still Synology.
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what a disappointment, only 1gib network port. I would have liked it to have another sturdy switch, depending on the equipment, at least 1/2.5/5gib network connector.
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The demand was a bit manic. I missed the official announcement but guess it was today. Interesting there is only 1 of each network connection but let me watch the video
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It’s an ARM device (no virtualization means it won’t replace a home server). NEXT! ????????
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This seems interesting and I might even pull the trigger. It would be nice to have a single pane of glass to manage everything and not to have to worry about Synology and the lack of 3rd party device support. I mean from a NAS perspective it literally does just that and anything else can be added later.
Also, do we know anything about the file system or did I miss it in the video? Is it BTRFS or EXT4?
Also, more information about the backups would be awesome! Like is this sort of like hyper backup?
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Great and very timely review Thanks! Did I understand you correctly, can you uses different sized drives in the raid array (like Synology Hybrid raid) or do all drives the array need to be the same size?
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Brilliant and Honest review as always, thanks. I don’t think I will dumping my TrueNAS Scale box anytime soon, but it’s one to keep an eye on ????
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So the non pro will be the 4 bay nvr?
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Isn’t there a NAS brand called U-NAS?
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Can this do Plex hardware transcoding? ????
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I have nevered owned a NAS…just an OWC Thunderbay 4 nut need a NAS u now. So now that this item is released I’m wondering whether for my first NAS I should still stick to getting the Synology DS1522+ as a SOLO videographer and editor using 10TB per year?
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???????????? and couldn’t even get a 2.5gig port on it jeez
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why only 7 drives, at least 8 properly aligned drives…
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i wonder if the software plays nice if you wanna add a 2nd unas pro to your network down the line.
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SATA 2.5 inch SSD compatibility?
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Funny how SpaceRex uploaded his video at the same time. I guess NDA?
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Genuinely worried about this as ive been using a UNVR Pro for a while as a nas using SSH to install samba. I hope they dont artificially block people using the UNVR Pro now that there is an official NAS offering
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They could’ve gone with an Intel N100 or N200 which would’ve been so much better, even if they tack on an added $100-200 dollars to the price tag, unfortunately I’ll not be considering it. It’s nice tho, maybe they’ll release something with an Intel/AMD chip in the future…
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Well Robbie, you said so many times that with synology you pay for the software more than the hardware. It’s painfully obvious looking at this device.
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It’s one strange NAS.
Strange layout. Strange software. Strange hardware. Thermals are dubious. Rackable but lacking features standard for rack hw such as modular redundant PSUs.
Good for undemanding brand fanboys only.
When b- and c-tier brands and even nonames have started pumping out decent NAS devices, seeing such a device from a respectable brand is utterly perplexing. I’d love to get into the product development team’s heads and learn their thought processes that led to the appearance of this bucktoothed inbred monstrosity…
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Phenomenal review and THANK YOU for the well labeled chapter marks in the video. Wanted to jump around to just my highest importance spots first in the video before watching end to end.
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Release date? The US Site still has zero information about its existence
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Can’t wait for UNAS Pro ‘Max’ which has Docker and VM support ????
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Meh, the hardware specs are weak…
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Seems a little underwhelming re-using the same hardware as the UNVR-Pro with a 2012 processor and no NVMe caching.
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I think you hit it on the head at the end Robbie. I’m defo going to be replacing my onsite backup ext. drives with one of these (going by how stuff sells out on their site though, that’s probably going to be around 4/3 2025!). But it won’t be replacing the Synology for day to day work stuff that’s for sure.
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This thing is like half the price of a 8 bay synology. I was getting ready to buy an 8 bay in a couple months, but I might get this now.
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I am Supriesed by the Price. Would have expected at least double that.
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Awesome review! Can you set disks to spindown for lower power consumption when not in use?
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553,20 € the price is not that bad , but I Don’t know what the software has , does it use btrfs or zfs ?
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So is this the unvr but with new software. How are the temps.. 70?? . Can it transcode .. sorry soo excited, disappointed and confused at the same time by this nas
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Still don’t like their io on the front
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Good start, but no NVME, NFS or iSCSI – meh
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Their thinking on the 1G port is probably to use that on a management network for config management and use the 10G for data only. At least that’s usually how appliances set up like that are intended to be used. Would be nice to have more ports for flexibility though if you’re trying to do something like directly attaching vm hosts.
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and they couldn’t manage to align the FRIGGING DRIVE BAYS !!!
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Looks like your last video comments for opening CCTV and NAS has been addressed? I have just purchased the UCG_Max (F*kn brilliant!) and adopted 2 ONVIF camera (out of 3 in my setup) Awesome! And now I can also bin my sh!ty Google Doorbell and get the G4 doorbell! Oh.. and a Unify NAS? I hope i can connect that extra storage to my UCG Max!
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The price tag surprisingly low for 7 bay and it looks so good at the front
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I’M SO EXCITED! Let’s see how it stands up to Synology!
– Jonathan
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finally
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