Great Storage Device
July 28, 2022
Great Storage Device
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with TrueNAS
This review is based on my home use of TrueNAS HW and software for my storage needs. TrueNAS has been the primary storage my homelab (VM storage, centralized backup), and a few lightweight services run on the TrueNAS mini XL+. The biggest need was solved throughput for the VM storage (10Gbe and more performant iSCSI implementation).
- High fault-tolerant storage
- Supports all major storage protocols
- Graphic Admin UI provides easy configuration
- SMB/CIF will mandate Windows DC - my environment centered around OpenLDAP
- Upgrades/patches tend to have regressions
- Clearer positioning of TrueNAS Scale
- Zero downtime storage upgrades
- Performant iSCSI
- Efficient VM snapshots
- Low maintenance
- Better data recovery with centralized backups
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 more performant, especially iSCSI
Do you think TrueNAS delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with TrueNAS's feature set?
Yes
Did TrueNAS live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of TrueNAS go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy TrueNAS again?
Yes