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UGREEN enters Network Attached Storage (NAS) market with diverse Linux-based NASync lineup (betanews.com)
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[–] 36 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Yeah, I've got a bunch of Ugreen hardware (external HDD enclosures, USB hubs, adapters, etc.), but there's no way I'd get their hardware with an OS on it. I don't trust the brand that much.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You shouldn't trust ANY brand's pre-installed OS when it comes to your personal data to be honest.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    QNAP is taiwanese and still providing software patches for my 8 year old NAS. I think they are reasonably trustworthy

    But i agree with you, i'm going to build my own NAS from scratch this year...

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I have zero trust in QNAP. QNAP knowingly sold several NASes with a known clock-drift defect in their Intel J1900 CPUs and then refused to provide any support. A bunch of community members had to figure out how to solder a resistor to temporarily revive their bricked NASes in order to retrieve their data. https://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?t=135089

    I had a TS-453 Pro and my friend had a TS-451. Both mine and his exhibited this issue and refused to boot. After this debacle and the extreme apathy from their support, I vowed to never buy a pre-built NAS.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Not to mention the sheer amount of security vulnerabilities they constantly have in their products. I never recommend QNAP for that reason. Out of the box solutions I only recommend Synology. Selfbuild route is uraid and my personal fav. Truenas scale.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Get an x86 Qnap and put Truenas Scale on it - there is no case in that form factor in existence.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Does this have a backplane?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    More than likely. Since the description clearly states "8x3.5 HDD Hot-Swap drive bays." It's not the only case of similar form factor that you can get 8 hot swap drive bays. There are literally tons of NAS case designs to choose from.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've had a look and sadly, they are not available in Europe (at least for any reasonable price).

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've built every NAS/home server I've ever had. There's lots of options out there for the case as well. You could take an SFF Mini ITX case with a single 5 1/4" drive bay and put an icy dock 8 x 2.5" SATA backplane in it. Don't know if icy dock (brand) is widely available in Europe...

    Just pointing out that if you imagine it (form factor with 8 hot swappable drives) there's probably a solution to build it from scratch.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    You could do all that, yes - but that's not really "replacing" a Synology IMHO. The point is that you don't really have to think about putting it all together correctly - put the drives in, install your OS of choice and that's it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Man, I have GOT to try Truenas Scale one of these days. I see it recommended so often, but I was just too used to a standard Linux ecosystem to bother learning something new. I am assuming it gets you closer to the feel of a pre-built NAS during administration tasks compared to Cockpit and a SSH session lmao.

    I think I am just always afraid of being locked into a specific way of doing things by a vendor. I feel like I would get annoyed if something that I could do easily on standard Linux was harder to do on Truenas Scale.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    For sure. It's basically a NAS software appliance. You just need to bring your own x86 hardware. Truenas core was good, but they will stop actively developing soon in favor for scale.

    I have it running both hardware (backup) as well as virtualized (with a special sas/sata card as PCI pass thru). Works like a charm.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Do it anyway and put an x86 OS on one of the "standard UEFI" versions. There's no other Hardware better on the market for this - even self build isn't going to come close, there's simply no case with 8 hotswap slots (for example).

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I did order the 4800+. I have no need for the Ugreen OS and will replace it.
    Every report I have read about say that the hardware looks very good for the (kickstarter) price

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But if the EFI is locked and you have to use a workaround to boot?

    I'd wait a real review before purchasing a "e-waste bomb"

    The real reason the hardware is locked to their Linux distro is that the moment they discontinue security updates, it immediately becomes e-waste and you have to buy a new one instead of use it until it physically breaks. This approach works great on Apple devices, who have a 5-7 year lifetime from market launch

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    If Synology decides to not support your NAS it can't even load anything else. Synology dexided for the DS218j (or DS220j) that it suddenly can't use BTRFS anymore. If I remember it correctly it was due to not having enough memory.
    But that was only after the upgrade to DSM 7.x
    Yet I see only confused posts on the web instead of rage and "I wont bzy Synology anymore".

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    What do people think of their hardware in general?

    I have some caddies HDD and NVMe. I think their gear is fairly mid. some aspects are quite nice but other aspects is dog water.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    What do people think of their hardware in general?

    I've been very happy with their external HDD enclosures, and various USB chargers.

    Their USB car charger has been the only one to survive Canadian winters and summers for more than a year (going on 4), which is impressive.

    I'd say their quality is as good, or better, than most of the Anker stuff I've purchased.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    They have some of the best USB cables (strongest, least breakable). Used to be cheap too until they started spending big bucks on marketing.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    As a comparison against Anker, the cables are thinner - almost as thin as the cheap unbranded cables. Or at least this is what my ugreen cables are like.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You need those metal ones with braided cable

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