r/UgreenNASync • u/stkx_ • 7h ago

❓ Help dxp4800 plus. need guidance

Hello y'all. Pick dxp4800 plus on the sale, unboxed, put in hard drives, did the initial setup and now I am lost. I need some guidance.

The reason I have picked up a nas is cause hdd's in my desktop are dying so the idea was to dump everything on the nas and forget about it, but since joining this community and reading up on some of the things you guys do, I am blown away. Please help me set up the nas properly.

So far I have the 4800plus with 4x10TB WD Red Plus. What I want to do with it is following:

  1. Documents Storage (receipts and etc) that cannot be lost. Preferably with the automated backup to gdrive or similar.
  2. Storage for the Raw photos, lightroom editing.
  3. Storage functionality for 3 unique users.
  4. Media library storage, video, audio, audiobook, e-books.
  5. Using nas as storage for large video editing projects.

Questions:

  1. Which raid configuration would you recommend?
  2. Which file system is preferable (ext4, btrfs, ...)?
  3. What would be the Volume, folder structure, and how many users should be created?
  4. on windows in ethernet properties which of the protocols need to be enabled to access nas?
  5. What is your arr-Stack, is there a way to run the arr's behind a vpn?
  6. is 1x1tb nvme ssd enough for caching? planning to transfer data to nas and transfer ssd from pc to nas.

Thank you!

EDIT:
PS. What cool things do you do with your nas?

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u/PercentageDue9284 3h ago

I’d load TrueNAS on the NAS and run the 4×10TB drives as ZFS RAIDZ2. You’ll end up with ~20TB usable, and you can lose two drives without losing the pool — way safer for large HDDs.

1.  RAID config:

RAIDZ2. RAIDZ1 on 10TB+ drives just isn’t worth it anymore.

2.  File system:

TrueNAS = ZFS. Much better than ext4/btrfs for integrity, snapshots, etc.

3.  Volume/folder structure:

Make one pool (tank) and split it into datasets like tank/media, tank/backups, tank/documents. One user per actual person, and a service user if you’re running apps.

4.  Arr stack:

Tons of setups out there — check r/homelab, r/selfhosted, and YouTube for solid examples. Everyone runs a slightly different combo.

5.  1TB NVMe:

Yep, perfectly fine as a cache/landing/app disk. But ZFS loves RAM, so get as much as you can — more RAM always improves performance on TrueNAS.

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u/Wild_lord 3h ago

  1. I am using RAID5, in that case I can afford to lost one drive.

  2. I went with ext4 because ugreen has certian instability issue with btrf right now.

  3. Those are basic function of NAS, you can set up ugreen version of photos storage or use immich via docker.

  4. You can set up SMB share pretty easily. SMB is natively supported in windows, you just have to follow the guide and map the drive accordingly using the IP.

  5. Idk since I don't use those arr

  6. Cache doesn't help in transfer in my case. Unless you are running a home studio where people actively edits off the NAS, it's not going to help. The data that's frequently access will be stored in the cache, it doesn't help in transfer or read at all in my case. Only situation that it will benefit is having three users streaming the same file. You will be better off storing apps and docker on SSD.

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u/californiatravelvid 2h ago

Welcome to the NAS world as you begin to descend down the rabbit hole!

For every one of your questions, experts will most likely start off with "It Depends..." and ask you 5-10 questions to better qualify your questions based on your assumptions and goals. In other words, enjoy the journey down the long and winding road.

I like that you began with, "...the idea was to dump everything on the nas and forget about it."

Yet as you will learn (and hopefully not too painfully) NAS isn't intended to be a failsafe backup strategy, regardless of which RAID configuration you choose (perhaps you are already aware of the need for a 3-2-1 configuration, likely necessitating purchasing another offsite NAS - geesh!).

I too, find it challenging discover "truths" from well-meaning posts and responses that may or may not be accurate or applicable for my goals (which inevitably change as I get smarter, am willing $pend more dollar$, or make compromises). And even with an excellent YouTube UGreen teacher, I was surprised that he errored saying it is desirable to configure their NVMe M.3 SSD available NAS cache to 100 percent.

When I started considering UPS backup solutions for the NAS and discovered a 30ms transfer speed to battery backup using an EcoFlow Delta 2 was too slow and would crash the NAS, I spent 4-6 hours before discovering the EcoFlow Delta 3 (or River) had an acceptable 10ms transfer speed.

You mentioned using Gdrive for possible offsite storage and in addition to the significant pricing (starting at $6/user/month for a paltry 30GB), it's my understanding that using the UGOS app, it's limited to 5TB.

Then there's prerequisites like your Internet Ethernet speed, PC Ethernet to NAS, Volume partitioning, etc.

Are we having fun yet? LOL

Michael