r/TerraMaster

So I recently picked up the F4-212 and updated it to TOS6 thinking it'd work well for me and from what I read I could use docker for things, and from what I've been seeing other things say to just go through Docker

However Docker isn't in my application centre? And the community site fails every download I try to do (And has a fun limit).

I'm trying to figure out if I'm missing something here or what because nothing I'm finding seems to give me an answer

Thanks to any direction, I'm utterly confused because I thought this stuff would just... Work?

So after going back and forth(with help with comments from this channel) I decided to finally buy the F2-424 as Amazon had it back at a price I could afford. I clicked buy and the order was taken and then I looked at the display on my F2-212 that it was replacing and the final spare HDD died during a rebuild. As HDD are more important I cancelled and now am going to spend the budget on two new Iron Wolf drives, and then will slowly save up to replace the NAS again at a later date. So sad 😞

Having a F4 SSD nas im must say Terramaster is realy slow with bringing out new firmware updates. A package like Docker is realy an old version, no security updates. No new firmware out now for more then 5 months now for TOS6 :(

With Synology you see a lot more updates.

I thought I would be able to get my hands on the F4-425+, but I just learned that Terramaster has discontinued this model.

My main use case is both streaming locally and remotely, and backing up pictures (initially two users). For this purpose I already ordered two 10TB IronWolf HDDs (RAID 1, maybe?) and one Kingston NV3 500 GB SSD for apps.

Are the UGREEN DXP4800+ and Terramaster F4-424 Pro overkill for me? Both are almost the same price where I live.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks 🙏

I got a terramaster off of eBay, it’s a f4-423 and the Ethernet is not working. When I plug it into a monitor a command line comes up and that’s it. Can I just install the TOS via usb or do I need to do more. Any help is appreciated.

Hi everyone,

I am interested in buying a 4-bay NAS for personal use for myself and my girlfriend. I am not interested in Synology as their hardware feels about 10 years behind. I am looking at the UGREEN DXP4800 Plus or the Terramaster F4-424 / F4-425 Plus.

My main use cases are: backing up photos and videos from a DJI ActionPro and our phones, backing up a Mac and a Windows PC, and streaming movies. We both have OneDrive, but I'm not sure how that fits into the picture.

I am based in Malaysia and would buy either the UGREEN locally or the Terramaster from AliExpress. I plan to buy the HDDs (starting with 2 × 8TB Seagate IronWolf) and M.2 NVMe SSDs from Taiwan, as I'll be travelling there soon and prices are cheaper there.

How much TB of M.2 NVMe SSDs and should I buy?

Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

 

So I my entry into NAS was the F2-212, I installed two Lexar NQ100 SSD (probably the wrong type of drive but it is what I had).
It ran with no issues for over 6 months (apart from running out of RAM when trying to do too much, but I am going to get a F2-424 to compensate).
I have moved house and made no changes to the settings but now after an hour of so it becomes unresponsive, I can't bring up the log in screen for TOS, SMB will not connect, it will respond to ping and shows on my network, all the lights are green on the front panel. I have to power cycle it to bring it back up again, or as I have recently discovered, have an external HDD in an enclosure connected to the the USB port.
I initially thought it was a kernel issue as mentioned in other posts as the symptoms match:
Terra-Master Forum post
Reddit Unbricking post

Any ideas on what could be causing it or will this happen even if I move the SSDs to the F2-424 when I get it?

Have been doing some reading and considering getting the F8 SSD Plus NAS. From what little I have read, Duple Backup is new and somewhat inconsistent/slow (may be wrong, just what I read).

So I am curious if anyone knows if Backblaze's B2 Cloud Storage can be used with the F8 SSD Plus. I am a novice when it comes to NAS tech/software.

Thanks!

Update: Answer is yes utilizing the CloudSync app via TOS6 app center.