The UGREEN NAS DH4300 Plus is the storage upgrade that finally got me away from hard drive chaos. I’m running it as my own personal cloud in RAID 5, so my footage is accessible anytime, and I’ve got an extra layer of safety if a drive fails.
Pros
+Beginner-friendly setup (drives in, router, app) and quick initial configuration
+4-bay NAS with RAID 5 support for better data resilience
+Fast wired access via 2.5 GbE for big video files
+Keeps footage on a local system instead of a subscription cloud
Cons
-RAID rebuild/initial calculations take time in the background
-Usable capacity drops in RAID 5 (you ‘lose’ the equivalent of one drive)