TerraMaster F2-424
- CPU
- Intel N95
- RAM
- 8 GB max 32 GB
- Network
- 2 × 2.5GbE
- M.2 / PCIe
- 2 / 0
Model F2-424
Should you buy the TerraMaster F2-424?
Mirror the two drives and either one can die without taking your files with it. It's an Intel N95 in there, for the record. RAM goes to 32 GB.
Watch out for
Networking tops out at 2 × 2.5GbE. There's no 10GbE and no PCIe slot to add it later. You'll lose half of every pound you spend on drives to the mirror. That's the price of two bays.
The two M.2 slots take NVMe drives for a cache or a small fast pool.
Usable space with 2 matching drives
These are decimal TB, the way drive boxes count them, and Windows will show roughly 9% less. Got a mix of sizes? Put your own drives in the calculator and it'll work out the layers.
| Each drive | Mirror (RAID 1) |
|---|---|
| 4 TB × 2 | 4 TB ≈ 3.6 TiB |
| 8 TB × 2 | 8 TB ≈ 7.3 TiB |
| 12 TB × 2 | 12 TB ≈ 10.9 TiB |
| 16 TB × 2 | 16 TB ≈ 14.6 TiB |
| 20 TB × 2 | 20 TB ≈ 18.2 TiB |
| 24 TB × 2 | 24 TB ≈ 21.8 TiB |
Specifications
Taken from TerraMaster's own spec page, and "Not published" means they don't list it.
Sources: terra-master.com, terra-master.com, terra-master.com
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