Anybody running PBS on UGreen units?

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I ran across the UGreen line of NAS units the other day while looking for a possible option to replace my existing PBS server.

I'm usually a Synology guy but found it interesting that with the UGreen models you can load (supported yes) another O/S on their machines to replace their current O/S. That includes unraid, trunas and even Proxmox. With the ability to have 2 m.2 drives for the O/S, up to 128G ram and 4-8 drives it struck my curiosity about having or using this as a Proxmox Backup Server. Reviewing the PBS documentation it states a modern CPU, 4Gb ram for the O/S and (at least) 1Gb per data storage size their boxes seem to check all the requirements. To achieve optimal performance then using SSD drives instead of spinning drives would be the best and i'm unsure if that is an option unless you could replace/somehow-mount SSD's into their removable drive chassis.

Curious if anyone is using this as a solution and if so, what's been your experience with them.
 
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anthony-webb said:
Not sure if this is allowed, but Apalrd just uploaded a video covering this exact topic: https://youtu.be/pwbLqCXyWAc?si=fUXpxa3TXNhiMMVp
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That's where I'd gotten the idea, but since have seen several other video's about 'hacking' the bios on similar devices. The hardware meets the hardware requirements but was wondering if anyone had done this and could share their results. I've since found out that the 5.25" chassis doesn't have the ability to use SSD drives tho. Not sure it'll stop me but am still curious with low cost, older hardware still being so high.
 
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Hmm. I don't have one, but from my experience, a bare metal install of PBS is straightforward and uncomplicated. For my homeprod setup I have been running PBS on a Lenovo M910Q with a consumer grade Crucial 2TB SSD for the better part of three years with no issues.

So I would like to think that as long as uGreen is not using proprietary hardware/drivers that you should be A-OK.
 
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