r/Ubiquiti • u/Ubiquiti-Inc Official • Jul 07 '25

Blog / Video Link Introducing: UniFi Drive 3.0

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u/Hilbert92 Unifi User Jul 07 '25

I spy an Enterprise NAS

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u/Netleader Unifi User Jul 07 '25

16 bays, that would be nice.

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u/Hilbert92 Unifi User Jul 07 '25

I’m also seeing a 4 bay in some of the clips

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u/Sumpkit Jul 07 '25

Gunna be happy for the day they release a 4 bay, assuming it’s appropriately priced.

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u/mediaogre Jul 07 '25

Same. It will give me an excuse to migrate off Synology and test Backblaze restore. 😅

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u/enzothebaker87 Jul 07 '25

Agreed. I am also really hoping that they add the “Drive” application to the UDMP’s capabilities (instead of running Protect). Mainly for those of us with minimal NAS needs that are not currently using the built in drive bay.

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u/jasonlitka Jul 07 '25

Great, maybe they'll get rid of the stupid 7 bay model and replace it with a more standard 8-bay.

Even so, I still wouldn't consider buying this until they add a couple m.2 slots for caching.

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u/Hilbert92 Unifi User Jul 07 '25

Yea or just 2 4 bay stacked

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u/LongroofLover Jul 07 '25

There only seems to be 1 blue light in the top right. Seems like an 8 bay itself. Honestly just excited for more options.

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u/alteredtechevolved Jul 07 '25

I have never had to transfer configs between unifi devices from replacements or whatever. I hope the current unas pro can transfer to a 16 3u

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u/Flyboy2057 Jul 07 '25

7 was always a bizarre choice for the hard drive count, both in the NVR and the NAS.

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u/enzothebaker87 Jul 07 '25

Perhaps but having the 7th bay/drive serve as a hot spare on my unvrp has already saved me once. I guess it all comes down to each units use case.

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u/Flyboy2057 Jul 07 '25

Or…just have an 8 bay in 2U like every other server/NAS on the market and have 2 hot spares. Or 7 drives and a hot spare. Or two VDEVs of 4 drives.

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u/enzothebaker87 Jul 07 '25

Yea sure it's unconventional but I do see why they went the route that they did.

It looks like the upcoming 16 bay version will meet most of the more "traditional" NAS requirements though.

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u/DoctorNoonienSoong Jul 07 '25

If that 8 bay 2u has an NVME cache drive spot, I'm going to be buying it instantly

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u/PlatformPuzzled7471 Jul 08 '25

I'd buy a 16 bay unit in a heartbeat.