Quick answer: if you are buying a high-end 8-bay NAS for a 5-10 year creator, photo/video, VM, Docker or multi-user workflow, the UGREEN DXP8800 Ultra is easier to justify than it first appears. The DXP8800 Plus remains the better value if you already own it, bought it at the original Kickstarter pricing, or only need […]

New ARM v9.2 Powered DIY NAS Revealed – The Minisforum N5R Minisforum has used IFA 2026 to reveal another addition to its growing NAS range, this time in the form of the N5R. At first glance, it follows the same general 5-bay desktop design language as the company’s other recent N5 systems, including the removable […]

The UGREEN MA100 – A $9999 4-Bay Intelligent Home NAS??? When UGREEN introduced its HomeAgent range of HA100/HA100 PRO controlled smart home devices, most of the attention inevitably landed on the MasterAgent MA100, a 4-bay system carrying a $9,999 Super Early Bird price and a stated MSRP of $19,999. That places it far outside the […]

The New UGREEN HomeAgent Series Revealed UGREEN has spent the last few years building out its NAS range, but its latest announcement takes the company in a rather different direction. I was in Boston for the reveal of UGREEN HomeAgent, a new family of systems designed to bring local storage, AI processing, home surveillance and […]

Beelink ME Pro 304 NAS Early Review The Beelink ME Pro is a compact 2-bay NAS and mini PC built around Intel’s newly launched Core 3 304 processor, a 5-core, 5-thread Wildcat Lake chip based on Intel’s 18A process. It represents a substantial change from the earlier N150-equipped ME Pro while retaining the same general […]