![]() ![]() “Compatible with the DLNA protocol, third-party’s multimedia servers enable users to stream 4K media content from TNAS to multimedia playback devices. ![]() It’s not the most extreme NAS ever, but for home backup, a decent size Plex share, and a bit of work from home storage needs, it should fit the bill perfectly. It features a modest Intel dual-core processor, which features a frequency of up to 2.0 GHz that should be good enough to deliver a bit of transcoding on the fly for a couple of Plex users. With the biggest hard drives on the market, 100-120TB of storage is attainable. TerraMaster’s F5-221 features 5-bays, allowing for a pretty staggering amount of storage. RAID 5 has a few benefits, such as up to 4x read speed performance, which is great for when multiple users are streaming larger files, but of course, network speed is a limiting factor on that also. With RAID 5 that should give me a whopping 48TB of storage with a single drive failure redundancy. However, for the sake of how RAID 5 works, all the drives format to the size of the lower capacity drives, so are effectively a 5 x 14TB configuration. They’re all of the same series, but due to availability at the time the capacities vary from 14TB to 18TB. That’s then equipped with a bank of 5 Seagate hard drives. With no small amount of help from my friends at both TerraMaster and Seagate, I have invested in the T5-221, an affordable five-bay NAS solution that should be perfect for home users like myself. ![]() Alas, it meant there was only one thing to do, upgrade the NAS to something worthy of 2022 and beyond! New one on the left, dusty old on one the right, obviously. I tried to load them up in a Linux build and the word bad may as well have been on a giant LED display flashing in my face. The NAS itself went utterly bonkers and won’t even load the login screen, and the 6TB WD Red drives within went to silicone heaven. The end result of this was a damaged roof tile, some blown-over garden furniture, and my NAS died. It’s been a while now, but earlier this year we had three storms pretty much back to back. ![]()
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