Their features overlap, but their storage architectures make very different tradeoffs.

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

It can do more than just store all your files.

Jack Wallen introduces you to the open-source TrueNAS SCALE NAS solution and shows you how to get started once you have it installed. Your business or family probably uses something akin to Google ...

Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with his head stuck inside a PC or tinkering with a server operating system. Besides computing, ...

What if your compact, reliable UGREEN NAS could do even more? Imagine transforming it into a powerhouse of customization and performance, capable of handling advanced storage configurations and ...

To the surprise—and likely consternation—of BSD fans everywhere, FreeNAS vendor iXsystems is building a new version of its core product, TrueNAS, on top of Debian Linux. The company is still being coy ...

After being tested in alpha and beta for a year, iXsystems is tossing its hat into the hyper-converged infrastructure ring with TrueNAS Scale. TrueNAS Scale is iXsystems' open source HCI product and ...

Jack Wallen walks you through the process of adding groups and assigning them to data sets in TrueNAS SCALE. TrueNAS SCALE is a great Network Attached Storage platform that could easily serve just ...

Hyperconverged Infrastructure—sometimes seen as HCI—refers to an appliance or server that offers both storage and compute services from inside a single chassis. Running VMs or containers ...