Hey everyone, I currently have a home server running Ubuntu Server with a ZFS pool and two NVMe drives one for the host OS and the other for Docker volumes. I run Nginx, Emby, and a few other Docker containers, and I handle everything via the CLI.
I’ve been thinking about making the switch to TrueNAS since it now supports Docker Compose, but I’m wondering if there are any real benefits to this move. I’m pretty used to managing everything on Ubuntu and the CLI, so I’m wondering if it’s worth taking the time to learn the TrueNAS way and migrate everything over.
Does anyone here have experience with both? Are there any clear advantages to using TrueNAS, or should I stick with what I know on Ubuntu?
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
Chris
I have done both. Really it comes down to user preference. If you like working in a GUI that is locked down to be used as an appliance then truenas is for you. If you like the freedom to install whatever you want on your Ubuntu system and don’t mind CLI then Ubuntu is for you.
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I have done basically the same thing with Rocky Linux, XFS, Podman, and mdadm. TreuNAS provides better redundancy, metrics, and alerting. Doing everything on Rocky was manual. Until I wrote scripts. But even the scripts needed to be managed. TrueNAS will free up your time.
I did it to learn but now I’m familiar enough. TrueNAS freed up my time for an XCP-NG server and a T-Pot CE Hive build projects. So it really just comes down to what you want to manage and how. Overall happy with TrueNAS.