Introduction

Almost two years ago we looked at the first NAS from Ugreen, the NASync DXP4800 Plus, and since then the company has released a pair of lower-cost Arm based models in the DH series, which we've also taken a look at. Now, it's time for the latest addition, and we're going high-end in just about every way imaginable, without going with a server CPU. The NASync iDX6011 Pro is Ugreen's new flagship NAS, which is likely to generate a lot of different opinions, as it brings an interesting mix of hardware and features along with it. Ugreen refers to its two new models that include two different SKUs of the NASync iDX6011—with 32 or 64 GB of RAM—as AI NAS. Admittedly Ugreen has added a local LLM and several features that tie into it, but the question is if people want these built-in to their NAS or not. We will of course take a closer look at these features, to see if they're worth using, but we'll also be putting the iDX6011 Pro through our standard NAS tests and look at what has changed on the software side over these past two years.

The NASync iDX6011 Pro is a massive NAS that weighs in at over 9 kg, without drives. The unit we were sent should be a pre-production unit, but we'll go into the details about that when we take a closer look at the hardware. The chassis is very roomy compared to the DXP4800 Plus, most of it is for good reasons that you'll see, and it's clear from the get-go that we're looking at an entirely different class of hardware here. Back in 2024, Ugreen launched a couple of higher-end models than the DXP4800 Plus that we got sent for review, with the 6-bay DXP6800 Pro and the 8-bay DXP8000 Plus, both of which had a slightly higher-end CPU and a pair of 10 Gbps Ethernet ports, plus two Thunderbolt 4 ports, which set them apart from the DXP4800 Plus. The iDX6011 Pro comes with two major upgrades, firstly it has a two generation newer CPU with more P-cores and a higher clock speed, secondly it comes with 64 GB of LPDDR5x memory as standard, where the previous high-end models only shipped with 8 GB of DDR5. The older models could be upgraded to 64 GB, but as Ugreen has now moved to LPDDR5x, there are no means of upgrading the RAM. For Ugreen's sake, we hope they've secured enough stock to meet their expected production, considering how much memory prices have gone up since the iDX-series was announced.

On the software side of things, a lot has improved over the past two years and Ugreen has kept adding new features and made improvements to the OS, although it still feels like things are lacking and that not enough attention is being spent on the little details at times. A perfect example of that is that some German has snuck into the English text in the UI, so instead of RPM/min it says U/min, something we also saw in the DH2300 review. That said, Ugreen does keep the underlying software up to date and appears to have moved from Debian 12 to 13, at least based on the move to the 6.12 Linux kernel. As mentioned, there are also several new AI features this time around that we'll cover, to see if they really bring something useful to a NAS. Without further ado, let's take a look at what came in the box.

Specifications