TerraMaster D5 Thunderbolt 3 RAID Hardware Review

Ok, from the beginning of the video let’s deal with that elephant.... wtf with the handle? How do you stack them? Lol

I brought a TerraMaster F5-221 NAS. Its a pile of junk. Then brought a Synology NAS which I should have done in the first place. The only thing missing from the TerraMaster box is a large hammer to smash the TerraMaster to bits with!

Your missing two rubber feet on the Nas which probably made it shorter. Install those and I bet they're the same height.

So once raid is set up can you then use it on another computer that has Thunderbolt bot no configuration software

So isn't better for say a raspberry pie running OMV which manages the external terramaster?

Is there a USB enclosure that has hardware RAID for 5 drives? Or is the Synology NAS really the only reliable solution for RAID?

Hi sir, thank you for your video! I was curious if you had luck connecting an external monitor to the display port? I am currently trying to connect an HP 32f as a 2nd monitor using the Displayport and it doesn't seem to work. Can you point me in the right direction? Do I need a different monitor?

Nice video

Can i use this as single drives

You mention there are quieter Thunderbolt DAS compared to this one, what are the other choices? I'm restricted to Thunderbolt DAS so that I can get HDD SMART data on MacOS.

hello, I would like to know if you can connect 2 computers simultaneously, both in usb c and be able to read the disks in both computers

Can I connect to TerraMaster F2-210 to expend storage of my NAS?

Thanks for the video! I received one and spent most of yesterday setting it up and transferring data from my Drobo 5D3 via Thunderbolt 3.
First; WHAT A PAIN IN THE ARSE for setup. I'm on an iMAc running Monterey 12.6. I followed the (poorly written) instructions to the tee, but it would not mount as a drive.. Terra Masters dismal instructions; poor installation process; and support by email (getting responses back 8-12 hours later) is Not for the beginner. If not for tenacity (i"m stubborn, bull-head, and don't accept defeat easily); I'd have shipped it back in a flash!
I finally remembered an instruction command set given to me by Paragon Support. In Recovery mode; this command, tells the Mac OS to unapprove and uninstall All Third party kexts from /Volumes/Macintosh HD). After that, I just had to go into my Privacy and Security settings and allow the extensions. I set mine with 4, 14TB EXOS drives, configured for RAID 5, hopefully enable the 5th bay with an SSD for caching/read ahead, if a smaller SSD won't affect the configuration????
By the Way; I guess, the cost of a screwdriver wasn't in Terra Master's budget, because it was missing with mine?!

Hi mate! thanks for the great review! I can only see the D5 300 with USB C 3.1 GEN 1 version. Cheers

Can unraid or truenas operating systems be installed in this appliance?

Great content; thank you for the video!

One question, if you don't mind: could I connect it to a Blackmagic Cloud Pod and essentially use it as a "NAS Light"?

Best

Great video. Are there any DAS products where you would feel comfortable expanding the RAID after intial setup? Looking for a DAS that can grow overtime.

you put a lot of work into your storage reviews, but man i gotta say it just drives me nuts when you miss probably the #1 reason people want to view NAS/DAS reviews - read/write speeds. we really don't care about theoretical limts, for we all know those are never near the real-world results. you've got 99% of the work done here, just don't understand why you constantly omit a simple blackmagic read/write test. it's the reason we're all here, seems like all other channels take the time to show RAID 0/1/5 speeds at the least 🤷‍♂

Quite simply, want to use this as a standalone 5 bay HDD enclosure? Don’t want raid at all!
Is this possible?

Hey can I use this to transfer data from one mac to another mac? Will the raid volume be visible?

I know this makes me weird, but I’m only looking at this because it has a handle. And as a DIT I really wanna be able to have a place where I can just grab it.