UGREEN has announced the NASync iDX Series - a flagship NAS lineup that embeds artificial intelligence directly into private cloud storage. For content creators, tourism marketers, and digital businesses managing growing libraries of media assets and client data, this shifts the NAS from passive storage to an active productivity tool.
How Our DXP4800 Plus and DH2300 Already Changed Our Workflow
I'll start with context. We currently run a UGREEN DXP4800 Plus and DH2300 across our business operations, and both units have fundamentally changed how we handle file security and remote workflows. The DXP4800 Plus hosts a Linux server in a VM that acts as a development platform - syncing between our home unit and production server so we can iterate on app development and content projects faster while maintaining file integrity. The DH2300 handles straightforward backups without complexity.
So when UGREEN announced the iDX Series with on-device AI, the business implications were immediately clear. For anyone managing content operations - especially in tourism marketing where you're working with thousands of destination photos, video assets, and campaign briefs across multiple clients - the ability to search, organize, and summarize stored files using AI that never sends your data to external servers is a meaningful operational advantage.
Find Files by Describing Them Instead of Digging Through Folders
The conventional NAS is a repository where files sit until someone manually retrieves them. UGREEN's iDX Series changes that by running AI workloads locally, including a built-in large language model called Uliya.
In practical terms for content teams: Universal Search lets you find files using natural language descriptions - a scene, a location, a concept - rather than remembering filenames or navigating folder structures. AI Album recognizes faces, objects, scenes, and text within images, making asset retrieval across large media libraries significantly faster. Uliya can summarize lengthy reports, translate documents, and pull answers directly from your stored files. For tourism marketers juggling destination content across multiple campaigns, or developers managing documentation across projects, these aren't novelty features - they're workflow accelerators.
The privacy angle matters here too. Client data, proprietary content strategies, and business documents stay entirely on hardware you own. No cloud processing, no third-party data exposure, no subscription fees eating into margins.
Intel Core Ultra Processors, 196TB Capacity, and Room to Expand
The iDX Series includes two models. The NASync iDX6011 runs an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H (14 cores, 18 threads) with 32GB or 64GB of memory. The iDX6011 Pro steps up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 255H with 96 TOPS of AI compute, 64GB of LPDDR5X standard, and OCuLink for external GPU connectivity.
Both feature six SATA bays plus dual NVMe slots (up to 196TB), dual 10GbE ethernet, dual Thunderbolt 4, a PCIe Gen 4 x8 expansion slot, HDMI 8K output, and an SD card reader. The aluminum chassis runs at 29-34 dB - office-friendly. From an infrastructure perspective, these position as hybrid NAS-workstation devices capable of handling storage, development environments, and AI workloads simultaneously.
Early Bird Pricing Saves Up to $1,040 Before the Kickstarter Launch
The iDX Series is available for super early bird pre-order on the official UGREEN website with a $30 refundable deposit:
iDX6011 (32GB): $999 super early bird (41% off $1,699 MSRP)
iDX6011 (64GB): $1,199 super early bird (40% off $1,999 MSRP)
iDX6011 Pro (64GB): $1,559 super early bird (40% off $2,599 MSRP)
Pre-order runs through March. Kickstarter campaign follows (March through May) with early bird pricing at 30% off MSRP. Shipping begins May, fulfilled in payment order.
Choosing Between Cloud and Local AI Is Now an Infrastructure Decision
The broader trend here matters: as AI features become standard in how we manage and interact with stored data, choosing between cloud and local processing becomes a strategic infrastructure decision. UGREEN is betting that businesses will want AI capabilities without the subscriptions, data exposure, or vendor lock-in that cloud alternatives bring.
For tourism marketing operations, content development teams, and anyone building apps or digital products that generate substantial file volume, a NAS that intelligently organizes, searches, and summarizes your content library - entirely on-premises - is worth evaluating seriously. We're looking forward to putting a review unit through real production workflows when they ship.
