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Peak Performance 4-Bay NAS: Unleash the power of the F4-424 Pro NAS storage, featuring a Core i3-N305 8-core 8-thread CPU at 3.8GHz (turbo), integrated UHD GPU at 1.25GHz, 16GB DDR5 4800MHz memory (non-ECC, upgradable to 32GB), dual 2.5G Ethernet ports, and dual M.2 NVMe slots for SSD caching. An ideal peak performance NAS storage solution for small and medium-sized business users.

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  • Budju on 19/12/2024 - 22:12

    Note that this is the 16gb model, and it comes with 32gb in other variant.

    Just firing up my 32gb now, so far so good.

    • CyberMurning on 19/12/2024 - 22:22

      Which o/s do you use on terra?
      Do you own synology in the past?

      • Clear on 19/12/2024 - 22:38
        +2

        I use TerraMaster's TOS on mine. It's sufficient for my use as network storage. You can run Synology on these but it requires a bit of work. TOS isn't as good as Synology DSM and has less apps in comparison.

        • CyberMurning on 19/12/2024 - 22:52

          yeah i like synology has app so i can start download torrent from my mobile (browse torrent site click and it will open on the syno download manager app thats it so easy.
          do you think i can do that with terra TOS ?

        • calcom21 on 20/12/2024 - 05:52

          Does it have Android app like photo app?

      • Budju on 19/12/2024 - 23:37
        +1

        I have just gone with the TOS6 OS for now to see how well it goes. Yes I had a Synology for 10 years, ds214se. It still works, but it was time to put the boy out the pasture.

        Synology software is definitely superior by a long way, but I think the TOS6 will serve all requirements. I just hate how dated the Synology hardware has become for the price.

        • CyberMurning on 20/12/2024 - 00:07

          hmm your case exact same as mine i have ds1511+ still working but yeah i want cheaper but more powerful. i wish i can see your terra in person!
          do you mind if i ask few questions later - i want to make sure im ready to move on from synology.
          my usages are simple: those arr containers, plex, photo and backup management.

          or just buy this first test and return if not good? but i need to get new HDDs :D

          • Budju on 20/12/2024 - 20:07

            @CyberMurning: Yeah I can let you know how it goes. I'm still migrating TBs of data and it's slow going so will be a while before I have it all setup properly. So far so good though, once you get through the setup process.

        • kizzaaa on 20/12/2024 - 11:39

          I just hate how dated the Synology hardware has become for the price.

          If Synology doesn’t launch DS1825+ or 1625+ at CES next month I’ll probably jump ship to Terramaster with Unraid.

      • gizmomelb on 20/12/2024 - 10:57
        +2

        install auxxxilium - Synology DSM 7.2.2, set synology model to RA6400 and you'll get the Intel QSV hardware video encoding for Jellyfin transcoding and HEVC recording for security cameras etc.

        • CyberMurning on 20/12/2024 - 13:41

          im a little worry running unofficial syno fork on nas with important stuffs inside… are they really stable and good ?

          • gizmomelb on 20/12/2024 - 18:03
            +2

            @CyberMurning: decision is yours to make, personally I've been using synology forked o/s for the past 11+ years - DSM 5, 6 and now 7 across multiple hardware platforms (though mostly using hp n36l micro servers).

            • CyberMurning on 20/12/2024 - 20:18

              @gizmomelb: 11 wow thats impressive cheers

              • gizmomelb on 21/12/2024 - 00:22

                @CyberMurning: actually I just did a google on whirlpool and it's been 13 years. I still have both of those HP N36L microservers (4 bay hot swap cases) and they are still running DSM 5.2 - no external network access and all they do is act as file shares. The intel n5095 self built NAS has DSM 7.2.2 and runs the docker containers for apps as well as VPN etc.

          • riff.79 on 20/12/2024 - 19:31

            @CyberMurning: @CyberMurning

            I been following the Xpenology project for a more than a decade - it’s has come a long way - you always run a risk of issue with updates and hard drive failures (have a backup!$ but auxxxilium version looks solid.

            It is open source, the bootloader looks to have source available - it’s just what you are comfortable with.

            • CyberMurning on 20/12/2024 - 20:17
              +2

              @riff.79: So it will be just like running official dsm no differences at all? Especially the ability of using SHR (mix match hdd size) and all the synology mobile apps? Including if coming from synology nas, I can just insert all hdds and it will be up and running? Or still need to setup from scratch again? And the ability of hot swap when one drive down?

              • gizmomelb on 21/12/2024 - 00:17

                @CyberMurning: even better in some ways.. Synology removed HEVC support from DSM 7.2 (from memory) because it was costing them too much for licencing. Auxxxilium added HEVC back in. If you already have a synology NAS with drives, you can pull the drives out - put them in a PC case with new motherboard, cpu and RAM, then auxxxilium / DSM should detect a previous setup and then install / mount it. Yes, has full SHR with redundant 1 or 2 drive support, supports the synology mobile apps (though personally I don't trust using the Syno quick connect if I'm not using an official syno nas / serial number - so you just set up VPN or reverse proxy for remote access if needed). Hot swap if SHR/RAID becomes corrupt supported (as long as the original setup had at least 1 redundant drive defined).

                • CyberMurning on 21/12/2024 - 00:25

                  @gizmomelb: HEVC support from DSM 7.2 (from memory) because it was costing them too much for licencing. Auxxxilium added HEVC back in.
                  huh then who is paying for hevc licencing if auxxlm is free?
                  the mobile app i want to use is just local (i dont open my syno to outside anyway) but im using their ds get a lot, also ds file, ds photo and ds music sometimes from my android mobile.
                  and no i have decided not going to self build, it will be terra NAS then i will install auxlm on it (i hope i understand correctly) - then can i just put my hdds from my old syno to this terra nas?

                  • gizmomelb on 21/12/2024 - 12:46

                    @CyberMurning:

                    1. No one is paying for HEVC licencing fees.
                    2. The DS apps should all work fine from your local android network the same as they do on your current syno box.
                    3. If you buy the terramaster hardware, put in your syno drives and then boot auxxxilium from usb - it should just work.
                      .
                      to ''install'' auxxxilium I find it's best to prepare a USB stick with the .iso image, boot the terramaster from the usb stick - make sure you connect a monitor, mouse and keyboard to the terramaster as you will need to do some initial preparation of the DSM image (customising it basically, once it is done it will auto boot by itself every time after that). There are are really easy to follow guides and videos if you search for them. Note that you CAN install auxxxilium boot to an ob-board ssd or nvme, but again I find it better to boot from USB because there you have an extra SATA / nvme slot to install a storage drive in. There's also an auxxxilium discord channel which has quite good helpers if you get stuck.
                    • CyberMurning on 21/12/2024 - 13:26

                      @gizmomelb: thanks. that bit about installing o/s or boot from usb stick. im confused - with DSM installs its o/s to each hdd so chance of the o/s corrupted is slim, they can rebuilt and still function with one disk failure (thats what i understand). with now with having o/s on a usb stick, is it more dangerous as the stick is prone to failure and there is no backup?

                      • gizmomelb on 21/12/2024 - 23:35

                        @CyberMurning: the BOOT is on the usb stick (you can install it on any drive.. but then that drive cannot be used as part of the SHR).. DSM still installs as usual on each HDD.

  • LuckyDealer on 19/12/2024 - 22:30

    can someone please lighten what would be a typical use case of a NAS storage solution for small and medium-sized business users.

    • Clear on 19/12/2024 - 22:38
      +2

      If you don't want to go cloud and don't have proper server infrastructure you can run shared drives from a NAS. Or alternatively if you do have cloud services, i.e. 365 and OneDrive you can have them backing up to a NAS. They're good for backing up business information too.

    • Budju on 19/12/2024 - 23:42

      Data redundancy file server for a low cost. Synology brand would be your only consideration for a business NAS because of their security. And you would need some sort of off-site backup solution.

    • kizzaaa on 20/12/2024 - 02:49
      +1

      On-site backup, local file sharing, Network Video Recording (NVR), some point of sale machines can upload to NAS instead of Public Cloud, etc.

    • Flapjack Fire on 21/12/2024 - 22:18

      Our (IT) company deploys NAS solutions to store server backups on-site (with offsite replication)

  • kizzaaa on 20/12/2024 - 02:51

    The specs on this compared to Synology's DS423+ (similar price point) are crazy. Great value

    • iuselect on 20/12/2024 - 10:46

      yeh just about an upgrade in every way, although the DS423+ has been on sale for <$600 in the past so you probably wouldn't buy the 423 at this price. You really are paying for DSM though it seems.

      • CyberMurning on 20/12/2024 - 13:42

        DS423+ has been on sale for <$600
        i regretting until now not buying it

    • raisinberry777 on 20/12/2024 - 15:20

      Depends on your luck with sales - I picked up a DS923+ at this price point in January 2023.

  • riff.79 on 20/12/2024 - 06:56

    Decent unit, good price. Great platform for Unraid.

    Support is pretty good too.

    • CyberMurning on 20/12/2024 - 07:09

      Only issue is unraid is not free

      • riff.79 on 20/12/2024 - 07:21

        True it is a license but depends on the value proposition to each individual.

        I like the ability to grow my array per drive, and being able to mix and max drives, not lose a boot volume to a data slot, easy docker integration, data portability (I just migrated from the F4-424 to the T9-500 and it was as easy as moving the disks and the flash drive) and the community are very helpful. But they may not apply to you.

        • CyberMurning on 20/12/2024 - 09:08

          yeah unraid is good i like that it can use different capacity of drives, unlike TrueNAS (which i was thinking to use with terrra nas)

  • Commodore64 on 20/12/2024 - 08:05

    This would be good for Proxmox as well

  • ngengerous on 20/12/2024 - 11:19
    +1

    Still waiting for it to arrive, but I ended up buying an Aoostar WTR Pro after reading/watching some very good reviews. I paid $515 or so on Aliexpress, but looks like it can be had for around $480 through their website - will also need to add in $80 or so for 32GB RAM.

    The cheaper Aoostar only has a N100 Intel chip, but for basic stuff it'll be more than enough - this Terramaster looks to be a fair bit more powerful. However, Aoostar also offer a Ryzen 7 5825U model (for $640 or so, not including RAM) which is a big step up in power from the Terramaster's N305, while coming in at a fair bit cheaper. Could be worth a look.

    • gizmomelb on 20/12/2024 - 12:40
      +2

      I'm running the synology DSM o/s on an Intel N5095 mini-ITX motherboard with 16GB RAM (currently 5x drives with btrfs/SHR with 1 drive redundancy) and it's running the arr's suite, hdd smart monitoring, jellyfin in dockers with no performance issues at all (a slight delay on first power on as sonarr scans all folders for new/missing episodes).

      • CyberMurning on 20/12/2024 - 13:43

        gee wish you are gizmosydney i will be happy to drop by and look at your setup - and buy you a beer of course after

      • riff.79 on 20/12/2024 - 19:33

        This N5095 is great nas processor. - it’s have one in the T9-923 (great Black Friday sale) - do you backup your dockers?

        • gizmomelb on 21/12/2024 - 12:56
          +1

          yeah the only 'struggle' I've seen with the intel n5095 cpu is when I do a disk scrub (as the file integrity checking is CPU intensive).. I usually stop the dockers when I've done a disk scrub (since I REALLY don't want new files being downloaded and unpacked etc. while I'm doing some major CPU and disk intensive work which might take up to a few days to complete). I would be certain most native NAS hardware would struggle the same with 40+ TB of drives to check.
          .
          I haven't backed up my dockers (they're small enough .. only some 13GB or so in total for everything) so I probably could / should back it up to cloud.
          .
          When I installed the arr's suite I followed this excellent guide - https://drfrankenstein.co.uk/arrs-media-project/ - but what I want to do it separate the arrs programs as I find I don't use some of them (so there are some dockers spun up which sit there and do nothing) and just do a little clean up over the holiday break.

    • Detonal on 20/12/2024 - 15:00
      -2

      Just returned mine as I bought it without nvme/ram (added them myself) and none of the Windows 11Pro/Server 2022/Server 2025 recognized network/sound card and their download section has installers only, not the drivers themselves.
      Asked for drivers from support, gave me the runaround for 2 weeks - taking their time between replies (2-3 days). Managed to get the network card set up, but still had no sound card driver and was left with a bunch of unknown devices in the Device list. The mobo is a renamed Chinese model - had no luck finding the original drivers there either.
      Finally gave up on it. The box is really nice, very quiet and powerful - just not fit for my use-case.

      • riff.79 on 20/12/2024 - 15:23
        +2

        There is no sound card included with the unit. What were you using for sound? It's a specific NAS motherboard.

        • Detonal on 20/12/2024 - 15:40
          -1

          It was just an example…
          Among other things the Driver list showed also a multimedia controller, SM bus controller, PCI signal processing controller and an unknown device with no drivers.
          (I'd wonder why the beefed up box is shipped with Win11 preinstalled if there are no drivers.)

          • Nom on 20/12/2024 - 18:31
            +2

            @Detonal: Um, just Properties those Unknown Devices, grab the hardware IDs from the Details tab - ie VEN_9005&DEV_028C then plug them into a Google Search to download the relevant driver for each.

            This process works exactly the same whether you're looking for drivers for a Desktop, a Laptop, a NAS, or any other Windows host 🤷🏼‍♂️

          • gizmomelb on 21/12/2024 - 12:59

            @Detonal: that's a different product entirely. I mean my intel n5095 mini-itx NAS motherboard also has on-board audio (which I disabled in BIOS) but not getting what you're trying to do entirely. I mean no one would ever want to have their NAS powered by windows 11 (it's a desktop operating system for a start) and if they were maybe trying to use the terramaster as a desktop and NAS all in one.. then yeah nah.

            • Detonal on 21/12/2024 - 14:49

              @gizmomelb: I realize now it was bad research on my end.
              I have a couple of HP microservers with Windows servers that have been running for 10+ years and this one (the one with the ryzen cpu) had the specs to consolidate all of them into a single machine - and had there been drivers available for the mobo/etc it would have been perfect.

              • gizmomelb on 21/12/2024 - 23:38
                +1

                @Detonal: ahh sorry @Detonal yeah I get it now. I did play with Windows Home Server once, but was not impressed. I am still running my 2x HP N36L microservers (with the dual core AMD cpu) some 13 years later. They both have DSM 5.2 on them and are just used as file stores. I bought the n5095 motherboard as I have two N100 mini PCs already and was impressed with their low power usage and decent enough performance (I'm using on as a daily desktop web browser, email client and 1440p youtube watching) and I saw the N5095 which had 12 SATA ports on it.. more than enough for me for the mid to long term. That is running DSM 7.2.2 and 9 docker containers / apps.

  • Flapjack Fire on 21/12/2024 - 22:30

    I highly recommend building a computer for this instead for those with the know how (or want to learn). You can get a Silverstone CS380 case with 8 bays and throw some budget/used computer parts at it and have a more powerful and cheaper NAS/Server. There are a number of NAS operating systems you can run.

    I run ProxMox with Open Media Vault on top of it along with a few other VMs.

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