"Don't turn it on, take it Apart" EEVBlog quote nice hahahaha

This is an old video, but I needed it. My F2-210 keeps freezing up and some ppl think it could be the internal USB Stick screwed up. Thank you for the HOW TO to take it apart.

Just found your channel today... I am in heaven!

You should check out what files the USB drive contains.

The motherboard in this unit reminds me of how "CB" citizen band radios were once made. The manufacturers would make a single board with all the bells and whistles in place but when installed in the final model, those extra features were not accessible because the case and or user interface was not made to support them. In a higher priced model, those features would then be accessible with a different user interface. It appears to me this TerraMaster motherboard is probably a one size fits all models but limits accessibility like the VGA interface (IPMI?), to more expensive variations. Just my thoughts on that matter. The on board USB connector for the OS on the TerraMaster is just like the connector on my Supermicro FreeNAS server. As you commented, maybe this board can accommodate different operating systems for NAS or linux. That can really make it more user flexible and fun to use. This box has a nice price point too. Love all that aluminum. Great Video as usual! Can't wait until I see the test run. Happy New Year!!! too.

That looks like the NAS I need great stuff I cant wait for part two

If you got the 2 network port version you could probably turn it into a Pf sense box

Seems better than the older models that were crappy. Hyped that this one could be good. Nice review btw.

F_Panel1 is a front-panel USB 2.0 header, so you can add 2 USB 2.0 to the box if you want.

Looks nice and hackable with then even listing the VGA pins.

Hi, Happy new year! nice little tear-down, this looks pretty decent for a so/ho, Glad you're getting a bit of sponsorship too, long may it continue! Keep up the tinkering Morten!

Wow, that thing looks cheaply built for its pricetag. I'd rather get an HP Microserver for around €40 more. Great review, Morten!

Looks like a good unit. Wait see the next video for the software.

I wonder if this has any relation to CoolerMaster. They have exactly the same looking logo and of course similar name.

You should try booting from the USB drive on another PC, and solder an VGA connector to these pins to see if there is a GUI.

The "Terror" Master. ;-)

You will enjoy tinkering with that dave hjorth :-D Ahh so its a mini personal server, thats very cute :-D, storage with brains. I imagine it would be running on something like linux or similar. It does seem to have a lot of extra sockets/functions, the usb o.s i would think has configuration files and drivers, a different usb stick for each version.

The only thing I am questioning is the plastic drive caddys, after all shouldn't the HDDs be electrically grounded to the case?

Please find a way to connect a screen and install ESXi on it :) that would make my day :) Maybe you would need more RAM do :)

Can you tell which operating system you have installed? And you think using the internal usb could add a wifi connection to the NAS?

I won a Synology DS916+ NAS from Tweaktown. Seems like a good unit, only thing I thought was sort of stupid is this unit can have 4 or 8GB or RAM. I would have hoped they would put an access panel in you throw in a RAM stick DIMM so-DIMM, etc and it's upgraded. Apparently there is no interest int that though. I originally thought 8GB RAM for a NAS what on earth would you need that for. Then I saw all the apps, servers it has and it makes sense. You could almost run an entire SMB network off a simple Synology NAS. Mine only has 4GB RAM, I only had 400GB SATA HDD available so used 4 of those with Synology Hybrid RAID. It will take 4 10TB HDD if you add the expander then it becomes like 12X10TB HDD. This also has DUAL NICs so it can do proxy server, VPN, etc.

Try Freenas or NAS4Free, running both in my house, NAS4Free is more compact

I was hoping... you'd take that upper cage off so we could actually see... and throw that usb into a computer to see what's on it.

I built a HP microserver g8 as a NAS. It is quite cheap (especially considering it is "as close" to a server as you may get elsewhere) and has a lot of power on it. I swapped the g1610t for an i3 3220t which has more power. The only problem I see is that drives are not hot-swappable. I guess you can just search for another controller though, but I think considering the advantages it is not such a drawback.

I suspect it can do iSCSI which would be nice for server backups ... at least that is what I use it for :)

Very interesting, I'm wondering if something could be temporarily attached to that display port. I'm thinking here one of those would make a great FusionPBX voip server. If you could get a temporary display you could probably boot of that USB and install anything.

If you find a vga cable that would work with the board then you should try and install FreeNas!

Would be nice if you put that usb stick into a computer and look at it.

Now, where have i heard that before? :P

is it worth the money or should you buy a QNap or synology NAS instead? I'm looking at either the 8 bay synology or 12 Bay to replace 2 tower PC's.

This internal pen drive is a great feature, probably you can change the SO to a Linux or a Freenas like system. And the vga connection is easy break out with home-made cable!

Hi hope you are all safe, question for those who knows, my one seems to stop working and the lan light does not come on and the hdd lights are solid red I have everything plugged in light ethernet cable and power and also hdd but no lan light comes on, no beep either and hdd lights are solid red any help would be appreciated ☺️

Hey Morten Are the drives configured in a RAID1 setup? Is there any onboard RAID controller with options? I'm assuming there is.

I would love to see a video of this being loaded with different OS's and possibly find a VGA connector to admin the server.

Max memory supported is 8gb for the cpu so you could look for a 6gb stick and the cpu supports virtualization, I'm playing, wouldn't be worth putting ESXi on it.

Awesome video Morten! This NAS unit seems to look similar to mine, which is a QNAP unit... Wonder if there's some connection...

You quoted EEV Blog in the title lol I watch him too😀 nice video

yes you should run xpenology on that!

saw logo - that's cooler masters go to comments, theory correct

Anyone else notice their logo is a ripoff of Cooler Masters?

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i have been a sub for quite some time now and i just noticed that u have only 18k subs😳 u deserve more

I run a J1800, 2 vms, opnsense + debian (samba, sickrage, emby, couchpotato) as my home server. 1 msata boot disk + vm disk, 2x 1tb hd (direct to debian), works for me.. Just a firewall and mediaserver for home tvs

This should be capable to run xpenology

Put a different usb stick in it and install ESX or XPenology.

you been hanging out with the EEVBlog guy again

I don't know why they didn't go with an AMD A8-7600k would have been better when you 4 cores and a graphics card and Trueaudio sound card all in one single chip you know a SOC.

I wonder how long that USB drive would work for until it melts down one day

Indeed, quite a nice machine for a home server - at least if it is possible to install a normal Debian onto it. I'd like to give this a go :)

+1 public warranty spoiler :-)

I bought a raspberry pi 3 the first thing im going to try is to set up a wifi network where people can log into to chat and maybe also share files, like a "dead drop" my school looks like a good place to try it out. does anyone here have other ideas for things i could try? (that dont require use of the GPIO)

Please tinker around with it and try to run some Linux based server distribution on it!

You should really try to boot linux from a usb stick

Nice of them to send you that, nice video :) I bet you could hack that into a shitty fullblown server with a VGA connector!

The hdd bay door levers look flimsy :( Have a great year change and new year Morten !

Mmnng looks like you could make small nas server! like add sas or sata controller more HDDs that would be nice xD

Hi, If they had to put such a big and ugly label on there on how to insert the HDD's, they clearly did something wrong in the mechanical design. How hard should it be to insert a HDD in a hot swap bay... To determine whether a USB port is a USB 2 or 3 port, the color is indeed not always a guarantee. Although it is still no guarantee, I always try to see the five small copper pads in the front of the blue plastic. If they are not there it is at most USB2, if they are there it could be USB3. The HDDs connect to just a riser card. I highly doubt that's PCIe because there is no controller IC visible on the riser card. I think they just used the PCIe 4x connector because it was found to be cheaper than other options and suitable for high speed interfaces. So I wouldn't put any PCIe card in there. F_PANEL probably stands for 'Front panel'. So probable some buttons/LEDs or USB. Since it is a 10 pin double row header with one corner pin missing it is probably 2x USB. Also, I really don't like the USB stick inside. Yes, for a tweaker, it allows you to try to run e.g. linux very easily. But, what if it gets loose during transport to a customer who is not going to open it? eMMC would be better. Although a USB stick which is accessible from the rear and locks in using e.g. a screw would be nice for hobbyists.

$269.99 cad on newegg.ca.... ouch lol

RUN ESXI ON IT

Wow, that thing is ripe for hacking. I'd love to see if you could find a VGA connector for it and put a bootable linux OS on a flash drive to see if it will run it.

OOOOHHHH NNNNOOOO, yeah, I think you might should have mentioned that FIRST to TerraMaster. Anyway, just starting the video and I'm already laughing ...

Install Freenas of ESXI :p

Too bad the internet where I am at the minute is so slow I cant watch :(

unplug that fan ffs lol

bra video, den nasen verkar vara bra byggd :)

That coolermaster rip off xD and they dont even produce NASes ...

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