UniFi Storage Requirements and Compatibility
Hard disks (HDD) enable the storage of recordings from Protect and Access, voicemails from Talk, and files for UniFi Drive. The table below provides recommended specifications for various storage options.
| Storage Type | Applicable UniFi Consoles | Recommended Storage | General Requirements |
| 3.5" HDD | Standard Rack-Mounted Consoles (e.g. UNVR-Pro, UNAS-Pro, UDM-Pro) | Official UniFi HDD: 8/16/24TB | 1TB or larger CMR drive with 7200RPM read/write speeds for large-scale surveillance applications, or 5400RPM for small-scale applications. |
| 2.5" HDD | CloudKey+ | Included SSD | Minimum 1TB SATA SSD requiring no more than 5V power |
| MicroSD | Dream Router, Dream Wall | - | Minimum capacity of 128GB |
| NVMe SSD | UCG-Max | Included | Requires the M.2 SSD tray. Although compatible with all SSDs, performance will be limited to PCIe Gen3 x2 lanes. |
To learn more about RAID and Data Redundancy on NVRs and UNAS, click here.
To learn more about replacing your current storage, click here.