Yxk Zero1 2-Bay Desktop NAS, Maximum 60TB (Diskless), User-Friendly Home NAS Storage, Private Security & Remote Access, Silent, 4GB RAM, 2.5GbE Port, 4K HDMI, Network Attached Storage

Great product for photo storage
Easy put together and configure but took some time since I am new to the NAS concept. It’s also small enough to place right on top of my computer (see pic). I finally backup all my photos for the last 10 years and share with my family. I no longer need to pay for the icloud fee. Definitely will save me money on the long run.

Good basic first time NAS unit
Purchased this because it was very inexpensive. Was hoping that this would fit what I was looking for in a NAS. I have attached photos showing what all comes with the unit as well as information on the unit itself.This came with a Cat 6 thin ethernet cable to use. Didn’t measure but probably around a foot and a half length, nothing very long, but just enough length if you were to set this right next to your router. The cover for hiding the storage bays has magnets on the four corners. Comes with enough screws to mount two 3.5″” drives or two 2.5″” drives. I also had no problem with it recognizing older WD Blue drive and a Seagate Constellation ES drive, being 1TB in size and 500GB in size, respectively. Which would make me believe there should be no issues with using whatever drive you want. Using the mobile and computer app took some time to understand all the functions, but overall, it is quite easy and basic in using it. You need the mobile app in order to initialize the NAS for getting the drives ready for first time use. You will have to set up an administrator account, but that login is kept on the NAS unit. When you factory reset the NAS it wipes that all out. You can set up to have multiple accounts with their own login so that it keeps files separate from each other. And the fan that it has is not overly loud when on full speed. And if kept in a location no one is around, you won’t hear it.As for some possible downsides to this. While not really a downside, but more like warning, when going to install the mobile app or the computer app, both of them will give warnings about trusting the source. How you feel about that is up to you. The mobile app was actually a .apk file that was downloaded, then you had to go to the file to install. Using a Windows machine was downloading a .exe file. Based on my drives I used and what I see in the manual, it would seem that there are only two modes to set up the drives as, DFS mode and RAID1. Since my drives were different sizes, I could only use DFS mode, and it did not let me choose anything else. It would appear that if you have two of the same size drives you should have the option of RAID1. I didn’t have the ability to test that. While you are able to have the mobile app let you state which photo and video file folder you wish to have backed up, it will only back up files while the app is open. Meaning you either have to leave the app open all the time or remember to open it up every now and then. The computer app is sort of similar. I did not see the option to select a folder to have the app watch, but you have to manually select the files you want to store over to the NAS. I’m sure most NAS do this as well, was really hoping for a more passive backup option. As for cooling, you can set the fan through the mobile app for three different options, Auto, Standard, and Full. My two drives were hitting up in the 40 degrees Celsius range on auto fan speed in a room that was around 19 degrees Celsius. And this was while they were being idle. Only by turning the fan on standard or full would the temperature drop to below 30 degrees Celsius.Overall, for a basic first time using a NAS device, it will work as your personal backup device. Especially at the price point. I managed to get this with a massive discount bringing it down to $120. Did not see many units get anywhere close to that price. But that was a rare discount and no idea if it could happen again. However, it does lack a few features that may have made it even better. It sadly doesn’t fit what I was looking for, but there are some of you out there that can work with what this offers.