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What makes TrueNAS not consumer? It seems to have a pretty thorough interface for an open source project. Is it the price range? I'm asking because I'm weigh
by willis936 5y ago
What makes TrueNAS not consumer? It seems to have a pretty thorough interface for an open source project. Is it the price range? I'm asking because I'm weighing home NAS options now and TrueNAS seems like the best option. Synology is a close second, but they are moving towards hardware whitelists and have slow maintenance of packages.
- ksec 5y agoYes, Mainly Price. Synology has 2 Bay option and is also more of a Set and Forget it. TrueNAS is more of a Prosumer option. The DS218 with BTRFS starts at $249 and that is already consider expensive by most consumer. DS220J at $169 has the same CPU and could be modded to support BTRFS with software. ( Not suggesting anyone should do it ). If it wasn't the software segmentation I just need DS220J. Synology DS420 4 Bay starts at $499 compared to $699 for TrueNAS. And this is already going into specific needs / niche territory. I find it unfortunate, a lot of my friends are not comfortable with Cloud or dislike the idea of monthly payment. That is why I really wish Apple put out an iOS Time Capsule, unfortunately they are too busy or focused on their Services Revenue.