Is FreeNAS discontinued?

Earlier this week, network-storage vendor iXsystems announced the release of TrueNAS 12.0-BETA1, which will replace FreeNAS later in 2020. TrueNAS Core will be what FreeNAS is now—the free, community version of iXsystems’ NAS (Network Attached Storage) distribution.

Is FreeNAS any good?

FreeNAS is awesome for any kind of storage, including VMs or database because it is really reliable and fast. If you can have a robust backup strategy, and maybe a second box for replication, it would be a no-brainer.

What’s the difference between FreeNAS and NAS4Free?

FreeNAS and XigmaNAS (NAS4Free) are Open Source network-attached storage operating systems based on FreeBSD. Both support the SMB, AFP, and NFS sharing protocols, the OpenZFS file system, disk encryption, and virtualization. FreeNAS is an operating system that can be installed on virtually any hardware platform to share data over a network.

Is there a web front end for NAS4Free?

NAS4Free is a project that provides a great web front end for a FreeBSD ZFS based storage server. As a derivative of the original FreeNAS codebase, it has significant functionality that is easily accessible even to a novice user. For many contemplating ZFS, the prospect of installing solutions can be a significant barrier to entry.

What’s the difference between amahi and NAS4Free?

Amahi is an international NAS solution used in 35 nations that is marketed towards consumers and individuals as opposed to corporations, systems developers, IT professionals and groups. Amahi calls itself a “powerful, simple home server” and describes itself thus: “Amahi is software that runs on a dedicated PC as a central computer for your home.

Can you use NAS4Free install 2 on a USB stick?

nas4free install 2 – embedded. If you do use a USB stick, a tip is to use the Embedded installation. This install method limits the writes done to the USB stick, and therefore does not wear out the USB sitck’s NAND which tends to be of lower quality. The installer is good, so let it work.