Take control of your own storage with the UGREEN NASync DH2300, a compact two-bay NAS built for anyone who’s tired of paying a monthly subscription just to keep their photos and files safe.
Network storage used to be something only IT nerds bothered with, but UGREEN has been on a mission to make NAS devices approachable for regular households, and the DH2300 is the latest example. It’s small, it’s quiet, and it promises to replace your cloud backup habit with a box that sits under your desk. We’ve been putting it through its paces.
Features
- NASync DH2300: Entry-level 2-bay NAS perfect for home entertainment, photo storage, and easy data backup (doesn’t support Docker or virtual machines).
- No monthly fee: One purchase to store all your family memories. By eliminating cloud storage costs, you save $719.88 per year* (Based on the standard $59.99/month package for 12 TB).
- The AI automatically organizes: photos by faces, scenes, and places, removes duplicates, and creates personalized baby growth albums – effortlessly preserving all precious moments and enabling easy sharing with family via QR code or link.
- User-friendly app: Hassle-free setup and simple file sharing across Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, web browsers, and smart TVs – secure access from any device, anytime, anywhere.
- Massive 64 TB storage capacity: provides ample space to safely back up all your files, photos, videos, and memories, with extra room for future growth.
- Your data in your hands: Store your data securely locally. Advanced encryption, firewall, and two-factor authentication reliably protect your files from unauthorized access – even UGREEN cannot access your private data.
- Powerful and efficient hardware: Powered by the Rockchip A72+A53 8-Core Processor, It is suitable for backups, file serving, direct HDMI playback, and ordinary home media use.
What’s in the box?
The box contains the NAS unit, mounting screws, a screwdriver, a quick start manual, a power adapter and an Ethernet cable.
A Closer Look
Final Thoughts
The DH2300 is refreshingly small for what it does, measuring just 151 x 98 x 213.7mm, so it tucks away next to a router or monitor without any fuss. It ships as a diskless unit, meaning you’ll need to supply your own 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch SATA drives, but fitting them is genuinely painless thanks to the included screwdriver and tool-free bay design. Setup through UGOS Pro is guided step by step, and we had the drives formatted and the first backup running within about fifteen minutes.
The 8-core Rockchip chip and 4GB of RAM aren’t going to trouble a rack-mounted enterprise server, but for a device aimed at families and small home offices, they’re more than up to the job. Copying large batches of photos over the 1GbE connection stayed quick and consistent, and the two USB-A and single USB-C ports (all rated at 5Gb/s) made it easy to pull data straight off external drives without routing everything through the network first.
UGOS Pro is where the DH2300 really earns its keep. The AI photo organisation feature quietly works through your library in the background, grouping images by the faces in them, the scene they were taken in, or where they were shot, and it does this without ever uploading a single file off your own network. For anyone who’s grown used to paying Google or Apple every month just to keep their camera roll backed up, watching those subscription costs disappear is genuinely satisfying. Two-factor authentication and encrypted transfers are on by default, and the companion app makes checking in on your files from outside the house a simple, no-nonsense affair.
Plug the DH2300 straight into a TV over its 4K HDMI output and it happily doubles as a media player, pushing 60Hz 4K content without any stuttering in our tests. It’s a nice touch that turns a backup box into something the whole household will actually use.
It’s not all perfect. There’s no official Docker support here and no virtual machine capability, so anyone hoping to run home server software or self-hosted apps alongside their backups will want to look further up UGREEN’s range. Power draw is low either way, at 13.72W while the drives are active and just 3.304W in hibernation, so running it around the clock won’t trouble your electricity bill.
The UGREEN NASync DH2300 does exactly what it sets out to do: it takes the recurring cost of cloud backup and turns it into a one-off purchase that sits quietly on a shelf. It’s simple to set up, the AI photo sorting genuinely works, and the 4K HDMI output is a welcome bonus rather than a gimmick. The lack of Docker or VM support means it’s not aimed at power users, but that’s not really who this is for.
The UGREEN NASync DH2300 is available now priced at $227.99 (down from $269.99), as a diskless two-bay unit ready for your own drives.
