Ugreen Sneaks Out the DH4300 Plus Arm Based NAS

[TheLostSwede]

Although we did notice a picture of the new model as part of an ad on Ugreen's website last week, there was no product page then, but it was added at some point towards the end of last week. The new model is known as the NASync DH4300 Plus and it's based around a Rockchip RK3588C SoC. The RK3588C sports four Arm Cortex-A76 cores that clock up to 2.4 GHz and four Cortex-A55 cores, which is far from cutting edge today, but should hopefully be powerful enough for a consumer NAS. Ugreen has paired the CPU with 8 GB of LPDDR4X and 32 GB of eMMC for the OS.

The DH4300 Plus is a 4-bay NAS with support for up to four 30 TB SATA drives, but there are no M.2 NVMe slots, even though the Rockchip SoC could in theory have supported a single drive. Other features include a 2.5 Gbps Ethernet port, one USB Type-C and two USB Type-A, all USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) and an HDMI port capable of 4K60p output. The latter makes sense if Ugreen has carried over the media playback features from its range of x64 based NASes. The drive caddies are loaded from the top, which gives the DH4300 Plus a rather different design from your average NAS. According to NAS Compares, Ugreen is also set to release a cheaper, 2-bay version called the DH3200, which is based around the same hardware. The NASync DH4300 Plus has an MSRP of US$430/€430, but is currently available for US$344/€344 directly from Ugreen, with an expected shipping date of the 25th of July.



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[Chaitanya]

Looks quite a bit on expensive side when compared to some other ARM based NAS on market(though most of them have been only 2 bay solutions).

 

[TheLostSwede]

Looks quite a bit on expensive side when compared to some other ARM based NAS on market(though most of them have been only 2 bay solutions).

Cheaper than this from QNAP, although the two aren't exactly comparable on several levels.

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On par with this at the discounted price, but this thing has a lower-end SoC and half the RAM.

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Also on par with this one at even at full price, but the Ugreen is a lot more powerful and has four times the RAM and faster Ethernet.

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The "problem" for Ugreen is that you can get the DXP4800 for US$470, which makes the DH4300 look expensive.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Also on par with this one at even at full price, but the Ugreen is a lot more powerful and has four times the RAM and faster Ethernet.

Not to mention one can choose ones own drives.

UGreen steps up! Nicely done!

 

[yfn_ratchet]

The "problem" for Ugreen is that you can get the DXP4800 for US$470, which makes the DH4300 look expensive.

Indeed, though I consider this a 'Minisforum' ordeal—you're more likely to find it 'on sale' than not. The MSRP is, ironically given current circumstances in other markets, deceptively high to make the 'sale price' a tastier-looking deal. For the price direct from UGreen + shipping, this is a pretty good option for someone that wants something ready to roll out of the box.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Indeed, though I consider this a 'Minisforum' ordeal—you're more likely to find it 'on sale' than not. The MSRP is, ironically given current circumstances in other markets, deceptively high to make the 'sale price' a tastier-looking deal. For the price direct from UGreen + shipping, this is a pretty good option for someone that wants something ready to roll out of the box.

Well, they have had the models that launches via Kickstarter for sale at the MSRP for quite a long time, but yes, they do also seem to have a lot of special deals at every opportunity they can.
The issue with Arm based hardware is that there's usually more limited software support and it's much harder to install your own OS, if that's what you want to do, which could make this a worse buy than one of the Intel powered devices. On the other hand, if you just want a box to store your data on, there shouldn't be too much of a difference.

 

[Onasi]

All else aside, can I just say that I really appreciate the recent UGreen industrial design? Their smooth lines and grey and off-purple-grey just looks nice, in everything they released recently, from chargers and powerbanks to this. It’s not a big thing and doesn’t affect functionality, but I just appreciate it aesthetically.

 

[unwind-protect]

What software? What RAID system?

 

[TheLostSwede]

All else aside, can I just say that I really appreciate the recent UGreen industrial design? Their smooth lines and grey and off-purple-grey just looks nice, in everything they released recently, from chargers and powerbanks to this. It’s not a big thing and doesn’t affect functionality, but I just appreciate it aesthetically.

Yeah, they have a pretty nice industrial design, especially compared to some companies that have been around for far longer in the industry.

What software? What RAID system?

Ugreen has their own Linux based OS called UGOS Pro.
Their higher-end Intel devices have the OS on an SSD and you can install a third party OS on those models.

This thing supports: JBOD/Basic/RAID 0/RAID 1/RAID 5/RAID 6/RAID 10

 

[unwind-protect]

This thing supports: JBOD/Basic/RAID 0/RAID 1/RAID 5/RAID 6/RAID 10

Based on Linux md RAID?

 

[TheLostSwede]

Based on Linux md RAID?

I don't know to be honest.
I presume you're asking so you know if you can use the drives in their NAS and then move them over to another Linux system in case the hardware fails and still be able to access the data?
Their NAS OS is based on Debian, but I don't know how they've implemented their RAID support.
This seems to suggest mdadm.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UgreenNASync/comments/1bw1kp6/how_do_they_do_the_raid_on_ugos

What I will say though and I hope these really are optional features, is that I'm not keen on the fact that they're wasting time to add "AI" features and an LLM chatbot.

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