buying my first nas

[Enquiries]

hello

i would like to start by thanking you for your helpful videos.

i am planning to buy my first nas soon and most likely it would be UGREEN NASync DH4300 Plus. my usage will be immich for most of my family members, plex or jellyfish, and i some docker containers. so 4-6 people will use it.

right now i dont know how to choose the right hdd i dont want to overpay, i am thinking of 16x4 or 12x4 with raid 5

also i am buying x2 of everything since my friend want a nas as well, and we will buy the samethings.

one more question, can i like my nas to my domain instead of going through ugreen?

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Thanks for getting in touch. The DH4300 Plus is a solid first NAS and will easily handle Immich, Plex or Jellyfin, and multiple Docker containers for four to six users. The Intel N100 has enough power for indexing and background tasks and UGOS Pro has matured well for photo management.

For drives you do not need to overspend. RAID five with four bays works best with either four times twelve terabytes or four times sixteen terabytes depending on your budget. Twelve terabytes usually gives the best price per terabyte right now. Seagate IronWolf and WD Red Plus are both fine choices. You only need to consider enterprise models like EXOS if the NAS will run very heavy workloads. For home use the standard NAS drives are perfect.

Buying two sets of everything is a good idea and both systems will behave the same way as long as you install the same UGOS version. And yes, you can link UGOS Pro to your own domain using the built in DDNS feature or by pointing an external domain to your public IP, then creating the appropriate port forward. This allows you to access the NAS without using the UGREEN relay service.