DXP4800 Plus

Let's simplify things for you here: For NAS, get yourself a UGreen DXP4800 Plus or Pro. This will have all the CPU processing and video transcending chops that you will crave. It also comes with a 10Gbe port for faster network connectivity. Then for storage, start off with Qty: 2 of 16TB HDDs and se

I’m running a DXP4800 Plus fully built out, so here’s some real-world feedback. Drives: 12TB is a solid starting point, but if budget allows, bigger drives age better. I’m running 4×24TB WD Red Pro and noise/heat are totally manageable with the stock chassis (I did swap to a quieter fan). In practic

Honestly, the 4800+ is probably the best value on the market right now. Its not a super fast chip, as its a N100 plus a single alder lake P-Core. The thing is, its WORLDS faster than anything from Synology that is running 7+ year old tech in their systems. The DXP4800 comes with a 120gb NVMe BOOT dr

Slightly above your budget but I went with Ugreen’s DXP4800+ for a very similar use case. Slapped TrueNAS on it and have been super happy. Run Plex and about a dozen other containers and it’s handled it no problem.

I can't answer all the questions here, but I have 2 DXP4800 Plus units, and I can tell you a bit about my experience. For Daily storage and Backup, they are great! I am exteremly happy with them. For Plex and -arr stack, you will want at least 1 if not 2 NVME drives to install docker onto. Run the d

My personal recommendation would be a Ugreen DXP4800 Plus with 2 drives in RAID 1. Add a 3rd drive later when you need more space and convert to RAID 5. Add a 4th drive later if you need to. If you ever want to run Plex, immich, or other services, it will be able to do it. Mine does.

If you're building a media server get a dxp2800 at minimum imo. Intel for qsv... Much better transcoding + you get ssd slots, and expandable ram. Imo get a 4-bay. You can always start with 1-2 drives and expand later. I love my dxp4800+ for hosting plex and komga. If you do go with the DH series. Je

Got my DXP4800 Plus last week as an upgrade to a Synology DS218 and more than happy with the default OS. Plex runs fine in docker now I've got to grips with how it works there. Sure it would be nice to have some of the more mature apps Synology has but they aren't a deal breaker.

Not really, SSDs are fast, but your network is slow so you might as well get the slow drives. If you are streaming files over the network you only need about 25mbps for 4k movies, so you don't need much. Even the most basic will do just fine. Now, if you want to transcode the movie into something th

I run my Plex server off my UGREEN DXP4800 Plus upgraded with 32GB of RAM. It runs fine and its CPU has good enough graphics for transcoding on the fly. Transcoding is what can use a lot of resources. But I’ve tested running up to 3 4K streams with 2 transcoding and one direct play and it ran fine