UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus is now in stock at Mascom International for KSh 175,000, built around a 12th-generation Intel Core i5-1235U with 10 cores and 12 threads, 8GB of DDR5 4800MHz memory, a 128GB system SSD, eight SATA drive bays, two M.2 NVMe slots, twin 10GbE network ports, two Thunderbolt 4 ports and 8K HDMI output. The unit arrives brand new and sealed, and it comes diskless, so you choose your own hard drives. Find the UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus at Old Mutual Building, First Floor Room 4, Kimathi Street, Nairobi CBD.
Architecture firms in Westlands, video production houses shooting weddings and corporate work across Nairobi, county government records offices, surveying companies and medical imaging departments all hit the same wall. Project files outgrow laptops, external drives fail without warning, and monthly cloud subscriptions billed in dollars keep climbing. UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus answers that by keeping working data on hardware you own, inside your own building. Eight bays plus two NVMe slots reach 272TB of raw capacity, so a studio archiving 4K footage stops deleting old projects to make room for new ones.
Unlike traditional electronics retailers in Kenya who stock only consumer external drives, Mascom International keeps proper multi-bay network storage on the shelf. Users consistently report that the twin 10GbE ports on the UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus change how teams work, because editors pull footage straight off the array instead of copying it locally first. At Mascom International, we're seeing Kenyan studios and mid-sized firms move away from per-seat cloud billing entirely. Come and test the UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus at our Kimathi Street counter, or place an order for pay-on-arrival delivery to any of Kenya's 47 counties.
Common Questions About the UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus
What do I need to budget beyond the KSh 175,000 to get this running?
Drives, above all. The DXP8800 Plus is sold diskless, so all eight SATA bays and both M.2 slots arrive empty. UGREEN lists Western Digital, Seagate and Toshiba NAS drives as compatible, and Mascom International stocks them. Two other line items matter in Kenya: a 10GbE switch if you want the network ports to stretch their legs, and a UPS to ride out Kenya Power interruptions. We quote all three together rather than selling the chassis alone.
What can the Intel Core i5-1235U actually handle inside a NAS?
The i5-1235U carries 10 cores and 12 threads and boosts to 4.40GHz, which is desktop-class silicon rather than the low-power chips most storage boxes use. In practice it runs Docker containers, transcodes video for phones and televisions, indexes photo libraries and serves 20 or more office users at once without stalling. Integrated Intel graphics drive 8K output over HDMI at 60Hz. The Intel N100 in cheaper four-bay units handles file serving but struggles with heavy transcoding.
Why does RAID 6 matter more on an eight-bay array than on a four-bay one?
Rebuild exposure is the reason. With eight drives spinning, the odds that a second disk fails while the array rebuilds after the first failure are meaningfully higher, and rebuilding a 20TB member can run a full day or longer. RAID 6 survives two simultaneous failures where RAID 5 survives one. The unit also supports JBOD, Basic, RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10, and the array stays reachable to staff throughout any rebuild.
What does my office need before the twin 10GbE ports pay off?
Three things: a 10GbE switch, Cat6a cabling and client machines fitted with 10GbE adapters. Without them the unit still works, but each connection tops out near 110MB/s on ordinary gigabit hardware. With the full path in place, link aggregation across both RJ45 ports yields roughly 20 gigabits of combined bandwidth, and UGREEN quotes figures up to 2500MB/s. Editors then cut straight from the array. Mascom International prices the switch and adapters alongside the unit.
Is this worth KSh 175,000 over the six-bay DXP6800 Pro at KSh 145,000?
The extra KSh 30,000 buys two more SATA bays, lifting raw capacity from 208TB to 272TB. That works out near KSh 469 per additional terabyte, or about KSh 500 a month across a five-year service life. In practical terms, 64TB holds roughly 640 shooting days of 4K footage at 100GB per day. Both units share the same i5-1235U processor, so you are buying bay count and room to grow rather than raw speed.
Does the 128GB system SSD take up one of the drive bays?
No. UGOS Pro lives on a separate 128GB SSD built into the chassis, so the operating system never occupies a SATA bay or an M.2 slot. All eight bays and both NVMe slots stay free for your own storage. Keeping the system disk apart also means firmware updates and reboots leave your array untouched. Several competing units install their operating system across the data drives instead, which complicates recovery.
Can staff laptops and phones back up to it automatically?
Yes. UGOS Pro includes backup tools that pull data from Windows and macOS machines on a schedule, while the NASync app on Android and iOS syncs photos and documents in the background. Time Machine works across the network for Mac users. You can also copy the array itself onto an external USB drive for offsite rotation, which matters if fire or theft hits the office. Retention rules control how many versions are kept.
How loud is the unit, and where should it sit in an office?
Expect roughly the noise of a desktop tower, and your drive choice affects that more than the chassis does. Fan control offers three modes covering balanced running, a low-noise setting for shared workspaces, and full speed for warm server rooms. The aluminium body and internal drive mounting damp vibration. At 366mm long and 259mm wide it wants a ventilated shelf rather than a sealed cupboard, with the dust filter cleaned monthly.
What do the front Thunderbolt 4 ports and the SD card reader do?
Both Thunderbolt 4 ports sit on the front panel and run at 40Gb/s, so a photographer or editor plugs a laptop straight in and moves a day's footage without touching the office network. The SD 4.0 card reader ingests camera cards directly into a chosen folder. Round the back sit two USB-A ports at 10Gb/s, two USB-A ports at 480Mb/s and a PCIe x4 slot for a future adapter.
Technical Specifications
Processor Architecture and Real-World Speed
- Intel Core i5-1235U, 12th generation, 10 cores and 12 threads, boosting to 4.40GHz under load.
- Two performance cores and eight efficiency cores split heavy transcoding from background indexing and scheduled backup jobs.
- x86 architecture runs standard Docker containers and virtual machines that ARM-based storage devices cannot execute natively.
- Integrated Intel graphics handle hardware video transcoding, so phones and televisions stream files the NAS converts on the fly.
- Sustained multi-user file serving stays responsive with roughly 20 concurrent staff connections on a business network.
- UGOS Pro reports live processor load and memory use, letting administrators spot a runaway container quickly.
Memory Configuration and Expansion Headroom
- 8GB DDR5 running at 4800MHz ships installed, covering file sharing, backup tasks and light container workloads comfortably.
- Expandable to 64GB total, giving room for virtual machines, large photo indexes and simultaneous transcode streams later.
- ODECC support catches single-bit memory errors before they reach stored files, which matters for long-term archives.
- DDR5 modules must match UGREEN's tested compatibility list by exact part number, not by capacity and speed alone.
- A 128GB SSD holds the UGOS Pro operating system separately, so system files never consume your drive bays.
- Keeping the system disk off the array means firmware updates and reboots leave stored data untouched.
Drive Bays, RAID Modes and Total Capacity
- Eight SATA bays accept 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch drives on push-pull trays that slide out without tools.
- Two M.2 NVMe slots serve as read-write cache or as a separate fast volume for active project files.
- •Total raw capacity reaches 272TB using eight 32TB hard drives plus two 8TB NVMe solid state drives.
- Supported modes cover JBOD, Basic, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6 and RAID 10.
- •RAID 5 tolerates one failed drive; RAID 6 tolerates two, with the array staying online during rebuild.
- Western Digital, Seagate and Toshiba NAS drives are listed as compatible, and Mascom International stocks matching models.
Network Ports and Transfer Throughput
- Two 10GbE RJ45 ports handle multi-user file access at speeds a gigabit office switch cannot reach.
- Link aggregation combines both ports into roughly 20 gigabits of bandwidth when your switch supports the feature.
- UGREEN quotes transfer figures up to 2500MB/s, achievable only with 10GbE clients, Cat6a cabling and fast drives.
- On an ordinary gigabit network the same unit still saturates the link at about 110MB/s per client.
- No built-in Wi-Fi, which keeps the unit wired and predictable rather than competing with office wireless traffic.
- Remote access through UGOS Pro works over Safaricom and Airtel Kenya mobile data without a static public address.
Port Selection and Expansion Options
- Two front-panel Thunderbolt 4 ports run at 40Gb/s for direct laptop connection, bypassing the office network entirely.
- Two rear USB-A ports at 10Gb/s take external drives for offsite backup rotation or one-touch import jobs.
- Two additional rear USB-A ports at 480Mb/s connect a UPS data cable, keyboard or printer without occupying fast ports.
- An SD 4.0 card reader ingests camera cards straight into a chosen folder, useful for photographers returning from shoots.
- HDMI output supports 8K at 60Hz, so the unit doubles as a media source for a boardroom display.
- One PCIe x4 slot stays free for a future network card, adapter or additional storage controller.
UGOS Pro Software and Data Protection
- UGOS Pro is UGREEN's own operating system, reached through a browser or through apps on every major platform.
- A single NASync app combines Storage Manager, Files, Photos and backup tools instead of separate downloads per function.
- Photo indexing sorts images automatically by faces, places and objects, and flags duplicates to reclaim occupied space.
- Built-in firewall, high-strength encryption and a security manager control which users and devices reach which shared folders.
- Docker support runs media servers, download clients, note apps and self-hosted business tools directly on the unit.
- Scheduled backup pulls data from Windows, macOS, phones and other network devices into one managed location.
Build Quality, Cooling and Power Draw
- Aluminium alloy chassis measures roughly 366mm long, 259mm wide and 188mm tall, sized for a shelf or cabinet.
- Push and pull drive trays let you swap a failed disk in seconds without dismantling the housing.
- Fan control offers three modes covering balanced running, low-noise operation for offices and full speed for hot environments.
- A magnetic dust filter lifts off for cleaning, which matters in dusty Nairobi and upcountry office conditions.
- Power draw measures 70.39W during active drive access and 28.99W once drives hibernate between jobs.
- Grey anodised finish and internal drive mounting keep vibration and disk noise low in shared workspaces.
Package Contents
- UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus 8-bay unit, diskless, with all eight drive trays installed
- Power adapter and mains power cord
- Network cable
- Thermal strips for the M.2 NVMe slots
- Small screwdriver and mounting screws for 2.5-inch drives
- Quick start guide, user manual and warranty documentation
Note:Hard drives and NVMe SSDs are not included and are purchased separately. Mascom International stocks NAS-rated drives from Western Digital, Seagate and Toshiba, and will fit and configure your chosen array at our Nairobi CBD counter before you take the unit home.
Warranty
Mascom International backs the UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus with a 12-month warranty covering manufacturing defects under normal use. UGREEN supplies its own warranty documentation inside the box. Hard drives purchased separately carry their own manufacturer terms. Our Nairobi CBD service desk handles claims directly and coordinates any replacement on your behalf.
Where to Buy the UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus in Kenya
UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus is available now at Mascom International, located at Old Mutual Building, First Floor Room 4, Kimathi Street, Nairobi CBD. Walk in Monday through Saturday, 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, to see the unit, check the drive trays and discuss a drive configuration before you commit. Supplied in the grey aluminium finish.
Order through any of the following:
- Phone/WhatsApp: +254 708 852 521
- Email: info@mascomintl.com
- Website: www.mascomintl.com
Mascom International ships the UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Plus across all 47 Kenyan counties with pay-on-arrival delivery, so you only pay once the unit reaches you. Nairobi and its environs receive same-day delivery. All other major cities and towns, including Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru and Eldoret, receive next-business-day delivery. Mandera, Wajir, Marsabit, Lamu, Tana River and Turkana receive delivery within 2-3 business days.
Every unit is covered by the 12-month warranty stated above, with claims coordinated at our Nairobi CBD service desk.
Buyers across Kenya rely on Mascom International for accurate specifications, current pricing and after-sales backing on every storage product we stock. Ask us about drives, a 10GbE switch or backup power, and we will quote the complete setup rather than the box alone.
