Terramaster f4 425 compact storage review

The TerraMaster F4-425 Plus earns points for its solid metal housing, quiet fan, and especially its versatile feature set. Four hard drives, three SSDs, four fast USB ports, and two 5-Gbps Ethernet ports make a strong impression. The weak spot is the processor. The Intel N150 is fast enough for backups, most Docker applications, and running the F4-425 Plus as a media server, but compute-heavy apps like Immich process data more slowly, and virtual machines push the NAS to its limits. TOS 6 is easy to set up, but anyone wanting to manage more than files, backups, and media will quickly end up relying on Docker. The operating system still has minor bugs, but it proved stable in testing. For users looking for a flexible NAS for backups, file syncing, or media server use, the TerraMaster F4-425 Plus is an easy recommendation.

With the Intel N150 processor, this NAS is a notch above the basic F4-425, but it can’t match machines with enough PCIe lanes to offer Thunderbolt and 10Gbe LAN ports. A few niggles, like the feet that fall off, suggest this product was rushed to market.