There will be 4 UGreen DXP6800s that would be maxed out, and intended to provide a solution for every member of the family. Each member will have a single NAS, and at least one of their pools will be required for a backup solution. They will not have file sharing access on this NAS. If they wished to share a file, then they will use one of the DXP8800s that will be WAN connected. There will be a new and dedicated domain exclusively for file sharing.
The System
CPU: Intel Core i5 1235u with 10 cores
RAM: 64GB
OS Drive: 128GB
Storage: 2×8TB NVME + 6×32TB hard drives
SD Card Reader: Yes, 4.0
Connectivity: 2×10GBPS
Ports: 2×Thunderbolt 4 (40Gb/s) + 2×USB-A 2.0, 1×USB-A 3.2 + HDMI
I am not a fan of Intel. I never had a good experience with them, but I have no choice but to trust that this CPU will continue on for the foreseeable future. I wouldn’t want to spend $1,200 for a NAS because the previous broke down. Not only is there the financial cost, but there is the time cost where I will have to move the drives from the defective NAS to the functioning NAS. The 64GB of memory will be more than enough to support the features this NAS will be used for. There will be four pools – each with RAID-1, and each intended to make the most of the capabilities. Each member of the family will have access to one such NAS as long as they are a member of the family.
NAS
This will have one 8TB pool to replace services like DropBox, iCloud, or OneDrive. Since this is 8TB, it will save a significant amount of money on online drive subscriptions. For file sharing, the DXP8800 mentioned in another page will provide each member of the family with 32TB of storage for file sharing which is more than what an online storage solution will offer. Each family member will have three 32TB storage pools, and one of them must be used for backing up the PC. Every OS should have a native backup solution, and the member shouldn’t have to pay to backup their computer to a NAS solution. Since each NAS is private, the family member will not likely be able to share files through within the network. Instead, an easier solution will be the online file share solution.