r/TerraMaster

Hello fellow redditors, just seeking help on the correct way to set up smb.

I currently use Windows 11 on my desktop and cachyos on my laptop.

For some reason the only way I can see my TNAS is by setting up a shared folder via smb4k. But I want to be able to access.

So my MAIN question, what's the correct way to set this up? It's my second last hurdle to ditch w11 on my desktop.

Please dont say a 1 worded reply, it's not helpful.

Hi, i'm considering hosting a heavily modded minecraft server on my NAS for my girlfriend and a few other people, got a few questions, the cpu seems to be the major limiting factor, a celeron n5095 @ 2.00 ghz. i know I can upgrade the ram, but would it be possible to upgrade the cpu? if not, why? is it an OS issue? or is it a motherboard firmware issue?

Hi folks. I’ve been thinking of upgrading to TOS 7 on my F4-424 Pro. Wanted see feedback from those that have including:
- general lessons learned
- virtual box VM migration
- docker migration
I’m a little nervous and hoping there are some success stories…

Subject: Help adding a 6TB HDD to expand storage on F4-424 (currently running on single NVMe)

Current Setup:
* NAS: TerraMaster F4-424
* Active Drive: 1TB Samsung NVMe SSD (contains the System, Pool 1, and Volume 1) configure in TRAID.
* Empty Slots: 1x NVMe slot, 4x HDD bays

The Issue:
My Plex library has filled up the 1TB SSD, and I need more space.

My Goal:
I have a new 6TB Seagate IronWolf HDD that I want to install. Because all of my server configurations and apps - including stack -arr app ( radarr, sonarr, bazarr - some of them of them through container some therough comunity - currently tied to the pool directory on the NVMe, I originally wanted to expand Volume 1 with this new HDD.

What is the safest and best way to add this HDD and increase my storage capacity for Plex without breaking my current nas configuration? Or require manual re-configuration of paths.

For those who might wander Why i install the TOS and pool from the beginning in single ssd. I was trying to keeping it small but eventually it became bigger

The best scenario is to migrate the media server files and download server to HDD and keep the TOS with the containers in the SSD. How to achieve that easly and safely without the need to resolve bugs later ?

I am looking at getting a TerraMaster Nas to swap out my Synology. Before I purchased one, I am hoping that someone could either confirm or deny that using TerraSync on the TNAS PC for linux client supports files on demand. Everything that I can find points to it being supported and if it is this would be an immediate purchase for me as Synology does not support this. Thanks in advance.

I've looked all over, and can't find documentation on this, so please direct me if there's a post somewhere about this.

I have a D2-320 in RAID 1 with two 8 TB drives, on a Mac.

If I replace them one at a time with two 20 TB drives and let the RAID rebuild after each replacement, how do I expand the array to use the full 20 TB? Is it automatic, or is there an extra step?

For many months I've been trying to pin down an issue I have with a F4-424 (I also have a F6-424 that I have not experienced this issues with yet).

These systems consist of large cap spinning disks in the bays and 2 nvme drives in the side slots. The OS is Unraid and current.

At times of heavy load my cache will "blip" and stop correctly communicating to the OS. The cache is configured in the typical btrfs pool for protection.

Under a long sustained load a single or both nvme drives will drop, unraid gives the alert that a drive has failed but otherwise the pool in the dashboard/main looks to be intact. (this may just be a bug with unraid updating the dashboard as I cannot see details of the drive if I select it)

If I reboot the device, the nvme drives will show as missing preventing a standard mount of the array. (leaving the array offline - letting the drives cool - for X amount of time has no effect, leading me to think this is not a heat issue, as well as I have no alarms leading up to the crash to indicate the drives have reached their manufacture warning or maximum heat limits. These I have looked up and defined over the defaults from unraid) - I also have had heat-sinks on these from day 1.

A full shutdown is the only method for the system to see the drives again. After a full shutdown the system will come up fine, array in tact and functional. Naturally unraid detects an unclean shutdown and is looking to run a parity check.

Now you might be thinking this is the nvme drives - Ive replaced them already. I had a smaller cache pool set and because of this figured it must be a bad drive, I replaced them with a different vendor/size (deleted and recreated the array) and its still occurring. The class of the nvme also went down so its less I/O and potentially less heat as well.

I'm left with thinking this must come down to the TerraMaster device. I cant find any firmware/BIOS downloads for this thing. I dont think there is a difference with the F6 vs F4 other than the back plane size. Both have the same 32 GiB DDR5 RAM (same vendors) as well.

The only main difference I know of is the loads are run on the F4 and then replicated to the F6 over the network. The F6 is mostly idle unless doing indexing/parity checks.

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We truly appreciate everyone who joined the discussion and shared your thoughts on what matters most in a modern NAS. From hardware performance and data security to AI features and ease of use, your feedback and ideas were fantastic to read.

Now it's time to announce our lucky winners!
🥇 First Prize (TerraMaster F4-425 Pro NAS)
u/solidfreshdope
u/isademigod

🥈 Second Prize (Seagate IronWolf 4TB Hard Drive)
u/EasyRhino75
u/TopdeckIsSkill

🎉 Congratulations to all our winners!

We've sent you a DM with instructions on how to claim your prize. Please check your Reddit inbox (and make sure your DMs are open) and reply within 72 hours, or we'll need to redraw a winner.

A huge thank you again to everyone who participated, to the r/DataHoarder community for having us, and to the mod team for their continued support in making this giveaway possible.

We hope you enjoy TOS 7 and the new F4-425 Pro, and we look forward to seeing you again in future TerraMaster events!

— The TerraMaster Team

Hey guys im using a terramaster F2 212 running TOS 5 and im trying to setup qBittorrent and cant find any links to the file supported by TOS 5. The links all lead me to TOS 6 or 7 files that wont install on the nas.

im still new to this could someone point me in the right direction to get the correct version?

Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance

Important Note: Before doing this, please confirm that you have installed the latest version of the OpenClaw application in the App Center.
The required TOS compatible version is 7.0.0746

How to Configure Large Language Models?
I. Popular Large Language Models (Using OpenAI as an Example)
1.Go to the official OpenAI console page [ https://platform.openai.com/ ]
and log in to your account. After logging in, open the [ API key ] page and create an API key.

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2.After creating it, you will receive the [ API key ] ( You can purchase the plan through the official link: https://platform.openai.com/settings/or ... g/overview).

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II. Configure Large Language Models
1.Open the model configuration page
On the TNAS device, use the super administrator account to open the [ OpenClaw ] app, and directly click [ Configure Large Language Model ] to enter the model configuration page.

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2. Select a model service provider
   Choose the corresponding model provider from the service provider list.
   For example:
   ● OpenAI
   ● Anthropic
   ● Gemini
   If your desired service provider is not listed, or if you need to access the model service through a proxy server, please select [ Custom Provider ].

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3. Fill in the model information
   Using OpenAI as an example:
   ● API Key: Enter the API Key you just created
   ● Model: Select the model you wish to use (e.g., gpt-5.4)
   After filling in the information, click [ Save Configuration ].
   Once the system prompts that the save is successful, you are ready to start using it.

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Ⅲ.Verifying Successful Model Configuration
Open the [ OpenClaw ] application and type ‘ hello ’ in the dialog box.

1. If OpenClaw responds properly, the large language model configuration is successful.

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2. If the response content looks like the image below, it means the configuration failed. You can retry the operations in step two to ensure they are executed correctly.

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3. If the error message appears as shown, it means there are insufficient tokens in your plan. Please visit the OpenAI official website [https://platform.openai.com/settings/or ... g/overview] to purchase more tokens.

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Whenever I add a docker container, I need to
chown -R 1000:1000 /Volume1/docker/{container} or chown -R 1000:1000 /Volume1/media/{folder} for the container to be able to see the files

Surely I am doing something wrong? When binding volumes is there a setting somewhere which will make everything just work every time?

qBittorent (via docker not tos) was working in TOS6, updated to TOS7 and no matter what I do it now gets access denied.

The F4-425 Plus BIOS lists serial (COM) port in the IT8613E Super IO Configuration in the Advanced screen.

Is there a way to install serial-console-only OS instance on it, e.g. Proxmox Backup server? Which port is the console mapped to?

I'm working on physical backups to Blu Ray from the TerraMaster NAS. I'm on TOS 6.0, and want to avoid upgrading (at least until I have a backup). Is there a tool that will let me do this? Quick research tells me it is command line level and full backups. I don't see a reason to backup pictures and video twice. I'd prefer a GUI that keeps track of what has been saved previously. Does anyone have an experience?

I have this TM FM-425 at a very good deal in prime day sale. I was planning to buy Ugreen DXP2800, but the deal on Terramaster seems very good . I see from a web search that ugreen has announced lot of AI features in their AI road map for the next 12 months and TOS has literally nothing.

As someone new to NAS, is those ai features really useful? For instance I use Semantic search feature in my iphone photos a lot and I think its great if I have the same feature on a NAS.

I have just started playing with TOS6 and the tips that appear constantly are really annoying me. Is there a way to turn them off completely?

My F4-212 was acting strangely this morning. At first it appeared that some files were missing, but when I tried to change directories it either would not read or took a VERY long time and still didn't seem to be updating the contents correctly. I decided to do a restart, so I initiated this through the web interface. After doing so, I can no longer access the device at all. Windows does not recognize it and I cannot pull up the web interface. I can ping it, so it's still on the network. All lights are green on the device. I finally tried unplugging it and plugging it back in when nothing else worked, but nothing has changed. Any suggestions?

Hey yall im attempting to run dockge through the built in Docker Manager and whenever i attempt to run a compose, i get returned

"unable to get image 'example:latest': Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///var/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?"

Im able to run other containers in the built in manager just fine but while using dockge, im unable to deploy anything.