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I tried every major NAS OS, and I keep coming back to TrueNAS

Where TrueNAS really pulls ahead is how tightly applications integrate with ZFS. You can place Plex metadata on its own dataset with snapshots enabled. Nextcloud data can be backed up using native ZFS ...
Hackaday

Back Up Encrypted ZFS Data Without Decrypting It, Even If TrueNAS Doesn’t Approve

[Michael Lynch] recently replaced his Synology NAS with a self-built solution built on ZFS, a filesystem with a neat feature: the ability to back up encrypted data without having to decrypt it first.
Ars Technica

TrueNAS Core will soon replace FreeNAS—and we test the beta

Earlier this week, network-storage vendor iXsystems announced the release of TrueNAS 12.0-BETA1, which will replace FreeNAS later in 2020. The major offering of the new TrueNAS Core—like FreeNAS ...
Ars Technica

Virtualizing a ZFS NAS and a firewall/router in the same box

My pfSense box had a storage failure a few months ago and I never replaced it. I'm using my ISP's router combo box thingy but it's lacking in a lot of ways. I also have a 14TB drive that I ...