TerraMaster F4-421 (2021) NAS Review

The world today ranges from digital data and processing, from the content we see on the web to breed cryptocurrency which interferes with financial status quo. While local data storage is important even in the cloud times, data backup has become more important because of our dependence on our files for entertainment and work. Because network storage or NAS products have emerged to the left and right to serve even to the house or small office users, we have tested the new Terramaster F4-421 2021 edition to see if it is in accordance with the bill for the repository in a reliable place of your digital life.

Design

The truth is said, the NAS box design does not really change over the years, and each brand tends to stick to what they have followed with different generations. The only urgent way you will be able to distinguish one model from another often the number of drives they have on the front and the slots they offer behind. In that vein, Terramaster F4-421 does have an extraordinary resemblance to the F5-422 that we reviewed earlier this year, except that this one only has four bay drives, not five.

Bays drive is quite out easily as you would expect, just by lifting the cover for each bay and sliding slid. However, attaching and removing the drive, is a completely different story, because you will need a screwdriver to install or remove the drive in place. Each sled accommodates the 3.5-inch SATA HDD and 2.5 inches or 2.5-inch SATA SATA, for a total capacity of 72TB, depending on the RAID configuration.

The back can be said to be a more interesting part of the NAS box, and also where things become a little confusing if you have taken a carefully terracaster product. The company truly launched NAS F4-421 in 2019, and this is a refresher that is silent and very different from the same model. Ports and port settings differ significantly in this new model, produce products that have a significant set of different capabilities.

Specifications and Performance

Terramaster F4-421 (2021) seems to be a downgrade of its predecessor if we see the number of Ethernet ports only – what four are now only two. But with that change came space for upgrading. Finally it is possible to use the link aggregation to use two 1Gbe ports together, features that are almost standard on the NAS today. Just like before, however, there is no port 10Gbe.

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