DXP6800 Pro

i know it is more expensive, BUT, if you get something like the Ugreen NAS DXP6800 Pro that unit has 6x bays rather than 2, so you already have expandability, BUT it has a PCIe expansion slot. you could in the future add an HBA card to the system to allow you to add expansion JBOD chassis or similar

So honestly it's REALLY workload specific but it's all pretty standard stuff. Under the hood it's Linux' dm-cache which with the right workloads is actually pretty decent at providing decent accleration but isn't going to set the world on fire either. It's not going to give you greater bandwidth to

I have built two homelab brew-your-own-NAS, one with Proxmox on bare metal (30TB RAIDZ6/18TB usable from passthrough OpenMediaVault VM) and one with TrueNAS Scale on bare metal (RAIDZ6 50TB usable in two pools) - the second while I was waiting for my DXP 6800 Pro. The UGreen DXP 6800 Pro (20TB RAID

I received my DXP6800 Pro about a week ago, and I have to admit having a little FOMO when I saw a review of the iDX6011 a couple days later. The hardware on the iDX6011 series looks really solid, and the Super Early Bird pricing is very compelling. Especially if you’re not planning to use UGREEN’s O

I wouldn't worry about the Kickstarter. If anything, the Kickstarter that produced the original models was FAR more risky as UGreen at the time wasn't know for NAS at all. This was a whole new direction for them and I knew it was a risk when I backed it. Sitting here now with my DXP6800 Pro doing st

I have a QNAP TS-431 too. It’s sort of decommissioned now at an offsite location. Same for my old Synology DS1815+ doing some basic tasks. My main NAS units now are a QNAP TS-653D (6 bay) and a UGreen DXP8800 Plus (8 bay). If you’re coming from a QNAP TS-431 and it’s served you well, you might want

Hey man, don’t worry – the guy who told you “your plan won’t work” is completely wrong in 2025. Your idea is actually perfect and exactly what 95 % of people do with a 4-bay NAS: - Start with 2 HDDs today (mirror or just single drives)- In 2027 add the next 2 drives whenever you need more space- The

The ugreen has enough power to run some apps and while i haven't tried the photos and theater apps they sound good. And docker's installed, and ram can be upgraded to 32 or 64G. You could also run your apps on a minipc using proxmox and docker, if you prefer, and mount the NAS folders remotely. That

I don't know... Don't hate to much on Synology. They really are the software king. I'm coming from a Synology and I have to rely upon docker a lot for stuff and have to "fiddle" with it. Synology just works and has really powerful native apps that you can set it and forget it. You can have all the h

Aoostar WTR Max, Ugreen DXP6800 Pro, Minisforum N5 Pro or Zimacube 2 could all probably fit your needs if you don't care that much about using Oculink/TB or using less PCIE lanes. If those are real deal breakers you will have to build one unfortunately going full DIY with server grade gear. Having a