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Latest — 15 Apr 2026

UGREEN DXP4800 Plus vs DXP4800 Pro

There is UGREEN’s DXP4800 Plus has been the most popular model so far. Now, with the release of the DXP4800 Pro, let’s look at what actually changes. TL;DR Everything is the same except the processor, Pro uses an Intel i3 CPU. Everything elseis same : same chassis, same

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Exascend SE4 vs Kingston DC600M

Enterprise SATA SSD Technical Comparison It is somewhat ironic that an interface originally designed for HDDs continues to be the most popular interface on Enterprise SSDs - SATA. Not because it is the fastest, but because the infrastructure already exists almost everywhere. In newer, SSD-first server architectures, NVMe dominates. This

Install Invidious on Ugreen NAS and Watch YouTube Privately and Ad-Free

If you love YouTube but hate the ads, the tracking, and the feeling that Google is watching your browsing habits, then Invidious is for you. Invidious is an open-source, privacy-friendly front-end for YouTube. You can browse and watch videos without logging into Google, without ads, and with no tracking. One

Running Pi-hole + Unbound on Ugreen With MacVLAN

Most people install Pi-hole to block ads and some people install Unbound for privacy. The two combined is a very powerful adblocking private dns server. We will set up Pi-hole to filter out ad and tracking domains, and it will use Unbound for upstream so all DNS queries stay private.

Easiest way to Install a Complete Media Automation Stack on Ugreen ( arr suite - Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, bazarr, Jellyfin, Plex, transmission + VPN)

Prefer watching over reading? This guide is also available on YouTube Watch on youtube If you ever wanted to automate your media where searching, downloading, organizing, and streaming happens automatically , then this is the stack to deploy. I will show you how to install it on your Ugreen without having

Install iCloudPD on Ugreen NAS for iCloud Photos backup

Prefer watching over reading? This guide is also available on YouTube Watch on youtube With icloudpd, you can automatically download your entire iCloud photo library to your NAS and keep it safely stored on your own hardware. I will show you how to easily install it on Ugreen. But before

Easily Download YouTube Videos/Playlist with Metube on Ugreen NAS

MeTube is a simple and efficient tool for downloading individual YouTube videos or entire playlists. It provides a lightweight web interface powered by yt-dlp, all running safely inside a Docker container. Just paste a video or playlist URL, click download, and you’re done - nothing more to it. In

Easily run vaultwarden on your Ugreen on your tailnet (GUI based setup )

I will show you a clean and easy way to run Vaultwarden on a UGREEN NAS using Docker + Tailscale Serve, with automatic HTTPS and no reverse proxy. No https certificate to manage, no reverse proxy to configure. We will only run one command and everything else will be done using

LTO-10’s 40TB Explained (Not Areal Density but material engineering this time)

The 40 TB LTO-10 variant uses a simple trick : add about 33% more tape to get about 33% more capacity much like the old 180 / 120 VHS tapes. By switching to an aramid film base, they were able to pack that extra tape without increaing the cartridge footprint

Running Unraid on a UGREEN NAS (DXP4800 / 6800 / 2800 Series)

UGREEN NAS devices ship with UGOS (Debian-based OS + web UI). If you want to try Unraid, you can run it from a USB stick. Unraid boots off the USB disk and doesnt affect your UGOS installation ( as long as you dont include system disk in array) Create Unraid USB Boot

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