As some of you may have seen, FreeNAS branding is giving way to TrueNAS Core. This forum has been updated to reflect the change happening (expecting Q3 2020) https://www.servethehome.com/freenas-is-dead-long-live-truenas-core/
Brett assured me that FreeNAS functionality would all be in TrueNAS Core. I have known Brett for years and assume that if he is saying this, that is the plan. If it is de-featured from current FreeNAS, that is when I get nervous.I think it comes down to how they split the features between core and the full version
What would be even better is if they moved away from their over-priced hardware (TrueNAS) and sold software subscriptions.It would be nice if they had 3 tier licensing.
1. Commercial - full product features
2. Home/small business- maybe 80% of features
3. Free - freenas level features- maybe 10-20% of features.
Here's an overview comparison between FreeNAS Certified Systems (using basic FreeNAS software) and TrueNAS systems today:is there a good feature comparison between the current release of TrueNas and Freenas ??
Yes.What would be even better is if they moved away from their over-priced hardware (TrueNAS) and sold software subscriptions.
A number of big name vendors are moving this way, Cohesity, Rubrik, Nutanix, etc.
Overpriced compared to what? TrueNAS is more affordable than the systems from the companies you've mentioned, and the hardware is more capable. It is also more affordable than their software subscriptions. If I'm wrong I'd love to know about it! Feel free to send me a direct message.What would be even better is if they moved away from their over-priced hardware (TrueNAS) and sold software subscriptions.
A number of big name vendors are moving this way, Cohesity, Rubrik, Nutanix, etc.
This unification will make that more possible, but we don't segment many of the features between the two today, other than the stuff that requires specific hardware to work. Which features would you like to access via license, hypothetically?Yes.
I'd like to be able to buy a license for advanced features if I wanted\needed them.
TrueNAS has thousands of customers. Here's a snapshot of a handful:Maybe it's just me because I'm not in the Enterprise space but does anyone in enterprise actually use "TrueNAS" ? Do they even have the man power to support enterprise clients?
Too bad that I have no way of knowing that. Once I see the "Get Quote" button - I close the page and never come back.TrueNAS is more affordable than the systems from the companies you've mentioned
How do they compare to them from a failure rate and support wise (what base hardware are they using looks like supermicro maybe?)? What about performance and feature set? (I haven't ever really looked at them for enterprise use, netapp/nimble/vnx/etc I'm familiar with)I've seen real TrueNAS quotes and they are indeed very inexpensive vs stuff like NetApp FAS
We go deeper into the "why" behind the change here if you're interested: FreeNAS and TrueNAS are Unifying - iXsystems, Inc. - Enterprise Storage & ServersWhy can't they keep the damn name of the free product, FFS? This is confusing at the very least.
It's not like calling FreeNAS FreeNAS cost any money. It's a text string in the code.
I understand that sentiment. The issue is that the systems are highly configurable. That said, we do give rough pricing guidance in the "Specs & Pricing" tab here: https://www.ixsystems.com/truenas/Too bad that I have no way of knowing that. Once I see the "Get Quote" button - I close the page and never come back.
I hear you. Let me be devil's advocate/conspiracy theorist: With what is happening in the ZFS space, there is probably gonna be the need to distant ZFS from OSs. Maintaining the "Free" in FreeNAS invokes a reference to FreeBSD, which is probably not in keeping with the ethos.I understand that sentiment. The issue is that the systems are highly configurable. That said, we do give rough pricing guidance in the "Specs & Pricing" tab here: TrueNAS All-Flash and Hybrid Storage | ZFS Storage Appliance - iXsystems, Inc. - Enterprise Storage & Servers
Would love your opinion on a better way to do it.
I'm also curious which enterprise storage vendors you use that display pricing on their sites?