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CloudLinux OS vs. FreeNAS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CloudLinux OS
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
CloudLinux is an operating system (OS) that is commercially supported and interchangeable with the most popular RPM-based distribution on the market, from the company of the same name in Palo Alto. The vendor states its CloudLinux OS+ version was developed with shared hosting in mind, to give shared hosting providers what they need: advanced automation, deep-look performance analytics, and centralized monitoring tools. Intended for use by hosting firms, CloudLinux OS+ is designed to make life…
$7
per month per server
FreeNAS
Score 5.4 out of 10
N/A
FreeNAS is an open source operating system that allows nearly any hardware serve as a network-attached storage device. It was developed by iXsystems.N/A
Pricing
CloudLinux OSFreeNAS
Editions & Modules
CloudLinux OS Solo
$7
per month per server
CloudLinux OS Shared
$14
per month per server
CloudLinux OS Shared Pro
$18
per month per server
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CloudLinux OSFreeNAS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscounts available for multiple server.—
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Community Pulse
CloudLinux OSFreeNAS
Considered Both Products
CloudLinux OS

No answer on this topic

FreeNAS
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose FreeNAS
Before swapping to FreeNAS, we'd been using plan old Linux servers running Samba and NFS with ZFS storage underneath. This worked really well for our requirements at the time but required a lot of administration when new versions came along, or new users had to be added or …
eldhose k shibu | TrustRadius Reviewer
eldhose k shibu
Chief Technology Officer (Consulting)
Chose FreeNAS
FreeNAS effectively uses all resources really well and it is highly recommended for in premises NAS. It has unlimited ROI as it is really free and open-source. The only payment we need to pay is when we need any support from those guys. FreeNAS helps us to effectively do our …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose FreeNAS
We were recommended to use FreeNAS by our peers because of its cost effectiveness and better GUI. We later moved on from it as the scope of the server changed from being a simple file server to a Configuration Management repository. As far as issues, there were issues with …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose FreeNAS
One alternative to FreeNAS is NAS4Free. FreeNAS tends to be a bit more cutting-edge, which is good for us technical enthusiasts. By contrast, NAS4Free sticks with the core NAS functionality and doesn't provide a fancy interface. NAS4Free is opensource, but enterprise support …
Tommy Boucher | TrustRadius Reviewer
Tommy Boucher
IT Director
Chose FreeNAS
If you are ready to build it yourself, FreeNAS is the best. I tried so many alternatives, including paid versions, and nothing compares to the power of FreeNAS. If you need an enterprise-grade NAS, you would go with an HPE or Dell because of the support, not the features. If …
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User Ratings
CloudLinux OSFreeNAS
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
CloudLinux OSFreeNAS
Likelihood to Recommend
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FreeNAS suited really well in managing our legacy systems and it handled all our network flows really well, less maintenance is required on our part. FreeNAS also gave the option to switch to TrueNAS for free as now its support is limited. The major issue that we faced was with the installation as it is really complex and required lots of time. Rest all is good and FreeNAS still works well on our systems.
Eldhose K Shibu | TrustRadius Reviewer
Eldhose K Shibu
Chief Technology Officer (Consulting)
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Pros
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  • The FreeNAS web interface is modern looking. It makes tasks like provisioning drives into raid volumes easy.
  • The ZFS raid option allows you to add in an SSD as a cache drive to increase performance.
CT
Chris Thibeau
Technical Support Analyst
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Cons
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  • Not good for beginners as it requires deep understanding of networking and storage.
  • Most of the good and required features are not available in free version.
PJ
Pranay J
Senior Consultant
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Support Rating
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There were some things that can be found by other users on forums and Google and some things that were not.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
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Before swapping to FreeNAS, we'd been using plan old Linux servers running Samba and NFS with ZFS storage underneath. This worked really well for our requirements at the time but required a lot of administration when new versions came along, or new users had to be added or drives needed replacing, and so on. FreeNAS did away with 95% of that work and does a much better job too.
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Anonymous
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Return on Investment
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  • Low-Cost Network Attached Storage
  • Provides additional network storage to support client & business operations
  • FreeNAS secures our data using custom encryption keys
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Anonymous
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