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The brand of Tieweima, which is very interesting, also belongs to the old-timers in the NAS circle, debuted with Synology Unicom, with the hardware configuration of stacking materials and unique shape workmanship, it has always been regarded as a cost-effective model by NAS enthusiasts. In recent years, because of the ugly appearance of online cloud disks and the importance that users attach to private information, NAS has gradually become popular from niche circles, and various new NAS products have sprung up. To say that now is also the golden age of NAS, but the old NAS frequently began to drop the chain, and various reverse upgrades made users complain constantly.
A few days ago, I saw the news in the station about the preferential information of Tieweima, the F4-423 equipped with N5095 arrived at less than 1900, and it was really a little heartwarming at a glance, speaking of which I tossed so many NAS, Tieweima really hasn't tried it. After a little thought, place an order directly, after all, the NAS brand that can exist for so many years, without their own housekeeping skills, it will definitely not be able to say, it has been used for more than a month, and I will share my experience with you.
PS: Just paid attention to the price, and now the Tieweima F4-423 even worked to 1799, and it is even more solid for the title of cost-effective artifact.
Shape appreciation
▼Iron Weima's product shape has always been very identifiable, the silver-gray aluminum alloy body, coupled with the delicate texture brought by the frosted process, is a perfect fit for digital players. To say more, Tieweima is the first mass-produced NAS brand in my impression to start using aluminum alloy shells, and I was really fascinated by this design.
▼The silver and black contrast hard disk compartment on the front of the fuselage is low-key and calm, and the layout of power switches and light prompts on the left side is simple, and the overall shape is simple and smooth.
▼ The front of the hard disk carrier is painted with metal, but the actual material is plastic, which is also standard practice, after all, the cushioning of plastic is better when the hard disk is rotated. The bracket is a common snap-on quick release design, and the internal frame is made of metal, and the sliding smoothness of the bracket is in place.
▼Here I use a Western Digital WD140EFFX as a storage medium, which belongs to the Western Digital RED series and is also a hard disk specially built for NAS users. The hard disk adopts SATA 6 Bb/s interface, the internal cache is 512MB, the speed is 5400RPM, and the maximum transfer rate is 210MB/s. Powered by NASware 3.0 technology, drives improve storage performance through improved compatibility, integration, upgradeability, and reliability. In addition, this disk is also one of the few hard disks with CMR technology in the large-capacity hard disk, which is much higher than ordinary household hard disks in terms of service life, stability and reliability, and is more suitable for long-running devices such as NAS.
▼On the side is the English logo "TERRAMASTER" of Tieweima.
▼The layout on the back of the machine is very regular, and two 4cm fans occupy most of the position, which is enough to ensure air flow. The interface on the right provides HDMI 2.0 X 1, USB3.1 Gen2 X 2, and dual 2.5Gb network ports, which belong to the current T1 level in terms of richness, I am curious why this NAS will provide HDMI interface, but there is also a special TV mode for TVs, follow up.
▼ The bottom of the machine is also metal, the material is really reliable, the large number of metal frame use not only has a good addition to the heat dissipation of the whole machine, but also ensures the stability of the whole machine, even if the hard disk is hung up do not have to worry about the hidden dangers caused by resonance.
▼Tieweima F4-423 supports memory expansion and M.2 solid-state installation, remove the backplane screws to remove the fan, pay attention to connect the 4pin cable of the fan when disassembling, don't stupidly pull it off directly.
▼Next, remove the four screws at the bottom to directly pull out the inner frame. The reserved expansion slot is shown in the figure below, which supports the installation of two 2280 length SSDs, which can be used as cache acceleration. The current solid-state price is also cheap, 4T is less than a thousand yuan, which is excellent for putting it here. The memory slot supports DDR4 notebook memory up to 2933MHz.
PS: The front of the motherboard is pre-installed with an 8G memory, you can continue to upgrade if necessary, N5095 can support up to 16GB + 16GB memory combination. But I need to remove the motherboard, and here I don't have a toss.
▼ Finally, look at the main parameters of the device, N5095 is also an old acquaintance of NAS, basically every brand has launched a model based on this processor, there is a saying, unless it is self-organized, the same price can be said to be rare with the configuration of Iron WM F4-423.
A Primer on the TOS 5.1 System
▼The core of NAS is the system, the so-called hardware determines the lower limit, and the software determines the upper limit. The system of Ironway is called TOS, and the latest version is currently 5.1. Like most NAS, IronWM also provides computers, web pages and mobile clients, of which the web side and computer client have the same functions, and you can directly log in to the LAN IP.
▼Find the IP address of Tieweima F4-423 in the client list, enter it in the browser, and then follow the wizard to initialize.
Note: Initializing the NAS will erase the original data of the hard disk.
▼TOS5.1 The system interface is relatively simple, the icons and corresponding functions are also clear at a glance, and the system status can be viewed through the information bar on the right.
▼The functions in the control panel are also decent, but the icon design and color matching are still much inferior to that of a certain Hui and a certain Unicom. However, the response speed is really fast, which is completely comparable to the click speed of local files.
▼ Take a look at the storage mechanism. Like most NAS, Tieweima is also in accordance with the physical hard disk - storage pool - volume planning form, but when using a single hard disk in addition to independent hard disk mode, you can also use Tieweima's exclusive TRAID mode, this mode draws on the advantages of RAID5, RAID1 mode, the biggest feature is elastic management of disk arrays, hard disk space call, data security and subsequent expansion have corresponding optimization, more suitable for small white users who do not solve disk arrays.
▼If multiple hard drives are used, you can also enable traditional RAID mode. I guess this is the most confusing place for newbies, and although each mode is explained, it seems that the advantages and disadvantages are equally obvious. I use my understanding to describe it in the vernacular, and I welcome corrections where I say something wrong.
- Alone: A single hard disk can only select this mode, how large the hard disk is and how large the capacity, and there is no redundant backup function.
- RAID0: The sum of the capacity of all hard disks, how much capacity is the hard disk, no redundant backup, any hard disk is damaged All data loss, fast, the theoretical speed is twice the speed of a single hard disk.
- RAID1: Only dual disks are supported, the usable capacity in this mode is half of all capacity, and two 4T hard drives can only use 4T capacity. Redundant backup for maximum security but wasted space.
- RAID5: Support multiple disks, the usable capacity is all hard disks minus the capacity of one hard disk, such as 4 4T hard disks in this mode the usable capacity is 4X4-4=12T, with redundant backup function, high security and space utilization.
- RAID6: Similar to RAID5, but the usable capacity is subtracted from the capacity of 2 hard drives for all hard drives.
- RAID10: This mode must have an even number of hard disks, two hard disks to form RAID1, and group on this basis
- RAID0, half the capacity of all hard drives, but RAID0 speed and RAID1 security.
▼ After the creation of the storage pool is completed and the volume is created step by step, pay attention to the creation process will ask whether to enable the Hyperlock-WORM function, which is also the file system specially developed by Ironway for secure storage, through the technology of one write and multiple read, to ensure the integrity, confidentiality and accessibility of the original data in the storage medium, the main word "security".
▼ Separately mention the optimization strategy of Tieweima's use of M.2 SSDs Hyper Cach, which is a unique SSD cache acceleration tool developed by Tieweima, compared with the traditional SSD cache, it can not only provide up to 3 cache modes ((read, read-only, balanced) to adapt to different usage needs, but also allows users to use multiple SSDs to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 disk arrays to provide SSD capacity expansion and redundancy protection functions.
What's the use of this thing? Let me give you an example to help you understand
▼If you are a video worker, the video files stored in the NAS tend to have a large capacity, and often require a larger cache capacity when editing, then you can use two SSDs to form a read-write mode + RAID 0 array configuration, which can greatly improve the video file access speed.
▼LAN device mounting and file sharing is the basic function of NAS, TOS also provides a variety of file services for file transfer between devices, the same LAN can also open UPNP service to achieve device mounting, the operation process is nothing to say, the default network discovery is on.
Fast and easy-to-use remote access
▼Remote access is a must-have function of NAS, and it is also one of the advantages of brand NAS. TOS has two built-in access methods, one is the TNAS.online service provided by Tieweima, and you can access the NAS on the Internet by setting a TNAS ID by yourself.
▼ The mobile phone turns off WiFi to enable data surfing, and the external network environment accesses the Tieweima F4-423, the download speed fluctuates between 2M~3M, and the speed is considerable as a free server.
▼If you have a public IP and private domain name, you can get a better remote access experience by using DDNS. Tieweima F4-423 provides many server providers including Alibaba Cloud, fill in the relevant parameters, the specific process can refer to my previous article
Diversified application markets, more comprehensive function settings
▼ Iron WM's TOS belongs to a lightweight system, in addition to its own function has almost no built-in applications, for veterans this way is more free, for novices it is estimated that the function is too simple to dissuade, in fact, through the application center we can achieve many functions, here to share with you.
A variety of backup tools break the boundaries between cloud disks and private NAS
▼Friends who choose NAS often value information security as more important, and perfect backup tools can double the effect with half the effort. In TOS 5.0, TekWM has added a powerful tool of dual backup (Duple Backup), which can back up the data in the NAS to other devices or destinations again, and supports multiple backup strategies such as incremental backup and multi-version backup, the backup and restore process is very simple and intuitive, and when a device failure occurs, the lost data can be quickly restored.
▼TFM Backup (Tieweima Catalog Image Backup) is also a new feature added to TOS 5.0, which is also a backup tool developed exclusively by Tieweima, specifically for shared folders. This widget can be used to back up shared folders in TNAS to locally or remotely mounted folders, including mirror backup and differential backup, and realize automatic backup functions through customized schedules.
▼Ironway also supports CloudSync, which is a cloud disk backup tool that can synchronize data in NAS with different public clouds, and supports up to 12 cloud disks, including common Baidu network disk, Onedrive, Google Drive, etc. But for me, its biggest role is to realize Baidu cloud disk data download, although the speed is still subject to membership or not, but what are the advantages of NAS? 24 hours of uninterrupted, no matter how big the data can slowly come down.
PS: The setting method can refer to the article I wrote before [Teach you to use Synology to synchronize Baidu network disk & Alibaba cloud disk].
The album is carried with you, and AI intelligent recognition
The album function may be the biggest reason why many users start NAS, slimming down the mobile phone while ensuring the security of the photo, with the remote access function, the photo does not need to be stored in the mobile phone to achieve the purpose of viewing at any time.
▼Terra Photos, Terra Photos, through the built-in AI algorithm, will identify and classify faces, pets, things, and scenes of photos in a specified directory. However, AI image recognition requires a lot of resources, so the system sets a switch to turn it on or not.
▼The mainstream route taken by the classification logic, personal space / public space correspond to different permissions, and multiple tags correspond to the classification after AI recognition.
▼ Terra Photos is efficient in AI recognition, and the classification based on time and place is also very accurate, but there is still a lot of error in the recognition of characters, especially the same character at different ages, such as children are recognized as different characters at different ages. However, this is also a common problem of such software, even if it is a certain Hui and a certain Unicom, it is no better in this regard.
Powerful virtual machines and rich docker applications
▼TOS Application Center integrates a large number of practical tools, such as EMBY, Plex, remote operation node Xiaobao, Sunflower, download qBittorrent, Transmission, Xunlei and so on. The other play is support for virtual machines and docker.
Virtual machines are the watershed between light NAS and professional NAS. And for me, this feature is the tool I use most often, taking on the function of side routing 24 hours a day.
▼Why do I use side-routing? The reason is very simple, I am now using ASUS's router to form a MESH network, using soft routing to affect the effect of nodes, as a side route is much more flexible. And the NAS itself is also turned on 24 hours a day, which can ensure that I can "freely" surf the Internet at any time.
▼ The TOS integrated virtual machine is VirtualBox, which is relatively more complicated than Virtual Machine Manager in terms of settings, but it is unchanged, and the effect after building is no different, and it is a word.
▼ In addition to docker, this amazing tool can achieve a lot of functions, such as PT download, build a private website, e-book \ music platform, mail server, virtual machine, monitoring, network speed test, check-in, green dragon, RSS reader, online cloud notes, etc., etc., there are too many playable, or how to say "middle-aged men have three treasures, nas routing charging head".
▼ The popular film and television library can be achieved with the help of the omnipotent docker, which is more flexible to install than the Emby and PLlex suite versions provided by TOS, and can also use the completely free Jellyfin.
▼Similarly, Tieweima also supports SSH login, which is faster to deploy containers in this way. However, for security reasons, it is usually either to turn off the SSH function or to enable only local login.
List of related equipment
1️⃣NAS|Teweima F4-423
The protagonist of this article, the Intel Celeron N5095 quad-core processor, has a four-bay design, supports dual M.2 NVMe SSD expansion, and is equipped with dual 2.5G network ports. The current price is 1899 yuan, as a new model of the old NAS, the cost performance is extremely high.
2️⃣Hard Drive|WD Red series
WD Red series is a hard disk specially built for NAS devices, of which Red Plus / Red Pro all series use CMR hard disk, Red Plus provides up to 14TB capacity, 1 million hours MTBF + 180 TB load + 3 years warranty After sale, Red Pro provides up to 20TB capacity, 1 million hours MTBF + 3000 TB load + 5 years warranty after-sales
Optimized specifically for NAS systems, WD Red Series features unique algorithms that provide the perfect level of performance and reliability in NAS and RAID environments. Featuring exclusive NASware 3.0 technology and built into every WD Red hard drive, WD Red provides seamless integration, robust data protection and optimal performance for systems running in demanding NAS environments. In addition, to avoid problems such as vibration, noise and even shortened life caused by hard disk imbalance, WD Red series is equipped with improved dual-plane balance control technology, which greatly improves the overall performance and reliability of the hard disk.
3️⃣ Player | Z9X PRO
NAS players can't do without the film and television library, and Zidu is arguably the best output tool, in addition to price. Z9X Pro I also did a recent evaluation, the biggest feeling for me is that it does not take too much effort to perfectly realize the construction of the film and television library, the support for Dolby Vision is the aforementioned software, a variety of network protocols have a special bonus for NAS users, the poster wall scraping, sorting, sharing and subtitle functions of video content are its soul, it is no exaggeration to describe it as the king of local playback. Interested friends can refer to my previous assessment.
4️⃣ Router | Asus RT - AX88U PRO
ASUS's recently launched new product, AX88U Pro, an upgraded version of AX88U, and Broadcom's quad-core processor BCM4912, which is clocked at 2.0GHz, is equipped with dual 2.5G electrical ports. In addition to the shape, the rest is almost exactly the same as the Red Spider AX6000. The router is equipped with ASUS's own RangeBoost+ black technology, supports AiMesh networking, and triple e-sports acceleration specifically for gamers, which is extremely friendly to console party and mobile game users.
If you are already using ASUS models at home, and feel that the signal coverage is not in place, Peter Pan RP-AX58 is highly recommended, the price of 399 is quite affordable, high-performance processor, full blood WiFi6, AP MESH, there is an independent signal amplifier, support AiMesh 2.0, and ASUS brand blessing, of course, the biggest advantage is convenience, just find a socket can achieve the purpose of expanding the signal.
How to rate the Iron Weima F4-423
In a word, "the old NAS endorsement, the most cost-effective model within 2000"
First look at the price, Tieweima F4-423 to get 1799, the same configuration on the market (N5095 / dual memory / dual M.2 / dual 2.5 network port) mass production NAS are starting at 2000+, the only thing that can be hard with it is Greenlink DX4600 (N5105), but at the software level Greenlink is inferior, a virtual machine can open the gap, after all, Ironway has been mixed in the NAS field for so long, although the technology precipitation and Synology Unicom have some gaps, but lighter than the current NAS Still better than more than one.
In terms of user experience, the main lightweight TOS is smooth and silky, the common services are extremely handy, a variety of backup strategies, fast and convenient remote access are not small highlights, virtual machines and docker can achieve super multi-function, which can fully meet the needs of ordinary users / NAS enthusiasts.
In terms of disadvantages, the speed of external network access is low, after all, even QNAP has begun to speed up, which shows that everyone is still more concerned about this area. In addition, the HDMI interface is a bit wasteful, I'm not curious about what this interface can do in front, the actual measurement is just a NAS background command line interface, which has little effect on ordinary users, you can refer to the practice of QNAP and Extreme Space, so that HDMI can also achieve picture output.
The above is the personal evaluation of Tieweima F4-423, friends who have questions can also leave a message below, and experienced bigwigs are also welcome to make in-depth comments.