TrueNAS
TrueNAS (formerly FreeNAS) is an operating system that can be installed on virtually any hardware platform to share data over a network. TrueNAS is the simplest way to create a centralized and easily accessible place for your data.
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- Security-focused
Features
- Virtualization
- Filesystem
- Linux-based
- Support for Rsync
- Container Virtualization
- Two-factor Authentication
- Dark Mode
- Cloud Sync
- Encrypted Backup
- Ad-free
- Incremental Backup
- WebUI Management
Support for Docker- Docker Container
TrueNAS News & Activities
Recent News
- Maoholguin published news article about TrueNAS
TrueNAS 25.10 launches with major UI refresh, NVMe-oF, GPU acceleration, and VM HATrueNAS 25.10 'Goldeye' is now officially available, introducing a Linux-based platform centered on...
- Maoholguin published news article about TrueNAS
TrueNAS 25.10 unifies CORE and SCALE, adds Terabit Ethernet and web-based installerTrueNAS 25.10 “Goldeye” has been released, building on the CORE and SCALE unification in 25.04 with...
- POX published news article about TrueNAS
TrueNAS 25.04 “Fangtooth” launches with Linux kernel 6.12, unifies SCALE & CORE offeringsTrueNAS has announced the release of its latest version, 25.04, code-named “Fangtooth”. This open s...
Recent activities
- bavoussystems reviewed TrueNAS
Let me be completely honest: this comment is even more heavily biased than normal comments because i have a seething, passionate hatred for TrueNAS. My fists clench a little bit when i see this logo.
This hatred was forged when i spent two months trying to build a NAS and ultimately gave up.
I know exacly what i want, i want to combine these drives into VDEVs and then mirror those VDEVs for redundancy; but after two hours of trawling every corner of the interface and several tutorials, i have...
- janno-tomingas liked TrueNAS
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What is TrueNAS?
TrueNAS (formerly FreeNAS) is a free NAS (Network-Attached Storage) server, supporting: CIFS (samba), FTP, NFS, AFP, RSYNC, iSCSI protocols, S.M.A.R.T., local user authentication, Software RAID (0,1,5) with a Full WEB configuration interface. FreeNAS takes less than 32MB once installed on Compact Flash, hard drive or USB key. The minimal FreeBSD distribution, Web interface, PHP scripts and documentation are based on M0n0wall.
TrueNAS information
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Comments and Reviews
TrueNAS core, and TrueNAS Scale are great choices for home NAS or even business.
TrueNAS core is BSD based while TrueNAS Scale is Debian based OS which gives you more flexibility and ability to create VMs in no time.
TrueNAS only problem is that it requires separate disks to install rather than installation on same disk as storage, similar how you would install Proxmox, but TrueNAS requires separate drives which is kinda bad in my opinion.
This is not a problem if you have loads of drives but if you have 4 bay NAS or even less then I would not recommend TrueNAS.
Other than that it runs great, web GUI configuring is not that simple so it takes a bit to find where everything is.
Both version (BSD and Debian) allow you to host VM. For Scale, you could easily install it on a partition (while not recommended by the purist) by editing the script installer
True, Core aka Debian based version does it pretty easy and simple while BSD version opens a Jail that emulates Artix to run docker in it, a workaround...
At this point id rather run Linux based TrueNAS without extra step needed for running docker :P
@Dino C Core is FreeBSD. Debian is Scale.
Let me be completely honest: this comment is even more heavily biased than normal comments because i have a seething, passionate hatred for TrueNAS. My fists clench a little bit when i see this logo.
This hatred was forged when i spent two months trying to build a NAS and ultimately gave up.
I know exacly what i want, i want to combine these drives into VDEVs and then mirror those VDEVs for redundancy; but after two hours of trawling every corner of the interface and several tutorials, i have made no progress. Nobody wants to read a complete list of all the issues i've had, suffice it to say that it's things like this, rince and repeat thousands of times. I've persevered way past the point where a reasonable person would have given up. I'm an educated consumer, i've spent time learning the fundamental concepts of network storage, but the actual software is so unusable that i can't implement any of my choices.
The problem is not complexity - complexity is good, complexity means power and flexibility. For example Blender is complicated but it ouldn't be simplified much without compromising its potential. The problem is genuinely incompetent design. The TrueNAS interface is designed with zero thought or consideration. People who are used to it may not realize how disastrous it is.
And honestly, i have a lot of hostility towards the people (mostly youtubers) who sold TrueNAS as being "easy" and "doable for a non-expert".
I'm going to try the alternatives, and if this ends with me just buying HexOS like a chump then so be it
BSD based network storage OS. very stable.
It's an extremely powerful software that is also easy to use.