I got a 2-Bay version of this to run RAID-1 on (great deal on Amazon Prime day as my Synology is long in the tooth). TOS 5.1 is quite buggy compared to a robust DSM. I put TrueNAS on this past weekend with no issues. A bit of a learning curve there but should have it going in no time. Lots of great information out there on TrueNAS.
I use TrueNAS on my main storage device (a repurposed Dell server) and I’ve found it to be excellent. I have a few different NAS appliances from various brands, and it’s interesting to see the different approaches. I’m always open to trying new stuff… just need some more hours in the day 😁
Hi, great video and great explanation, thank you. I have no clou about this stuff 🙂Can I use this for saving my Multimedia work and work on it from home over the internet?
Thank you 😊You could set it up for remote access, but that isn’t quite so simple. It would involve some additional configuration on your router and you’d really want to have a good understanding of security implications before doing that. There are several approaches, each with pros and cons, but the biggest barrier will probably be the need for a very fast Internet connection (upload and download) at each end.
I came over this video after researching alternatives to Synology. It seems like Synology moves in a hostile direction. How would you compare Terramaster to Synology ... or all that Synology has offered the last ... 15 years?
It's been a long time since I used a Synology NAS so I don'tknow that I can draw any specific comparisons, but I have used other main brand NAS units, and the Terramaster compares well to any of them. Frankly. they're all quite similar these days. Terramaster is a smaller company, but I've been pleased with the performance of their products so far, and they have an interesting range to choose from.
@@ConstantGeekery : Really cool. I have no doubt they are up to par on the hardware, but how is it with the software? Is it Linux-based? Are they good at patching their system? I fancy smaller companies because they tend to take their customers seriously. Great video by the way. 🙂
@@makingwaves1239 thank you. I’ve not been using the software for long enough to make a solid recommendation. I have used a Terramaster DAS for years, which doesn’t have a software interface like this, but this is the first NAS from them that I’ve tried. Almost certainly Linux based and there have been updates whilst I’ve had it. The company seems pretty focused on improving their offerings and I haven’t found any big issues yet. I’m about to start testing the F424 Max, so I’ll do a video on that too.
Interesting but it’s neither cheap enough nor user friendly enough for me to abandon my Synology which is about the same price and just as easy (easier I think) to start from scratch. The HDMI is a head-scratcher feature… it’s a home media server, not an Apple TV or Playstation replacement.
Biggest reason to NOT buy a Synology, IMO, is that it has a locked BIOS and bootloader, meaning that you can’t put a different OS on it. This is a problem because you’re essentially paying a premium to be locked in to using Synology’s OS and proprietarily-certified storage drives, rather than being able to use your own, and if you can use your own, it’s guaranteed to not be the case in a future update. The second is security, which is especially important because Synology had a huge security flaw that caused a meltdown a while ago, and it wouldn’t have been much of an issue if you could just load a different OS to sidestep those vulnerabilities. IMO, what NAS OEMs really ought to do is to license the use of external NAS-focused OSs and Linux distros, since what those OSs do is far better than what the NAS companies can think up.
Disagree with the printer manual, almost no one will be setting this up in a vacuum without internet access, if you are then you should prepare for that scenario
I'll tell you a story you wont read on Amazon, etc because they would most likely delete my story. It took my 3 days to realize: behind a great hardware for a price for NAS stands full of flaws TOS 6.X and all its embeeded apps. Copying the 3TB to external drive - failed without clear log stating whats going on. Trying to backup my 350GB OneDrive stucks (fails) in the middle with no clear log on whats going on and possibility to restart it. Survivelance does not work while it worked flawlessly on my previous NAS. Flaws, flaws, flaws even on the level of pure copy of the data to external hdd or running things in parallel. Thus, unless you unraid it (but thats additional cost unless you bought (or download) a license for it) this is extremely unrealiable piece of hardware/software. Shame for Terramaster to deliver such product with so many flaws in their software. Risk of getting your data lost is incredible.
I got a 2-Bay version of this to run RAID-1 on (great deal on Amazon Prime day as my Synology is long in the tooth). TOS 5.1 is quite buggy compared to a robust DSM. I put TrueNAS on this past weekend with no issues. A bit of a learning curve there but should have it going in no time. Lots of great information out there on TrueNAS.
Hi, by the way, have you tried changing the OS to something like TrueNAS or UnRAID? Especially try UnRAID, it really is a better NAS OS than TOS.
I use TrueNAS on my main storage device (a repurposed Dell server) and I’ve found it to be excellent. I have a few different NAS appliances from various brands, and it’s interesting to see the different approaches. I’m always open to trying new stuff… just need some more hours in the day 😁
Hi, great video and great explanation, thank you. I have no clou about this stuff 🙂Can I use this for saving my Multimedia work and work on it from home over the internet?
Thank you 😊You could set it up for remote access, but that isn’t quite so simple. It would involve some additional configuration on your router and you’d really want to have a good understanding of security implications before doing that. There are several approaches, each with pros and cons, but the biggest barrier will probably be the need for a very fast Internet connection (upload and download) at each end.
£383.99 at amazon right now good price !
I came over this video after researching alternatives to Synology. It seems like Synology moves in a hostile direction. How would you compare Terramaster to Synology ... or all that Synology has offered the last ... 15 years?
It's been a long time since I used a Synology NAS so I don'tknow that I can draw any specific comparisons, but I have used other main brand NAS units, and the Terramaster compares well to any of them. Frankly. they're all quite similar these days. Terramaster is a smaller company, but I've been pleased with the performance of their products so far, and they have an interesting range to choose from.
@@ConstantGeekery : Really cool. I have no doubt they are up to par on the hardware, but how is it with the software? Is it Linux-based? Are they good at patching their system? I fancy smaller companies because they tend to take their customers seriously. Great video by the way. 🙂
@@makingwaves1239 thank you. I’ve not been using the software for long enough to make a solid recommendation. I have used a Terramaster DAS for years, which doesn’t have a software interface like this, but this is the first NAS from them that I’ve tried.
Almost certainly Linux based and there have been updates whilst I’ve had it. The company seems pretty focused on improving their offerings and I haven’t found any big issues yet. I’m about to start testing the F424 Max, so I’ll do a video on that too.
@@ConstantGeekery : Really cool! Thank you for your answer. I'll most likely dig further into the Terramaster products 🙂
Great video, nice beard.
Interesting but it’s neither cheap enough nor user friendly enough for me to abandon my Synology which is about the same price and just as easy (easier I think) to start from scratch. The HDMI is a head-scratcher feature… it’s a home media server, not an Apple TV or Playstation replacement.
Biggest reason to NOT buy a Synology, IMO, is that it has a locked BIOS and bootloader, meaning that you can’t put a different OS on it.
This is a problem because you’re essentially paying a premium to be locked in to using Synology’s OS and proprietarily-certified storage drives, rather than being able to use your own, and if you can use your own, it’s guaranteed to not be the case in a future update.
The second is security, which is especially important because Synology had a huge security flaw that caused a meltdown a while ago, and it wouldn’t have been much of an issue if you could just load a different OS to sidestep those vulnerabilities.
IMO, what NAS OEMs really ought to do is to license the use of external NAS-focused OSs and Linux distros, since what those OSs do is far better than what the NAS companies can think up.
Disagree with the printer manual, almost no one will be setting this up in a vacuum without internet access, if you are then you should prepare for that scenario
I'll tell you a story you wont read on Amazon, etc because they would most likely delete my story. It took my 3 days to realize: behind a great hardware for a price for NAS stands full of flaws TOS 6.X and all its embeeded apps. Copying the 3TB to external drive - failed without clear log stating whats going on. Trying to backup my 350GB OneDrive stucks (fails) in the middle with no clear log on whats going on and possibility to restart it. Survivelance does not work while it worked flawlessly on my previous NAS. Flaws, flaws, flaws even on the level of pure copy of the data to external hdd or running things in parallel. Thus, unless you unraid it (but thats additional cost unless you bought (or download) a license for it) this is extremely unrealiable piece of hardware/software. Shame for Terramaster to deliver such product with so many flaws in their software. Risk of getting your data lost is incredible.