DXP8800 Plus

I’d avoid Synology, they’ve been causing quite the controversy lately. UGreen has some nice pre built NAS in 2/4/6/8 bay models that let you install any OS you want, including TrueNAS. They have a 4 bay model and another 4 bay with 10Gbe. DXP4800 and DXP4800 Plus. Base model is Intel n100 CPU with 3

Well, there is this: https://www.techpowerup.com/347798/dram-manufacturer-stock-prices-dip-over-google-turboquant-announcement However, it would be unwise to bank on the idea that prices will drop significantly anytime soon. IMO, and for my use case, 96GB of SODIMM DDR5 RAM isn’t worth the current p

An alternative to consider: a Ugreen NAS, specifically the DXP8800 Plus. Why? it has 8 HDD bays and two NVME drives, which meets your storage needs it’s within your price range it has dual 10Gbe so you can work on files directly off of it, assuming your network supports 10Gbe it also has Thunderbolt

UGREEN DXP8800 Plus. Wipe the OS drive and install TrueNAS. Build quality is very good, though not quite up to UniFi standards. It has a 10-core i5-1235U and you can stick up to 128GB of DDR5 in it if you want.

I think it will depend on your goal. I actually have two Ugreen NASes, a DXP4800 (N100) and just recently bought a DXP8800 Plus. My answer is: The OS will depend on what you'll want from it. If you're not super tech savy or want something simpler to deal with, I'd say UGOS is more than fine. You hav

You didn't mention budget but if you are going for new: Have you looked at something like a UGREEN NAS - these come with 6 core 12th gen intel chips whose iGPU supports INtel Quicksync for all your hardware transcoding needs:https://nas.ugreen.com/products/ugreen-nasync-dxp4800-plus-nas-storage?from

Exactly. See comparison between UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus and DS1825+ here. You can use Xpenology on Aoostar NAS. Or on your own build/hardware. Whatever you choose. I would highly recommend ARC loader since it's modern, versatile and easy to use. Take a look at it's FAQ and you'll see. IMHO whatev

I’ve never heard that before. I have all HDD bays populated on my UGreen DXP8800 Plus and both M.2 slots populated as well. No issues.

Synology DS1815+ user here, upgraded to a UGreen DXP8800 Plus with no regrets. I’ll likely never buy another Synology NAS and the UGreen is the best NAS I’ve owned thus far.

That’s a good question. I wasn’t sure since other NAS manufactures with Thunderbolt have this feature or at least QNAP does or did with some models. The DXP8800 Plus and DXP6800 Pro didn’t launch with a this feature but it could have been added in subsequent Firmware releases. If so it would have be