The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/KP30499 on 2025-02-07 09:35:54.
Hi there, sorry for formatting and grammar errors, I am on mobile atm. I want to build a NAS and narrowed it down to the UGREEN DXP2800 with 2 Seagate IronWolf NAS 4TB drives and a Patriot P300 256GB SSD for cache. The System would be set up in RAID 1 for redundancy and would be primarily for storing photos I take with my cameras and editing on the go. I mainly shoot uncompressed RAW files on my Sony A7III (about 50MB each) and edit them to JPEG (about 15MB). It would probably also be used to back up a few files from my PC so I don't have to go through the hassle with Onedrive and Google Drive. Since I only do photography as a hobby, but have also a few hundred photos and videos from deceased relatives I want to keep save, I don't know if the DXP2800 is the right one for me. The current size of my photo and video folder on my PC is about 487GB and is backed up on an external SSD. This worked for me for a long time, but since I now changed my job and travel for work (with my camera because of downtimes) I don't want to carry around my SSDs all the time and have to sync it between my devices. I saw a few posts, that recommended Synology, but from what I've seen their two drive system doesn't have a M.2 Slot for expansion and overall worse components. In my research I also found that UGREEN has an all in one app for their NAS products and Synology has a lot of different ones. Do you have experience with this system and any advice on how to set it up properly or any recommendations for better solutions? Should I preferably go to a four bay system or is the two bay one sufficient enough if I want to upgrade the drives at some point? Thanks in advance.