I'm a big advocate of running storage and services on separate machines so I actually really like their approach of it being just storage and didn't go overboard with some i9 processor or something which would just be a waste of money for my use case.
This! I don’t need docker as a home user. I just want somewhere to safely and easily store my personal photo and document library that is accessible to devices on my local network. I don’t need plex. I have Netflix and Disney+ and Apple TV plus which has more than enough content for entertainment.
Having run a bunch of different NAS types and systems over the years, I like that they're keeping the system cheap and functional within a narrow range. a NAS should be storage, and it does that well. A virtualization server is where docker or proxmox should live, not on the storage server IMO. I really like this.
Thank you for your "professional" review versus everyone else that wanted to be "first on the net" to review this NAS. I was hoping you would make a video review of this since I am interested in this for my home system. As always, great job Tom!
This video is right next to Jeff Geerling's look at the M4 Mac Mini power efficiency on my subscribe list. Using the UNAS as pure storage and the Mac Mini as a media server / Docker host for just about any production type homelab use is a killer combo.
Has solid potential. While containers and VMs are not essential for a NAS, having a robust backup system with versioning and a variety of local and cloud targets is. Hopefully they will get backups addressed as quickly as they did with NFS.
@@jttech44 Sure, but Unifi has always discouraged people from re-configure things at the CLI level, if one wants to roll their own, then Unifi isn't the best choice. Unifi has stated about their products in general, that there is no assurance that the next update won't overwrite or break whatever customization one has done at the CLI. This NAS needs a comprehensive backup solution that is fully configurable from the GUI, it should support cloud solutions (S3, Azure, Rackspace, etc), as well as local options such as Rsync, and it must include flexible versioning and rotation. I'm sure they will get there, it's just not there now. The product as it stands may be okay for home lab, but it's not **yet** suitable for most businesses.
I use truenas and a synology in my home lab. Synology backup solutions is ideal for backing up and versioning for all my vms (stored on a hl15) and pcs/mac. Backup solution on the unas will have to greatly improve before switching to it over the synology.
I occasionally learn linux, server, wm... I've been looking for NAS for a long time. Synologie is great, but I don't need 98% of the stuff. That's why this is GREAT! Simple, not to use the cloud, simple settings and just to work. Super UNIFI!! Thanks for the video. I use your instructions for learning 😉👍🏻
I liked this NAS, but the showstopper for me is lack of high speed USB ports. I use large capacity external USB drives as a destination to back up two NAS units(Yes, Local only).
Honestly, even as someone that likes to tinker this would make a great addition for a TrueNAS system. For many of my files, I don’t need high speeds, I just want a 2nd local backup in addition to my main storage and cloud.
I hope they integrate S3 as a Backup Destination. I usually use an "independent" S3 bucket with versioning enabled. This NAS would be a good system for companies up to 5 users. Only disadvantage: being heavily dependent on Unifi.
Nice overview. I purchased a UNAS for the very reason you state is a decent use - basic network storage for my home network. I've found that it works great. I really want to use Raid 6, which is not supported yet but I hear will be coming out in the future. It's a bit of a pain that I will need to move all my files before I change the protection once it arrives. In the near-term I'm using the UNAS lightly knowing that I wll need to do the shuffling of files once the functionality arrives. I would also like to have OneDrive as a backup option and an integration with Backblaze B2.
A good start ftom Unifi -- except one glaring issue that needs addressing - Theres no need for both the NAS and NVR to exist. Unifi Protect needs to be integrated into the NAS
Great review. I am testing one right now and have much of the same results. I did find the file performance to be good on the non-encrypted drives but much slower on encrypted drives. Overall, it is a great unit.
I do really hope that Unifi produces a phone backup app that can automatically backup data to the unas like photos, I'd love to stop using Google photos so much
Some service to cover the typical Android/iOS phone and tablet backups would be good as that’s then all simple bases covered. Otherwise you have computer data local and device data in the cloud.
The Photoprism app allows to backup to a SMB share, so it should fit your needs. Combine it with WireGuard VPN Server on your Unifi console and you're good to go!
Slam dunk value with 10Gbe, 7 bays. The interface is simple and provides the core competency amazingly well. Pair this with an Orange PI, PI5 or even x86 SBC, and it will be just as good if not better than any other NAS on the market for the prosumer! I'm loving mine.
Hi Tom, if you don't mind doing a small blurb (or even a one off video) on adding it to on prem AD, because I am curious how it will handle Kerberos, especially with upcoming changes when you flip to DFL and FFL 2025. I know some of the Kerberos changes may make this sensitive, and if this device can handle that, I will order one immediately 👍👍 I know I am part of the weird 1% that have a well established Active Directory implementation at home😂
Personally I'll stick to TrueNAS, however I definitely see that working for a lot use cases. The price point for a new NAS is spot on! Great job Unifi😊🎉
I like seeing that dropdown box for AD and Entra, hopefully that makes it's way over to client VPN authentication... (and hopefully they add a few more cloud options to this NAS)
I have a Synology that used to have loads of apps VMs, containers Plex etc, recently switched to using a mini PC and XCP-NG for all my vms and docker containers a far better solution so this Nas would be ideal
Excited by this product. I’m waiting for further reviews/experience of running these in some kind of HA. I see you can backup to another share, but I’d be looking for something where I could rack up two of these guys and have one go down and not affect access. I’m also looking for someone to review using this thing for shared storage for virtualisation. My current NAS only has 1g NICs and it struggles if I try and use it for persistent storage for proxmox lxcs.
GOOD, but for ME, it all ended the moment you mentioned that running PLEX and Docker isn't possible! If this would be possible I would buy it right now! Thanks for the review! Love your content!
This is the perfect NAS for me. I'm not in the mood for all the other stuff. I just want a place to dump files, that's all. I have a Synolagy NAS, and that thing was a pain to set up. I just want a simple thing to back up my Windows PCs and my Macs, that's all.
I prefer 10GB SFP+ all day over RJ45.... you actually gain latency with RJ45 as it translates amoungst sending to go over cat6x. Where a STP+ port with a DAC cable is bascially the same as having the two devices connected direct to the same bus making it virttually part of the same device so speeds and latency is SUPER FAST!
I will get one when they add syncing between two NASs. It's not a backup if it itself isn't backed up. Even better if it can sync between two NASs in separate sites!
As they seem to be adding features pretty quickly here's to hoping they update the backup software to be a bit more robust. I like the no nonsense low power NAS approach though, even if 7 is kind of odd drive bay size.
The 7 bays are a bit odd, but if they are willing to implement raid 6, it would be perfect in my use case. I am simply looking to store old data that I want to ensure it never gets lost.
hi, thanks for the video and this something you look forward to when you run the unifi ecosystem what seems to be missing if there are encrypted folders
Generally speaking I like the approach, but if they are keeping it clean to be a NAS and a NAS only, they should at least provider more granular control over things like the raid level and such. Raid10 & Raid5 only is a bit weak as for choices.
2.5gbit would be nice, but it is a great piece of equipment... I did not rate unifi that much, till recent ucg-ultra got to my hands and how much it offer for how little and how easily.. now they put this out.. 7 bays for $500 and you even get sfp+? nobody else comes even close... maybe terramaster with 6 bays for $600?
i prefere to run Container and Software like Plex on a dedicated server. It is easier to handle and to replace, and for for the price of a basic Mac mini, you get superior CPU/GPU power then a comparable NAS.
Thanks for the informative video! How does this device detect a power outage when connected to a UPS system? Typically, this is done using a USB cable between the NAS and the UPS, but I couldn’t spot a USB port in the pictures I’ve seen. Could you please clarify?
Not for everyone. While it has a great value, I need a device that can handle all ssd array with encryption but without significant speed penalty which is not the case. Maybe someday unas enterprise..
For $400 you could buy a turnkey 16 sas bay 4u supermicro system that you can drop a dual 10g/50/100g network card, pair of boot ssds into and install truenas scale for a very easy to manage system. I would NOT trust my Nas data to btrfs in 2024 when zfs is so much better. And while there isn't much of a business case for docker on a Nas, something like syncthing could be worthwhile to some users, or it they wanted to make things easier to us, perhaps something like a customized owncloud might be useful.
Seeing this kind of thing at this price point really makes me think of one thing, and one thing only... Will it run truenas scale? I'm sure some enterprising lad already has it working, and it's a very compelling choice for that.
does the NAS have integrated LDAP/AD??? I would love to use domain security groups to allow verious permissions to various shares... EDIT: and you answered it a few more minutes later from my comment, LOL Some cool features here... a lot more power friendly too them using a full HP DL380 G9 server just to use as a share or server+netapp to install TrueNAS and with 26 SAS HDD and 8 SAS SSD in the server for all the tiering/ZFS/etc, power is massive to run storage...
I'm considering this as a media storage array for my plex server to be point to. Only thing is I have no idea how well the unas works for that kind of duty.
@samuelhulme8347 not a big deal for me. But I get those who like docker and the power savings of running it all from one system. Was also considering unraid as an o.s on a build.
I don't have a need for hardware transcoding because I have a Zidoo Z9X Pro media player that can handle MKV for watching movies. In the positive note, I like that I can integrate with LDAP. I have different user names for different tasks in my Linux machine, which make backing up files easier (one user for anything office-work, another use for games and content creation, and another user for running virtual machines). I can see myself using this UNAS as a backup drive if I'm planning on building a rack-mounted NAS.
Could I use this for on-site and off-site smb. The idea is to allow a non-technical friend to mount a drive on windows so he can backup files to my nas
does it support ISCSI? can you have multiple volumes? i have multiple synologies setup with iscsi and with multiple volumes. also i find the choice of putting the ports on the front odd. they should have moved it to the back and made it 8 drive
@ i feel that the lack of multiple volumes is limiting. if you are limited to only 7 drives then its less of an issue. what is more of a problem is preventing admins from restoring user files. people leave companies and when they do an admin need to be able to take ownership.
The user-setup; Can the NAS be used by off-site users? If a PC can be set up with shared drive pointing to the NAS, and also access this share outside LAN, without setting up VPN from PC to Unifi network?
I bought UNAS Pro day one and found it very easy to setup and use. One note of warning if your Unifi password is longer then 64 characters setup will crash and your will have to force reset UNAS Pro and set your password in Unifi to 64 or less characters. The next product I would like to see turned into UNAS is the UNVR 4 bay for $299 price point. Overall I would give UNAS Pro 5 out of 5 stars!
It would probably be a huge it if they release 2-drive and 4-drive non-rackable versions for new home users who already jumped on the UniFi train for WiFi.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMSDoes it offer another way for this purpose? I mainly eant to use it to backup a webserver and file storage of my office. Thank you very much for the reply!
I could go buy some performance SSD NAS, but I don't really see the point as it's just not designed for performance with that CPU, only 8GB or memory, and no cache drive support.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS I totally get it. I just want to see what the limit is for NFS, SMB, and cloud drive transfer speed. Also, a RAID5/6 performance drop is something worth investigating.
If they added UniFi Protect NVR app support to it then I would buy it as be greater value to have UniFi Protect and UniFi Drive on the same hardware box.
Do love your content Lawrence but £456 for a QUAD CORE ARM box with 8GB RAM and middling performance is just insanely poor value vs building something and putting a user-friendly storage appliance like TrueNAS or HexOS on there. Perhaps it makes sense for some obscure small client use-case, but Ubiquity's pretty lights and interface aren't worth the £300 mark-up here.
The drive in my UDM is way oversized, so when is this nifty little feature set coming to UDM? Next would be container registries and caches like LANcache/Linux package cache. UDM has been an underwhelming product for the first year I owned mine, but in the last year and after seeing this, I can see lots of potential which would even make me upgrade to a 2 bay UDM for that additional safety. Doesn't have to be 3.5 inch, 2.5 inch or M.2 would still be fine for me. 2 4 TB M.2 drives in a future UDM would cover reliability, NVR and small NAS needs. For everything else I have my workstations. Please, please bring this to UDM and refresh the UDM line. Edit: Yes completely understandable, if I want to go for anything beyond basic file serving I have to look elsewhere and I'm tinkering enough with different devices. Just the "basic" things listed above for a handful of users won't put a UDM under much stress but can be a higher quality of life improvement.
when i hear about unifi product review, its either the youtber biught it or signed a nda of sort that leave the vast majority of feedback out since it will hurt the product... So the only question i have did he bought it of unifi bought the youtuber, @0:34 .
Actually, I did do some bad reviews, they did stop sending me things for a while 😜 So I bought things on my one and kept going which is why in many many of my UniFi videos I don't mention them giving me things.
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I'm a big advocate of running storage and services on separate machines so I actually really like their approach of it being just storage and didn't go overboard with some i9 processor or something which would just be a waste of money for my use case.
I agree and I do run them separately. But I couldn't resist running a bunch of VMs on the UNAS if I could.
@@mjscpr I'd like to see more details of how the unas stacks up running vm's and media content pulled from it.
Technically you're right, I'm reality they are just not adding value for the price
I Think this is ideal for most of my customers, the majority don't need all the extra things like docker container and plex etc.
This! I don’t need docker as a home user. I just want somewhere to safely and easily store my personal photo and document library that is accessible to devices on my local network. I don’t need plex. I have Netflix and Disney+ and Apple TV plus which has more than enough content for entertainment.
Having run a bunch of different NAS types and systems over the years, I like that they're keeping the system cheap and functional within a narrow range. a NAS should be storage, and it does that well. A virtualization server is where docker or proxmox should live, not on the storage server IMO. I really like this.
Thank you for your "professional" review versus everyone else that wanted to be "first on the net" to review this NAS. I was hoping you would make a video review of this since I am interested in this for my home system. As always, great job Tom!
Thanks, I'm glad it's helpful.
This video is right next to Jeff Geerling's look at the M4 Mac Mini power efficiency on my subscribe list. Using the UNAS as pure storage and the Mac Mini as a media server / Docker host for just about any production type homelab use is a killer combo.
Has solid potential. While containers and VMs are not essential for a NAS, having a robust backup system with versioning and a variety of local and cloud targets is. Hopefully they will get backups addressed as quickly as they did with NFS.
I mean.... it'll run Rsync/Cron no problem, pretty simple at that point to roll your own
@@jttech44 Sure, but Unifi has always discouraged people from re-configure things at the CLI level, if one wants to roll their own, then Unifi isn't the best choice. Unifi has stated about their products in general, that there is no assurance that the next update won't overwrite or break whatever customization one has done at the CLI. This NAS needs a comprehensive backup solution that is fully configurable from the GUI, it should support cloud solutions (S3, Azure, Rackspace, etc), as well as local options such as Rsync, and it must include flexible versioning and rotation. I'm sure they will get there, it's just not there now. The product as it stands may be okay for home lab, but it's not **yet** suitable for most businesses.
I use truenas and a synology in my home lab. Synology backup solutions is ideal for backing up and versioning for all my vms (stored on a hl15) and pcs/mac. Backup solution on the unas will have to greatly improve before switching to it over the synology.
I occasionally learn linux, server, wm... I've been looking for NAS for a long time. Synologie is great, but I don't need 98% of the stuff. That's why this is GREAT! Simple, not to use the cloud, simple settings and just to work. Super UNIFI!! Thanks for the video. I use your instructions for learning 😉👍🏻
I liked this NAS, but the showstopper for me is lack of high speed USB ports. I use large capacity external USB drives as a destination to back up two NAS units(Yes, Local only).
Honestly, even as someone that likes to tinker this would make a great addition for a TrueNAS system. For many of my files, I don’t need high speeds, I just want a 2nd local backup in addition to my main storage and cloud.
I hope they integrate S3 as a Backup Destination. I usually use an "independent" S3 bucket with versioning enabled. This NAS would be a good system for companies up to 5 users. Only disadvantage: being heavily dependent on Unifi.
Nice overview. I purchased a UNAS for the very reason you state is a decent use - basic network storage for my home network. I've found that it works great. I really want to use Raid 6, which is not supported yet but I hear will be coming out in the future. It's a bit of a pain that I will need to move all my files before I change the protection once it arrives. In the near-term I'm using the UNAS lightly knowing that I wll need to do the shuffling of files once the functionality arrives. I would also like to have OneDrive as a backup option and an integration with Backblaze B2.
B2 integration would be perfect
A good start ftom Unifi -- except one glaring issue that needs addressing - Theres no need for both the NAS and NVR to exist. Unifi Protect needs to be integrated into the NAS
That would be fine in some very light duty instances. But i would still keep them separate.
Thank you for doing a relavant and honest review of this NAS!
Your welcome
Great review. I am testing one right now and have much of the same results. I did find the file performance to be good on the non-encrypted drives but much slower on encrypted drives. Overall, it is a great unit.
So you're saying that adding processor load, decreases system performance? *shock*
@@KentBunnyeah arm shines sometimes. Crashes and burns epically when you try and push it
I do really hope that Unifi produces a phone backup app that can automatically backup data to the unas like photos, I'd love to stop using Google photos so much
Some service to cover the typical Android/iOS phone and tablet backups would be good as that’s then all simple bases covered. Otherwise you have computer data local and device data in the cloud.
The Photoprism app allows to backup to a SMB share, so it should fit your needs. Combine it with WireGuard VPN Server on your Unifi console and you're good to go!
Slam dunk value with 10Gbe, 7 bays. The interface is simple and provides the core competency amazingly well. Pair this with an Orange PI, PI5 or even x86 SBC, and it will be just as good if not better than any other NAS on the market for the prosumer! I'm loving mine.
Thanks for this review. It is a cool device that I think I've out grown but definitely something I would recommend to others.
How about turning the 4-bay UNVR into a NAS? Should be able to utilize the same software.
Hi Tom, if you don't mind doing a small blurb (or even a one off video) on adding it to on prem AD, because I am curious how it will handle Kerberos, especially with upcoming changes when you flip to DFL and FFL 2025. I know some of the Kerberos changes may make this sensitive, and if this device can handle that, I will order one immediately 👍👍 I know I am part of the weird 1% that have a well established Active Directory implementation at home😂
Personally I'll stick to TrueNAS, however I definitely see that working for a lot use cases. The price point for a new NAS is spot on! Great job Unifi😊🎉
I like seeing that dropdown box for AD and Entra, hopefully that makes it's way over to client VPN authentication... (and hopefully they add a few more cloud options to this NAS)
I have a Synology that used to have loads of apps VMs, containers Plex etc, recently switched to using a mini PC and XCP-NG for all my vms and docker containers a far better solution so this Nas would be ideal
Excited by this product. I’m waiting for further reviews/experience of running these in some kind of HA. I see you can backup to another share, but I’d be looking for something where I could rack up two of these guys and have one go down and not affect access.
I’m also looking for someone to review using this thing for shared storage for virtualisation. My current NAS only has 1g NICs and it struggles if I try and use it for persistent storage for proxmox lxcs.
I like what I am seeing. Agree that an option to select HD type would be good. However, there is no mention on type of drives or sizes recommended.
GOOD, but for ME, it all ended the moment you mentioned that running PLEX and Docker isn't possible! If this would be possible I would buy it right now!
Thanks for the review!
Love your content!
Totally fair. I'll run a mini PC that's more powerful than a basic NAS
This is the perfect NAS for me. I'm not in the mood for all the other stuff. I just want a place to dump files, that's all. I have a Synolagy NAS, and that thing was a pain to set up. I just want a simple thing to back up my Windows PCs and my Macs, that's all.
I prefer 10GB SFP+ all day over RJ45.... you actually gain latency with RJ45 as it translates amoungst sending to go over cat6x. Where a STP+ port with a DAC cable is bascially the same as having the two devices connected direct to the same bus making it virttually part of the same device so speeds and latency is SUPER FAST!
I will get one when they add syncing between two NASs.
It's not a backup if it itself isn't backed up.
Even better if it can sync between two NASs in separate sites!
He goes over backing up to another unas including offsite briefly 7:45
@@collingriffith7967 With rsync would be useful. I believe he mentioned it's a simple file copy at this time.
As they seem to be adding features pretty quickly here's to hoping they update the backup software to be a bit more robust. I like the no nonsense low power NAS approach though, even if 7 is kind of odd drive bay size.
I would love to buy the 4-bay NVR equivalent for my work, unfortunately Pro is just too much for what we would need
I would love to see more than one RAID array. This would give more flexibility with HDD sizes.
Looks like a good start.. it is not DSM, but it is a good start.
The 7 bays are a bit odd, but if they are willing to implement raid 6, it would be perfect in my use case. I am simply looking to store old data that I want to ensure it never gets lost.
Would I grab one for a homelab, no.
But at work, it seems like an easy yes.
hi, thanks for the video and this something you look forward to when you run the unifi ecosystem
what seems to be missing if there are encrypted folders
does they plan to add Volumes management? is the only reasone I've not bought one yet...
For what it is? Really not a bad price. I'd be tempted to get one if it wasn't sold out!
Generally speaking I like the approach, but if they are keeping it clean to be a NAS and a NAS only, they should at least provider more granular control over things like the raid level and such. Raid10 & Raid5 only is a bit weak as for choices.
Currently still using a Drobo-FS for storage. Thinking this might be a great replacement?
The bang for the buck is strong on this one.
Idk. The GUI seems a bit too limited. I'd definitely go with something like Synology over this any day. At least at this point.
Interesting, never had an issue with btrfs raid 1 and 10, but I had plenty of issues with mdadm, specially if it lost the drive order.
2.5gbit would be nice, but it is a great piece of equipment... I did not rate unifi that much, till recent ucg-ultra got to my hands and how much it offer for how little and how easily.. now they put this out.. 7 bays for $500 and you even get sfp+?
nobody else comes even close... maybe terramaster with 6 bays for $600?
i prefere to run Container and Software like Plex on a dedicated server. It is easier to handle and to replace, and for for the price of a basic Mac mini, you get superior CPU/GPU power then a comparable NAS.
Thanks for the informative video! How does this device detect a power outage when connected to a UPS system? Typically, this is done using a USB cable between the NAS and the UPS, but I couldn’t spot a USB port in the pictures I’ve seen. Could you please clarify?
Not for everyone. While it has a great value, I need a device that can handle all ssd array with encryption but without significant speed penalty which is not the case. Maybe someday unas enterprise..
This is the first time I have heard someone say Butter instead of better F S but apparently both are acceptable.
For $400 you could buy a turnkey 16 sas bay 4u supermicro system that you can drop a dual 10g/50/100g network card, pair of boot ssds into and install truenas scale for a very easy to manage system. I would NOT trust my Nas data to btrfs in 2024 when zfs is so much better. And while there isn't much of a business case for docker on a Nas, something like syncthing could be worthwhile to some users, or it they wanted to make things easier to us, perhaps something like a customized owncloud might be useful.
Yes, a USED NAS would be cheaper but also draw more power and be... used.
🤣 that shirt is fantastic!
I wonder if they will open up the NAS software to the cloud gateway max. I wish they would open it up to use it as a network drive and not just an NVR
Seeing this kind of thing at this price point really makes me think of one thing, and one thing only...
Will it run truenas scale?
I'm sure some enterprising lad already has it working, and it's a very compelling choice for that.
Nope because it's an ARM processor
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Drat, foiled again. Those ubiquiti guys are good, always one step ahead.
I guessing the backlash of not having NFS available in the first release really hit home..
Do you know for the backup function if it also copies and restores the correct permissions?
does the NAS have integrated LDAP/AD??? I would love to use domain security groups to allow verious permissions to various shares...
EDIT: and you answered it a few more minutes later from my comment, LOL
Some cool features here... a lot more power friendly too them using a full HP DL380 G9 server just to use as a share or server+netapp to install TrueNAS and with 26 SAS HDD and 8 SAS SSD in the server for all the tiering/ZFS/etc, power is massive to run storage...
When my Synology dies, I found my replacement.... I don't need all the app support, etc. that Synology has. Just want a NAS..... the price is killer.
I'm considering this as a media storage array for my plex server to be point to.
Only thing is I have no idea how well the unas works for that kind of duty.
The only problem I see with that is you can’t run Plex on the UNAS itself.
@samuelhulme8347 not a big deal for me. But I get those who like docker and the power savings of running it all from one system. Was also considering unraid as an o.s on a build.
I assume the OS is on some version of a small internal drive? Also, does it support a hot spare drive or cache drives?
Hot spare yes, cache drive no
Hopefully a rev2 will have some nvme slots for cache.
Can it be used as backup destination for a synology nas?
Can this device perform full system backups like Synology Active Backup for Business can? Also, does it allow 2 way folder/file synchronization?
Nope, it's not as full featured as a Synology
I don't have a need for hardware transcoding because I have a Zidoo Z9X Pro media player that can handle MKV for watching movies. In the positive note, I like that I can integrate with LDAP. I have different user names for different tasks in my Linux machine, which make backing up files easier (one user for anything office-work, another use for games and content creation, and another user for running virtual machines).
I can see myself using this UNAS as a backup drive if I'm planning on building a rack-mounted NAS.
Could I use this for on-site and off-site smb. The idea is to allow a non-technical friend to mount a drive on windows so he can backup files to my nas
Can you create an NVR share ?
Apologies if I missed it, but can you set an SSD as a cache?
Nope, no cache
does it support ISCSI? can you have multiple volumes? i have multiple synologies setup with iscsi and with multiple volumes. also i find the choice of putting the ports on the front odd. they should have moved it to the back and made it 8 drive
No and no.
@ i feel that the lack of multiple volumes is limiting. if you are limited to only 7 drives then its less of an issue. what is more of a problem is preventing admins from restoring user files. people leave companies and when they do an admin need to be able to take ownership.
So this is a device true to its name.! Network attached storage. Instead of Network attached system like the qnaps/syno's
The user-setup; Can the NAS be used by off-site users? If a PC can be set up with shared drive pointing to the NAS, and also access this share outside LAN, without setting up VPN from PC to Unifi network?
How would that work, without VPN?
I bought UNAS Pro day one and found it very easy to setup and use. One note of warning if your Unifi password is longer then 64 characters setup will crash and your will have to force reset UNAS Pro and set your password in Unifi to 64 or less characters. The next product I would like to see turned into UNAS is the UNVR 4 bay for $299 price point. Overall I would give UNAS Pro 5 out of 5 stars!
It would probably be a huge it if they release 2-drive and 4-drive non-rackable versions for new home users who already jumped on the UniFi train for WiFi.
wait you said it doesnt open ports for the link. so in theory it goes through unifis servers? so they could in theory view your files?
Nope, UDP hole punching solves that.
Is it SAS compatible? I can't find on the official site anything about compatible drives ...
No
@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Thank you!
Speed test?
High Availability?
Nope
no word about the encryption feature ;(
Does it have FTP? I want to use it to backup my websites, is this possible?
No and You shouldn't be using FTP.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMSDoes it offer another way for this purpose? I mainly eant to use it to backup a webserver and file storage of my office. Thank you very much for the reply!
To be clear. I cannot mix SSD and HDDs in this unit and configure two separate array's?
You can mix the drives but that is a bad idea, but it only supports one array.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Thank you!
Upgraded my UNVR-P to an ENVR, hoping soon I can natively run Unifi-Drive on it.
If you’re given something..they’re sponsoring 😂
I presume this only takes SATA drives? That would be a pity, as my current pool is all SAS.
want to see some profermance test
No performance tests says.
It's not fast and not suitable for all ssd use case.
I could go buy some performance SSD NAS, but I don't really see the point as it's just not designed for performance with that CPU, only 8GB or memory, and no cache drive support.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS I totally get it. I just want to see what the limit is for NFS, SMB, and cloud drive transfer speed. Also, a RAID5/6 performance drop is something worth investigating.
If they added UniFi Protect NVR app support to it then I would buy it as be greater value to have UniFi Protect and UniFi Drive on the same hardware box.
Do love your content Lawrence but £456 for a QUAD CORE ARM box with 8GB RAM and middling performance is just insanely poor value vs building something and putting a user-friendly storage appliance like TrueNAS or HexOS on there. Perhaps it makes sense for some obscure small client use-case, but Ubiquity's pretty lights and interface aren't worth the £300 mark-up here.
The drive in my UDM is way oversized, so when is this nifty little feature set coming to UDM?
Next would be container registries and caches like LANcache/Linux package cache.
UDM has been an underwhelming product for the first year I owned mine, but in the last year and after seeing this, I can see lots of potential which would even make me upgrade to a 2 bay UDM for that additional safety. Doesn't have to be 3.5 inch, 2.5 inch or M.2 would still be fine for me. 2 4 TB M.2 drives in a future UDM would cover reliability, NVR and small NAS needs. For everything else I have my workstations. Please, please bring this to UDM and refresh the UDM line.
Edit: Yes completely understandable, if I want to go for anything beyond basic file serving I have to look elsewhere and I'm tinkering enough with different devices. Just the "basic" things listed above for a handful of users won't put a UDM under much stress but can be a higher quality of life improvement.
when i hear about unifi product review, its either the youtber biught it or signed a nda of sort that leave the vast majority of feedback out since it will hurt the product...
So the only question i have did he bought it of unifi bought the youtuber, @0:34 .
I question calling this a Pro device. I think they should have saved that naming tag for a more full feature implementation.
The next gen will be Max or Ultra or something like that. Names are very ambiguous these days unfortunately
All irrelevant because most of ubiquity equipment is never in stock........So we have removed their company from consideration for solutions...
meh
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DAMN YOU
If you give them a bad review they may quit sending you free stuff. That's possible.
Actually, I did do some bad reviews, they did stop sending me things for a while 😜 So I bought things on my one and kept going which is why in many many of my UniFi videos I don't mention them giving me things.
Tom has already shown he won’t compromise his integrity just to keep getting fee stuff.
Imagine thinking $500 is worth throwing away your own credibility.