TrueNAS Reviews

Summary: My experience with TrueNAS has been outstanding, I only operate my NAS machines with this software now, as it is incredibly easy to manage multiple systems with this software.

Positive: The Ease of use is phenomenal.
The ZFS file system is really starting to become superior to other file systems, the speed at which you can operate your drive is outstanding.
Easy Deployment.
User management is incredibly easy when compared to competing NAS Software solutions.
TrueCommand (Another Application they have) allows for easy management of multiple systems.
FreeBSD and Linux versions.

Negative: ZFS - ZFS is awesome, but due to them having to use ZFS, if you want to expand your storage after you've been using one for a while, you have to create a whole new dataset, you can't expand your dataset YET. The devs of ZFS claim it is coming, we just don't know when.

Summary: I'm using this system quite a while on my home-built NAS running on a Proxmox VM and I haven't encountered any issues so far.

Positive: Even the free version is still highly customisable and fulfil the latest requirements. Most of the advanced features are available and easy to setup.

Negative: Some setup (access control) need more research and additional knowledge.

SSH terminal has limited functions.

Summary: I would chose TrueNAS 9 times out of 10 else if I have a QNAP of more than 4 bays. I would also love to see a better monitoring for the temperature.

Positive: Everything I need, simple to setup and complex enough to fine tune.

The GUI is easy to go around but it could be improved a little bit.

Negative: Not supposed to be ran on a USB key but that's a small down for a big up.

Summary: So many false flags and hopes are introduced into the marketplace hoping they will be the next "big idea" product or service; TrueNAS seems to have accomplished this goal. Their product lineup is mature and robust.

Positive: TrueNAS is truly a great platform that has humble beginnings and is poised to be a leader in the storage marketplace.

Negative: There is nothing to dislike. Your data is your data, when and where you want it; setup there is little to no chance you will experience any data loss. I wish there was a mini version that was based on only nvme storage like consumer grade Sabrent pocket SSDs. Would like to see a unit that can accommodate like all M.2 2280 and have the footprint that represents these 1" x 3" SSDs;

Summary: Would 100% recommend to others! First time setting this up for home use with no issues. Getting great read/write performance.

Positive: -Easy to setup for a non-IT person
-Lots of community support
-Great performance
-Free for us home users

Negative: -Some information available contradicts others (some testing needed)

Summary: I really liked TrueNAS scale OS in general. Excellent product, works perfectly for my business NAS. Easy to use, robust, easy to setup network shared folders.

Positive: Excellent product, works perfectly for my business NAS. Easy to use, robust, easy to setup network shared folders.

Negative: Legacy NVIDIA drivers not supported, could be useful for old graphic cards.

Summary: Excellent product with great features, the hardware is pricy, I'll continue recommending it to everyone.

Positive: Customization is key, TrueNAS offers almost everything with this feature.

Great use cases such as plex and vm running on top of the system.
The UI is awesome.

Negative: Jail system sometimes is hard to handle but overall good experience.

Summary: Trusty always on NAS that hosts all solutions that are needed in a home scenario. Enterprise was unfortunately not in my scope since my use case differs a little there.

Positive: Expandable to other technologies like Kubernetes / Docker. Without overwhelming the user of in depth cluster configs.

Negative: Especially on older hardware I found issues with the recent major release. Mostly regarding GPU passthrough.

Summary: I'm using TrueNAS for 1 year now and it's nice to have a clean and nice way to store my own data. I really like it.

Positive: Great solution for self hosted storage.
Set up is easy, even using proxmox.
Easy way to set up as "time machine" volume.

Negative: The web ui is not a 100% intuitive.
Setting up data sets is not a 100% clear to me.

Summary: It's quite great product for not just only home needs but also for enterprise solutions.

Positive: Reliability.
Flexibility.
Price.
UX/UI.
Easy to manage.
Snapshots.
Recovery functionality.
Encryption.
and etc.

Negative: USB external drive support.
Some UX/UI issues.

Summary: The title says it all, I didn't know much about NAS before my experience with Scale, and to be honest i've been blown away by it's ease of use. It has a ton of features which i'm probably never gonna use (at least for now), but the ones I'm using are well documented, and easy to implement. I'm still learning, but overall I feel great about sticking with TrueNAS.

Positive: The initial configuration was a walk in the park.
ZFS is awesome in so many ways!
The Ui in both Core and Scale is clean and organized.
Setting up VM and containers is foolproof.

Negative: It's too soon for me to list cons since i'm so new, the features i'm using work flawlessly.

Summary: - easy to start
- more advanced use-cases need to be developed more.
- Kubernetes doesn't play nice with the Kubernetes-ecosystem by default. It's possible, but not completely supported or as easy as another Kubernetes distro makes it. TrueNAS relies on its interfaces and that's a shame. The 3rd party packages focus more on this, but evolving. I hope this will change in the future.

Positive: - zfs filesystem features are great and stable
- apps/Kubernetes ecosystem is evolving and hopefully will continue to. A lot of apps, but stability of 3rd party updates is something the community should focus on. It's a start currently.
- good alerting
- easy to setup shares with security
- easy backup of base settings for restore

Negative: - alerting interface could be more accessible
- apps-ecosystem

Summary: I've set up two instances fairly quickly with spare parts that I had just layin' about. Still running today.

Positive: Easy to use, plenty of folks online to help, customizing hardware to get the most out of the experience.

Negative: Unable to utilize USB storage, set USB storage to a share.

Summary: TrueNAS is perfect as storage server, but not so good as app server because bad app management system.

Positive: ZFS, stability, easy to learn... Availability to manage both TrueNAS users and SMB users using one common management system is perfect solution.

Negative: CORE - unclear future.
SCALE - bad app management system.

Summary: Excellent. I have been really happy with the performance and features. Many more than I know what to do with. Updates are now seamless and my system is very robust.

Positive: I have been really happy with the performance and features. Many more than I know what to do with. Updates are now seamless and my system is very robust.

Negative: Prior versions were not straightforward to update (FreeNAS).