TerraMaster announced two new tower NAS enclosures for busy households and business use. The mighty TerraMaster T9-450 and T12-450 are designed with big data in mind, rocking nine and twelve drive bays, respectively. Other highlight specifications include server-grade processors, PCI expansion, and plenty of ports.
The best NAS depends on what you need to use the storage for. The T9-450 and T12-450 are not designed for those who are new to the world of NAS and need something to store a few documents. Costing $1,199, and $1,599, these enclosures are built for serious data deployment.
Should you need something at hand for virtualization, running databases, or carrying out video content creation, these two enclosures should be on your radar. Using 20TB drives inside the T9-450 and T12-450, you can enjoy capacities of 180TB and 240TB before taking into account RAID reserves.
| Specification | T9-450 | T12-450 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Atom C3558R (4-core, 2.4 GHz) | Intel Atom C3558R (4-core, 2.4 GHz) |
| GPU | – | – |
| RAM | 8 GB DDR4 (max 32 GB) | 8 GB DDR4 (max 32 GB) |
| Storage | 9x SSD/HDD 2x M.2 | 12x SSD/HDD 2x M.2 |
| Expansion | 1x PCI | 1x PCI |
| Cooling | 3x 80 mm | 3x 80 mm |
| Ports | 2x SFP+ 10GbE 2x 2.5GbE 2x USB-A 3.1 Gen 1 1x Console | 2x SFP+ 10GbE 2x 2.5GbE 2x USB-A 3.1 Gen 1 1x Console |
| Power | ~73 W | ~95 W |
| Dimensions | 334 x 135 x 295 mm | 334 x 163x 295 mm |
| Weight | 9 kg | 10.3 kg |
| Price | $1,199 | $1,599 |
Powering the TerraMaster T9-450 and T12-450 is the quad-core Intel Atom C3558R, a server-grade CPU. It’s capable of boosting up to 2.4GHz and allows the installation of 32GB of DDR4 RAM. Both enclosures come with dual SFP+ 10GbE fiber interfaces, as well as two 2.5GbE RJ45 connections.
TerraMaster’s TOS 5 operating system can be loaded on the T9-450 and T12-450, offering the very best user experience the company has managed to refine. To aid in running all these drive bays, TOS is capable of utilizing the two M.2 slots for high-speed SSD caching.
The company also released its own proprietary RAID solution in the form of TRAID, which is also supported here. Overall, these are heavy-hitting NAS enclosures designed for handling big data. The T9-450 and T12-450 are available now for $1,199 and $1,599.