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hybrid configuration - hyper cashe - Enquiries - 09-26-2025
hello i bought f2-424 max.
i have 4 hdd (12TB) plus 2 ssd m.2.
i want to enable cache.
what do you recommend to do?
i thoght about:
1 ssd for os
1 ssd for cache
4 hdd for main volume/pool.
do you recommend something else?
im going to use the nas for: photos backup, plex/jelyfin server, and 1-3 small vms (i have 64 gb memory)
thanks in advanced.
Amir
RE: hybrid configuration - hyper cashe - ed - 09-26-2025
Good choice on the F2-424 Max, that’s a powerful little box especially with 64GB RAM. For your configuration, I’d recommend keeping both NVMe SSDs in play rather than dedicating one just for the OS. Terramaster’s TOS system always installs on the first pool or available storage, so you don’t need to sacrifice an entire SSD for that purpose.
A better layout would be:
• 4 × 12TB HDDs in RAID 5 or RAID 6 as your main storage pool (RAID 5 for capacity, RAID 6 if you want more protection)
• 2 × NVMe SSDs paired as read/write cache to accelerate small random I/O, or set them up as a separate SSD volume for your VMs and app data
Since you plan to run Plex/Jellyfin and a few small VMs, having the SSDs as a separate volume is often more beneficial than cache. Cache helps when you have lots of repetitive small file reads/writes, but for media streaming it doesn’t do much because those are large sequential reads. Using the SSDs as a fast volume for your VMs and Docker apps will give you a bigger performance boost.
So my suggestion: main HDD RAID for photos and media, SSD volume for your VMs and active workloads. Leave caching off unless you specifically notice slowdowns with small file operations.