Terramaster T12-500 Pro NAS Review: Beastly NAS for Home Lab or SMB

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I take a detailed look at the Terramaster T12-500 Pro NAS device. This thing is a super beefy NAS device with lots of horsepower and drive bays along with 2 10 gig network connections. It also has a complete backup suite of software that provides a backup solution for PCs, physical servers, files, and virtual machines. Also, it has really great bonding options for the multiple network connections. Does it live up to the specs on paper? Terramaster T12-500 Pro NAS: https://geni.us/terramastert12500pro Western Digital 10TB WD Red Plus NAS internal Hard drive: https://geni.us/wd10tbrednas Samsung EVO 990 Pro 2TB: https://geni.us/samsung990pro2tb Crucial DDR5 32 GB memory kit: https://geni.us/crucial32gbramkit Written review of the Terramaster T12-500 Pro: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2025/02/terramaster-t12-500-pro-nas-review-beefy-specs-with-backup-server-built-in/ ★ Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1 ★ My blog: https://www.virtualizationhowto.com ★ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vspinmaster ★ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht/ ★ Github: https://github.com/brandonleegit ★ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/VirtualizationHowto/100092747277326/ ★ Discord: https://discord.gg/Zb46NV6mB3 ★ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/brandonleevht/ Introduction to the Terramaster T12-500 Pro 0:00 Who is Terrmaster? 0:30 My previous reviews - 0:37 Shared datastore for VMware - 0:55 Specs of the Terramaster T12-500 Pro - 1:26 RAID options - 2:06 File systems - 2:21 Encryption and encoding - 2:30 Dual 10 gig network adapters - 2:46 Price - 3:10 Synology branded disks - 3:44 Build quality - 3:50 Inside the NAS and accessing internals - 4:23 Connectivity with 10 gig, USB, etc - 4:40 Setting up the Terramaster T12-500 Pro - 4:53 TOS 6 is a clean and intuitive UI - 5:16 The drives I installed and using dissimilar drives - 5:23 Closer look at the link aggregation features of the Terramaster NAS - 5:50 The utility value of the Terramaster NAS - 9:49 Terramaster Backup Suite - 10:26 Terramaster Security and their security posture tool built-in - 11:17 Performance of the Terramaster T12-500 Pro - 11:36 Power consumption of the T12-500 Pro - 11:46 Can you install TrueNAS? 12:19 Pros of the Terramaster T12-500 Pro - 12:50 Cons of the Terramaster T12-500 Pro - 15:17 Wrapping up - 17:00