Review: TerraMaster`s F5-221 is a 5-bay NAS with plenty to offer
(Windows Phone Central)

TerraMaster made an affordable five-bay NAS. TerraMaster is starting to shine through as the value choice for network-attached storage (NAS) enclosures. While the company doesn`t produce the best NAS for home or best NAS for Plex, it does offer plenty of bang for your buck. The F5-221 is another fine example of this, rocking five drive bays, an Intel processor, and upgradable RAM for less than $400. The F5-221 is also the larger sibling of the F2-221, which we reviewed some time ago. That was a great value NAS with a few shortcomings, namely the OS — which has since been improved — and lack of any 2.5Gb or 10Gb LAN ports, which sadly hasn`t been addressed with the F5-221. Still, is the TerraMaster F5-221 worth considering? Read on to find out my thoughts. Five-bay NAS TerraMaster F5-221 Bottom line: It may seem strange to call something that costs multiple hundreds `affordable,` but that`s precisely what the TerraMaster F5-221 is in terms of value. Not only does it come r...