UniFi UNAS Pro NAS - The BIG REVIEW

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Video Chapters
00:00 - UniFi UNAS Pro Review
00:48 - It's Been a long time coming
01:59 - The Price
02:54 - Hardware
03:34 - Hard Drive Compatibility
04:45 - Storage
05:30 - Comparisons with Synology and QNAP?
06:00 - Noise Testing
06:49 - Power Consumption
07:30 - Redundant Power?
07:55 - Do you need a UI Account / Offline Mode?
08:49 - Limitations
10:08 - Performance
11:50 - Internal Hardware Inspection
12:45 - Devils Advocate
13:18 - UniFi NAS OS
13:55 - Desktop Setup
15:16 - The UniFi Drive Dashboard
16:28 - SSH
16:58 - Clear Storage UI
17:33 - Mobile Setup
18:13 - Local vs Remote Access Prompt
18:49 - RAID Expansion / ReBuild
19:34 - File /Folder Browser Access
20:55 - Modular Updates
20:18 - Encrypted Drives
21:41 - User Account Control
22:37 - Snapshots
23:48 - Backup Options
26:16 - The LCD Screen Controls
28:35 - Sharing Files
30:16 - Limits of use without a UI Account
31:38 - UniFi Protect
32:14 - 2FA / MFA / OTP
33:02 - WORM Support
33:38 - Multiple Pools
34:18 - Scheduled On/Off
34:50 - Metadata Use
35:44 - Docker and Virtual Machine Deployment
36:19 - The UniFi Identity SMB Update
36:50 - UniFi Drive and NAS OS Verdict
37:50 - Review Conclusion and Verdict
41:52 - The Future?

[liamfoneill]

Can’t wait for UNAS Pro ‘Max’ which has Docker and VM support 😂

[Alan.livingston]

My entire feed is now just tech tubers reviewing this device. I'm guessing they must have all been waiting for an embargo to end. I am, of course, watching this guys review because he's THE MAN.

[Sigaricus]

This looks like a decent start - funnily enough while eating my bacon, egg and black pudding (and watching this video), I got the email from Ubiquiti titled "Welcome to Unifi Drive and UNAS Pro" (1134hrs EDT). As others have commented though, I won't be swapping my DS920+ for the UNAS Pro. I do have a Ubiquiti network setup, so was very excited when I saw your video this morning. As always - great video and thanks for taking the time to post!

[RickSlone]

Defiantly going to pick one of these up. Don't give a hoot about the docker side, that's why I have servers. I want a storage NAS that does just that, store things and get data to the right users, I don't want to host my docker apps from it as well. Great video thanks for the review!

[chriswarren]

The device feels like the perfect unit for low cost offsite backup storage. Easy to lock away in a comms rack and you wont saturate the write speeds over the wire.

[James-cdih]

This as a no-frill local data replication of the Unraid and TrueNAS systems I already own. Absolutely perfect.

[LordSaliss]

I really like this product. Most home users these days want a "NAS" but really they want a home server that runs a lot of different services and stores files for their network and they think their NAS is supposed be that device. I appreciate that this device goes back to being what a NAS was originally intended to be and seems targeted perfectly to the small business and home business market.

[ltkernelsanders]

Their thinking on the 1G port is probably to use that on a management network for config management and use the 10G for data only. At least that's usually how appliances set up like that are intended to be used. Would be nice to have more ports for flexibility though if you're trying to do something like directly attaching vm hosts.

[ivangutowski]

This is an superb video !

You really know your stuff and you really gave us an insight into the product, what it can and can't do with lots of visual showing of it

[imowgrass]

Thanks for the review, well done and thorough. Not surprised to see no availability for Docker at this point. At the price point, this is great for fire storage. It's not HA or high-speed system, which is fine. There are other players for that type of equipment. It appears that UI gave us a purpose-built system that does one thing really well, at a price that is hard to not smile at.

[alexanderthegray]

I saw this release announcement and instantly search your channel knowing you HAD to have been right on top of it!

[suntoryjim]

I love all the competition that's been popping-up recently.

[BrownieX]

The photo sharing and date sorting is something that I am glad is present.

[traedia]

Great introduction and descriptive video to this NAS. Thanks for your efforts!

[chadriopel]

This thing is like half the price of a 8 bay synology. I was getting ready to buy an 8 bay in a couple months, but I might get this now.

[TechOverwrite]

Such a detailed review, thank you 😊 It is a pity about Docker/VM/Plex support (or lack of!), but I understand why Ubi have focused on making just a NAS right now.

Also re reply you made to another comment, I would love to watch the story of how you had to reshoot this video multiple times. Fair play to you on the patience.

[jorgemtds]

The perfect NAS... a pure local storage device without any extras.
When you don't want another server, you get a NAS like this one.

[unimatrix]

Great video! will be using your link to purchase one.
I currently have a TrueNAS box that has 9 drives in it but going to scale down to 7 drives anyways to save power consumption (yes for me it does make that big of a difference). That is the biggest thing for me... when my NAS is at idle it is 90-100w and reading/ writing heavy it is 160-200 w. I don't do docker or anything like that on my NAS, I have another machine for that. I just need something efficient and that will do the storage thing well, and it will match my other Unifi equipment.... lol

[PolarRed]

I think you hit it on the head at the end Robbie. I'm defo going to be replacing my onsite backup ext. drives with one of these (going by how stuff sells out on their site though, that's probably going to be around 4/3 2025!). But it won't be replacing the Synology for day to day work stuff that's for sure.

[mackie]

Having already invested in Unifi gear (including a Pro switch with a spare SFP+ port) and already having a fairly beefy Proxmox host in play to host applications this seems like a great option!