Ugreen is trying to muscle into the enthusiast storage market with compact boxes carrying specifications usually reserved for much larger towers. In its review of the NASync DXP2800 GT, Notebookcheck examined the compact network attached storage enclosure, identifying fast internal hardware and low operating noise counterbalanced by an operating system that still has obvious gaps.
Heavy hardware in a two-bay shell
The enclosure runs on a quad-core, eight-thread AMD Ryzen Embedded R2514 processor. It holds dual drive sleds compatible with 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch disks, while system memory can scale up to 64GB of RAM. A pair of internal M.2 slots allows owners to drop in NVMe solid-state modules. According to Notebookcheck, users can allocate those solid-state drives as a fast cache tier or configure them as standalone high-speed storage pools.
Where the DXP2800 GT separates itself from typical two-bay rivals is networking. Ugreen fitted the unit with a 10GbE network jack rated for peak theoretical throughput of 1.25 GB/s. Notebookcheck pointed out that mechanical disks cannot push enough data to saturate that connection. In the outlet's evaluation, even two traditional hard drives configured in RAID 0 fail to max out the 10GbE interface, meaning buyers will need NVMe drives to exploit the bandwidth. External connectivity rounds out with USB ports and an HDMI output.
Fast networking and acoustics
Acoustics proved to be an asset during testing. Notebookcheck recorded idle acoustic levels at 29.11 dB, describing the enclosure as pleasantly quiet for daily desk use. But the outlet observed that idle power consumption remains relatively high. Buyers who only need infrequent backups may find cheaper, less power-hungry machines better suited to simple storage duty.
UGOS Pro additions and missing encryption
Software development is moving forward, if unevenly. The unit operates on Ugreen's proprietary UGOS Pro platform, complete with a desktop-style browser interface, an application directory, and native compatibility for Docker containers alongside virtual machines. Notebookcheck highlighted recent software additions, including a dedicated surveillance application for logging IP camera footage and an image manager featuring automatic photo tagging.
Security controls, however, still lag behind established ecosystems from Synology and QNAP. While UGOS Pro now permits users to lock down individual folders with encryption, Notebookcheck noted that entire volume or full disk encryption remains unavailable.
Ugreen distributes the NASync DXP2800 GT as a barebones unit through its direct storefront and on Amazon. The retail package bundles an external power brick, an Ethernet lead, an HDMI cord, and drive mounting hardware, leaving buyers to supply their own storage drives.
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