Terramaster F8 SSD Plus: The Ultimate 8-bay All Flash NVMe NAS Device?

This is an 8-bay all-flash NVMe SSD NAS Device. It's fast, quiet, and one of the best values in this category. It comes complete with heatsinks for your NVMe and runs Terramasters's new TOS6 operating system.


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F8 SSD: https://www.amazon.com/TERRAMASTER-F8...
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F6-424 Max: https://www.amazon.com/TERRAMASTER-F6...
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T9-500 Pro: https://www.amazon.com/TERRAMASTER-T9...
T12-500 Pro: https://www.amazon.com/TERRAMASTER-T1...
U8-500 Plus: https://www.amazon.com/TERRAMASTER-U8...
U12-500 Plus: https://www.amazon.com/TERRAMASTER-U1...

Other products I use or have tested
Hard Drives
Western Digital 6TB WD Red Plus NAS: https://amzn.to/45uCPnV
Western Digital 12TB WD Red Plus NAS: https://amzn.to/4epaWBI
Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Internal Hard Drive: https://amzn.to/3RU6Gkf
Seagate IronWolf 12TB NAS Internal Hard Drive: https://amzn.to/3xo1qy6

SATA SSD's
Teamgroup EX2 1T: https://amzn.to/45xE4CH
Teamgroup EX2 2T: https://amzn.to/45rsrNK
Crucial BX500 2TB: https://amzn.to/3z2upb3
SanDisk Ultra 3D NAND 1TB: https://amzn.to/3KNNnVF

Network Cards
10GbE
X540T2 Dual 10GbE RJ45 Ports Converged Ethernet Card: https://amzn.to/45stVHq
10Gb Dual LAN Base-T PCI-e Network Card, Intel X540 Controller: https://amzn.to/45AhWI4
TP-Link 10GB PCIe Network Card: https://amzn.to/3xjNHbE
10Gb Network Card Single SFP+ Port: https://amzn.to/4b6mQgU

NVMe SSDs
SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0: https://amzn.to/3VOMBy8
SABRENT 1TB Rocket Nvme PCIe 4.0: https://amzn.to/3xhYlzD
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB PCIe Gen4: https://amzn.to/3xnZIwG

Thunderbolt/USB4 NVMe Enclosures
QwiizLabs Fanless: https://amzn.to/4cfdvUP
ACASIS 40Gbps M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure: https://amzn.to/3z9H1gU
ORICO Upgraded M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure 40Gbps: https://amzn.to/3z23FHY
ORICO M.2 Enclosure for NVMe SSD, USB4.0 40Gbps: https://amzn.to/4cmdTkG

NAS Units

QNAP
QNAP TS-464-8G-US 4 Bay High-Performance Desktop NAS: https://amzn.to/3z7BcR1
QNAP TS-h973AX-32G 9-Bay: https://amzn.to/3VMEGkS
QNAP TS-453D-4G 4 Bay NAS: https://amzn.to/3Vqdk2t
QNAP TVS-872XT-i5-16G-US 8 Bay: https://amzn.to/45rK7Zo

Synology
Synology DS224+ 2-Bay Diskstation NAS (Intel Celeron: https://amzn.to/3RuHjFc

All Flash:
QNAP TBS-h574TX-i3-12G-US 5 Bay High-Performance E1.S All-Flash: https://amzn.to/4b8Q27d
Asustor Flashstor 12 Pro FS6712X - 12 Bay: https://amzn.to/4eqC5Ee

Docking Stations
Sonnet Echo 20 Thunderbolt 4 SuperDock: https://amzn.to/4etqowu
CalDigit TS4 Thunderbolt 4 Dock: https://amzn.to/4eCqmTo
Plugable Thunderbolt 4 Dock: https://amzn.to/4ekQ1Ql
Anker PowerExpand 5-in-1 Thunderbolt 4 Mini Dock: https://amzn.to/3RyuD05
OWC Thunderbolt Go Dock: https://amzn.to/4cr4Ij8
OWC 11-Port Thunderbolt Dock: https://amzn.to/4cnHHgW
ACASIS Thunderbolt 4 Dock: https://amzn.to/45vmjnE


Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:33 Hardware and Specs
03:54 Installing the SSDs
04:37 Initialization and Setup
06:55 TOS6
11:20 Benchmarks
12:31 Mobile App Overview
13:13 Drive Expansion
14:36 Summary and Final Thoughts