2,000MB/s Over Thunderbolt! UGREEN DXP6800 Ultra NAS Tested

Summary

The reviewer tests the UGREEN DXP6800 Ultra as a high-performance NAS, particularly for video-editing workflows and shared storage.

Hardware and features

• Six drive bays support HDDs or SSDs, with two additional M.2 NVMe slots for storage or caching.
• Connectivity includes two front Thunderbolt 4 ports, dual 10GbE LAN, 10Gbps USB ports, an SD card reader, 8K HDMI, and a PCIe 4.0 expansion slot.
• The system has an Intel 10-core processor and 8GB of DDR5 memory, expandable up to 96GB.
• UGREEN’s UGOS operating system supports mobile and browser-based management, virtual machines, Docker, media servers, cloud storage, backups, snapshots, and AI-related tools.

Setup and software guide

The video walks through installing SATA SSDs and NVMe drives, initializing the NAS, creating a storage pool, and setting up shared folders and remote access. It explains the main RAID choices:

• JBOD and RAID 0 prioritize capacity or speed without drive-failure protection.
• RAID 5 tolerates one failed drive.
• RAID 6 tolerates two failed drives.
• RAID 10 combines mirroring with performance.

The reviewer chooses RAID 10 for the SATA SSDs and RAID 1 for the NVMe drives. BTRFS and EXT4 are available, but ZFS is not.

The tutorial also demonstrates enabling SMB, connecting from a Mac or phone, transferring files, installing apps, and using the photo and video features. Remote access can use UGREEN’s relay service or Tailscale. The NAS’s photo tools include face and content search, duplicate detection, and categorization.

Performance and assessment

• With six SATA SSDs in RAID 10 over a 10GbE network, Blackmagic tests reach roughly 700–840 MB/s, with one result around 1,000 MB/s—near the practical limit of 10GbE.
• With two NVMe Gen4 drives in RAID 1 and a direct Thunderbolt 4 connection, the reviewer measures about 2,000 MB/s read speed. This requires configuring a Thunderbolt network connection between the NAS and laptop.
• UGREEN’s remote relay service delivers approximately 8–9 MB/s in the tested download, which the reviewer considers strong compared with relay performance they have encountered from other brands.

The reviewer praises the speed, straightforward laptop and mobile setup, and expanding UGOS app selection, and sees the NAS as especially suitable for video editors. They report finding no flaws during the review and cite a price of $1,449, noting that discounts may be available.

Main speaker/source: The DIGIBITE presenter, reviewing and demonstrating the UGREEN DXP6800 Ultra and its UGOS software.