All-SSD UNAS Pro: Fast Enough for Video Editing?

Join me as I tackle my chaotic data management setup and build the ultimate SSD NAS using the Ubiquiti UNAS Pro! From unboxing and installation to testing speeds for video editing and 3D design, I’ll show you how this setup is transforming my workflow. Plus, learn why I chose this over building another custom NAS and how 3D printing adds a unique touch to my server rack. Let's get my 3d printing STL files organized and my video editing up to speed for a multi computer setup!

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:51 - The Solution
2:02 - Learning
3:30 - Unboxing & Assembling
4:35 - Rack Reorganization
6:04 - Why not Build a DIY NAS?
8:42 - UNAS Setup & Configuration
9:31 - 3D Printed Rack Upgrade
11:11 - UNAS Speed Testing
14:20 - Wrap Up
15:30 - Outro

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[dkenn]

I love your rack mounted display showing the HA console! It shows you have culture AND priorities straight.

[DeadSoul]

Great vid. I strongly recommend a 7th drive as a hot spare. I went about a year without a hot spare in my NAS when suddenly one of my 1yr old drives failed while I was on a business trip. It was a stressful couple of days till I got home and was able to put in a new drive. Sure critical data is backed up offsite nightly but the potential of disrupting my my wife's workflow is something I would rather avoid.

[cowabungacreation]

Alan I’ve decided you are my spirit animal 🦔…all your videos directly help me out with my process and filming!

[twobiterror]

What thumbscrews are you using in your rack? They look nice 😃

[michaeltiebout]

I bought the 10g agg switch. my gaming machine is 10g and the rest is to connect my office rack to the garage rack using fiber. I've been in IT for almost 20 years and if you ever want help building out your network hit me up. I'm about 2 hours away from you south so it would be an easy trip up to help out.

[djbryant]

I've been trying to buy the UNAS since it was announced but they're never in stock. I guess I'll watch videos of people who got it for free.

[Naaackers]

Video came out great dude, good work! Glad it's working good for the editing!

[chase-the-holy]

Watched your 3d sound panel video and saw your monster mug 3d print as well, you're a man after my heart lmao.

[TalkingSasquach]

Great video! I've actually been looking at a storage solution just like this, because like you I've got sooo much raw video to cut down for editing. PS as a mechanic I have serious toolbox envy.

[DPCTechnology]

Not sure you got any additional speed from the ssds.. I get better thruput on both my home and work UNASs with spinning rust.

[VinnsonJohsser]

Curious how you are getting on with video editing with the UNAS - although appreciate the moving upheaval might have limited you ability to do much recently. Inspired by your video, and as a video editor myself, I purchased a UNSA Pro which I am running through a UDM via 10G SFP+. I've been trying to maximise the speed of the system, and recently spoke with Ubiquity support who had something interesting to say that I thought I would share with you.

They state "The HDDs in the UNAS Pro are used to store data locally on the console. While it is technically possible to use SSDs, we do not recommend doing so, as the system is optimized for HDD use.
Additionally, increasing the number of HDDs will expand the storage capacity of the UNAS Pro, but it will not significantly improve the read/write speed. The performance remains largely the same"

I am currently using just 2x 4TB 7200rpm HDDs and also ran the BMD Disk Speed Test. FWIW I'm getting very similar speeds to you. Just thought that was interesting information to share. And secondly wondering if you are still having good performance with your setup, and wondering how you've been getting on with it?

[steinbierz]

Hello. I am just starting to research a NAS set-up to include into my unifi system that includes a Dream Machine SE, Pro Max 16 POE, keystone patch panel, etc. I am very much at the rookie level when it comes to networking. I know some stuff but what I don’t know far exceeds what I do. Case in point…I didn’t quite understand what was meant by “pass thru SFP” and this requiring you to get the aggregation switch. What exactly was that related to? Using SSDs instead of HDDs? Something else? I would like to use SSDs if I purchase the UNAS Pro but not if “pass thru SFP” is an issue or would potentially require me to buy an aggregation switch. Thanks.

[lj]

I'm gonna say that before getting too far into this video, it maxes out about 650 a sec at best just from my experience with mine.

[gardnerjp]

Great setup! If it's making you money and handling your business then you are set. As with all things in tech, build a thing, learn it, then learn a better thing. It's both very progressive and iterative. When you get into RAID storage, the dynamics of performance change quite a bit. SSD is nice to have, and small drives are cheep but because the disks work in an array, you get all the performance you'd ever want/need with striping + parity. You quickly bottom out on the storage bus. Hardware raid controllers perform much better than software raid. 7200rpm disks are big and cheep.

[Legotrain]

What did you uses to fix your Zigbby network.

[nadtz]

You should be getting better than ~500ish, I'm guessing the NAS CPU is the bottleneck with possibly some of it being down to consumer SSD's. Good video otherwise, I've had some form of NAS since the Intel 4200e, can't live without one now a days.

[DrThalamic]

enable jumbo frames; get better SSD's (enterprise grade); use a better RAID configuration; cat6 short residential runs should get very close to theoretical maximum speed on 10Gbe (I can't speak directly regarding this NAS, but with the proper hardware you can achieve significantly greater speeds)

[nagi]

I wonder if it supports TRIM... I know HW RAID cards have a problem with it as do unRAID.

[ThisisDD]

Am I off, or is the sound mix really heavy in the right?

[Dragonited]

You mentioned that you did not have enough PCIE lanes on regular Ryzen? The bottom PCIE x16 slot is there still and sure it might split some lanes with other things and might just be a x4 slot by speed. A 10Gbit network card will not saturate a x4 slot or even a x2 slot if they are Gen3 slots or higher.
Also using RAID 1 0 with that many discs is just a wast. You will get the same speed benefits on a RAID 5 array and you can lose 1 of 3 discs without loosing any data. Having SSD in this configuration is also not necessary if you are using it as a storage device. If you need a device to edit from like LTT does then you will need a proper server using NVME discs or U.2 drives and not SATA drives.