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TERRAMASTER F4-425, four-bay enclosure with a stated 22 dB(A) and a named array scheme vs QNAP TS-464-8G, four-bay enclosure with two 2.5GbE sockets

A quiet home NAS with its array scheme named, or a better-equipped one with expansion slots?

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Both have four bays and 2.5-gigabit networking, and neither names its drive size or software. The TerraMaster F4-425 states an Intel x86 quad-core, 4 GB, a 2.5GbE port, 22 dB(A) and its TRAID array scheme. The QNAP TS-464-8G states an Intel Celeron N5095 to 2.9 GHz, 8 GB, two 2.5GbE sockets that trunk to 5 Gbps, and M.2 NVMe and PCIe Gen 3 slots for cache or a 10GbE card — all in its Amazon.com description.

TERRAMASTER F4-425 four-bay NAS enclosure with push-lock drive trays

TERRAMASTER F4-425, four-bay enclosure with a stated 22 dB(A) and a named array scheme

7.8/10

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QNAP TS-464 four-bay NAS enclosure sold without drives

QNAP TS-464-8G, four-bay enclosure with two 2.5GbE sockets

8.4/10

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≈ $1,003

Port against port

Compared on F4-425, four-bay enclosure with a stated 22 dB(A) and a named array scheme TS-464-8G, four-bay enclosure with two 2.5GbE sockets
Bay count Four Four, in the model designation TS-464
Drive interface Not published Not published
Solid-state slot count Not published M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe slots, number not given
Processor An Intel x86 quad-core processor Intel Celeron N5095, quad-core, up to 2.9 GHz
Memory 4 GB 8 GB
Ethernet port count Not published Two RJ45 at 2.5GbE
Port speed 2.5GbE 2.5 Gbit/s per socket, up to 5 Gbps with port trunking over existing Cat5e cables
USB ports Not published Not published
Supported redundancy levels TRAID, named and not numbered Not published
Published operating system Not published Not published
Stated idle power Not published Not published
Stated acoustic figure 22 dB(A) Not published
Stated dimensions Not published Not published
On Amazon.com, October 26, 2026 Listed, no current offer $1,003

A tick means one listing published something the other did not, or published a better figure. It does not mean the product is better, and the column is not a score out of anything: a maker who says less loses lines here without losing a comparison. The two verdicts below are where the page is settled.

Which of the two, for which household

TERRAMASTER F4-425, four-bay enclosure with a stated 22 dB(A) and a named array scheme

No Amazon.com offer for the TERRAMASTER F4-425, four-bay enclosure with a stated 22 dB(A) and a named array scheme on October 26, 2026: it may not be buyable in the United States, which is the first thing to weigh against anything below.

Take the F4-425 for a bedroom or living room: it is the only one with a noise figure, and TRAID is named. It had no Amazon.com offer on October 26, 2026.

Buy the QNAP TS-464-8G, four-bay enclosure with two 2.5GbE sockets

Take the TS-464 for growth: twice the memory, two sockets, M.2 cache and a PCIe slot for 10GbE. It cost $1,002.92 on Amazon.com on October 26, 2026, without drives.

The questions that come up before an order

What is TRAID?

TerraMaster's flexible array scheme, which it says saves about 30% of space against traditional RAID while keeping redundancy. The page does not number the RAID levels behind it.

Do two trunked 2.5GbE sockets make a single copy faster?

No: trunking raises the total across several clients. One computer still copies at its own socket's speed.

Each one, in detail

Every price named in a summary was read on the date that review carries. What a shop asks today is shown beside the product, and it moves.