This Ugreen NASync DH2300 deal delivers the 'perfect starter NAS' for home offices
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Cheap, diskless 2‑bay NAS with HDMI and 4GB RAM lowers the bar for rolling your own “personal cloud” instead of defaulting to SaaS sync. For small teams, this is a nudge to separate “must be in Google/Microsoft” from “should live on hardware you control.”
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