F4-425 Plus

For photography where file sizes add up quickly, I’d recommend going with at least a 4-bay setup. I’m using the TerraMaster F4-425 Plus in my team, it supports four HDDs and three M.2 SSDs. I have the three M.2 drives set up in RAID 5, which gives pretty efficient storage utilization. With my curren

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

I picked up a F4-425 Plus in September and it's been a learning curve. Some tips I picked up: Get an MVNE and use that as your system disk. Unfortunately those drives are crazy expensive now, so find a deal if you can. The 4TB I paid $300 on is over $750 now. #ThanksA.I. You can't have an MVNE pull

RAID isn’t a backup. It only protects against single drive failure. I run a layered setup: NAS HDDs for bulk storage, SSDs for hot data, plus a separate backup. My main storage is a TerraMaster F4-425 Plus with Seagate IronWolf in RAID. I use it mainly as a centralized storage node, not running many

Not a bad suggestion in principle, but given the current prices of HDDs, every TB of storage matters. Since one can always expand a RAID5 to a RAID6 later down the road, I would suggest starting with RAID5 and get as much "storage space as you can." Of course the fundamental question that hasn't bee

I have a TerraMaster F4-425 Plus, mainly for home media and some file storage. It has been solid. It runs a few containers, streaming, and occasional transcoding without issues. RAID 5 also gives some nice flexibility on storage. TOS isn’t as smooth as Synology DSM, but it covers the basics like fil

If budget isn’t an issue, a 4-bay NAS like the TerraMaster F4-425 Plus might be better. It gives more room to expand storage, offers more flexible RAID options, like RAID 5, which balances space and protection. This makes it easier to keep up with a growing photo library over time.