TrueNAS Reviews

Summary: Overall the experience has been good. I wish it had more plugin options but there are plenty of support available through YouTube channels etc.

Positive: There is a lot of cool features. It simple, updates regularly, easy interface, works with wide variety of tech.

Negative: Advanced work require a bit more knowledge. Samba has been a little flakey but seems improved with v13.

Summary: It's a great solution, I myself have been using it for data backup and media hosting, so far it has served me well!

Positive: Lots of health and safety features like short and long smart tests, scrubbing, snapshots.
Published docker containers can directly be pulled and ran as applications.
Notification system that can email you when something goes wrong.

Negative: Stopping and starting applications can be buggy and sometimes can get stuck stopping.
Sometimes rebooting may not start kubernates applications.
Very few applications officially supported.

Summary: Generally well performing and easy NAS system to setup and use.
Also underlying ZFS is working quite well.

Positive: Better usability on my opinion than on commercial NAS (QNAP)
DIY possible on own hardware and it was quite easy to setup.

Negative: Access control a bit confusing and also NFS / Samba related configurations.

Modifying existing Storages is very tricky (extending size etc).

Summary: Great, it was a really pleasant experience and very informative, also really great to know how to start a server.

Positive: The installation process on the right hardware is smooth, in older PC it might be a little more difficult but overall great, the service is nice.

Negative: It's closeness, it's difficult to install certain things.

Summary: Overall a very capable and handy OS. Has lots of features and is quite stable. Only the web GUI is sometimes a bit slow.

Positive: Great support.
Very stable.
Lots of features.
Open source. Good support. Good access management with ACL.

Negative: Issues after updates.
Long startup time.
Web GUI is sometimes unresponsive and slow.

Summary: Overall, TrueNAS provides powerful data storage capabilities with advanced features, strong performance, and reliable data protection. While it may require technical knowledge for setup and has some limitations in integration and scalability, its pros outweigh the cons, making it a solid choice for businesses and organizations in need of robust storage solutions."

Positive: TrueNAS offers robust data storage solutions with advanced features, scalability, and excellent data protection. Impressive performance & reliability.

Negative: TrueNAS can be complex to set up and configure, requiring technical expertise. Limited integration with certain third-party applications and potential scalability challenges for extremely large-scale deployments.

Summary: Very well designed software, good selection of futures for any taste. Maybe need some time to polish it and make it really easy to use.

Positive: Powerful.
Flexible.
Features.
Containers.
Powerful filesystem/volume manager.
Very good visual interface.

Negative: Can offer different filesystem (if user want it so much).
Interface can be cleaned up a bit.
Contextual help may improve the end user experience.

Summary: All-in-all, I have made a right decision by choosing TrueNAS as my Home/Family data server, and will suggest it for anyone who likes to control a reliable server for its data.

Positive: I've been using TrueNAS Core server for about 4 months now.
It serves a home storage role for me and my girlfriend. Hopefully in the near future, I will persuade our two families to also accept it, so that our valuable data can have the needed care.
This will also allow me to upgrade it, and use much more of what TrueNAS has to offer.

To point out few of the best pros, here they are:
Features
Stability
Hardware compatibility
Open source nature

Negative: Without too much experience in this regard, since it is my first server, I will nevertheless be honest, and admit that after a month, there was no reply to my ticket on the TrueNAS forum.
There really are a lot of resources, but they are scattered across the web, many of them being related to an old, FreeNAS product.
Interface and guides, for better ease-of-use, are the main things that I would like to be improved. Of course, being a community supported version of TrueNAS, that has its real limits. But I believe that community will grow in the near future.

Summary: Try it. You will not regret it. I started over 15 years ago and it has evolved to a great product line.

Positive: Web interface. Easy to use and secure. Mostly the fact that is somewhat agnostic to hardware. Requirements are not crazy bad and it just works.

Negative: Interface can be slow at times and a bit crowded and I wish they had a way to support some hardware other than inter nics.

Summary: Honestly my experience with TrueNAS over the years has been far better than any storage solution I've used at any job. If I had decision making powers I would migrate out NetApp junk to something from ixsystems.

Positive: The stability and data integrity.
Plugins and more recently the Linux branch (Scale).
Docker support.
Growth and constant innovation.

Negative: Network stack can be a little wonky when you have multiple NICs.

Summary: The first thing to note is that TrueNAS is a NAS first and Scale adds additional functionality for Apps and Virtualization. I am certain improvements will be made over time.

Positive: I started using FreeNAS in 2011 to store media and document files. TrueNAS Scale has been a game changer - allowing Apps and hardware passthrough.

Negative: Though I applaud IX Systems work on TrueNAS Scale there is more to do for the Home Labbers out there. Improved App and Virtualization in both capability and reliability would be appreciated. The improvements since TrueNAS Scale's announcement have not gone unnoticed, but there is more work to do!

Summary: Although this a wonderful method of storing data, one does need to follow the minimum requirements when putting together a system. Remember, you can never have too much RAM. I have purchased my first FreeNAS 32 GB RAM, 8 bay, 4 TB drive system that is still running fine and later purchased a TrueNAS 64 GB RAM, 8 bay system and populated it with 8 TB WD Red Pro then set up the system. I am in the process of buying 16 TB drives and upgrading my new system, then I will take the 8 TB drives and upgrade the old system with those drives.

Positive: By using scrubs, I know that drives going bad can be spotted early, and it can be replaced and insure that data is preserved. Before getting this system, I had photos that were ruined by bit rot (it developed a color stripe down the middle) that I could not correct in Photoshop.

Negative: This is not a backup solution! ZFS running on BSD will let you do stupid things with the setup, so go to the TrueNAS forum to check what you are about to do to insure no self inflicted injuries! I have my systems set up as RAIDZ2. RAIDZ2 allows the failure of 2 disks before data loss occurs. That does not mean you can leave it with 1 dead drive and fiddle around to replace the bad drive, but in case another drive goes belly up while the re-silvering process (rebuilding process for the replaced drive) you are still covered. I know of people who where rebuilding RAID5 arrays have had another drive die during the re-silver process and have lost everything.

Summary: I've been using TrueNAS scale for about 1 year now. It's been rock solid, no issues. I use it as a development server as well as media (jellyfin) and I really have no complaints.

Positive: Fast and stable.
zfs configuration via user interface is very useful.
Reliable reporting.
Easy to setup app/charts.

Negative: User interface design isn't ideal, specifically setting up the charts/apps.

Summary: Good GUI, good support, good speed, good everything really.

Positive: Good ZFS File system, amazing communities.

Negative: TrueNAS is built for commercial systems, which may be limited in terms of hardware a user can use.

Summary: Excellent since it is free as there are no expectations other than the normal ones you would get with a free product. You see I could go on a bit about the whole thing, but that would not be the entire tale worth telling.

Positive: Fast, free and formidable. I currently cannot thing of more words that start with f. Fabulous? Fancy? Fantastic, thats it!

Negative: Nothing to see here folks other than a feeble attempt to leave a wordy review... I am a little embarrassed because I am meandering down the river of mindless speech.