TerraMaster u12-500-plus

The TerraMaster U12-500 Plus is a 12-bay rackmount NAS storage server, a high-performance, rackmount network-attached storage (NAS) solution aimed at small to medium businesses, creative production environments, and enterprise backup use. It combines a powerful CPU, fast networking, massive storage capacity, and advanced data protection features — all in a 2U rackmount chassis.

Key Specifications & Features

 Physical & Power

• Form Factor: 2U rackmount

• Dimensions: 88 × 440 × 550 mm

• Weight: ~16 kg

• Power Supply: 550 W (optional redundant PSU supported)

Operating Environment

• Operating Temp: 0–40 °C

• Humidity: 5%–95% RH

RAID & File System

• RAID Support: TRAID, TRAID+, Single, JBOD, RAID 0/1/5/6/10

• Internal File Systems: Btrfs, EXT4

Hardware

• Processor: Intel Core i7-1255U (10 cores, 12 threads, turbo up to ~4.7 GHz) — strong performance for multitasking, virtualization, and data-intensive workloads.

• Memory: 16 GB DDR5 RAM installed (expandable up to 64 GB) — good for caching, apps, and heavy file services.

• Drive Bays: 12 × 3.5″/2.5″ SATA HDD/SSD — hot-swappable; supports massive storage pools.

• NVMe Caching: 2 × M.2 NVMe slots for SSD cache/acceleration (PCIe 4.0).

• Form Factor: 2U rackmount chassis designed for server racks and data center setups.

Networking

• Dual 10 GbE RJ-45 Ports — support link aggregation for up to ~20 Gb/s throughput.

• USB Ports: Multiple USB-A and USB-C (USB 3.2 Gen2) for external backups, peripherals.

• HDMI 2.0 Output: Allows direct display or multimedia access.

Storage & Expandability

• 12 drive bays compatible with 3.5″ SATA HDDs, 2.5″ SATA HDDs, and SSDs.

• Maximum raw capacity: Up to around 288 TB with large modern drives.

• RAID support: Single, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, plus TerraMaster’s flexible TRAID/TRAID+.

• External ports: Multiple USB-A and USB-C (10 Gbps) for expansion or backups.

• File systems supported: ext4 and Btrfs (internal), plus NTFS/FAT32 etc. externally.

Performance

• High throughput: Sequential write speeds up to about 2090 MB/s and strong 4K random performance.

• Ideal for large file workflows (like media editing, virtualized environments, databases).

Advanced Features

• TerraMaster Business Backup Suite (BBS): Built-in tools for automated enterprise backup cloud sync, snapshots, disaster recovery, and more (depending on licensing).

• CloudSync: Sync with cloud services like Google Drive, OneDrive, Amazon S3, Dropbox.

• Snapshots, SSD cache, hot spare support, RAID migration — useful for reliability and uptime.

• Supports SMB, NFS, FTP/SFTP, WebDAV, iSCSI, ACL, Kerberos — flexible network sharing.

• Runs TerraMaster’s TOS operating system with support for SMB/AFP/NFS/FTP/SFTP/WebDAV protocols and cloud integration.

Who It’s For

✅ Small/medium businesses needing centralized storage & backup
✅ Data centers or offices requiring high performance & large capacity
✅ Creative professionals working with large media files
✅ Environments needing fast network access (10GbE)