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Ubiquiti UNAS 4 vs UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra

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Key differences between Ubiquiti UNAS 4 and UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra

A summary of selected recorded differences between these nas. Check the full specification table below for details and conditions.

Feature differences among your selected devices
  • Ai Photo Recognition (apps): Ubiquiti UNAS 4 — No; UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra — Yes (Local people, object, scene, pet and OCR recognition across the photo library).
  • Docker (apps): Ubiquiti UNAS 4 — No; UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra — Yes.
  • Plex Media Server (apps): Ubiquiti UNAS 4 — No; UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra — Yes (UGREEN's own guide documents Plex Media Server running on every DXP model through Docker; UGOS Pro ships no separate App Center package for it).
  • Surveillance App (apps): Ubiquiti UNAS 4 — No; UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra — Yes (Surveillance Center records IP cameras, with face, people, pet and vehicle detection).
Specifications to check side by side
  • Operating System (apps): Ubiquiti UNAS 4 — UniFi Drive; UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra — UGOS Pro.
  • Capacity (memory): Ubiquiti UNAS 4 — 4 GB; UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra — 8 GB.
  • Maximum Capacity (memory): Ubiquiti UNAS 4 — 4 GB (Soldered, not user-expandable); UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra — 96 GB.
  • 10 Gbe Ports (network): Ubiquiti UNAS 4 — 0; UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra — 2.
Information still to confirm
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Apps

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
No
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

Local people, object, scene, pet and OCR recognition across the photo library

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
No
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
UniFi Drive
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
UGOS Pro
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
No
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

UGREEN's own guide documents Plex Media Server running on every DXP model through Docker; UGOS Pro ships no separate App Center package for it

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
No
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

Surveillance Center records IP cameras, with face, people, pet and vehicle detection

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
No
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes

Backup

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Yes
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

Cloud Drives syncs NAS storage with cloud services

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Not recorded
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Not recorded

Features

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

UGREEN documents setting shutdown and start-up schedules on its NAS

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

UGOS Pro connects to a UPS and can act as a NUT server, and UGREEN publishes a UPS compatibility list for the DXP series

File Services

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
No
Catalog note

Only SMB and NFS are listed as supported file protocols

UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

SAN Manager creates iSCSI targets and LUNs, and is listed among the applications this model runs

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Yes
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

NFS is enabled from Control Panel > File Service in UGOS Pro

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Yes
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

Sync & Backup copies folders to another NAS or a remote server over rsync

Memory

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
4 GB
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
8 GB
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
No
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

UGREEN's spec sheet lists ODECC (on-die ECC) as supported

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
4 GB
Catalog note

Soldered, not user-expandable

UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
96 GB
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
DDR5

Network

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
0
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
0
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
0
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
2
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
1
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
0
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

UGREEN states the two 10GbE ports can be aggregated into 20G of bandwidth

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
0
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
0
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

UGREEN's knowledge centre documents enabling Wake on LAN on its NAS

Ports

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
No
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
YES (8K 60Hz)
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
No
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
YES (SD 4.0)
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
YES (5 Gbps)
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
YES (Thunderbolt 4)
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
0
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
4
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
No
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
YES (Thunderbolt 4)

Power

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Not recorded
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
90W
Catalog note

Max. power consumption 90 W, of which 80 W is the drive power budget

UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
70.39 W

Processor

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
ARM
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
x86-64
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
4
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
10
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

Intel AES New Instructions are listed as supported on the Core 7 150U

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
No
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

Intel lists Quick Sync Video plus H.264 and H.265 hardware encode and decode for the Core 7 150U fitted here

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
ARM Cortex-A55 quad-core
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Intel Core 7 150U
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not applicable / unspecified
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Not applicable / unspecified

Raid

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

UGOS Pro offers Btrfs or EXT4 when a volume is created, and snapshots require Btrfs

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
No
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
No
Catalog note

The published storage modes are JBOD, Basic and RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10, with no flexible mixed-drive mode

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Yes
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Yes
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Yes
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
No
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
No

Remote Access

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

UGOS Pro can be reached through a DDNS domain configured in Control Panel > Device Connection

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
YES (UniFi Cloud)
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
YES (UGREENlink)
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

UGREEN documents connecting to UGOS Pro over SSH, including with root privileges

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

UGOS Pro runs an OpenVPN and a WireGuard server from Control Panel > Network Services > VPN Server

Storage

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
No
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
No
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

UGREEN states that its NAS support hot-swapping hard drives, while recommending a shutdown for safety

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
2
Manufacturer source

Two M.2 NVMe slots are provided for SSD caching.

Ubiquiti UNAS 4 manufacturer product page →
Source section
Model overview
Model
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Region
US Ubiquiti store
Firmware
Not specified by this source
Checked

Drive-bay counts do not imply disks are included. Cache slots do not establish SSD storage-pool support.

Document check only; not a hands-on test or verification of every regional or firmware variant.

UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
2
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Yes
Catalog note

UGOS Pro can build a separate M.2 SSD storage pool instead of using the slots only as cache

Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Not recorded
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
272 TB
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
4
Manufacturer source

The chassis has 4 SATA drive bays for 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drives.

Ubiquiti UNAS 4 manufacturer product page →
Source section
Model overview
Model
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Region
US Ubiquiti store
Firmware
Not specified by this source
Checked

Drive-bay counts do not imply disks are included. Cache slots do not establish SSD storage-pool support.

Document check only; not a hands-on test or verification of every regional or firmware variant.

UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
8
Specifications for Ubiquiti UNAS 4 versus UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
SpecificationUbiquiti UNAS 4UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra
Apps
NoYes
Catalog note

Local people, object, scene, pet and OCR recognition across the photo library

NoYes
UniFi DriveUGOS Pro
NoYes
Catalog note

UGREEN's own guide documents Plex Media Server running on every DXP model through Docker; UGOS Pro ships no separate App Center package for it

NoYes
Catalog note

Surveillance Center records IP cameras, with face, people, pet and vehicle detection

NoYes
Backup
YesYes
Catalog note

Cloud Drives syncs NAS storage with cloud services

Not recordedNot recorded
Not recordedNot recorded
Features
Not recordedYes
Catalog note

UGREEN documents setting shutdown and start-up schedules on its NAS

Not recordedYes
Catalog note

UGOS Pro connects to a UPS and can act as a NUT server, and UGREEN publishes a UPS compatibility list for the DXP series

File Services
No
Catalog note

Only SMB and NFS are listed as supported file protocols

Yes
Catalog note

SAN Manager creates iSCSI targets and LUNs, and is listed among the applications this model runs

YesYes
Catalog note

NFS is enabled from Control Panel > File Service in UGOS Pro

YesYes
Catalog note

Sync & Backup copies folders to another NAS or a remote server over rsync

Memory
4 GB8 GB
NoYes
Catalog note

UGREEN's spec sheet lists ODECC (on-die ECC) as supported

4 GB
Catalog note

Soldered, not user-expandable

96 GB
Not recordedDDR5
Network
00
02
10
Not recordedYes
Catalog note

UGREEN states the two 10GbE ports can be aggregated into 20G of bandwidth

00
Not recordedYes
Catalog note

UGREEN's knowledge centre documents enabling Wake on LAN on its NAS

Ports
NoYES (8K 60Hz)
NoYES (SD 4.0)
YES (5 Gbps)YES (Thunderbolt 4)
04
NoYES (Thunderbolt 4)
Power
Not recordedNot recorded
90W
Catalog note

Max. power consumption 90 W, of which 80 W is the drive power budget

70.39 W
Processor
ARMx86-64
410
Not recordedYes
Catalog note

Intel AES New Instructions are listed as supported on the Core 7 150U

NoYes
Catalog note

Intel lists Quick Sync Video plus H.264 and H.265 hardware encode and decode for the Core 7 150U fitted here

ARM Cortex-A55 quad-coreIntel Core 7 150U
Not applicable / unspecifiedNot applicable / unspecified
Raid
Not recordedYes
Catalog note

UGOS Pro offers Btrfs or EXT4 when a volume is created, and snapshots require Btrfs

NoNo
Catalog note

The published storage modes are JBOD, Basic and RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10, with no flexible mixed-drive mode

YesYes
YesYes
YesYes
NoNo
Remote Access
Not recordedYes
Catalog note

UGOS Pro can be reached through a DDNS domain configured in Control Panel > Device Connection

YES (UniFi Cloud)YES (UGREENlink)
Not recordedYes
Catalog note

UGREEN documents connecting to UGOS Pro over SSH, including with root privileges

Not recordedYes
Catalog note

UGOS Pro runs an OpenVPN and a WireGuard server from Control Panel > Network Services > VPN Server

Storage
NoNo
Not recordedYes
Catalog note

UGREEN states that its NAS support hot-swapping hard drives, while recommending a shutdown for safety

2
Manufacturer source

Two M.2 NVMe slots are provided for SSD caching.

Ubiquiti UNAS 4 manufacturer product page →
Source section
Model overview
Model
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Region
US Ubiquiti store
Firmware
Not specified by this source
Checked

Drive-bay counts do not imply disks are included. Cache slots do not establish SSD storage-pool support.

Document check only; not a hands-on test or verification of every regional or firmware variant.

2
Not recordedYes
Catalog note

UGOS Pro can build a separate M.2 SSD storage pool instead of using the slots only as cache

Not recorded272 TB
4
Manufacturer source

The chassis has 4 SATA drive bays for 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drives.

Ubiquiti UNAS 4 manufacturer product page →
Source section
Model overview
Model
Ubiquiti UNAS 4
Region
US Ubiquiti store
Firmware
Not specified by this source
Checked

Drive-bay counts do not imply disks are included. Cache slots do not establish SSD storage-pool support.

Document check only; not a hands-on test or verification of every regional or firmware variant.

8

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