SnapRAID Alternatives
SnapRAID is described as 'Disk array backup with snapshot raid' and is an app in the Backup & Sync category. There are nine alternatives to SnapRAID for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Self-Hosted solutions, Ubuntu and Linux kernel. The best alternative is TrueNAS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SnapRAID are Unraid (Paid), StableBit DrivePool (Paid), Rockstor (Free, Open Source) and ReadyNAS (Paid).
- 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.
TrueNAS vs SnapRAID opinions
SnapRAID isn't a NAS, it can be installed into FreeNAS if you so wish. It's more a periodic parity + hash calc tool to augment storage. For FreeNAS it's not really necessary as the ZFS file system pretty much does what SnapRAID does - only in real time instead of periodic. - An operating system for personal and small business use that brings enterprise-class features letting you configure your computer systems to maximize performance and capacity using any combination of applications, VMs, storage devices, and hardware.
- StableBit DrivePool is a state of the art pooling solution. - Allows you to create a large pool with any number and any sized disks. - Files are stored on normal NTFS volumes, so you can recover your data on any system.
- Rockstor is a free and open source NAS (Network Attached Storage) operating system. It’s a software solution and can be installed on commodity hardware or a hypervisor satisfying minimum system requirements.
- Free • Open Source
- Self-Hosted
- ReadyNAS OS ReadyNAS OS is based from Linux and is exclusive for the ReadyNAS products and can be controlled by web address (example 192.168.0.20) and has many features like app support (Plex, PHP, etc) ReadyNAS Desktop Series
- Drive Bender for Windows is state of the art, single point storage pool technology for all versions of Microsoft Windows (read more). - Create a storage pool of any size, using hard drives of varying types and sizes.
- Unify & organize your data. Protect & recover from disk failures!
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flexraid is no longer being supported and the website has gone dark.
No screenshots yet - It uses openSUSE Leap as a base with the Btrfs advanced file system. EasyNAS is managed through a web-based interface and offers such features as on-line growing of file systems, snapshots and copy-on-write.
- Enterprise Storage OS® is a quasi Linux distribution based on the excellent SCST project; its purpose is to provide SCSI targets via a compatible SAN (Fibre Channel, InfiniBand, iSCSI, FCoE).No screenshots yet