Users desire the ability to use hard drives of different capacities within the same storage pool or RAID configuration on UGREEN NAS devices, similar to solutions like DrivePool or Unraid, to maximize storage utilization.
Hey there, Looking for a NAS to transfer my computer's mechanical drives to (2x 18TB, 1x 14TB, 1x 6TB) that are currently a DrivePool on Windows. Things I want to do: * NAS with heterogenous disk sizes * Backblaze B2 backups * Tailscale * Plex (storage on-device, run Plex Server on- or near-device) With: * ≥5 3.5" drive bays * 10gbps Ethernet or an upgrade path (have 10gbps home devices and 5gbps symmetrical fiber internet) * NVMe cache drive(s) upgrade path * More RAM upgrade path (either 32GB or 64GB) Suggestions? It feels like Synology wins on brand recognition and a very mature OS. On the other hand, the UGREEN has superior hardware (including an Intel processor with Quick Sync for Plex), more upgrade options, and I'd likely install Unraid on it anyway. So my take is that Synology wins on plug-and-play and UGREEN wins on power and configurability. (I'm not afraid of OSes, having run everything from BeOS and Open Solaris to diverse Linux distros to the usual suspects.) Or is there another solid option? Thanks!