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Why is Unraid popular in the self-hosting community ? (jlai.lu)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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It's proprietary, after all. I understand paid is fine, but even then, it usually better be open source.

So, why is Unraid an exception ?

Thanks

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[–] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Is it much easier than TrueNAS?

I went with TrueNAS because it's open-source, and it's been smooth sailing.

(I just use it as a NAS, nothing more)

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I’ve tried both Unraid and TrueNAS. While I greatly prefer TrueNAS, Unraid is much easier to set up and get going for beginners. It’s been a while since I’ve set up TrueNAS from scratch, but last I tried, it wasn’t a very beginner friendly experience. If you weren’t already familiar with ZFS, you were in for a pretty difficult time.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Couldn't say, for me it was way way easier than ESXI which was my first break into the space. And also more complete / straightforward than bare metal which was what I had been doing before unraid.

    I paid for the lifetime license. No regrets.

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