F4-425 Plus

Based on your needs, I’d say the TerraMaster F4-425 Plus is a decent option. The 2.5GbE network port makes transferring large photo and video libraries noticeably faster than standard 1GbE. Its CPU and RAM run Plex, Docker, and other services more smoothly than entry-level models. Setup is simple, w

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

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

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

First NAS - ordered the Terramaster F4-425 Plus when the black friday deals hit. The bang for buck on a 4 bay was the best I could possibly find. And their OS looks useable as I plant to mix and match drives out of the box.

NM790 + Heatsink in an F4-425 Plus. Clean. Lower temps = longer life. FTW.

That is the f4-425 plus, in the UK. F4-425 doesn't have m2 slots - I just got mine (since I'm recycling an SSD, I will set that as a pool cache, with my two of 2TB drive running TRAID). Leaves me with a spare bay that I can upgrade to. 2.5G Ethernet is fine for my home network.

Yep but if you can afford the F4-425 Plus then get that instead. The 425 is based on the older 11th Gen N5105 and the Plus uses the newer 12 Gen N150. The older unit is missing things like AVX2 which is needed by some software.