the features installed on the other providers solutions, TrueNAS allow just install only the featured do you need and not others you don't like or you don't need. The isolate runtime space give for plugins jail make TrueNAS a really modular NAS solution over the other …
Flexibility in Storage, configuration, and ability to scale the solution as needed. The GUI is straight forward. Finding help in the forums is also on point. Great community and support that you don't find with other products.
Verified User
Executive
Chose TrueNAS
Netapp was too pricey, really a solution for mid to large businesses. Redhat Gluster just didn't fit for a business that was just starting - too administratively intensive as well.
Older model Diskstations don't have this issue but after a certain point, Diskstations will only operate without errors if you use Diskstations overpriced disks in the bays.
Synology and QNAP both felt to basic after trying TrueNAS, while NetApp and Fujitsu where both expensive and I wasn't convinced we would A utilize or need all the features and furthermore all the things we where going to use seemed to be something that TrueNAS simply did better.
Verified User
Manager
Chose TrueNAS
TrueNAS provides a very competitively priced option. TrueNAS is an all-in-one solution providing not only storage but services to access the storage from multiple platforms and protocols.
FreeNAS is great system for a secure NAS facility, TrueNAS adds a lot of feature that outperform it's cousin if you are interested in containerization and in scalability too.
Server 2022 was familiar and up to the task, using built-in features. However, the extra bloat and features weren't necessary—and they led to the ransomware attack. TrueNAS is focused on Storage and plays well with other operating systems and servers.
The support with TrueNAS is where it really shines. You can get support that if you purchase hard drives from them, they send replacements as soon as one fails. Automatically. If you have nodes in your server they will do the same. They also do advanced replacement, you …
Having a better, trusted filesystem to build upon makes a huge difference. I want to know that if something I've written is read, it was the thing I wrote. And if it can't be read, I want to know that soon and know how to repair it.
I like all three for different reasons. But TrueNAS fits the FOSS criteria perfectly, obviously. QNAP and Synology operate differently and fit different clients and/or different builds, and have a corporate entity supporting them. We have all 3, and TrueNAS likes friends. I …
Much cheaper solutions available for small business. Being that TrueNAS software is well regarded and deployed on a large number of different platforms, I get to benefit from a more robust and powerful interface. Other NAS vendors just don't do the software side as well in my …
I chose TrueNAS (upgrading from FreeNAS) because of the small footprint, ease of use, and reliability of the ZFS file system. The file sharing protocols supported as well as the intuitive interface all make TrueNAS a great choice for business and hobbyists alike.
Unfortunately, I have to give the edge to Pure and Nimble simply due to the availability of enterprise-grade hot-swappable redundant power supply units - as much as I love the TrueNAS hardware solution until that particular annoyance is addressed, I can't really consider these …
The ReadyNAS filled the bill for many years, but we had reached the limit of its expandability. The TRUENAS solution has been speedier and more reliable. Because we used old hardware it costs virtually nothing to get it up and running.
Verified User
Partner
Chose TrueNAS
TrueNAS lacks some of the polish of these systems, but the cost to build a system much more powerful (CPU, RAM, network interfaces) than a Synology or QNAP appliance is remarkably lower.
Synology - very user friendly setup and admin - extremely easy to manage storage sharing - slower iSCSI protocol TrueNAS - stepper learning curve for setup and admin - much more complex and error prune file sharing - more capable HW (CPU speed, 10gbe) - storage protocols are …
When comparing prices and features with other software we found that TrueNas was offering an affordable price and more unique features. Also, cloud backup features is a live saver if you lose your data. The installation process was very smooth and the learning curve was easy. …
We purchased StoreVirtual appliances 6 months before they announced end of life - we were unable to expand our volumes due to product availability. We used this opportunity to look at different vendors since we needed to configure a new product anyway. Not only did TrueNAS …
For a large, robust, well-secured, and stable storage system, TrueNAS is very well suited. Virtual Machine support is great. Shared filesystems (SMB, NFS, iSCSI, WebDav, AFP) are very well implemented. Time machine support is fantastic; security is very granular. Do not try to use it as a replacement for VMWare... (no migration, etc.)
The software has been amazing. It has saved me a lot of headache in the past few years. Also, it's nice to knowing that if any of our current Synology devices were to die I can have an iSCSI system up and running very shortly. I didn't give a 10 score because I find their support to be rather slow and pedantic. They test many things when the answer is right in front of them. The compute sytem (not storage) we purchased from them came with pcie gen4 nvme's. They didn't work, but rather than believe me about the spec's in the motherboard manual saying the onboard was pcie3 ONLY they shipped me 2 replacements until I showed them an old pcie3 device worked just fine. The part that rather frustrated me was the machine was claimed to have been tested / burnt in. How can this be true if the server won't even boot up into the BIOS?
The software is fairly straight forward and if you mess up the network interfaces you can login locally at the console and fix any issues that you may have had with VLANS etc denying you network access. There was a little bit of annoying issues when setting up multiple network interface cards. Rather than keeping one interface setup with DHCP, when you add a second one with a new network it disables the first. Which makes it impossible to login again. However if you wait it will revert. I learned after works that you need to set up the network cards and then go back and setup the first one again and THEN test / apply. After that it was pretty good. The summary of the devices is very nice to. You get an accurate snapshot of how well your system is doing as soon as you login
The support was responsive for opening cases. However I found solutions to simple problems took far too long. When we had a bad power supply and we had another with the exact same firmware version they should have sent replacement for both. We had to file another case for the other PSU that started dyeing the same week. They also had to do a lot of troubleshooting to replace the fans that were not behaving as they should. I'm not a home user. I know when certain things are failing and the silly hoops the jump through made it frustrating. However, once we finally got the problem identified we had parts shipped out via advance replacement which was nice.
The implementation went well after we got the boot drive working properly. The device was setup exactly as i asked with the hardware except for the boot drive. The reason I chose 9 instead of 10 was the boot drive put us back about a week for the part to arrive. I ended up using a personal drive to show them that they were wrong sending use the gen4 drives.
Having a better, trusted filesystem to build upon makes a huge difference. I want to know that if something I've written is read, it was the thing I wrote. And if it can't be read, I want to know that soon and know how to repair it.
Using a TruNAS integrated solution has reduced support overhead compared to using custom hardware.
Being cheaper than full flash storage arrays, this unit allows for a good balance of speed with its use of SSD-based caching drives.
The reliability of the hardware/software integration means I spend less time troubleshooting and more time doing business. Coming from a custom-built solution it is apparent that IX Systems has done some extensive testing.