Great alternative to the NAS appliances
August 06, 2022
Great alternative to the NAS appliances
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with TrueNAS
I'm a busy professional as well as the guy in a small office responsible for all our IT services, even though I've got other stuff to do. TrueNAS allowed us to build and configure a NAS far more powerful than the NAS appliances available from Synology and QNAP, at a fraction of the cost. Honestly, the simple assembly of the parts took more time than getting the configuration completed, and since we turned the machine on and went live I haven't had to touch it in more than a year. That means a lot — it's as reliable as an appliance without the limitations and cost of the appliance.
- Works with nearly anything you've got in the parts box.
- Extremely straightforward initial configuration with limitless possibilities.
- Reliable, reliable, reliable.
- Inability to grow a ZFS file system requires more planning.
- Free
- Reliable
- Polished user interface
- Return on investment is fantastic.
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.
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