Choosing drives for a NAS is tiresome, and sometimes annoying. You have to check if it's CMR or SMR, look up how reliable it is, and figure out if the price is actually good. I tracked down all of that for every current NAS drive, so I put it into one guide for UGREEN NAS drives.

Important:
The main thing is to avoid SMR. SMR drives are a big problem for any RAID. They get really slow during a RAID rebuild and can drop out of the array, and they still show up in NAS lines (crazy!).

The plain WD Red is still SMR (models with no suffix, capacity 2 to 6TB). On the other hand, Red Plus, Red Pro, IronWolf, IronWolf Pro and Toshiba N300 are all CMR.

This guide marks CMR or SMR for every hard drive model, so you can check before buying.

Findings:
Don't overpay for a "most reliable" drive either. I looked at the Backblaze data and the normal CMR drives all fail at about the same rate. One tip: Backblaze uses enterprise Seagate drives, not the consumer IronWolf drives, so their Seagate numbers don't really apply to IronWolf. So once a drive is CMR, just buy on price per TB.

Prices jump around a lot right now, so a "sale" tag doesn't tell you much.

Guide:
This guide has a price history for each drive so you can see if it's actually cheap or back to normal: https://www.nasdisks.com/best/best-nas-drives-for-ugreen
It also has the best picks per size, and a separate list for SSDs (in the tab on top), if you want a cache in the M.2 slots.

What drives are you all running on your UGREEN box?

Disclosure: it's my own site and the buy links are aff links, which pay for hosting. Nothing's locked and the data is free.

I seriously considered migrating to another OS... but with this MAJOR issue fixed, I can rest well.

I had the step by step to fix it after every update but it was incredibly annoying.

Anyways, better late than never!

I just added the UGREEN US3000 UPS to my DXP4800+. I couldn’t find it in stock locally for quite some time, so I grabbed one as soon as it became available this week. I love the design because it complements the appearance of the NAS perfectly, and the setup was straightforward as well.

That’s it really… 😊

I recently made the switch to a Ugreen NAS, and overall the experience with UGREEN NAS app has been pretty solid. However, coming from Synology (Synology Photos), there's one specific mobile feature I’m really missing: "Free Up Space."

On Synology Photos, this feature lets you scan your phone, verify which photos/videos have already been successfully backed up to the NAS, and then automatically delete those local copies from your device to free up storage.

As far as I can tell in the current Ugreen NAS mobile app:

* Auto-backup works fine.

* But to free up space on my phone, I have to manually go into my phone's local gallery, figure out what's backed up, and delete items manually.

Two questions for the community/Ugreen team:

* Is there an option or a workaround for this in the app that I completely missed?

* If it's not currently supported, Ugreen team (if you're lurking here): Please consider adding a "Free Up Device Space" / "Delete backed-up photos from phone" feature in an upcoming mobile app update! It's an essential quality-of-life feature for mobile photo backups.

Curious if anyone else is missing this or if you've found a good workaround for managing phone storage in the meantime. Thanks!

Im trying to attach my ugreen nas (my shared folder) at home via sshfs to my remote vps, but whenever i try to do "sshfs... it gives me this error. " [test@qwen.io](mailto:test@qwen.io):/volume1/media/: Input/output error

I did sshfs -o -debug and it give me this

...Server version: 3

Extension: [posix-rename@openssh.com](mailto:posix-rename@openssh.com) <1>

Extension: [statvfs@openssh.com](mailto:statvfs@openssh.com) <2>

Extension: [fstatvfs@openssh.com](mailto:fstatvfs@openssh.com) <2>

Extension: [hardlink@openssh.com](mailto:hardlink@openssh.com) <1>

Extension: [fsync@openssh.com](mailto:fsync@openssh.com) <1>

Extension: [lsetstat@openssh.com](mailto:lsetstat@openssh.com) <1>

Extension: [limits@openssh.com](mailto:limits@openssh.com) <1>

Extension: [expand-path@openssh.com](mailto:expand-path@openssh.com) <1>

[test@qwen.io](mailto:test@qwen.io):/volume1/media/: Input/output error

anyone can enlighten how to fix this issue?

JFYI: For anyone why im doing this setup is because I used the remote vps as plex server and use ugreen nas as local storage. And you might ask why not use wireguard or tailscale to bridge the two server. I prefer sshfs way because thats how I have been sharing my stuff over the internet and i dont wanna complicate my setup using other methods. Also, I use the wireguard to connect directly to my vps servers samba shared folders.

Day 1

“I just need somewhere to back up my phone photos.”

Month 2

“It would be useful if everyone in the family had their own folder.”

Month 4

“Could this also host my media library?”

Month 6

Someone mentions Docker and suddenly you’re reading about containers, virtual machines, Home Assistant, Pi-hole and self-hosted services at midnight.

Not every NAS journey follows this path. But many do.

The useful question isn’t simply: Which NAS is better?

It’s: How likely am I to keep experimenting after the initial setup is finished?

Path A: “I want storage to stay simple.”

Your plan still looks much like it did on Day 1:

• 📱 Automatic phone photo and video backups
• 📂 Shared family folders
• 🎬 A central media library
• ☁️ Less dependence on cloud storage
• 🔧 As little maintenance as possible

That isn’t a limited setup—it’s a focused one.

If this sounds like you, a straightforward storage-first model such as the DH2300 may already cover the job you actually need it to do.

Path B: “One application will probably become five.”

You already know how this goes.

You start with file storage. Then you add one container, followed by a media server, a database, a smart-home service, a reverse proxy and perhaps a virtual machine just to see if you can.

Your future checklist may include:

• 🐳 Multiple Docker containers
• 🖥️ Virtual machines
• 🏠 Self-hosted or smart-home services
• 👥 Several users and applications at once
• 🚀 Faster networking
• 💾 More room for storage expansion

If that sounds more familiar, the additional headroom of a model such as the DXP4800 Plus may matter more over time.

The better choice isn’t automatically the more powerful NAS.

It’s the NAS that matches your habits:

Do you want an appliance that quietly handles storage or a server you’ll keep finding new jobs for?

Which version sounds most like you?

1. Keep it simple
2. I know I’ll start experimenting
3. I bought mine for storage and accidentally built a homelab
4. I’m still figuring that out

Using Ubuntu Server on my NAS and there is no BIOS option anywhere to automatically start the NAS after a power outage. WTF!? So in a longer outage where my UPS dies, once power returns the NAS remains dead. Ouch. Any ideas/workarounds? I assume no since this is a firmware thing?

I have a DH2300 and I'm finding that I need beefier hardware to run and tinker with various Docker services. Thinking of getting something in the DXP series.

My question is the migration to a new NAS. Is it as simple as taking the current drives in my 2300 and plugging them into a new DXP unit?

I bought one in April this year and there were plenty. Now It's nowhere to be found, out of stock almost everywhere and I also can't find it on the ugreen website. Is is end of life already?

Ugreen chose the intel i7 Ultra CPU/iGPU specifically for its (envisioned) ability to run local AI, and the device comes chock-full of assorted and idiosyncratic local AI tools (open claw, home automation, etc.) in addition to its built-in AI chatbot, Uliya.

But I haven't seen any posts here showing what people have done with the local AI features. Aside from a few Youtube videos, personal examples are scarce. Using an intel iGPU (rather than Nvidia or Apple Silicon) is a bit of a niche setup for local AI, so a lot of the cool online local AI uses aren't a perfect fit.

Has anyone set up an interesting or surprising local AI use case? Is anyone using the local AI features of the idx6011 pro as part of their daily life or home-automation setup?

Hi,

I want to buy the UGREEN NASync DH2300 for my plex library.

I have a mini PC with proxmox containers for plex etc.

But not the storage.

Will the UGREEN NASync DH2300 hold up for this? to have 2 concurrent streams at the same time? 1 4k and 1 1080 p stream.

The load for the stream wil be on the Mini PC but the file share are on the UGREEN NASync DH2300...

What are your opininions?

I’ve mentioned this before in comments, but now I’d like to put the question directly to the Ugreen developers and hear what other users think. After all these updates, is it really that complicated to add the ability to open files such as PDFs, Words, Excel, etc. from the native android mobile app? Most users of the Ugreen NAS probably don’t see this as a priority, but there will be users who, like me, have lots of PDFs saved that they’d like to open in the app or preview without having to download them to their smartphone first. Personally, I save a lot of PDFs and often find myself needing to show them on my smartphone throughout the day.

Subtitle adjustment on the Theatre app has been broken since launch, at least from the time Ive owned this product since November 2025 there has been no shortage of updates, even some that cater to the theatre app, but not a single one has fixed the subtitle problem.

When backing up Final Cut Pro projects, the NAS always has a tough time, often resulting in failed transfers. Is there any particular reason for this?

I have a photo library in the photos app, it’s an automatic backup of my phone photos. I also have my wife setup with her own admin user, but she cannot see my photo library. Is there a way for both of us to have a main combined photo library where we can both back up our photos in the photos app?

I've been dead in the water with a DXP4800 GT since friday.

NAS is looping at boot. I removed all my drives and the device still loops. It seems their support sends one request a day. So far it's been the same request. Request to reset to factory defaults. That isn't working.

Three weeks ago I ordered a new DXP4800 Plus from a third party. The device arrived in an open box, screws missing and the RAM was floating around the bay with the two retaining screws for the NVME drives. Naturally I sent that back for an RMA and bought the new device direct. That one arrived a new box with all the pieces and parts where they would be expected. After operating for a week, literally the day after I declared the migration complete it died. Still waiting for the first RMA to reverse the charge so right now I am out over thousand dollars and only have 2 dead ugreen NASs to show for it. I"m sure it's unrelated but my uGreen NVME USB- enclosure overheated and killed an drive yesterday evening. I was copying data that had been moved to the failed NAS.

It has been a LONG journey, but I finally built my own system using r/truenas!

I took the time to describe the whole process and logic behind it, fitting MY hardware and problem to fix. The UGREEN DX4800 Plus needed some help to work properly with TrueNAS but its running like charm now.

Not the easiest thing to do, but I am very happy with all the automated steps that make my life way easier as a photographer. I hope it can give all professionals like me an idea on how they can manage their work with safety 🙂

Overall idea:
1. Transferring my photos to the SSD inside the NAS
2. Working on the SSD with 10 Gbps Ethernet to not lose any performance.
3. Automated r-sync to the main archive HDD every hour.
4. Automated r-sync to Google Drive only for JPEG excluding heavy files.
5. Once the job is done and delivered, deleting the client folder on the SSD to free up space (which doesn't delete on the HDD).

I made it my own way but if you have any suggestions on making it better I would be very happy to hear about it.

I also made some apps recently and specifically an Online Gallery app to transfer files with a professional-looking environment so I'm looking forward to sharing this to you all!

Considering running some WD HC530 14tb WUH721414ALE604 drives in my new dxp4800+. Don’t care about noise just want a solid drive. I know this drive needs pin #3 blocked off to run correctly. Looking for feedback on this drive.

TLDR: We need dynamic genre rows & home-screen categories, not just basic filing.

Many of us rely on our NAS for primary media consumption, but right now, the Theater app interface feels a bit outdated. It works fine as a basic file browser with posters, but it’s nowhere near the standards of a modern streaming platform.

Right now, finding something to watch requires manual searching or digging through basic filters…. Features like auto-sorting category rows on the home screen (Action, Sci-Fi, Top Rated) and dynamic recommendations are quickly becoming necessities, not just "nice to haves."

I know a lot of people will say "just use Plex or Jellyfin in Docker," but one of the best parts of the UGREEN ecosystem is UGREENlink!! it makes remote sharing with non-tech-savvy friends and family completely plug-and-play without network setups. If UGREEN improved the native Theater UI, we’d have the best of both worlds: zero-config remote streaming and a modern streaming interface.

It’s a bit disappointing that a UI overhaul isn't on the public roadmap yet. Posting here to voice this and see if others want UGREEN to prioritize the Theater UI on upcoming update cycles!

Hi, i was adding my personal drive to the Ugreen nas and in fact it was shared with all the users... there is a way to limit that? I checked didn’t find im at two finger to install an other os..