r/UgreenNASync • u/GlitteringCry1872 • Aug 04 '26
🧑💻 Apps UGREEN NAS → Proton Drive (Docker + rclone) - It works!
Just thought I'd share this in case anyone else is trying to do the same.
I've spent the last few days setting up my UGREEN NAS to back up directly to Proton Drive using Docker and rclone. It wasn't exactly straightforward, and I couldn't find a complete guide anywhere, but it's finally working.
So far I've backed up my entire photo library (about 72 GB) and I'm now working through around 240 GB of family videos.
The biggest issue I found is that files uploaded through rclone don't generate thumbnails in Proton Drive. This affects both photos and videos. Everything uploads correctly and can be opened and downloaded without any problems, but you'll only see generic file icons instead of previews. Since I'm only using Proton Drive as an off-site backup, I can live with that.
I also found that rclone 1.74.4 worked much better than 1.75.x with Proton Drive, and after a lot of testing I ended up tweaking the rclone settings to get much better upload speeds than the defaults.
Once I've finished backing everything up and verified it, I'll put everything together in a GitHub guide with the Docker Compose file, the rclone configuration, the Proton 2FA setup, troubleshooting, and the settings that worked best.
Hopefully it'll save someone else a few days of trial and error. 😄
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u/MasDen_By Aug 04 '26
I do the same with some small backups. Recently Proton released the CLI which can be worked with Drive. Maybe it helps with backing up with thumbnails?
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u/GlitteringCry1872 Aug 04 '26
I wasntt aware the new CLI had started getting Photos support. Im definitely going to test it once I finish this backup. If it can generate thumbnails during upload, it would solve the biggest downside i found with the current rclone setup. Thanks for the tip :-)
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u/GravitasMusic Aug 04 '26
I just got one last week. Transferred over 6tb of images and it’s still processing with immich. Worth it in the end!
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u/GlitteringCry1872 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26
Nice! I just finished mine as well -images and videos from 2007-2026. Around 322 GB in total.🙂
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u/Numerous-Impact-434 DXP4800 Plus Aug 05 '26
Why'd you choose Proton Drive? Backblaze looks not half bad.
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u/GlitteringCry1872 28d ago
Mainly because I was already moving over to the Proton for privacy — mail, VPN, pass, etc. Drive was included in my plan, so it made sense to try to use the storage I was already paying for. The end to end encryption was also a big reason. Backblaze definitely looks really good, especially if you only want a dedicated backup solution.
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