TerraMaster F5-422 10Gbe NAS Hardware Review

Of all the brands that I discuss here on the blog, one that always seems to surprise me is TerraMaster. On the surface, they are a fairly standard NAS brand that, though lacking the wide commercial notoriety of a brand like Synology, still produce a remarkably impressive and affordable product range to users that want NAS as storage at its heart. One of the fastest evolving names in NAS, terramaster has reached a point in peoples checkout baskets where they are being compared against the big, BIG names in network-attached storage. That fast evolution is one of the main reasons why, when I first heard about the F5-422 back at Computex 2019, I was already looking forward to this interview. Arriving with the same featured hardware options and software support of the existing range, the Terramaster F5-422 raises the stakes further with the inclusion of 10Gbe (copper) on board. Arriving at around £520 including VAT, that makes it near identical in price to the QNAP TS-453Be and almost £200 LESS than the Synology DS1019+ NAS - Both of which feature the same CPU+Memory, but crucially do NOT include 10Gbe. For those looking for an affordable 10Gbe fully featured software+hardware NAS, the TerraMaster F5-422 becomes a remarkably attractive purchase! So, let's take a moment to take a closer look at this intel powered NAS drive and whether it deserves your data in 2019/2020.

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[DripTupJukeBox]

Hi Robbie. Came time to bite the bullet and invest in a NAS. Thought you'd like to know that based on this and other raving reviews of yours, I went with the F5-422. Got her two days ago; starting with 4 10tb IronWolf drives. Now is the slow, arduous process of transferring the library; but can already see it will be well-worth the wait. Plex runs like a dream... updated to lifetime. Anyway, thanks man.

[andrehall]

Thanks for the informative review. My F5-422 arrives tomorrow....I plan on grabbing 5 12TB Seagate Ironwolf drives. Do you a recommendation for an 8GB SO-DIMM to install?

[skiph]

I bought a F5-422 10Gbe NAS in Aug 2022. Now a 3.5" HDD (Ironeagle) can be installed without any screws. The trays come with a plastic on both side with push fasteners built in the plastic strip. 🙂

[Hellahard]

Does this one also have the USB inside? I'm thinking this might be my next Unraid.

[TerraMasterGlobal]

Thank you Nas Compares for sharing TerraMaster's F5-422 10Gbe NAS🎉

[DaPoets]

Thank you for all your information on this. I decided to go ahead and buy it today after watching more of your videos.

[johnbeaudette]

Greetings, I believe you had a AsusStor AS3104T on one of your channels ? If so using Btrfs did you run into issues copying to the NAS once at 40% full storage capacity ? I populated the NAS 2 times now and once at 40% it is hard to impossible to get data onto it. The copy will error and lock up the NAS and it does not matter if it is directly connected or connected through the lan. I have defragged and scrubbed the file system and raid with no issues and no improvement. I am taking the data back off now and going to try ext4 file system to see if it improves or I'll have to send it back as it is useless above 40% capacity. Cheers

[arniceousmaximus]

Phenomenal each time how can you keep up with everything it's amazing well done as usual look forward to your next review.

[TIPERK]

one of the best NAScomares video I have ever seen! GREAT WORK!!