TerraMaster F2-212

The F2-212 is an affordable NAS. Unfortunately, it’s outclassed by other entry-level devices

SCORE PRICE £142 (£170 inc VAT) from amazon.co.uk TerraMaster’s F2-212 is an entry-level NAS enclosure offering two 3.5in SATA drive bays. It’s not especially well specified, pairing a lowly four-core Realtek processor with just one gigabyte of non-upgradable RAM. At the rear there’s a single gigabit Ethernet port, along with one USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 and one USB-A 2 port. Open the F2-212’s plain packaging, however, and you’re in for a pleasant surprise. This is a decent-looking NAS enclosure, with some nice finishing touches – we particularly appreciated the small TerraMaster tag near the connector end of the power supply cable, which helps you keep track of it among the cable spaghetti behind a typical desk. Its drive caddies are among the smoothest to remove and reinsert, and we managed to drop in…

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