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Finally someone explained the initial set-up. Thank you. Everyone on TH-cam assumes all of that, but being a new-bee I appreciate seeing every aspect of a true set-up. Thanks again!
Always a pleasure my friend, so very happy you stopped by, trusted in me to help you, liked and subbed as well as took a moment out of your day to thank me. It means a ton to me and I am so very happy I could help you. I try to make the kind of videos I would like to see, that others don't show, so I try to always give all the detail I can, I am so very happy you see that and you enjoyed it.
I've just got one.. a bargain at £120 BNIB. Max capacity is 16tb per bay so a whopping 64tb.. I've been dealing with computers and networking for over 20 years but it's still prudent to check out other people's experiences and advice.. every day is a learning day right? Fantastic video.. thank you
Always a pleasure my friend, so very happy you stopped by, trusted in me to help you, liked and subbed as well as took a moment out of your day to thank me. It means a ton to me and I am so very happy I could help you. I have all my youtube videos on it, its great.
@@ThisBytesForYou the first issue I found was it didn't give me an option to select raid or singular drives, then I couldn't get the web based app to sync with the desktop app so I couldn't map the drives. I've reset the whole thing and started fresh but still no choice on Raid or singular as your video shows. I can now login and map but at present it's only letting me map 1 drive out of the 2 I have installed. It certainly requires some patience! Lol
@@ThisBytesForYou Well what a faff!! Yes it was sealed but automatically took both drives and put them in RAID #1.. I had to delete the volumes then edit the storage pool. I've got another two drives coming I hope adding them won't create the same headache. The Mobile app however is unusable which is a shame.. on login it states the request as illegal and times out. The app then has to be forecebly stopped. I've sent a request in to Devs. I do t understand why my new F4210 differs to that of yours. Very odd.. but we got we done and sorted and now up and running!!
awesome my friend, so very happy I could help you. I actually am running out of room, I will have under 2 TB left very soon and this is where I store all of my videos. Trying to figure out what I should do. Stay tuned ;)
Always a pleasure my friend, so very happy you stopped by, trusted in me to help you, liked and subbed as well as took a moment out of your day to thank me. It means a ton to me and I am so very happy I could help you.
awesome my friend, so very happy you enjoyed it and my video was beneficial to you, and thank you so much for your kind words. If you don't mind me asking, what are you using it for?
THANK YOU for including that part about the SMB. I just set this up, and was frustrated because their Desktop - TOS seemed to be the only way to transfer files - and I have a lot of files I want to transfer to this drive. Now I can use File Explorer.
Always a pleasure my friend, had I not worked with NAS devices before, I can honestly say I wouldn't have known to look for that, but I always try to help as much as I can and I am so very happy I could help you my friend. TNAS is awesome, but its horrible to have to install and configure on all the machines you want to access the NAS, nothings easier than tying in the IP and going, then later, if you are going got use the again, just map it and you are good to go ;)
Always a pleasure my friend, so very happy you stopped by, trusted in me to help you, liked and subbed as well as took a moment out of your day to thank me. It means a ton to me and I am so very happy I could help you. Trying to get another to do more, but drives as sooo expensive.
@@ThisBytesForYou You are so welcome ! Your content is awesome, it was a pleasure to give you a moment of my day ! Yes it is expensive ! I was going to change for SSD for a quicker operating NAS but definitely not a priority right now !
@user-tu2zb2kv7r yeah it's pretty awesome and what's best, even though the hdds I bought aren't the fastest, this is where I edit all of my videos from, so as long as your network is good, it's fast, also I was on Ethernet but since I switched office locations I am on wifi now and it's still fast and I still editing of it, videos that are gigs large, it's awesome for sure. And thanks again for your kind words.
Many/Most companies don't value support, they feel text works as good as anything, but I am a visual learner and thats how I teach as well, I think this is the best way to learn and I try to reach out to companies to allow me to do this for them, but many don't bother to reply, Terra-Master didnt reply either but I thought to make this video to help others and I am so very happy I could help you as well.
Just bought this same one. I have 2 - 20TB drives in the first two slots and the other two are empty. Mine has been synchronizing for 24 hours. It showed it would be 1000.0 minutes, which is 16 hours. Do you think this is normal and about how much longer will it synchronize? Also, if I buy two additional drives, will I be able to just sync those two? Loved your video - very thorough!
yes, it is completely normal, sadly mechanical drives are slow, and thats a TON of data, so you are good my friend. Yes you can add more drives, but sadly since I maxed it out already I can't show you, It would be nice to be able to work with Teramaster on future productions, but they never reply. Thanks so much for your kind words and support, it means the world to me.
Always a pleasure my friend, so very happy you stopped by, trusted in me to help you, liked and subbed as well as took a moment out of your day to thank me. It means a ton to me and I am so very happy I could help you.
Just wanted to let you know that I got feedback from Terra Master. They said that even though it said it would be 1000.0 minutes to sync, that is the maximum the system can go to is 1000.0 minutes. They said because I had 20TB drives, that it could take much longer, which it did! When I woke up this morning, it had finished syncing. Does yours continually make little clicking noises? Once again - thanks for your help!@@ThisBytesForYou
I thought so but its great that you made sure, and its even better that its done, thats a huge weight off of your shoulders for sure. As for noise, yes, it will do little clicks for ever as data is being processed, it can get very quite, but it will never be totally silent. if you could, since you have already established a communication to them, please let them know I helped you choosing this and getting your questions answered and let them know I am very interested in working together with them. I have reached out, but they have never replied. Thanks so much again my friend and congrats on the NAS, i do all of my video editing directly off of the NAS, its so smooth, and well of course as long as your network connection is smooth, you are good.
Good video, nice see the entire setup. However, I have to mention two mistakes: 1º You cant access the NAS using the USB ports in the back. Those are for external HDD, pendrives or addons. A NAS can only be access through the Network (Ethernet). 2º The drives you chose are SMR so they are painfully slow in write / rewrite operations. The worst part is not the inmediate low performance, but in case the RAID becomes degraded, once you replace the faulty disk, the rebuild can take 10 times more than with CMR disk, usually days. This situation puts a lot of stress in the other disks, if another one fails, you lost the data. So, for NAS drives, stick with CMR disk only like the WD RED PLUS/PRO or Seagate Ironwolf. In fact, use CMR only for everything. If the data is important to you, make backups. RAID is not a backup
I didn't choose the drives for speeds I chose them for reliability and endurance, still going strong today. Rebuilding, well that's a pain I will have to deal with to trying to save money and keeping quality, that's not an easy thing. And back up, yes it is if you backup, I don't, raid is more of a backup than no backup strategy what do ever, you just actually have to back up which I don't do, this is just alternate storage. But yes, you can use this for back up if you want to, but no, raid itself is not a back up, just a bunch of drives joined together. Thank you for correcting me on the USB portion. And thanks so much for your kind words.
@@omeralsaleh8649 thank you so much my friend, it really does mean a ton to me, I try to stay honest and stay me, I can only be me and it means so much to me that you like people being real ;) thanks again bud, you seem like an amazing person as well.
it took me a while, it is a big initial expense but it pays for itself pretty quick, I love it and you are so very welcome my friend, make sure to share this video with your friends, I am sure someone else will love it too.
Always a pleasure my friend, so very happy you stopped by, trusted in me to help you, liked and subbed as well as took a moment out of your day to thank me. It means a ton to me and I am so very happy I could help you.
Working on it my friend, I have a huge backlog of products sent to me to review, and I personally bought this, andthe drives, it wasn't cheap, but so very well worth it.
Great Video! Very clear and concise. I would like to see videos on how to make my TNAS secure. I would be great to see the prefix “https” in the browser search bar instead of “Not secure”
Thanks my friend, so very happy you enjoyed it, but for an HTTPS prefix, you would have to pay for SSL licensing... maybe I am wrong on that I forget what my Synology NAS at work has, if it is HTTPS or HTTP but I think they leave it more towards your router to take care of the security to take care of everything beneath it.
Am thinking of buying one of these, so this video was extremely helpful to me, thanks for making it. Other NAS reviews I've seen seem to suggest 1gb isn't ideal for RAM and more is better. I reckon 1gb is going to be plenty for my home use, my old single bay NAS copes fine with 256mb and has done so for six years without complaint. 1gb gonna be heaps! Can you give some idea of how loud or quiet it is when read/writing please, also do the hard drives and fans stop spinning if there's no file transfer activity? Looks like a nice quality unit with the aluminium casing and the brushed effect on the indicator light panel. Nice review, big thumbs up!
Always a pleasure my friend and so happy you enjoyed it. My day job, I am an IT manager and have been a Product Development Engineer for years, I have worked with many NAS devices. 1GB works but is not ideal, its just a little slower than others, the more RAM you have, like in a PC, makes operations faster, in fact a NAS is a PC, just a different operating system. As for noise, it really does not get loud at all. Every so often, i will hear a process, the drives maybe writting or reading data, very quietly, when i actively writing data to it, i hear it more but I have to be paying attention to it and there can be no other noise in the room for me to hear it, its very quiet. A bulk of the noise will come from the fans but since my house is always in the lower 60's°F, they don't have to work much. The rubber feet are VERY cushy and really help dampen the noise. I hope i helped you my friend and thanks again for your kind words.
Good info. Surprised it only supports SMBv1. Not secure, which is why you have to enable it in newer versions of Windows 10. Windows 10 moved to SMB v3.
me enabling it in windows might be unnecessary, but you do have to enable it from the TSO software in order to navigate through your machine and copy/paste files to and from.
Very good overview. Do you think this, or any other NAS, would be a solution for hosting your own website? They get expensive using hosts/features. Seriously curious. Thanks!
well, as I mentioned in the video, this can host a website but just remember, depending on how good that website is, you will hammer this NAS, keep it very well cooled and keep drives on hand, in case one does fail, think maybe more RAID 6 and thanks so much for your kind words.
Great system for file storage and media, may not play games from it. I have a different system as my Plex media library and these provide a great solution to that use case.
I probably won't play games off of it, but maybe will try it, not sure installers will be able to understand it but I am thinking will store, edit, and export my videos from here, since it's static and you are getting a gigabyte connection, and you are limited by your storage. I was able to get between 90MB and 122MB's per second on this transferring a 4GB file. If it was SSD's in here, I would be up to 600MB's, should be at least. I think this is awesome, still working with it
I just got my Terra-master F4-423, and it gives instructions to use the plastic pieces that have 3 pegs each to snap into the holes on the sides of each hdd to secure them in place. Should I use the screws too? I notice you didn’t snap any plastic strips back onto the hdd housings.
Defenetiv one step closer to buy a NAS, thanks for a great video Please clarify, if I use RAID 5 and have 4X6TB I will have 18TB available and 6 TB as backup I suppose, whats happen when one disk goes? Thanks
Thanks, my friend, I use it every day, I edit my videos off it, I LOVE IT. As for RAID5, If one drive fails the volume still operates but in operates in a degraded state (it no longer writes parity information). The important data should be backed up immediately and verified to be usable before any rebuild operation is started. If a spare disk is available, the controller can rebuild the data on the disk automatically. If a hot-spare disk is not available, you must replace the failed disk and then initiate a rebuild. If it's not, buy one quick to replace it.
I’m looking at the 4 bay 212 version. Right now I only have 2 drives which I want to run in RAID1 mode. Is it possible to add 1 or 2 drives and get them reconfigured to RAID5 or 6 without losing the data? I also want to connect this directly to my media box with USB. Is it possible to connect it to the network at the same time. I’d use the network to add movies to the drive.
hello my friend, I have not personally done it, though I will need to soon, but it is possible,... supposedly, check this out and let me know if it works: forum.terra-master.com/en/viewtopic.php?t=1544 I personally store all the videos here on it and I actually edit from it, its super fast.
When the disks in RAID 1 or RAID 5 are full i.e. no more space on them, do you have to remove and keep all the disks together or just remove one for keeps and reuse the other. Thanks for your reply.
ummms, well, I am running into that now... its almost full, all the videos I make, take up a lot of space. I dont recommend reusing older disks here, in my case, I bought 6TB disks, I will buy larger disks, then when I have all of the disks I need (so for me its 5, but maybe your raid array is only 3 disks) I would remove 1, pop in the new one, and let the raid take care of it, which may take a few hours. When thats done, remove the 2nd, and pop in the other and so on. I will make a video when I can afford to buy more.
@@ThisBytesForYou Thanks for your very prompt reply. Just to make sure I get it: If I have 2 disks in RAID 1 and they are full (no space left), I can remove and keep1 disk with the data and replace it with a new disk to pair with the 2nd disk in the bay. If this is correct, can I read the data on the removed disk by inserting it alone in the bay or just how can i read the data on this disk? Thanks.
@@GladDotse RAID 1, also known as disk mirroring, creates an exact copy of data on two or more disks in the array. When one disk fails, the other disk continues to function, and the system can rebuild the array by copying the data from the surviving disk onto the replacement disk. To replace one of the disks in a full RAID 1 array, you will need to follow these steps: Back up the data on the RAID 1 array to an external device or another storage location, as a precaution. Remove the disk you want to replace from the RAID 1 array. Make sure to power off the system before doing this. Insert the new disk into the empty slot in the RAID 1 array. Power on the system and allow the RAID controller to detect the new disk. Initiate the RAID rebuild process using the RAID controller software or BIOS. This will copy the data from the surviving disk onto the new disk. Monitor the rebuild process, which can take several hours or more depending on the size of the array and the speed of the disks. Once the rebuild is complete, verify that the RAID 1 array is functioning correctly and that all the data is accessible. This is usually how it works,... but that all depends on your controller as well, I can't tell which controllers work how, but this should work for you.
Hi! Do you happen to have the 2GB RAM version of the F4-210? I'm currently in the market now for a NAS and the 1GB version is about $85 cheaper than the 2GB. Is it worth getting the 2GB version than the 1GB?
Capacity as in storage yes, not ram, I've been using this one perfectly still today but I will be updating it very soon with another review on a newer unit.
Im having the same issue. Mine never worked I just installed the f4-210 friday night and when i went to install the software it never shown the nas. I can access everything from the web app but i can not map drives so i can move files from my pc to the nas. I have tried the chat to see if they can help me and they just send the link of the steps to follow, well I followed them steps and still cant get it to work. Also when on the chat it takes at least 20 minutes for them to even read or reply to every message
So it sounds like maybe you are on a different subnet, wifi vs Ethernet might be different. See what ip the nas has and what ip your PC has. For example, 192.168.1.1 is different from 192.168.0.1, so they can't talk. You will need to change the IP of the nas which means you need to change the gateway and aubnet as well.
Greetings and respect from Bangladesh. Your video on USB Booting Win10 on your ASUS ROG helped me in configuring my ASUS PRIME H310 M-E R.20 with Win10. Would you kindly advise me on which softwares and upto how much of Win 10 automatic updates I should update as my new PC Crashed two times due to having an account without Win.Product Key? Thanks and awaiting your response
well, I have never had an issue with that, as long as you follow this guide on how to create a windows 10 thumb drive, this is how I do all my systems, and I dont use a product key: th-cam.com/video/C759I7DBXd8/w-d-xo.html also thank you so much for your kind words and support. I hope you are subscribed so you can get notification on my videos.
hmmm, I am not sure to tell you on that, I think you would run into bandwidth issues aside from 2 or 3 pcs, it would run like a server share and multiple people accessing those resources.
saldy no, it is not possible to start a RAID 5 array with only one disk. RAID 5 requires a minimum of three disks to function properly. In RAID 5, the data is striped across multiple disks with parity information distributed among them. This allows for increased performance and fault tolerance.
@@ThisBytesForYou crap. well i was thinking if i had 3 small hard drives i could clone the array of three to one larger drive then add the second drive to the array and allow it to rebuild, then the third drive, but i have never set up raid before... i know that backing up three disks to one disk would cancel out the redundancy part but i thought it would be possible. thanks for the quick reply =)
@@wanghao152 always a pleasure, regardless of the RAM, you should be good, just might be a tiny bit slower in the OS but its few and far between you need to go in there anyway.
yeah, I know what you mean my friend, that is the reason I got this. I record in 4K, my videos are usually 22GB, now with this, I have plenty of space.... for a year or 2 hahah.
@@ThisBytesForYou I’m still doing 1080, my computer can’t handle 4K yet…and still getting 15GB vids sometimes, yeesh. The wedding I shot last weekend was 45GB of photos. :p
I mean you could edit 4K video... will it be a great experience for you,... no,... no it will not hhaha. I had to google it, since I am a PC guy, for a PC, it would be murder, and it seems to stack around the same for a Mac. Thankfully, since its my niche, I am always up to date, my workstation, is a few years behind the time because I don't treat myself or my kids, till the hardware is irrelevant, but once it's out of the lime light, we all get updates hahah.
its supposed to work well, but i have not been able to touch it, I am slammed with reviews, its a great problem to have, but rough with only 1 person. Sorry my friend but i am still using this NAS today, it is awsome.
@@austviking3663 remove the drives from the unit, verify they are correctly inserted into the tray like I show you and reinsert them into the unit, but put drive 1 where drive 2 was and drive 2 where drive 1 was and try it again. When you have the drives out of the unit, unplug the unit to give it time to cycle power and then plug it back in seconds before you reinsert the drives. Before you remove the drives though, capture the serial number of the drive that works to see if that's the same drive that works after you swap them.
have they been entered into the trays correctly so that they make contact, do you have a PC you can test the drives in to see if they are good? I get they may be new drives, but new drives fail too.@@austviking3663
@@dirthawk5455 yes, the H110m will support it, you can find the cpu compatibility chart here: www.asus.com/Motherboards-Components/Motherboards/PRIME/H110M-K/HelpDesk_CPU/
For your account, Incase you forget your password, it's happened to me but to find out more, you may need to contact them. It's normal now a days, to ask for email, so it doesn't bother me.
@@ThisBytesForYou thanks for the reply. This does bother me: the reason I set my own server up is precisely for increased privacy. Something as simple as a software installation of a product you already purchase and own shouldn't require an email.
@@nickkey656 always a pleasure my friend but realize, like on a Synology, your email is there, you set it up, and while the titles may not ask you for them, they filter through your Synology, they have your email, same with the Terramaster, you can just use a spam email, you know, one you only use for a spam account, then it would be private. Also, if its connected to the internet, it is much less private, you never know who has an itch to grab data, if it can be made, it can be broken. My day job, I am an IT manager, I battle this stuff all day long, its fun for me but unless you are actively fighting daily, there is no protection.
So, I have 7 drives in my newly upgraded computer now, with a total of 23TBs. I am going to be running out of drive space soon. About 80% of the content is video or engineering design work. None of this includes my future 4K files. I used to keep most of this in KingWin removable drives, but the SATA connectors in the racks started breaking off after 11 years. If I could find new connectors I could replace and I would be off and running. I have a solder sucker gun for reworking PC Boards. Also, why I am not impressed with plastic and heat. I have an entire tub of drives here.
@jmoss99 k, I need a larger one too but it was expensive for me as a small creator, and the drivers too, maybe one day and I tried planning for the future but money is money, they sell larger ones if you like but I think your stuck with plastic
I must have a voice that consultants can ignore. I have another consultant friend who thinks I don't need all these drives, mostly because he doesn't. He thinks he is a great consultant, but he doesn't listen. Rule#1, the consultant must listen to the client. This guy doesn't. He has 1000 up and 1000 down AT&T service. I am in the mountains and live on satellite broadband. IT IS ABOUT REMOVEABLE DRIVES. I don't need 50 drives up and running 24/7. You don't need all the books in the library open at the same time. They need to be there for when you need information out of them, but you take one off the shelf and open it, then put it back. I have about 50 drives here, just not in the computer. I need to get parts and repair the SATA connectors.
@@jmoss99 I agree, I love having a ton of drives, I don't have the money for a ton of drives, so ... for me, this is what I can afford, if you can do more, do it. Another friend of mine asked me yesterday, a similar question and I helped him find this off of my Amazon affiliate link: geni.us/Ax1cv1, he bought it, 16 drives.
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Here will will go over How to setup a Network Attached Storage - TerraMaster F4-210 4-Bay NAS Review. We unbox, go over and show you how to setup and use a NAS. This NAS is amazing.
Finally someone explained the initial set-up. Thank you. Everyone on TH-cam assumes all of that, but being a new-bee I appreciate seeing every aspect of a true set-up. Thanks again!
Always a pleasure my friend, so very happy you stopped by, trusted in me to help you, liked and subbed as well as took a moment out of your day to thank me. It means a ton to me and I am so very happy I could help you.
I try to make the kind of videos I would like to see, that others don't show, so I try to always give all the detail I can, I am so very happy you see that and you enjoyed it.
I've just got one.. a bargain at £120 BNIB. Max capacity is 16tb per bay so a whopping 64tb.. I've been dealing with computers and networking for over 20 years but it's still prudent to check out other people's experiences and advice.. every day is a learning day right? Fantastic video.. thank you
Always a pleasure my friend, so very happy you stopped by, trusted in me to help you, liked and subbed as well as took a moment out of your day to thank me. It means a ton to me and I am so very happy I could help you. I have all my youtube videos on it, its great.
@@ThisBytesForYou the first issue I found was it didn't give me an option to select raid or singular drives, then I couldn't get the web based app to sync with the desktop app so I couldn't map the drives. I've reset the whole thing and started fresh but still no choice on Raid or singular as your video shows. I can now login and map but at present it's only letting me map 1 drive out of the 2 I have installed. It certainly requires some patience! Lol
wow, that is odd, I did it all on the fly with you... well on video hahah, maybe something was wrong with that one, was it sealed?
@@ThisBytesForYou Well what a faff!! Yes it was sealed but automatically took both drives and put them in RAID #1.. I had to delete the volumes then edit the storage pool. I've got another two drives coming I hope adding them won't create the same headache. The Mobile app however is unusable which is a shame.. on login it states the request as illegal and times out. The app then has to be forecebly stopped. I've sent a request in to Devs. I do t understand why my new F4210 differs to that of yours. Very odd.. but we got we done and sorted and now up and running!!
happy you got it running my friend.
Thank you. I bought the 2 bay version and didn’t know how. to get it to show on my network at home. Very helpful. !
awesome my friend, so very happy I could help you. I actually am running out of room, I will have under 2 TB left very soon and this is where I store all of my videos. Trying to figure out what I should do. Stay tuned ;)
Great advice, explained in a super easy to understand way.
Always a pleasure my friend, so very happy you stopped by, trusted in me to help you, liked and subbed as well as took a moment out of your day to thank me. It means a ton to me and I am so very happy I could help you.
Just bought the 4 bay like you used love it and I loved your video on how to set it up
awesome my friend, so very happy you enjoyed it and my video was beneficial to you, and thank you so much for your kind words. If you don't mind me asking, what are you using it for?
THANK YOU for including that part about the SMB. I just set this up, and was frustrated because their Desktop - TOS seemed to be the only way to transfer files - and I have a lot of files I want to transfer to this drive. Now I can use File Explorer.
Always a pleasure my friend, had I not worked with NAS devices before, I can honestly say I wouldn't have known to look for that, but I always try to help as much as I can and I am so very happy I could help you my friend. TNAS is awesome, but its horrible to have to install and configure on all the machines you want to access the NAS, nothings easier than tying in the IP and going, then later, if you are going got use the again, just map it and you are good to go ;)
Exactly what I needed, a clear video on the setup process so I can decide if this will work for me. Appreciate the video, thanks!
Awesome my friend, I am so very happy you enjoyed this video and so very happy I could help you.
Thank you SOOOO much for this video. I am a new bee everything was so well explained. Everything is working now thanks to you my NAS is A-okay !
Always a pleasure my friend, so very happy you stopped by, trusted in me to help you, liked and subbed as well as took a moment out of your day to thank me. It means a ton to me and I am so very happy I could help you. Trying to get another to do more, but drives as sooo expensive.
@@ThisBytesForYou You are so welcome ! Your content is awesome, it was a pleasure to give you a moment of my day !
Yes it is expensive ! I was going to change for SSD for a quicker operating NAS but definitely not a priority right now !
@user-tu2zb2kv7r yeah it's pretty awesome and what's best, even though the hdds I bought aren't the fastest, this is where I edit all of my videos from, so as long as your network is good, it's fast, also I was on Ethernet but since I switched office locations I am on wifi now and it's still fast and I still editing of it, videos that are gigs large, it's awesome for sure. And thanks again for your kind words.
Thank you! this got it working! Crazy that Terra-Master doesn't have this kind of comprehensive video, like...why...
Many/Most companies don't value support, they feel text works as good as anything, but I am a visual learner and thats how I teach as well, I think this is the best way to learn and I try to reach out to companies to allow me to do this for them, but many don't bother to reply, Terra-Master didnt reply either but I thought to make this video to help others and I am so very happy I could help you as well.
Your publishing consistency is admirable, Iggy. Keep it up!!!!!!!
thanks so much bud, I try to have one every monday, sadly this one didn't hit a good target, a was a bit unsure of it, but now I know.
Just bought this same one. I have 2 - 20TB drives in the first two slots and the other two are empty. Mine has been synchronizing for 24 hours. It showed it would be 1000.0 minutes, which is 16 hours. Do you think this is normal and about how much longer will it synchronize? Also, if I buy two additional drives, will I be able to just sync those two? Loved your video - very thorough!
yes, it is completely normal, sadly mechanical drives are slow, and thats a TON of data, so you are good my friend. Yes you can add more drives, but sadly since I maxed it out already I can't show you, It would be nice to be able to work with Teramaster on future productions, but they never reply. Thanks so much for your kind words and support, it means the world to me.
Thank you so much! I was beginning to think something was wrong! Thank you for replying so quickly too...really appreciate it! @@ThisBytesForYou
Always a pleasure my friend, so very happy you stopped by, trusted in me to help you, liked and subbed as well as took a moment out of your day to thank me. It means a ton to me and I am so very happy I could help you.
Just wanted to let you know that I got feedback from Terra Master. They said that even though it said it would be 1000.0 minutes to sync, that is the maximum the system can go to is 1000.0 minutes. They said because I had 20TB drives, that it could take much longer, which it did! When I woke up this morning, it had finished syncing. Does yours continually make little clicking noises? Once again - thanks for your help!@@ThisBytesForYou
I thought so but its great that you made sure, and its even better that its done, thats a huge weight off of your shoulders for sure. As for noise, yes, it will do little clicks for ever as data is being processed, it can get very quite, but it will never be totally silent. if you could, since you have already established a communication to them, please let them know I helped you choosing this and getting your questions answered and let them know I am very interested in working together with them. I have reached out, but they have never replied. Thanks so much again my friend and congrats on the NAS, i do all of my video editing directly off of the NAS, its so smooth, and well of course as long as your network connection is smooth, you are good.
Good video, nice see the entire setup.
However, I have to mention two mistakes:
1º You cant access the NAS using the USB ports in the back. Those are for external HDD, pendrives or addons. A NAS can only be access through the Network (Ethernet).
2º The drives you chose are SMR so they are painfully slow in write / rewrite operations.
The worst part is not the inmediate low performance, but in case the RAID becomes degraded, once you replace the faulty disk, the rebuild can take 10 times more than with CMR disk, usually days.
This situation puts a lot of stress in the other disks, if another one fails, you lost the data.
So, for NAS drives, stick with CMR disk only like the WD RED PLUS/PRO or Seagate Ironwolf. In fact, use CMR only for everything.
If the data is important to you, make backups. RAID is not a backup
I didn't choose the drives for speeds I chose them for reliability and endurance, still going strong today. Rebuilding, well that's a pain I will have to deal with to trying to save money and keeping quality, that's not an easy thing. And back up, yes it is if you backup, I don't, raid is more of a backup than no backup strategy what do ever, you just actually have to back up which I don't do, this is just alternate storage. But yes, you can use this for back up if you want to, but no, raid itself is not a back up, just a bunch of drives joined together. Thank you for correcting me on the USB portion. And thanks so much for your kind words.
You are very creative and special, thank you for everything you do my dear ❤️🥰👍
awesome my friend, thank you so much for your kind words and constant support, it means the world to me.
I love you so much dear
You are a very respectable man
@@omeralsaleh8649 thank you so much my friend, it really does mean a ton to me, I try to stay honest and stay me, I can only be me and it means so much to me that you like people being real ;) thanks again bud, you seem like an amazing person as well.
Thank you so much for doing this topic, I was thinking of getting one of these.
it took me a while, it is a big initial expense but it pays for itself pretty quick, I love it and you are so very welcome my friend, make sure to share this video with your friends, I am sure someone else will love it too.
Thanks for the video! Very helpful.
Always a pleasure my friend, so very happy you stopped by, trusted in me to help you, liked and subbed as well as took a moment out of your day to thank me. It means a ton to me and I am so very happy I could help you.
Great video. I’d love to see a video going over how to use the various utility apps that you briefly went over at the end? Thanks!
Working on it my friend, I have a huge backlog of products sent to me to review, and I personally bought this, andthe drives, it wasn't cheap, but so very well worth it.
Great Video! Very clear and concise. I would like to see videos on how to make my TNAS secure. I would be great to see the prefix “https” in the browser search bar instead of “Not secure”
Thanks my friend, so very happy you enjoyed it, but for an HTTPS prefix, you would have to pay for SSL licensing... maybe I am wrong on that I forget what my Synology NAS at work has, if it is HTTPS or HTTP but I think they leave it more towards your router to take care of the security to take care of everything beneath it.
Am thinking of buying one of these, so this video was extremely helpful to me, thanks for making it.
Other NAS reviews I've seen seem to suggest 1gb isn't ideal for RAM and more is better.
I reckon 1gb is going to be plenty for my home use, my old single bay NAS copes fine with 256mb and has done so for six years without complaint.
1gb gonna be heaps!
Can you give some idea of how loud or quiet it is when read/writing please, also do the hard drives and fans stop spinning if there's no file transfer activity?
Looks like a nice quality unit with the aluminium casing and the brushed effect on the indicator light panel.
Nice review, big thumbs up!
Always a pleasure my friend and so happy you enjoyed it. My day job, I am an IT manager and have been a Product Development Engineer for years, I have worked with many NAS devices. 1GB works but is not ideal, its just a little slower than others, the more RAM you have, like in a PC, makes operations faster, in fact a NAS is a PC, just a different operating system.
As for noise, it really does not get loud at all. Every so often, i will hear a process, the drives maybe writting or reading data, very quietly, when i actively writing data to it, i hear it more but I have to be paying attention to it and there can be no other noise in the room for me to hear it, its very quiet.
A bulk of the noise will come from the fans but since my house is always in the lower 60's°F, they don't have to work much. The rubber feet are VERY cushy and really help dampen the noise.
I hope i helped you my friend and thanks again for your kind words.
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@@AndrewGilmour-qld nice, congrats my friend, such an amazing journey
Good info. Surprised it only supports SMBv1. Not secure, which is why you have to enable it in newer versions of Windows 10. Windows 10 moved to SMB v3.
me enabling it in windows might be unnecessary, but you do have to enable it from the TSO software in order to navigate through your machine and copy/paste files to and from.
@@ThisBytesForYou That makes more sense! A lot of devices are going to enable services you need instead of disable what you don't for security.
Very good overview. Do you think this, or any other NAS, would be a solution for hosting your own website? They get expensive using hosts/features. Seriously curious. Thanks!
well, as I mentioned in the video, this can host a website but just remember, depending on how good that website is, you will hammer this NAS, keep it very well cooled and keep drives on hand, in case one does fail, think maybe more RAID 6 and thanks so much for your kind words.
This is going to be quite informative for many. It's a subject not easily touched by many.
thank you so much my friend, I greatly appreciate your kind words
Great system for file storage and media, may not play games from it. I have a different system as my Plex media library and these provide a great solution to that use case.
I probably won't play games off of it, but maybe will try it, not sure installers will be able to understand it but I am thinking will store, edit, and export my videos from here, since it's static and you are getting a gigabyte connection, and you are limited by your storage. I was able to get between 90MB and 122MB's per second on this transferring a 4GB file. If it was SSD's in here, I would be up to 600MB's, should be at least. I think this is awesome, still working with it
I just got my Terra-master F4-423, and it gives instructions to use the plastic pieces that have 3 pegs each to snap into the holes on the sides of each hdd to secure them in place. Should I use the screws too? I notice you didn’t snap any plastic strips back onto the hdd housings.
interesting, but they are different devices, do you notice the plastic pieces in my video?
Defenetiv one step closer to buy a NAS, thanks for a great video
Please clarify, if I use RAID 5 and have 4X6TB I will have 18TB available and 6 TB as backup I suppose, whats happen when one disk goes?
Thanks
Thanks, my friend, I use it every day, I edit my videos off it, I LOVE IT. As for RAID5, If one drive fails the volume still operates but in operates in a degraded state (it no longer writes parity information). The important data should be backed up immediately and verified to be usable before any rebuild operation is started. If a spare disk is available, the controller can rebuild the data on the disk automatically. If a hot-spare disk is not available, you must replace the failed disk and then initiate a rebuild. If it's not, buy one quick to replace it.
I’m looking at the 4 bay 212 version. Right now I only have 2 drives which I want to run in RAID1 mode. Is it possible to add 1 or 2 drives and get them reconfigured to RAID5 or 6 without losing the data? I also want to connect this directly to my media box with USB. Is it possible to connect it to the network at the same time. I’d use the network to add movies to the drive.
hello my friend, I have not personally done it, though I will need to soon, but it is possible,... supposedly, check this out and let me know if it works: forum.terra-master.com/en/viewtopic.php?t=1544
I personally store all the videos here on it and I actually edit from it, its super fast.
When the disks in RAID 1 or RAID 5 are full i.e. no more space on them, do you have to remove and keep all the disks together or just remove one for keeps and reuse the other. Thanks for your reply.
ummms, well, I am running into that now... its almost full, all the videos I make, take up a lot of space. I dont recommend reusing older disks here, in my case, I bought 6TB disks, I will buy larger disks, then when I have all of the disks I need (so for me its 5, but maybe your raid array is only 3 disks) I would remove 1, pop in the new one, and let the raid take care of it, which may take a few hours. When thats done, remove the 2nd, and pop in the other and so on. I will make a video when I can afford to buy more.
@@ThisBytesForYou Thanks for your very prompt reply. Just to make sure I get it: If I have 2 disks in RAID 1 and they are full (no space left), I can remove and keep1 disk with the data and replace it with a new disk to pair with the 2nd disk in the bay. If this is correct, can I read the data on the removed disk by inserting it alone in the bay or just how can i read the data on this disk? Thanks.
@@GladDotse RAID 1, also known as disk mirroring, creates an exact copy of data on two or more disks in the array. When one disk fails, the other disk continues to function, and the system can rebuild the array by copying the data from the surviving disk onto the replacement disk.
To replace one of the disks in a full RAID 1 array, you will need to follow these steps:
Back up the data on the RAID 1 array to an external device or another storage location, as a precaution.
Remove the disk you want to replace from the RAID 1 array. Make sure to power off the system before doing this.
Insert the new disk into the empty slot in the RAID 1 array.
Power on the system and allow the RAID controller to detect the new disk.
Initiate the RAID rebuild process using the RAID controller software or BIOS. This will copy the data from the surviving disk onto the new disk.
Monitor the rebuild process, which can take several hours or more depending on the size of the array and the speed of the disks.
Once the rebuild is complete, verify that the RAID 1 array is functioning correctly and that all the data is accessible.
This is usually how it works,... but that all depends on your controller as well, I can't tell which controllers work how, but this should work for you.
Hi! Do you happen to have the 2GB RAM version of the F4-210? I'm currently in the market now for a NAS and the 1GB version is about $85 cheaper than the 2GB. Is it worth getting the 2GB version than the 1GB?
Check the link in the description, it will take you to my Amazon affiliate for this, I don't remember which version it was.
Bigger capacity is essential. When ram is not welded, replace with max ram. Nowadays ddr4 is cheap. I upgrade is 32g at $70.
Capacity as in storage yes, not ram, I've been using this one perfectly still today but I will be updating it very soon with another review on a newer unit.
I have this NAS and have put 2 8Tb Ironwolf on RAID 1, if I want to add another 2 drives can I do this without loosing the data on the drives in it?
Yes, they would add on to it, so you are good
So, two years later, how is this holding up for you?
Still working great, amazing actually, it's were I edit all my videos through and where I store all my videos, one of the best purchases I have made.
I am looking for a 4 bay nas to use 4 20tb hdd on raid6 will thes one will do it ? Or I need something els ? Thanks
You might want to check out the video, it answers all of your questions
Im having the same issue. Mine never worked I just installed the f4-210 friday night and when i went to install the software it never shown the nas. I can access everything from the web app but i can not map drives so i can move files from my pc to the nas. I have tried the chat to see if they can help me and they just send the link of the steps to follow, well I followed them steps and still cant get it to work. Also when on the chat it takes at least 20 minutes for them to even read or reply to every message
Which issue, I don't remember showing an issue, did you watch this video?
So it sounds like maybe you are on a different subnet, wifi vs Ethernet might be different. See what ip the nas has and what ip your PC has. For example, 192.168.1.1 is different from 192.168.0.1, so they can't talk. You will need to change the IP of the nas which means you need to change the gateway and aubnet as well.
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Your video on USB Booting Win10 on your ASUS ROG helped me in configuring my ASUS PRIME H310 M-E R.20 with Win10. Would you kindly advise me on which softwares and upto how much of Win 10 automatic updates I should update as my new PC Crashed two times due to having an account without Win.Product Key?
Thanks and awaiting your response
well, I have never had an issue with that, as long as you follow this guide on how to create a windows 10 thumb drive, this is how I do all my systems, and I dont use a product key: th-cam.com/video/C759I7DBXd8/w-d-xo.html also thank you so much for your kind words and support. I hope you are subscribed so you can get notification on my videos.
so my question can you get a 4 bay, use two bays for backup and the other two for everyday use
you can, but I use 4 and use all 4 for every day use, you can also use them for backup at the same time since you can have multiple directories.
@@ThisBytesForYou 2 or 3 pcs running all the time
hmmm, I am not sure to tell you on that, I think you would run into bandwidth issues aside from 2 or 3 pcs, it would run like a server share and multiple people accessing those resources.
is there is a way to start a raid 5 array with one drive and copy over data into the array until i got 3 drives in the array (to fit the requirement)
saldy no, it is not possible to start a RAID 5 array with only one disk. RAID 5 requires a minimum of three disks to function properly. In RAID 5, the data is striped across multiple disks with parity information distributed among them. This allows for increased performance and fault tolerance.
@@ThisBytesForYou crap. well i was thinking if i had 3 small hard drives i could clone the array of three to one larger drive then add the second drive to the array and allow it to rebuild, then the third drive, but i have never set up raid before... i know that backing up three disks to one disk would cancel out the redundancy part but i thought it would be possible. thanks for the quick reply =)
always a pleasure my friend, always happy to help.
can you add more memory for this, i bought a same one from Amazon, but only with 1gb ram
The TerraMaster F4-210 sadly cannot have RAM added
@@ThisBytesForYou thanks for your reply.
@@wanghao152 always a pleasure, regardless of the RAM, you should be good, just might be a tiny bit slower in the OS but its few and far between you need to go in there anyway.
I need to get some kind of RAID, especially now doing video, video fills HD's very quickly, lol.
yeah, I know what you mean my friend, that is the reason I got this. I record in 4K, my videos are usually 22GB, now with this, I have plenty of space.... for a year or 2 hahah.
@@ThisBytesForYou I’m still doing 1080, my computer can’t handle 4K yet…and still getting 15GB vids sometimes, yeesh. The wedding I shot last weekend was 45GB of photos. :p
@@JasonLorette wow, 45GB of photos but I guess you shoot in RAW, so it makes sense. What are your PC's specs?
@@ThisBytesForYou Yep...10 hours at a wedding with two cameras adds up. :P
2015 13" Macbook Pro with 8GB of RAM, lol
I mean you could edit 4K video... will it be a great experience for you,... no,... no it will not hhaha. I had to google it, since I am a PC guy, for a PC, it would be murder, and it seems to stack around the same for a Mac. Thankfully, since its my niche, I am always up to date, my workstation, is a few years behind the time because I don't treat myself or my kids, till the hardware is irrelevant, but once it's out of the lime light, we all get updates hahah.
How does it go with the Plex app? Any issues?
its supposed to work well, but i have not been able to touch it, I am slammed with reviews, its a great problem to have, but rough with only 1 person. Sorry my friend but i am still using this NAS today, it is awsome.
Sooooo I’m having an issue where it is only picking up 1 of my drives. The nas itself shows both but the software shows only one volume…
Have you already entered them into a raid configuration like I show you?
@@ThisBytesForYou the raid option never came up for me, just went straight to synching volume 1
@@austviking3663 remove the drives from the unit, verify they are correctly inserted into the tray like I show you and reinsert them into the unit, but put drive 1 where drive 2 was and drive 2 where drive 1 was and try it again. When you have the drives out of the unit, unplug the unit to give it time to cycle power and then plug it back in seconds before you reinsert the drives. Before you remove the drives though, capture the serial number of the drive that works to see if that's the same drive that works after you swap them.
I have followed instructions you've provided but still only one drive shows
have they been entered into the trays correctly so that they make contact, do you have a PC you can test the drives in to see if they are good? I get they may be new drives, but new drives fail too.@@austviking3663
So i have a i5-6500 from a lenovo m700 pc but the mobo got burn but cpu is fine but can i use any lga 1151 mobo for it?
yes
@@ThisBytesForYou so a Asus EX-B365M-V5 or asus ex-h310m-v3 r2.0 will work? (i dont need a high end mobo i just need it for online class)
@@dirthawk5455I dont see that that processor is supported by any of those boards.
@@ThisBytesForYou how about a ASUS EX-B250M-V3 or a asus h110m?
@@dirthawk5455 yes, the H110m will support it, you can find the cpu compatibility chart here: www.asus.com/Motherboards-Components/Motherboards/PRIME/H110M-K/HelpDesk_CPU/
What does it need your email for?
For your account, Incase you forget your password, it's happened to me but to find out more, you may need to contact them. It's normal now a days, to ask for email, so it doesn't bother me.
@@ThisBytesForYou thanks for the reply. This does bother me: the reason I set my own server up is precisely for increased privacy. Something as simple as a software installation of a product you already purchase and own shouldn't require an email.
@@nickkey656 always a pleasure my friend but realize, like on a Synology, your email is there, you set it up, and while the titles may not ask you for them, they filter through your Synology, they have your email, same with the Terramaster, you can just use a spam email, you know, one you only use for a spam account, then it would be private.
Also, if its connected to the internet, it is much less private, you never know who has an itch to grab data, if it can be made, it can be broken. My day job, I am an IT manager, I battle this stuff all day long, its fun for me but unless you are actively fighting daily, there is no protection.
HW RESET THE PASSWORD IF FORGET
Go to the login page, and click to reset the password at the login screen.
But, there are only 4 drives!
That's all I needed.... Now I am running out of space hahah they sell much larger devices like this one amzn.to/3qHZDjB
So, I have 7 drives in my newly upgraded computer now, with a total of 23TBs. I am going to be running out of drive space soon. About 80% of the content is video or engineering design work. None of this includes my future 4K files. I used to keep most of this in KingWin removable drives, but the SATA connectors in the racks started breaking off after 11 years. If I could find new connectors I could replace and I would be off and running. I have a solder sucker gun for reworking PC Boards. Also, why I am not impressed with plastic and heat. I have an entire tub of drives here.
@jmoss99 k, I need a larger one too but it was expensive for me as a small creator, and the drivers too, maybe one day and I tried planning for the future but money is money, they sell larger ones if you like but I think your stuck with plastic
I must have a voice that consultants can ignore. I have another consultant friend who thinks I don't need all these drives, mostly because he doesn't. He thinks he is a great consultant, but he doesn't listen. Rule#1, the consultant must listen to the client. This guy doesn't. He has 1000 up and 1000 down AT&T service. I am in the mountains and live on satellite broadband. IT IS ABOUT REMOVEABLE DRIVES. I don't need 50 drives up and running 24/7. You don't need all the books in the library open at the same time. They need to be there for when you need information out of them, but you take one off the shelf and open it, then put it back. I have about 50 drives here, just not in the computer. I need to get parts and repair the SATA connectors.
@@jmoss99 I agree, I love having a ton of drives, I don't have the money for a ton of drives, so ... for me, this is what I can afford, if you can do more, do it. Another friend of mine asked me yesterday, a similar question and I helped him find this off of my Amazon affiliate link: geni.us/Ax1cv1, he bought it, 16 drives.