The Dream Home NAS for Creators! - Ugreen NASync DXP2800 Review

[TechRoundUp]

The Ugreen team confirms on Kickstarter “The official hardware warranty policy (you can find it in the FAQ section of this Kickstarter page) from Ugreen remains unchanged. It remains the same whether or not you install a 3rd party OS. But there are risks associated with installing third-party software. They are not intentionally blocking 3rd party OS.”

[Vricrolatious]

I'm happy to see a review of the 2 Bay when all of the other videos have been of the higher end 4 Bay models.

[kellydavis]

What a great overview. I have window shopped for my first NAS for about a month. Most NAS focused YT channels always drive you to bigger and more expensive devices. Probably because they get paid! This seems like a lot for the money and your video really shows how easy it can be. Thanks so much!

[loshombresdelcapo]

Thanks for the review, i was doubting which one to choose, waiting for next videos of this ugreen nas

[yoonlee]

Great review, I just received DXP2800 and watching this!

[assafh]

Are the M.2 expansions for cache only or can they also be for storage?

[hrc]

Could you do a teardown and provide some pictures? Im wondering about motherboard layout and type of emc used.

[jasonluong]

It's clear that this is version 1 of the firmware. For example, it should offer what SMB versions are allowed. SMB version 1 is obsolete, so the system should explicitly offers SMB2 and/or SMB3.

[jasonluong]

Why did he choose 500GB of the SSD for Read-Only cache when the SSD has a capacity of 916GB? Will he use the remaining disk space on the SSD for other purpose such as installing disk access intensive applications?

[jasonluong]

Where does the OS/firmware of this NAS reside? On the HDD drive, to be shared with the data stored on it or its own dedicated drive chip soldered to the motherboard? I wish NAS makers would have a small M.2 2230 SSD slot dedicated for the system. This way, you can have multiple 2230 SSDs laying around, each with a compatible firmware platform where you would just plop in the SSD with the desired firmware such as OMV, uRAID, or TrueNAS. The HDDs are independent of the firmware where the same data can be access by these myriad firmwares. The more flexible a NAS is at running various platforms, the more physical boxes the makers can sell.

[jcaviani]

I have a 1G NAS that I would like to replace with this 2.5G unit. My current unit runs a Linux variant and has two 8TB drives raid 1. I want to preserve the data. Is there a way to set this device up without wiping the drives?

[kyle_inthe_kingdom]

Noob here, can we get a breakdown vid of various options regarding HDD and SD buildouts?

[moon_man]

So I want to get rid of my iCloud and google drive cloud services. How will I be able to move everything over? Is there an integration or will I have to download ALL my photos first and then put it on the nas?

[jackong]

I was told that this NAS can only register using China Mobil Number, is this true? Can we use the Android App without registration?

[odedariel]

What about third party OS support on this model?

[jasonluong]

How do you prevent a NAS from sending files stored on it back to its maker? I mean you can say the same about any computer you use, but NASes are on 24/7 so it can take its sweet time sending little bit by bit of these data that can be mistaken by the firewall as traffic noise. I suppose if you are inclined to do so, you can have this NAS behind an advanced router and tell the router to block all network traffic from this NAS that goes onto the Internet, but how many home users can or even bother to do this? This is why routers scare the hell out of me, especially the cheap consumer models. Combined with these NASes, it's a perfect storm for data theft.

[cullenblvd]

two questions 1*) are the M.2 slots gen 4 x 4? on the other models (except the DXP480T Plus) i am seeing gen 4 x 4. I hope they kept this on the lowest end also 2) is it only single channel memory and what speeds are standard on the DDR5 SODIMM modules?

[giovannifrancesco]

hey have you measured how much is the idle power draw and full load power draw with 2 disks?

[realsykarian]

Did you test the power consumption (best in idle)? And did you tear down the motherboard to have a look at the CPU and its cooler? Would be very interested in that. :)

[rty]

Thanks! Great demo! Quick 2 questions:
- does it support mirroring by a disk partition (not HDD)?
- does it support HDD encryption?