Main trade-off
ASUSTOR Nimbustor 4 Gen2
Four SATA bays limit the full double-parity array
Head-to-head
ASUSTOR AS5404T vs UGREEN DXP8800 Plus: ASUSTOR fits more NVMe drives, UGREEN fits more SATA drives
The short answer
Choose AS5404T when four SATA bays are enough and the design needs three or four internal NVMe drives. Choose DXP8800 Plus when six to eight SATA drives or native 10GbE are fixed requirements. These enclosures expand different parts of the storage plan.
Before you choose
The reasoning and the trade-offs
Eight hard drives and four NVMe drives pull in opposite directions
DXP8800 Plus doubles the SATA count, while AS5404T doubles the onboard NVMe count.
What this is based on
The inventory is eight SATA drives or four onboard NVMe devices. DXP8800 Plus provides eight and two connectors respectively, while AS5404T provides four and four.
Main trade-off
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus
Only two onboard M.2 sockets
ASUSTOR Nimbustor 4 Gen2
- Choose it for
- Keep four internal NVMe sockets alongside four SATA bays
- Stay within a documented 16 GB memory ceiling
- Main trade-off
- Four SATA bays limit the full double-parity array
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus
- Choose it for
- Install up to eight SATA drives in one enclosure
- Use native 10GbE without adding an Ethernet card
- Main trade-off
- Only two onboard M.2 sockets
About this comparison
Compare AS5404T and DXP8800 Plus for four internal NVMe drives, an eight-disk archive and native 10GbE network requirements.
Choose AS5404T when four SATA bays are enough and the design needs three or four internal NVMe drives. Choose DXP8800 Plus when six to eight SATA drives or native 10GbE are fixed requirements. These enclosures expand different parts of the storage plan.
Winner by situation
Start with what you need it to do
Eight SATA disks must stay in one base enclosure
Only DXP8800 Plus has eight SATA bays.
- ASUSTOR Nimbustor 4 Gen2
- Not suitable
- UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus
- Better fit
The existing design uses four onboard NVMe devices
AS5404T provides four sockets against two on DXP8800 Plus.
- ASUSTOR Nimbustor 4 Gen2
- Better fit
- UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus
- Not suitable
A workstation already has an end-to-end 10GbE connection
DXP8800 Plus supplies native matching Ethernet ports.
- ASUSTOR Nimbustor 4 Gen2
- Caution
- UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus
- Better fit
The equal-drive RAID 6 archive needs more than 24 TB from 12 TB disks
The full four-bay example leaves 24 TB nominal, while eight bays leave 72 TB before overhead.
- ASUSTOR Nimbustor 4 Gen2
- Caution
- UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus
- Better fit
What matters in practice
The differences that matter
Eight hard drives and four NVMe drives pull in opposite directions
DXP8800 Plus doubles the SATA count, while AS5404T doubles the onboard NVMe count.
How we reached this conclusion
The inventory is eight SATA drives or four onboard NVMe devices. DXP8800 Plus provides eight and two connectors respectively, while AS5404T provides four and four.
Double parity changes the capacity ratio
With equal 12 TB drives and RAID 6, the nominal examples are 24 TB for four bays and 72 TB for eight bays.
How we reached this conclusion
For full arrays of equal 12 TB drives, RAID 6 capacity is (4 minus 2) times 12 TB on AS5404T and (8 minus 2) times 12 TB on DXP8800 Plus. System space and formatting are excluded.
A 10GbE workstation needs a complete compatible path
Native 10GbE makes DXP8800 Plus the direct hardware match, but the advertised port rate is a ceiling.
How we reached this conclusion
The relevant threshold is one native 10GbE port for an already compatible workstation path. DXP8800 Plus meets that threshold while the AS5404T native connectors are 2.5GbE.
Choice A
ASUSTOR, AS5404T
ASUSTOR Nimbustor 4 Gen2
The chassis has 4-bay storage. Its fastest documented network path is 2.5 Gbps.
- Best matched use
- Keep four internal NVMe sockets alongside four SATA bays
Checked facts
- SATA bays: 4
- M.2 NVMe slots: 4
- Native network ports: Two 2.5GbE
- Installed and maximum RAM: 4 GB installed, 16 GB maximum
Choice B
UGREEN, DXP8800 Plus
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus
Eight SATA bays, two NVMe sockets and dual native 10GbE for a larger drive plan in one chassis.
- Best matched use
- Install up to eight SATA drives in one enclosure
Checked facts
- SATA bays: 8
- M.2 NVMe slots: 2
- Native network ports: Two 10GbE
- Installed and maximum RAM: 8 GB installed, 64 GB maximum
Meaningful differences
What changes the fit
| What changes | ASUSTOR Nimbustor 4 Gen2 | UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| SATA bays | 4 | 8 | An eight-drive archive fits only the larger base enclosure. |
| M.2 NVMe slots | 4 | 2 | The smaller SATA chassis has twice as many onboard NVMe sockets. |
| Native network ports | Two 2.5GbE | Two 10GbE | UGREEN exposes a faster link ceiling, conditional on the rest of the network. |
| Installed and maximum RAM | 4 GB installed, 16 GB maximum | 8 GB installed, 64 GB maximum | A workload above 16 GB requires the larger supported memory envelope. |
| Equal 12 TB disks in full SATA RAID 6 | 24 TB nominal before overhead | 72 TB nominal before overhead | Four and eight drives leave two and six data-drive equivalents after double parity. |
What you give up
Every choice has a cost
If you choose ASUSTOR Nimbustor 4 Gen2
- Native Ethernet tops out at 2.5GbE per port
If you choose UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus
- More drive bays also require purchasing and powering more drives
Recommendation switch
The decision flips if...
Six or more internal SATA drives are required
Choose UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus. DXP8800 Plus has eight base-enclosure bays.
Four onboard NVMe sockets are mandatory
Choose ASUSTOR Nimbustor 4 Gen2. AS5404T meets that socket count.
The design needs eight SATA drives and four onboard NVMe drives together
Choose neither. Neither base enclosure provides both counts.
What matters in practice
How to make the call
Eight hard drives and four NVMe drives pull in opposite directions
Write the drive layout as physical devices before choosing. Eight existing SATA disks point to DXP8800 Plus. Four onboard NVMe drives point to AS5404T. If the plan requires both counts in one base chassis, neither meets that exact connector requirement.
Double parity changes the capacity ratio
RAID 6 reserves two drive equivalents in either full array. The arithmetic is (4 minus 2) times 12 TB against (8 minus 2) times 12 TB. The resulting threefold usable-capacity ratio is before system space, formatting and metadata. It does not measure rebuild time or replace a backup.
A 10GbE workstation needs a complete compatible path
Check the workstation adapter, switch and cable path before assigning value to 10GbE. A Gigabit switch leaves either NAS constrained by that path. Storage performance and the workload can also limit transfers, and two ports do not guarantee one 20GbE session.
What this comparison cannot tell you
- Capacity examples use equal nominal decimal drive capacities
- No matched throughput, power or acoustic measurements are available
What the facts say
What the comparison shows
Useful conclusions from the current NAS devices comparison, followed by the checked facts used to reach them.
See the checked facts and calculation notes
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ASUSTOR Nimbustor 4 Gen2
Keep four internal NVMe sockets alongside four SATA bays
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Install up to eight SATA drives in one enclosure
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