Verified User in Wholesale
AW
Verified User in Wholesale
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Has a bit of a learning curve, but definitely worth it."
4/5
What do you like best about TrueNAS?

Stable and very reliable, once it's set up, it can be left alone. Even novice users can manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TrueNAS?

Unlike other free NAS options, it is way more power powerful. Therefore, a lot of options to consider. For a novice, non-technical person, it is kind of difficult to begin, But once you found out what you absolutely need, it is just a matter of reading the online info. You will be running in no time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Robert M.
RM
Robert M.
Senior Tech Ops Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Works very well if you want a NAS."
5/5
What do you like best about TrueNAS?

It does what it says. It is a great NAS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TrueNAS?

.Would be nice if the Scale made it easier to connect to other K8s servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jacob M.
JM
Jacob M.
Staff Network Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Robust and Featurefull Appliance"
5/5
What do you like best about TrueNAS?

The TrueNAS UI enables even the novice administrator the ability to manage highly available, durable, and resilient storage, plus Kubernetes/Docker apps from 1p and 3p repositories. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TrueNAS?

The apps management system still needs some polish and features in order to rename certain nice-to-haves, including backup and restore, and bulk upgrade of apps with constraints for major and minor versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MK
Martin K.
CEO
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Fast, well structured and robust"
5/5
What do you like best about TrueNAS?

That it is made on open source. I know what I have and how it works and also I have the tools to fix it myself if i need. Being an enterprise user i can also rest and know that it will just keep on going. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TrueNAS?

If you want to utilize the full power of TrueNas you need some skills on your own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GD
German D.
Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Super nice UI to manage a very complex system, the hardware support is extensive"
4.5/5
What do you like best about TrueNAS?

It just works , also is like getting all the best practices for free Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TrueNAS?

Th UI in mobile screens is difficult to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Matthew S.
MS
Matthew S.
Mobile Expert
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The NAS to rule all NAS"
5/5
What do you like best about TrueNAS?

Ease of setup, solid ZFS file system, scalability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TrueNAS?

The fact we can't change trains from night lies to release Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
AC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"ZFS is probably overkill for home, but TrueNAS makes it simple to use safely"
3.5/5
What do you like best about TrueNAS?

TrueNAS is a simple way to benefit from ZFS strengths on a robust file server.

Snapshots integration with Samba for Windows clients whithout any performance penalty is awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TrueNAS?

The plugin system could be better, but with a little FreeBSD knowledge you can add pretty much anything you need in jails.

VM support is nice but bhyve is still behind KVM Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CS
Cesar S.
Technology engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great service and UI"
5/5
What do you like best about TrueNAS?

can trust that all my data will be stored safely and efficiently. On top of it being a superb NAS, I also use it for my hypervisor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TrueNAS?

I have not found any downsides yet. So far everything is working well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MM
Mark M.
system administrator
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"I have used TrueNAS and earlier, FreeNAS and have been impressed with how versatile and useful it is"
5/5
What do you like best about TrueNAS?

whether used as an SMB share or iSCSI in my applications, it works flawlessly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TrueNAS?

I have not found any downside to using TrueNAS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Agoston D.
CTO
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"TrueNas Scale is rocks"
5/5
What do you like best about TrueNAS?

ZFS-based storage, simple frontend, container support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about TrueNAS?

Can't use the remaining SSD space on the root fs as an L2ARC Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.