07-12-2024, 11:29 AM
Setting up your TerraMaster F4-423 and D8 Hybrid together for an 8-bay NAS sounds great! For your needs in home media, photography, and file backups, TrueNAS is a more polished OS with advanced features and excellent data integrity, though it’s more difficult to use and requires more hardware resources. TOS, on the other hand, is faster and more user-friendly, needing less hardware power to run smoothly. Install TrueNAS on the 500GB Samsung 980 Pro SSD and use the 1TB Samsung 980 Pro for read/write caching, as these SSDs have high DWPD scores, ensuring durability. Upgrade your NAS to 32GB RAM for optimal performance with multiple services. Create a storage pool with your HDDs using RAID-Z2 for redundancy. Whichever OS you choose, make sure your network setup is robust, ideally with a Gigabit connection, to maximize performance.