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TerraMaster F4-223 4 Bay NAS (2x M.2 NVMe, 2x 2.5GbE LAN, 4GB RAM, Intel N4505) $486.99 Delivered @ TerraMaster Amazon AU

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TerraMaster F4-223 4 Bay NAS (2x M.2 NVMe, 2x 2.5GbE LAN, 4GB RAM, Intel N4505) $486.99 Delivered @ TerraMaster Amazon AUAffiliate
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Good price on this 4 bay diskless NAS if you're after something on a budget. While the hardware and price is good, the weak point on TerraMaster NAS drives is the OS (TOS), however 5.1 has added heaps of improvements and TOS6 is around the corner. Alternatively you can install another OS like TrueNAS, Unraid, Windows or even Synology DSM on these.

Apply $123 coupon under price

Given they've released new models we should hopefully see more of the older models discounted further.

Featuring 4 SATA bays with support up to 20TB each, 2x M.2 2280 NVMe slots for storage/cache, 2x 2.5GbE LAN, Intel Celeron N4505 dual-core CPU, 4GB DDR4 SODIMM RAM (upgradeable to 32GB), 2x USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps ports and HDMI.

A good option for those wanting to have network storage, RAID redunancy, Plex transcoding, Docker, video surveillance, syncing to OneDrive/Google Drive/Dropbox and more

Plus if you post a review and share with TerraMaster they'll send you a free stick of 4GB DDR4 RAM. I definitely recommend bumping it up to 8GB for a better experience. My F4-423 flies with 16GB RAM.

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  • chartparker on 25/01/2024 - 22:04

    This is a great option for the use cases mentioned above. Excellent bang for buck but stuff like photo backups from phones etc you might be better off looking elsewhere. As simple network storage/plex/network backups it’s hard to beat at this price

    • Clear on 25/01/2024 - 22:13

      They do have a TerraPhotos app with active development that I've been tempted to try with my growing Google Photos album.

    • bdl on 25/01/2024 - 22:16
      +1

      You can just use the inbuild Terramaster SMB shares and use this app: https://www.photosync-app.com/home

      • chartparker on 26/01/2024 - 06:35

        I do love photo sync but I could only get it to auto sync through FTP. Is that how you’ve got yours setup?

        • Flyerone on 26/01/2024 - 10:46

          I use the TNAS Mobile app and my photos sync over wifi.

        • bdl on 26/01/2024 - 21:11

          No, I use SMB on both ios and android. I did pay extra for the autosync addon, though.

          • chartparker on 26/01/2024 - 21:54

            @bdl: Well yeah I paid for premium too but auto transfer only has options for four targets: PC, FTP, Files app or Toshiba canvio

            • bdl on 26/01/2024 - 23:07
              +1

              @chartparker: I just checked both my android and iphone and both have auto transfer to SMB enabled - took screenshots for you: https://imgur.com/a/5hIso76

              Can you do a manual transfer via SMB on your app? Usually I set that up first and once that works, then enable the autotransfer for that connection type

              As a side note, the dev is very responsive - you could always drop him an email to see what's going on…

              • chartparker on 27/01/2024 - 07:11
                +1

                @bdl: Omg that would’ve saved me so much frustration… thanks for the tip!

    • skittlebrau on 25/01/2024 - 22:41

      Good option as an offsite backup to store at your parent’s place too.

    • Fairmont on 26/01/2024 - 06:38

      Looking at moving family photos away from G photos. Synology photos including their iPhone/Android app looks superior to Terramaster. The TNAS mobile app looks basic and based on their forum, you can't easily free up space on the phone for photos that have been backed up and need to manually delete. Need something simple for the family! Have you used TNAS mobile for photos?

  • Caped Baldy on 25/01/2024 - 22:41
    +1

    With my terramaster I just installed TrueNAS to start with but ended up installing Synology on it. Took a while to finally install but all the apps work pretty well. The photos app ended up being a lot more seamless which was helpful for me.

  • xpliset on 25/01/2024 - 23:08

    I've got the newer 4bay model and replaced the OS with unraid, works flawlessly as my media server. Not a fan of TOS when you got far superior options such as unraid truenas etc.

    • vash12 on 25/01/2024 - 23:57

      How much power does it use during idle?

      • xpliset on 26/01/2024 - 00:03

        I haven't checked but the website states the following:

        13.0 W (Fully loaded Seagate 4TB ST4000VN008 hard drive(s) in hibernation)

        33.0 W(Fully loaded Seagate 4TB ST4000VN008 hard drive(s) in read/write state)

  • GreenRomeo on 25/01/2024 - 23:27

    It sure if I’m missing something, but if you buy this and then install TrueNAS or another OS, why didn’t you just buy some PC components, new or old, and build a new custom NAS and avoid the hardware markups?

    • Clear on 25/01/2024 - 23:29
      +5

      For a lot of people it's the low power consumption and the small form factor. A lot of PCs will take up more room or chew more power. While it's true you can get a lot of small refurb PCs for cheap, the issue I have with them is the lack of room for slotting in HDDs and I don't like stuff being external or messy.

      • GreenRomeo on 25/01/2024 - 23:33

        Ah good points, thanks Clear for the elaboration. I’ve had a Synology NAS and have been thinking about building a new custom NAS as a backup, but it seems like getting some cases that are compact, quiet and reliable but still have adequate rooms for enough hard drives and supporting micro motherboards of power saving CPUs is not that straight forward.

        • Clear on 25/01/2024 - 23:38

          In saying that I do have a HP Z4 G4 workstation running unRaid and that takes up heaps of room. With a Xeon W-2145, 32GB ECC RAM and a massive array of HDDs it's way overkill for a NAS. The missus would kill me if I tried to put another one in so these dedicated NAS drives are better.

          • GreenRomeo on 25/01/2024 - 23:47

            @Clear: It seems like a beast doesn’t it? I could totally understand why you don’t want to get another! I’m thinking of something more compact, supporting 8x 3.5” HDDs and which can be powered by the Intel N100 CPU or something similar. Surely there must be some demands like that on the market, or it’s not worth it because such a system would not be much cheaper than a Synology DS1821+ or so?

        • xpliset on 25/01/2024 - 23:45

          If you're after a case for a custom NAS build have a look at the jonsbo n2 or newer n3.

          Example builds:
          https://nascompares.com/guide/recommended-jonsbo-n3-nas-buil…

          https://nascompares.com/2023/09/08/top-jonsbo-n2-nas-builds-…

          • GreenRomeo on 25/01/2024 - 23:48

            @xpliset: Thanks xpliset. The products mentioned in the articles look promising. Will check them out!

      • JerraJones on 26/01/2024 - 02:26
        +1

        You can get motherboards that have built in celerons/pentiums/n100s on aliexpress which are ~200 dollars and low power that usually come with 2 nvme slots and 6-8 sata ports (or convert 1 nvme to 5 more sata with a cheap nvme to sata card). Also itx form factor.

        • GreenRomeo on 26/01/2024 - 02:37

          Thanks, will check them out as well!

        • Clear on 26/01/2024 - 04:39

          Indeed. The X99 boards paired with Xeon's are good value.

          • jakentta on 08/02/2024 - 22:39

            @Clear: I'd think the problem with that kind of setup is that it can use around 150-200W of power, whereas these small NAS units should be happy with about 30W.

            • Nom on 08/02/2024 - 23:39

              @jakentta: The N100 systems are down at the same power-consumption level as the small NAS systems. But yeah, X99 + Xeon is a nice little room heater 😁

    • skittlebrau on 25/01/2024 - 23:59
      +1

      Form factor, low power consumption and hotswap bays are the main attraction hardware-wise with this option.

      You can buy equivalent ITX cases, but ITX components tend to be pricier than mATX and ATX unfortunately.

      • GreenRomeo on 26/01/2024 - 00:06

        Yeah that’s true. I’ve always been looking at the Synology NASs and thought all the off the shelf NASs are pricey as we have to pay the premium for the proprietary OS and software, but in this case the F4-223 is obviously cheaper than a custom mATX solution (have just done some quick math with the Jonsbo N2 from PLE and other parts.)

  • eunos on 29/01/2024 - 09:50

    Not many NAS deals at the moment but this doesn’t seem to bad. The reviews indicate the OS is the key let down

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