TerraMaster F2-223 2-Bay NAS Enclosure

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TerraMaster F2-223 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
Key Features
  • 2 x 3.5/2.5" SATA Drive Bays
  • 2 x M.2 2280 NVMe Slots
  • 2.0 GHz Intel Celeron N4505 Dual-Core
  • 4GB of DDR4 RAM
Designed for file storage, multimedia management and entertainment, backups, cloud drive synchronization, remote access, 4K HD video transcoding, and more, the F2-223 2-Bay NAS Enclosure from TerraMaster features two 3.5/2.5" SATA drive bays that can accommodate HDDs and SSDs, plus two M.2 2280 NVMe slots for SSD caching. Installed drives can be configured for RAID 0, 1, JBOD, Single, or TRAID modes depending on your performance and security preferences, delivering read and write speeds of up to 283 MB/s to quickly back up your important files and stream media to connected devices. The F2-223 seamlessly integrates into your network through its dual 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet ports, which can be combined using link aggregation to support 5GbE connections with compatible devices. Connecting external peripherals to the two USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 ports and one HDMI 2.0 port allow you to share files and media with connected network devices and use displays. With integrated 4K H.265 video transcoding at resolutions up to 4096 x 2160 at 60 fps, you can enjoy rich, detailed media on phones, computers, and multimedia centers. Your data is secured with hardware-based AES 256-bit and AES-NI encryption.
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TerraMaster F2-223 Overview

Designed for file storage, multimedia management and entertainment, backups, cloud drive synchronization, remote access, 4K HD video transcoding, and more, the F2-223 2-Bay NAS Enclosure from TerraMaster features two 3.5/2.5" SATA drive bays that can accommodate HDDs and SSDs, plus two M.2 2280 NVMe slots for SSD caching. Installed drives can be configured for RAID 0, 1, JBOD, Single, or TRAID modes depending on your performance and security preferences, delivering read and write speeds of up to 283 MB/s to quickly back up your important files and stream media to connected devices. The F2-223 seamlessly integrates into your network through its dual 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet ports, which can be combined using link aggregation to support 5GbE connections with compatible devices. Connecting external peripherals to the two USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 ports and one HDMI 2.0 port allow you to share files and media with connected network devices and use displays. With integrated 4K H.265 video transcoding at resolutions up to 4096 x 2160 at 60 fps, you can enjoy rich, detailed media on phones, computers, and multimedia centers. Your data is secured with hardware-based AES 256-bit and AES-NI encryption.

Higher Transmission Speed
The F2-223 is equipped with two 2.5 GbE interfaces, supporting a 2.5Gb high-speed network bandwidth. The linear data transmission speed can reach up to 283 MB/s. It only takes 4 seconds to copy a movie of 1GB. Even up to 5Gb network bandwidth can be achieved through Link Aggregation.
New Operating System
The F2-223 runs the TOS 5 operating system, which adds more than 50 new functions and 600 improvements compared with the previous generation. The new features meet more business requirements as well as significantly improving response speed, security, and ease of use.
Home Data Center
The F2-223 supports individual drives up to 20TB, its the total capacity can reach 40TB. It can store up to 15 million HD photos, 9 million working documents, 20,000 HD movies, and 2 million downloadable songs, enabling you to back up data from Windows, Mac, mobile phones, HDD enclosures, and network disks to your TNAS for centralized management. This adequately protects users from data loss resulting from hardware malfunction or ransomware.
Flexible Storage Space Management
TRAID is the abbreviation of TerraMaster RAID. TRAID is a flexible disk array management tool developed by TerraMaster. It has features such as the automatic combination of disk space, hard disk failure redundancy protection, and automatic capacity expansion. All these functions do not require manual configuration by the user, and the system will automatically complete the configuration according to the properties of the hard disk. TRAID provides users with an optimized, flexible, and elastic disk array management solution, especially suitable for new users who are not proficient in how to configure a disk array.
Across-Platform File Services
The F2-223 supports all mainstream file services, including SMB, NFS, SFTP/FTP, AFP, iSCSI, and WebDAV. It provides multiple people to manage permissions for users, user groups, and file directories, meeting across-platform file services in various network environments.
Rich Backup Solutions
TOS can protect valuable data using visual user interfaces and trustworthy storage solutions thanks to its integration with multiple backup applications that can address backup needs in an array of circumstances.

Time Machine Backup
Allows macOS users to back up data on MAC computers, manage folder storage quotas, and selectively restore data based on the previous version of the backed up data as per timeline.

TerraSync
It's not only suitable for data synchronization among various clients for realizing version management of synchronized data, but it also can help Windows computer users to realize the multi-version backup of computer data.

TerraMaster File System Snapshot (TFSS)
TFSS takes snapshots of entire file system of a TNAS device by reaping the benefits of the features of the file system, so as to avoid data loss caused by misoperations or ransomware attacks.

TFM Backup
With TFM Backup, one can easily back up shared folders in TNAS or to a wide range of various local storage locations or even to a remotely mounted folder.

CloudSync
This backs up or synchronizes TNAS data with the cloud drive, which not only improves the availability of cloud data, but also provides several offsite backup versions, thus safeguarding the security of your data.

Snapshot
It is possible to take continuous snapshots of your folders or iSCSI LUNs by enabling the snapshot schedule with the advanced storage technology and optimized snapshot technology available via the BTRFS file system. When problems arise, the system can roll back to points-in-time and restore to the last backup, thereby ensuring that your data is well protected.

Duple Backup
In order to provide several offsite backup versions, Duple Backup provides advanced data protection by backing up files in TNAS to another remote TNAS, file server, or cloud drive.
Building a Convenient and Safer Private Cloud
With the TNAS.online service of TerraMaster, one can easily access files from TNAS over the Internet without setting additional port forwarding rules, DDNS, or other complex network settings. One can assign different access right to relatives or friends to share one's enjoyment at no extra cost. Free CloudSync supports the two-way synchronization function of Baidu Cloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, Amazon S3, OneDrive, NextCloud, Pcloud, Backblaze B2, and many other cloud drives, This permits one to easily open the data channel between your private cloud and public cloud drive, and enjoy the convenience of cloud life.
Home Multimedia Center
The F2-223 features powerful 4K video hardware decoding capability and is compatible with uPnP/DLNA protocol. With TerraMaster's dedicated Multimedia Server app or third-party multimedia servers (Emby, Plex), it can stream videos to a variety of multimedia devices including smart phones, tablets, Roku, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, and smart TVa, delivering users constant, reliable entertainment experiences.
Rich Multimedia Applications
TerraMaster App Center provides a variety of tools free of charge, including Aria2, qBittorrent, and Transmission, allowing you to manage the document transmission and video download at a high speed in a convenient manner. Various multimedia applications including Multimedia Server, Plex, Emby, Terra Photos, iTunes Server are supported making is more feasible to manage, share and play family movies, photos, and music.
AI Album Management
Terra Photos has an AI image recognition engine, which can recognize faces and objects in photos, and automatically form photo albums of People and Objects with similarly appearing people and objects. Meanwhile, it can also classify photos via location automatically. One can quickly find photos taken in various locations in the Location Album, which reflects a more intuitive and fluent photo management and sharing experience.
Docker Brings Greater Possibilities
TerraMaster's Docker Manager integrates Docker Hub, a free container image repository, making it easier for you to find and share container images. Docker Manager provides an intuitive graphical user interface. One can directly download images in Docker Manager, to manage and maintain containers in operation.
System Level Security Protection
Increased cyberattacks mean that the system security of network devices security system are obliged to address considerable challenges. TOS enables various systematic safeguards, such as pam identity authentication, AES 256 encryption, automatic account lockout, anti-DoS attack, and firewall. Hence, it effectively reduces the risks of malicious attacks on your devices.

TerraMaster F2-223 Specs

Key Specs
RAID
Yes: Supported RAID Modes: 1
Number of Bays
2x 2.5"/3.5"
2x M.2 (2280)
Inputs/Outputs
2x RJ45 2.5GbE
2x USB-A 3.1/3.2 Gen 2
1x HDMI 2.0
Computing
CPU
Dual-Core: 2 to GHz
Processor
Intel Celeron N4505
Memory
4 GB DDR4
Drives
RAID
Yes: Supported RAID Modes: 1
General
Number of Bays
2x 2.5"/3.5"
2x M.2 (2280)
Maximum Capacity
With Drives Installed up to 40 TB
Inputs/Outputs
2x RJ45 2.5GbE
2x USB-A 3.1/3.2 Gen 2
1x HDMI 2.0
Media Card Slots
No
PCI Expansion
No
Networking
Link Aggregation and Failover Support
No
iSCSI Support
Yes: 256 LUN / 128 Target
Software
Installed Operating System
TOS 5
OS Compatibility
Windows
macOS
Linux
Mobile App Compatible
Yes: Android & iOS
Security
Security Features
No
VPN Connections
No
Electrical
Input Power
100 to 240 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz
Power Consumption
22 W
PSU
1 x 40 W
Physical
Operating Conditions
32 to 104°F / 0 to 40°C at 5 to 95% Humidity
Storage Conditions
-4 to 140°F / -20 to 60°C
Certifications
CCC, CE, FCC, KC
Cooling
1x 80 mm Fans
Noise Level
26.4 dBA
Dimensions
8.9 x 5.2 x 4.7" / 227 x 133 x 119 mm
Weight
5.3 lb / 2.4 kg
Packaging Info
Package Weight
5.435 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
10.3 x 9.9 x 6.3"

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