UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus

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NorthPole

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Hi guys,

I'm looking at some NAS instead of running my gaming pc always, main jobs would be some central storage:
  • plex/jellyfin
  • Downloads (set up the Arrs... but need to figure this out)
  • Data/Photo backups
  • Some screw a rounding with it
Currently got like 4 drives floating between 2-5TB each but I'm too lazy to constantly check what is stored on which drive and plug them in and out etc.

Currently looking at the DXP 4800 Plus, 20% discount currently.

UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D22JRHZB?smid=AKXVBT49GGF3B&psc=1
I do really like the idea of Synology for the Synology raid and maturity, but pricing and spec is very High/Low in my view (compared).
Only concern would be longevity and warranty (for the first 1-2 years)

Viewing it as a long game to maybe shuck a 5TB drive initially then get some larger/more drives to add into it.

Please let me know what you think...

Thanks
 
Have you considered getting a case and PC that supports the amount of drives you have and rolling your own setup with Truenas/OMV/etc?
 
It is an option. I haven't really gone down the route as I don't/didn't have a spare pc to play around with it.

I do like the idea of a form specific and "lower power" prebuilt but a custom one isn't off the board.

Looking at my drive to tinker or have something run off the self as well...
 
HP Microserver (or similar) + Unraid and you can’t go wrong.

Also can mix drive sizes which solves a lot of the usual RAID headache.

Most of these solutions don’t allow you to start with one drive and grow it over time. Those that do usually need 3 disks at the very least to start with.

Unraid you can run with one drive and of course no redundancy. Then you can add drives later and even pop in parity down the line as long as it’s the biggest drive.

My array is 2 x 10TB (one is parity), 2 x 6TB and 1 x 5TB.

I just upgrade them as I find cheaper bigger drives. Think I started way back with 2TB’s.
 
Did you throw in a discrete gpu?

Out of interest, are you using a G8?

I have been looking but haven't seen a good price/decent state.
 
NorthPole said:
Did you throw in a discrete gpu?

Out of interest, are you using a G8?

I have been looking but haven't seen a good price/decent state.
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Believe it or not still have an ancient N54L and it just keeps trucking.

In the 1080p days I added a discreet GPU for Plex transcoding but that doesn’t do the job with 4K/HDR/Atmos so I’ve since offloaded Plex on another system.

NAS wise you need very little horsepower. But depending on where you plan to install (mine lives in the garage) one of those Dell/HP workstation setups off BidorBuy always seem like a winner as they have 6 or more drive bays.
 
Yeah thinking of something with enough grunt to do Plex but currently renting so don't have space or ability to have a proper rack dell/HP setup which why the synology/ugreen is my simple idea, or did you mean a proper standing tower work station?

Thanks for the input
 
NorthPole said:
Yeah thinking of something with enough grunt to do Plex but currently renting so don't have space or ability to have a proper rack dell/HP setup which why the synology/ugreen is my simple idea, or did you mean a proper standing tower work station?

Thanks for the input
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If you are not doing transcoding even the N54L will be fine for Direct Play files if your network bandwidth is sufficient.

I ran an N40L (same as the N54L but a bit slower) for years and it was rock solid.
 
NorthPole said:
Yeah thinking of something with enough grunt to do Plex but currently renting so don't have space or ability to have a proper rack dell/HP setup which why the synology/ugreen is my simple idea, or did you mean a proper standing tower work station?

Thanks for the input
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Yeah like Phireside said if you are operating Plex locally and doing Direct Play it’s no issue.

I only needed to move Plex so I could hook up my family connecting remotely.

As it stands I run it on an old Google Chromebox with a 9th gen i7 I think and all onboard graphics.

I was referring to those Workstation chassis yeah, see them on Bid or Buy going cheap cheap often.
 
Ugos is nice but still behind on the backup and sync apps, no option to schedule a task just yet but they seem to release updates often.
Boot time is pretty quick +-4min to access, I have Ugos running in Proxmox but I'm sure bare-metal is faster.

I think over time they will catchup to DSM7 (Synology).
Qnap is kak slow.


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Don't rule out Terramaster - plenty solid apps with backup schedules.
Local PC client isnt bad

TOS6 is fastest "OS" I have used, TOS, Ugos, ADM - all seem to be some sort of Debian/Ubuntu base.
My test bench boots in under 1min - Proxmox VM

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Bit the bullet and got it.

Been running great, just getting more HDDs into the system.

Haven't really experienced any slow downs, only a glitch a few days ago where the interface wasn't refreshing, a quick reboot sorted it out.

Been running Jellyfin and haven't had any issues other than getting the Tizen App onto my TVs.

Will check the restart time once able
 
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