Photographers shooting weddings in Karen, videographers cutting corporate work in Westlands, architects handling large CAD sets, accountants keeping seven years of KRA records, and NGO teams syncing field data from Turkana all face the same problem: project files scattered across laptops, external drives that fail without warning, and cloud plans that keep billing every month. The UGREEN NASync DXP2800 pulls all of it into one box sitting on your own desk. Staff copy files to it over the office network, phones back up photos automatically, and nothing leaves the building unless you allow it.

Unlike traditional electronics retailers in Kenya who stock only external hard drives, Mascom International supplies proper network attached storage with the drives, cabling and setup guidance to match. At Mascom International, we're seeing small studios and law firms move away from monthly cloud billing toward one-time hardware they own outright. Users consistently report that the 2.5GbE port changes how a shared drive feels to work from, since a 1GB file lands in roughly 3.2 seconds. Come test the UGREEN NASync DXP2800 at our Kimathi Street counter, or order it for pay-on-arrival delivery anywhere in Kenya.

The UGREEN NASync DXP2800 is a two-bay desktop NAS, a small always-on computer that holds hard drives and shares them across your network. It suits photographers, video editors, architects, small accounting practices, law firms and families with large photo libraries. Instead of passing external drives between machines, everyone connects to one shared location. The Intel N100 processor and UGOS Pro software also let it run a media server, scheduled backups and container apps without a separate PC.

No. The DXP2800 ships diskless, meaning the two SATA bays and two M.2 NVMe slots arrive empty and you supply the drives. This keeps the entry price at KSh 64,000 and lets you match capacity to your actual needs. Mascom International stocks NAS-rated drives from Western Digital, Seagate and Toshiba separately, and our Nairobi CBD team fits and configures them before you leave the shop. UGREEN publishes a compatibility list covering supported drive, SSD and memory models.

Up to 80TB of raw installed capacity, using two 32TB SATA drives plus two 8TB M.2 NVMe SSDs.For practical Kenyan use, two 12TB drives mirrored in RAID 1 give 12TB usable, roughly 400,000 24-megapixel RAW photos at 30MB each, or several hundred hours of 4K footage.

The 2.5GbE port peaks at about 312.5MB/s, moving a 1GB file in roughly 3.2 seconds. Standard 1GbE ports found on cheaper NAS units cap near 125MB/s, so the same file takes closer to 8 seconds. Over a full editing day that gap adds up. You will need a 2.5GbE-capable switch or router to reach those speeds, and the two bundled CAT 7 cables handle the wiring. On older 1GbE equipment the unit still works, just slower.

Yes. UGOS Pro includes remote access through the UGREEN NAS app on Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and any web browser, so you open files from a client meeting in Upper Hill or a site visit in Nakuru using Safaricom or Airtel mobile data. Speed depends on your office upload bandwidth rather than the NAS itself, so a Safaricom Home Fibre, Faiba or JTL line with decent upload capacity matters. Access permissions are set per user account.

Yes. The DXP2800 supports Docker containers and virtual machines, and Plex runs inside Docker. The Intel N100 handles 4K media playback and hardware-assisted decoding through Intel Quick Sync, covering AV1, H.265 and H.264 files. Running several containers alongside photo indexing is where the 8GB of DDR5 starts to feel tight, which is why UGREEN supports a memory upgrade to 16GB. Software developers and home lab users in Kilimani and Lavington choose this model for exactly that headroom.

With two drives configured in RAID 1, the pair mirrors each other, so one drive can fail and your data stays readable while you replace it. The DXP2800 supports Basic, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1. RAID 0 combines both drives for capacity but loses everything if either fails. Remember that RAID protects against drive failure, not against theft, fire or accidental deletion, so keep a second copy elsewhere. Hot-swappable trays let you change a drive without opening the chassis.

UGREEN rates the DXP2800 at 16.38W during drive access and 5.24W in drive hibernation, measured with a 2TB Seagate drive fitted. That is low enough for a modest inverter or UPS to carry it through a typical Kenya Power interruption. UGREEN also sells a 120W DC uninterruptible power supply built specifically for these units. Running the NAS behind backup power matters, since sudden shutdowns during a write operation are a common cause of file corruption.

Over five years the KSh 64,000 works out to roughly KSh 35 per day, paid once. A 2TB cloud plan at around KSh 1,300 monthly costs about KSh 15,600 each year, so KSh 78,000 across the same five years, and the billing never stops. The NAS also gives capacity far beyond 2TB, keeps files on your own premises, and works at local network speed rather than depending on your internet line. Drives are the added cost.

UGREEN covers the NASync DXP2800 with a 24-month warranty against manufacturing defects under normal use. Mascom International adds direct after-sales support from our Nairobi CBD service desk, handling diagnostics, manufacturer claim coordination and replacement logistics for customers in all 47 counties. Installed drives carry their own separate manufacturer warranties, which our team registers for you at the time of fitting.

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Every unit is backed by the 24-month warranty above, with claims coordinated from our Nairobi CBD service desk. Buyers across Kenya rely on Mascom International for accurate specifications, current Kenyan pricing, and setup help that continues long after the sale.