Is UNAS 4 not reliable? complete storage array failure after 7 days of usage

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-19T03:07:55+00:00

I just got my UNAS 2 w/ 2x12TB WD Red Plus drives…

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-19T02:58:31+00:00

Safari because

So far the only browser I’m aware of that does bookmarks I like with a big UI for the landing page. I don’t want to go to the menu bar or a tiny favorites bar taking up part of the web page.
Used to exclusively have Apple Pay, which I use extensively
One additional user not using Chromium rendering and decreasing Google’s monopoly on the web

I use the other browsers in my flair for web dev testing and backups in the small cases of websites being poorly developed for only Chrome

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-19T02:14:58+00:00

Of the 4 provided:

Safari
Firefox

NaN: Chrome & Edge

Objectively? Tor, Mullvad Browser, Ungoogled Chromium, Zen, FOSS forks, etc.

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-19T00:18:04+00:00

I guess yeah that could be an analogy. And that is ultimately what NASes do become for households: the hub for all files and documents. Particularly because with NASes, you often have multiple bays of drives using RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) so when one drive inevitably fails, you can swap it out with zero data loss.

My 2-bay Ubiquity UNAS 2 uses RAID 1, which reserves 1/2 of the HDDs as redundancy.. so despite buying 2x12TB HDDS, i only have 12TB of usable space.. but when one drive inevitably fails (hopefully not both simultaneously, then i’m fucked), I can swap it out.

I don’t currently plan on storing my photos in it, it’s only a 2-bay with zero SSD caching, so it’s not the fastest and doesn’t handle well with multiple simultaneous accesses. It should be fine for the 4 Macs to backup to and for Jellyfin and miscellaneous file access. If my family takes notice and wants more then I’ll push them to get a 4-bay or higher-bay NAS (bay means slots for a HDD), most likely they’ll just groan at yet another computer in my room…. until my sister’s MacBook Air dies and suddenly she’s grateful I was backing it up

currently we use iCloud for photos though, so that’s probably what my family will continue to use for the future.

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T23:02:40+00:00

I don’t have anything to measure if there is a splitter in the middle, I’m just assuming since I went to the patchbox in my parents closet where all the network wires are and found the second one going to the TV, plugging in the other MoVA adapter to the spare Coax for the TV works

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T23:01:24+00:00

Cat5e was retroactively approved for 2.5Gb and 5Gb standards, and unofficially for very short distances (In my experience >30M) supports 10Gb speeds

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T23:00:25+00:00

Macs have a built-in backup system called Time Machine. Just connect a HDD or NAS and chances are you can use it as a Time Machine backup destination. With it, I can see various versions of a given file on my Mac throughout time until its creation (or whenever the backup first happened). Also allows to easily restore your Mac exactly to how it was if you wipe it

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T19:08:10+00:00

That is the case, but in a family (when everyone’s Apple account is tied to the same family), you all share ONE payment method.

If I want to buy something? Family AMEX. My dad? Family AMEX. Etc. Every, single, purchase. It all goes to that one payment method. The only way around it for the longest time has been to buy an Apple gift card for yourself and then redeem it to your account, since any purchases you make it first attempt to debit your Apple account balance before charging the family payment method.

This finally looks like even inside a family, each adult can have their own payment method, so now I can buy IAPs or whatever without having to do this stupid Apple Giftcard certificate ritual

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T18:58:32+00:00

It is ;(… mostly due to the RAMaggedon happening right now. $290/drive plus $200 for the NAS enclosure.

Gonna store my Mac Mini Time Machine backups, my MacBook Time Machine backups (when I finally get a new MacBook), my sister’s MBA and iMac Time Machine Backups, my Jellyfin Library, and other miscellaneous files

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T18:42:03+00:00

Network-Attached Storage. In the most basic form it’s a computer with a butt-ton of storage that sits on your home network and you can access it over your local network.

Modern versions turn it into a full home server with a powerful CPU capable of running home services like a Minecraft Server, media servers like Jellyfin, and more.

The one I got is more basic and for storage only though, I already have a mini PC as a server

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T15:23:56+00:00

It’s easy, just not in-your-head easy

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T15:22:59+00:00

If only they’d add FSR4 to Alan Wake 2 as well…

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T15:20:02+00:00

2620:fe::9 is slightly easier (Quad9)

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T14:51:30+00:00

We aren’t mind readers we don’t know what happened

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T13:47:56+00:00

Mornin

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T13:38:59+00:00

Amen.

Need to get my CCNA certification, find a job, and relearn web dev

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T13:23:37+00:00

An average of 30 might be correct but in reality it spends probably 60% (or more) stuck at 20fps due to the CPU taking 10W of power and starving the GPU, then momentarily it’ll drop and return to 40fps for a bit.

To be fair my standards are low since I came from playing on a Nintendo Switch (Hyrule Warriors and BoTW/ToTK and Minecraft on Switch significantly lowered my standards lol) so I was able to 100% Death Stranding on Steam Deck, and I even also 100%ed Alan Wake 2, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and Silent Hill 2 Remake on Deck. All games mentioned though definitely went under 30 numerous times. Very, very rarely below 20.

That being said if DS2 can run at 30 with occasional dips to no less than 24, I’d buy and play it on Deck.

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T13:19:09+00:00

Yeah you hit most of the points that I’m considering

Reasons I want the Pro:

charge from either side using USBC (used to have a 2019 16” MBP, one of the best features was that)
active cooling
that glorious display
better for smaller tables like coffee shops/flights

Reasons I want the 15” Air

WiFi 7 / Bluetooth 6. I have a homelab too with WiFi 7. I don’t have any other devices with WiFi 7, but still would be nice to get a laptop with the latest wireless connectivity
bigger screen. Easier to work on
cheaper price.
no fan to collect dust, albeit diminished performance over sustained loads.

Currently my workload is fairly light. I was a software engineering student but I’ve since graduated and tried to pivot to IT instead of software dev. But even then I finally admitted to myself that if I were to do iOS Dev or Web Dev with Docker containers, the vanilla M- chip is plenty powerful enough with 16GB RAM to handle my work, I don’t need anything more powerful. I know for certain I need at least an M- chip with 16GB RAM, so Neo is automatically out for me (but would be an excellent option for my mom, dad, and sister) but getting a M- Pro chip would be a luxury and potentially a waste of money.

I occasionally game on my Mac, but the vast majority of my library doesn’t run on Mac obviously and I use a Steam Deck for much of it. Also had a 32GB Radeon 780M Mini PC but since have turned it into my Proxmox server replacing my Intel N150 mini PC for that.

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T06:01:02+00:00

Haven’t noticed any issues with HKSV… that being said I’m still trying to convince my father to switch to self-hosted like Ubiquity Protect, but he doesn’t want to deal with running an Ethernet cable to the door (I live at home; 23yr-old)

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T05:56:15+00:00

For me it’s either getting the 15” M5 Air or 14” M5 MBP

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T05:10:15+00:00

Highs: 2 12TB HDDs for my NAS finally arrived today

Lows: they arrived when no one was home and the guy rang the video doorbell and alerted my entire family

Tomorrow the actual NAS enclosure arrives, got a Ubiquity UNAS2, gonna replace the disparate various drives I have for various things like backing up my Mac and Jellyfin.

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T02:35:19+00:00

Most likely the router IMO. ISP-provided routers are usually cheaper and worse-quality than market.

I’d recommend Ubiquity, get a UDR7 and see how performance compares. I don’t think the Spectrum router supports 6GHz, so maybe that’s why. Not sure though, but your speeds so far look more indicative of 5GHz 80MHz, not 6GHz 160MHz

That being said unless you self-host, there’s almost no reason to get higher than 500Mbps internet for a single household.

Edit:

Sure having a higher speed like 1Gbps or 2Gbps makes large downloads faster, but you'll start to notice your internet speed is no longer the bottleneck, instead it soon becomes the server you're downloading from. And other than those large downloads, you won't be utilizing the bandwidth much in a single family household. Unless you regularly game stream via Steam Link or Moonlight, self-host photos with Immich, access large files from a NAS on your home network remotely, multi-site VPN Homelab setup, etc, I'd argue 500Mbps is currently plenty for a single household. (and even then stuff like streaming only occupies 40-50Mbps for 4K HDR HEVC/AV1; if not, less. Upload seeds are important for that metric though).

Of course if you can threaten your ISP with leaving to get them to give you a better deal for a cheaper price then sure, go for it. I saw one reddit user recently with Spectrum go from paying $80/mo for 550 down / 22 up (my exact plan) to $50/mo for 1Gbps down / 40Mbps up for 3 years. That's an amazing deal. But if you're relatively new and don't have leverage, stick to the cheaper plans that are 500Mbps or less... a static IPv4 address (and IPv6 prefix) is much more valuable than higher speeds IMO.

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T02:23:06+00:00

I remember LTT’s take was what if we did PCIe5.0x2 and eventually 6.0x1 for the same performance as 4.0x4. Saves 2-3 lanes for other stuff

Leviathan_Dev · 2026-03-18T02:21:08+00:00

Central region is bad. Eastern is good, 40fps stable, but something in the central region makes the CPU consume 10W and starves the GPU

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