NAS system

[Enquiries]

Hi there,

Keen follower of your Ugreen videos and would love to get it purchased, alas got a little lost!

Could you tweak\ advise on the following please?

UGREEN NASync DXP6800 Pro
Samsung 990 EVO Plus, 2TB, NVMe2.0 Cache
16GB Kingston KVR56S46BS8-16 Value RAM DDR5 (x2 = 32gb)
Seagate ST12000NT001 IronWolf Pro 12TB SATA Hard Drive x6 (RAID 6)

Main usage:
Centralised Media - Jellyfin (Currently Plex on PC) currently have loads of usb desktop drives
Multi users accessing remotely, at least three (Probably transcoding involved here)
Dockers for The Arrs apps (Sonarr etc)

Worth adding aggregation? overkill?
Current setup: UDM SE> USW PRO 24> OSW Pro Max 24> U7 Pros u7 Pro Wall
Ubiquiti USW-Aggregation UniFi 8-Port Layer 2 Managed Rackmount 10-Gigabit SFP+ Switch
QSFPTEK 10G Single SFP+ Network Card for Intel X520-DA1, 10Gb SFP+ Port Ethernet PCIE Card
Ubiquiti UACC-DAC-SFP10-1M 1m SFP+ to SFP+ 10-Gigabit Ethernet Direct Attach Cable (10GbE)

Thank you so much in advance for any help!

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Thanks for the message and for putting together such a strong build plan. The UGREEN NASync DXP6800 Pro is a very capable choice for your setup, and your component list looks well thought out. With six 12TB IronWolf Pro drives in RAID 6, you’ll have roughly 40TB usable space and solid redundancy. The Samsung 990 EVO Plus drives are fine for caching, though the 990 PRO would give better endurance if you expect heavy Docker or Jellyfin workloads.

The 32GB of DDR5 you’ve chosen is ideal for your use case, especially since you’ll be running Jellyfin and several Docker apps. For media management and the Arr stack, this configuration gives you plenty of headroom.

In terms of networking, link aggregation isn’t strictly necessary since the DXP6800 Pro already has high-speed ports. However, if you’re running multiple simultaneous users with transcoding and remote access, enabling aggregation across your 10GbE switch can smooth out throughput spikes and balance connections more efficiently. It’s a nice-to-have rather than a must-have.

Your UniFi network stack is excellent for this build, and the QSFPTEK Intel-based SFP+ NIC will integrate perfectly with the aggregation switch and DAC cables. This will give you full 10GbE performance with minimal latency.