Terra Master TD2 Thunderbolt 3 Plus DAS

[crmaris]

The TD2 Thunderbolt 3 Plus offers plenty of features at a good price. Overall performance is good as well, and the option to cheaply increase the storage through USB 3.1 ports is great. If you require speedy external storage, make sure to pair it with two SSDs to get the most out of it.

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[Cheeseball]

This is an *okay* price than most portable TB3 DAS, however it still uses Alpine Ridge. Titan Ridge is currently the latest TB3 controller that can max out the connection at 40 Gbps but I haven't seen/heard of any DAS that is currently using it yet.

 

[Sandbo]

This is an *okay* price than most portable TB3 DAS, however it still uses Alpine Ridge. Titan Ridge is currently the latest TB3 controller that can max out the connection at 40 Gbps but I haven't seen/heard of any DAS that is currently using it yet.

With at best 2 SATA SSD in RAID 0, there is little point to go any faster. In fact USB 3.2 may already suffice.

 

[ThermoCycle]

Wow, that TERRA Master logo seems very familiar... I'm sure it's just my imagination

 

[torsoreaper]

Semi off topic. Just built out a TerraMaster F5-421 and got rid of the stock OS and installed an SSD with OpenMediaVault. This thing is epic and it was super easy to do. I'm a big fan of this brand now.

 

[Sandbo]

Semi off topic. Just built out a TerraMaster F5-421 and got rid of the stock OS and installed an SSD with OpenMediaVault. This thing is epic and it was super easy to do. I'm a big fan of this brand now.

I have been using their 2-drive DAS for experimental data taking that each shot can continue over 24 hrs, and one go could take hundreds of GB. Their products are pretty well built and stable. Only complaint is some parts inside are iron without any coating, and signs of rusting can be spotted after 1 year.

 

[crmaris]

will try this, too, once I find the time. OpenMediaVault.