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TERRAMASTER F4-423 4-Bay High Performance NAS (Diskless) + $30 Newegg eGift Card

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TERRAMASTER OFFICIAL via Newegg has TERRAMASTER F4-423 4-Bay High Performance NAS Network Attached Storage for SMB w/ N5105/5095 Quad-core CPU, 4GB DDR4 Memory, 2x 2.5GbE (Diskless) + $30 Newegg Promotional Gift Card on sale for $367.99. Shipping is free.

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Note: Promotional Gift Card will be emailed 4 days after invoice. The gift card will expire in 365 days after issue.

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TERRAMASTER OFFICIAL via Newegg has TERRAMASTER F4-423 4-Bay High Performance NAS Network Attached Storage for SMB w/ N5105/5095 Quad-core CPU, 4GB DDR4 Memory, 2x 2.5GbE (Diskless) + $30 Newegg Promotional Gift Card on sale for $367.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community members JoeWee65 and ejwong for finding this deal.

Note: Promotional Gift Card will be emailed 4 days after invoice. The gift card will expire in 365 days after issue.

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slippydealer
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Like others have said, you can run another OS on this fairly easily. The built-in firmware/BIOS version always prefers to boot from the internal USB that houses the original OS installer, but the manufacturer has an updated firmware available on their forums that gives you more control over the boot order. Highly recommend it if you're using an alternative OS.

Memory upgrade is pretty straightforward, though I don't think you can go over 32GB. It has two slots, so that's 2x16GB.

The BIOS doesn't limit the M.2 slots to just storage devices. I put a Google Coral board in one of the M.2 slots and it's being used to do object detection on security camera footage.

The N5095's hardware video transcoding works nicely too, but I recommend building the Intel fork of ffmpeg if you plan on transcoding 24/7 (e.g., from a security camera). The CPU occasionally seems to choke when doing hardware transcoding for long periods, and the Intel ffmpeg fork handles it much more gracefully than the official ffmpeg release (a few corrupt blocks vs. a completely stopped video stream).
cab9541
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I bought this model maybe 9 months ago and it hasn't given me any issues so far. I have a few other mini PCs running k3s so I run the native tos software on this and aside from Plex it's only acting as a file server. For that purpose their built in software is fine but if you're wanting to do more with it you should put unraid or another open source os on it.
This model does have 2 nvme slots that can be used for cache or extra storage but bandwidth on the board is severely limited so it's almost pointless.

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If anyone wants another 4GB of ram for free, check out this offer from Terramaster

https://support.terra-master.com/...23&page=32
Aug 19, 2024 01:56 PM
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AquaGalley652Aug 19, 2024 01:56 PM
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I am looking to get mac mini m4(when it comes out) to use as plex server and this as storage.

1.is this even necessary? Meaning, does this setup has too much for having separate actual plex server?

2.Also, if this is not too much, what does memory on this actually do? meaning, is upgrading still necessary if I will have separate plex server?
Sep 17, 2024 09:22 PM
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slugmanSep 17, 2024 09:22 PM
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I got around to setting this thing up and it is terrible. Out of the box it won't boot anything but their crappy TOS; after going through the BIOS update process, it is *possible* to boot to something else, but that doesn't mean it's easy. Spent an entire day flipping BIOS settings and messing with Ubuntu livecd, but you can't actually really set the boot order, and it was a crap shoot whether it would try to netboot or boot from the Ubuntu livecd USB stick, or just get stuck and kick me to BIOS. And then I never got the Ubuntu stick to actually fully boot. I thought this would be easier than a DIY NAS, but it's actually worse. Outside return window unfortunately. Grr.
Sep 18, 2024 02:25 PM
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CTRFK8Sep 18, 2024 02:25 PM
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Isn't this unit a red flag ? Made in china
Sep 24, 2024 01:27 AM
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LavenderHaddock111Sep 24, 2024 01:27 AM
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There is no gift card now.
Sep 24, 2024 01:27 AM
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LavenderHaddock111Sep 24, 2024 01:27 AM
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There's no gift card promo now.

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