F4-425 Plus

Obviously the DIY is cheaper compared to buying something Unless you already have hardware this might not be true. I was in your same position and ultimately decided to buy a TerraMaster F4-425 Plus. I'm really glad I went this way. The 425 Plus is really well made, quiet, and just works.

The 424 series is a really good model. I have the F4-424 Max with a beta version of TOS 7 and I can tell you it's a very good pairing / system for the money. No need for TruSCALE or UnRAID. TOS 6 and or 7 will cover all the bases you mention in your post. As you mentioned, a six bay with Intel CPU,

I also got an F4-425 Plus about a month ago, though I mainly use it with Jellyfin. It's a bit different from Plex, but runs smoothly.

Personally did a bit of research into this myself as I have a similar interest, with the addition of running Immich and the arr* stack. Also want to use TrueNAS scale so my journey stuck to intel based systems. Landed on: - Terramaster F4-425 Plus or- Beelink ME Pro 2-Bay In the end I am leaning mor

Been using 7 for a week on f2-423 and f4-425 plus, both seem to be fine.

I went with the f4-425 plus and have been happy with it. I didn’t even try TO7, just went straight to unraid. Much easier than my old mini PC DAS setup with Proxmox. If I had similar drives, I would have gone truenas but no regrets.

New NAS user. I’m running Plex off of a TerraMaster F4-425 Plus. Very easy to use.

From my personal experience, if you’re aiming for something simple and stable without much tinkering, the TerraMaster F4-425 Plus is honestly a pretty solid choice. TOS feels more mature overall, and most of the core features (backup, file management, etc.) just work out of the box. They’re also rol

I was in a similar situation, and I went with a 4-bay NAS for future expansion and more stable performance. I’m personally using the TerraMaster F4-425 Plus at home with my PC as my main backup and storage setup, it’s been pretty solid. I also run Plex on it, and streaming has been smooth. I use bot

USB DAS can work, but it’s less reliable for constant writes or streaming cause connections can drop. I was in the same boat and ended up going with a pre-made NAS. So far I've been using the Terramaster F4-425 Plus. It’s much more stable with multiple drive bays and RAID support. With RAID, if a si