UGREEN NASync DXP2800 2-Bay Desktop NAS, Intel N100 Quad-core CPU, 8GB DDR5 RAM, 2.5GbE, 2 * M.2 NVMe Slots, 4K HDMI, Network Attached Storage (Diskless) (DXP2800)

This is my first dedicated NAS, but I've been mucking about with hosting stuff on mini PCs etc for a while. Like many people, I've become more interested in having a 'personal cloud' as I'd prefer not to store my whole life on Google or Amazon's servers. That necessitates more storage than my little GMTEC Mini with its 4 nvme bays could offer. First impressions of the box are positive. It looks and feels good. A satin textured mix of pressed aluminium and high quality plastic. The HDD bays are simple to use and feel secure, though I'd like a bit more dampening on them. Like many NAS boxes, the DXP4800 has a Intel N100. Not a particularly fast processor, but fairly low wattage and also offers decent hardware transcoding performance for media. It's sufficient for my needs as I'm not using this machine for compute, just storage and running a media server. Similarly, the 8gb of RAM is close to the bare minimum I'd want. I can run 4 docker containers and only utilise about 33% of the allocation, so it does have a bit of headroom. The machine runs pretty quiet, with a single 120mm fan pushing air through the body. There's a nice magnetic dust cover, too. The two 8TB WD Red Plus drives I have in there at the moment are audible in use, but I'm rarely in the room when they're operational, as I've got a cache setup in unraid (more on that later). Suffice to say, if you've been used to the silence of solid state storage these past few years, you will notice the clunking sound of HDDs in operation. That's the price we pay for cheaper storage, though. There are a plethora of ports and storage expansion options beyond the 4 HDD bays and 2 NVME slots, making it easy to add USB and SD flash storage if necessary. I'm not going to comment on the UGreen OS as I actually immediately installed Unraid on the system because I have a few mismatched drives that Unraid is very good at taking advantage of. Having an SSD cache allows me to have a pool of storage that I can later move over to the HDDs when it fills up, meaning most of the HDD write/read noise happens at 3am when I can't hear it. Anyway, this isn't a review of Unraid, but it's important to note that this is 'just a pc' that happens to have convenient drive bays and a nice form factor. It's very simple to disable the OS EMMC in BIOS and boot into whatever OS/distro you fancy. Recommended.

I am completely new to the world of NAS drives and I was keen to expand the limited storage on my laptop. I didn't want to have to use the laptop with an external drive plugged in, and I have a few nagging doubts about the security of my information on the cloud. These fears may be unfounded, but I'm just cautious. The setting up of this NAS drive was a breeze. The wizard takes you through everything. I found a few useful YouTube videos too, which, combined with the wizard makes things easy. The drive is a nice sturdy construction and feels solid. It is superbly quiet with the Western Digital drives that I bought. The disk trays make installation of the disks very straightforward. It is certainly quick enough in its operation for my needs out of the box, but it offers upgradeability for those who wish to go down that route. The applications included with the drive are simple to use. I hoghly recommend this unit.

What a great little NAS. You get incredible features for the money. 2x 3.5 bays (can also take 2.5inch drives) and 2x NVME slots. Supports Docker absolutely fine. The UGREEN OS is built upon Debian and is still relatively new and devleoping. But I believe the OS can be replaced if you wanted too. RAM can be upgraded to 16GB. Incredibly easy to use, great build quality and certainly beats some of the more well known manufacturers. Highly recommended

What a superb bit of kit. Well made, solid feeling, fast performance, easy setup, plenty of RAM, loads of features, it's everything you're probably going to need. I've used a few items by this brand but usually only chargers and plugs, all perform reliably. Never thought I'd buy a NAS drive from this brand but here we are... I've had it a few hours and already have it set up for my phone and laptop, mapped a network drive on windows, installed a virtual instance of Ubuntu and Windows 11 (Tiny version). All run perfectly. I toyed with the idea of getting a Synology or other more established brand but very pleased I chose this one. I'm running 2 x 4tb Seagate Nas hard drives. Likely to expand using the nvme ports at a later date. If you're in the market for a home or small business NAS this is a brilliant choice. You won't be disappointed.

This nas is great. Well built, easy to use, software works and has been very reliable since setup. Prior to this purchase I was using a small Synology nas... I wouldn't buy another Synology nas as the UGREEN nas is so much simpler to use. Im using this nas for media (movies, tv shows, music etc) and have had no issues running home media software nor streaming content on my home network.

The product is sturdy and the cables provided are more than long enough for my setup. The user guide to install the hard drives were clear and easy to follow. I didn't realise that it ran on its own operating system and was unclear on how to connect to my windows file system at first but eventually figured it out. It's nice and quiet and fast on transfer speeds. For the price would definitely recommend.

Very pleased with this NAS, build quality is much better than Synology DS224+ which had an annoying fan noise. This DXP 2800 turns off the fan at low CPU usage and is silent with SSDs. I use it for Emby (docker) and Home Assistant (VM) with Sonoff Zigbee Dongle. The software is very similar to Synology and was a breeze to setup. I like that fact that you can treat it as a mini PC and install any OS if you prefer like Truenas. 10/10 for my use case, and thought I would be installing something like Truenas but the UGOS does everything I need. It does HW transcoding and everything feels snappy including Home Assistant. It is better that the OS runs on the unit so swapping drives is possible without having to set it up all over again.