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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FreeNAS

    Score5.4 out of 10
    N/AFreeNAS 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

    SolusVM

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASolusVM from Plesk, a Swiss company, allows the user to Manage OpenVZ, Xen and KVM virtual machines from one central point.

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    FreeNASSolusVM
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    $10.00
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    FreeNASSolusVM
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    FreeNASSolusVM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
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    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
    FreeNASSolusVM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    iXsystems
    FreeNAS is well suited for most storage serving scenarios, whether it be for an office file server, backup destinations, data replication across the internet, or as backend storage for virtual machines. It can serve various types of clients via a plethora of standard protocols and can easily integrate with existing infrastructure using LDAP authentication and so on. It's pretty simple to use (it helps to have at least a basic understanding of the underlying technologies) and almost maintenance-free. One scenario that springs to mind that it may not be appropriate for (yet) is as S3 storage. However, S3 functionality was added in a recent release and may have improved greatly since then. I'm sure it will eventually work very well for this.
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    Plesk International GmbH
    SolusVM is best-suited to automate VPS services where your users can easily order, customize, manage and upgrade their virtual servers easily. It is less appropriate for managing a single server that does not need to virtualize a cluster of virtual servers.
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    Pros
    iXsystems
    • 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.
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    Plesk International GmbH
    • Easily manage VPS with OpenVZ, KVM, and Xen virtualization technologies
    • Flexible licensing starting from USD 2.5 per month
    • Guarantees highly available, reliable, secure and scalable virtual private servers
    • Automates your VPS hosting service on a breeze
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    Cons
    iXsystems
    • 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.
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    Plesk International GmbH
    • Less collection of OS templates
    • It is a bit expensive compared to similar software Virtualizer
    • Plesk has shifted their main focus from SolusVM to SolusIO
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    Support Rating
    iXsystems
    There were some things that can be found by other users on forums and Google and some things that were not.
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    Plesk International GmbH
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    iXsystems
    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 work with the legacy systems as it manages all the components really well. FreeNAS although rebranded to TrueNAS will still be there until our legacy systems run.
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    Plesk International GmbH
    SolusVM is more reliable, robust, stable, and offers more flexible licensing. Very active support team and a futuristic user interface that our clients love.
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    Return on Investment
    iXsystems
    • 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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    Plesk International GmbH
    • SolusVM has helped us to easily automate our VPS management service
    • It has decreased our server maintenance cost by many folds
    • It has helped us to provide more reliable and scalable VPS services to our customers
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