TrueNAS Scale or Core choice

[Gunndy]

All.

Currently have TrueNAS Core installed on my eSXI server as a VM and am planning on switching to ProxMox as my VM hypervisor for my home/lab setup.

Part of this switch is to also migrate my TrueNas install to dedicated hardware so that I can manipulate my Hypervisor platform whenever I want without taking down my NAS for media streaming in house and network mapped drives on computers.

I have two questions that I am curious about and wasn't able to really locate good insight using the search options in other threads, so forgive me if they have been answered before.

I like the idea of switching to a linux based version of TrueNAS, but if I'm not really using it for Hypervisor (since I'll still have my dedicated Hypervisor box), is there any reason/benefit to using Scale vs Core? Is one better than the other for just straight NAS filesharing and possibly some jails for apps like NextCloud, etc?

Also, I have two Xeon processors I could possibly use for the new TrueNAS server. Xeon Silver 4109t (8c/16t) and a Xeon Gold 6128 (6c/12t). The 4109 has more threads, but the 6128 runs at a decently higher clock speed. My gut feeling is that the extra clock speed will be better than the 2 extra cores since I won't be running VMs (only Jails) from the TrueNAS box; but I'm not sure if the other features of TrueNAS favor cores or clocks more.

Any advice/guidance would be much appreciated.

 

[sretalla]

if I'm not really using it for Hypervisor (since I'll still have my dedicated Hypervisor box), is there any reason/benefit to using Scale vs Core?

Apps (docker/kubernetes) vs Jails. Not sure at this point if I would call one a benefit over the other, but there's certainly more "turnkey" apps available than jails and a lot of apps prefer linux as the platform even if they might work in a jail.

Is one better than the other for just straight NAS filesharing and possibly some jails for apps like NextCloud, etc?

CORE. No doubt and even the current recommendation from iX for stable and performant storage provision.

Also, I have two Xeon processors I could possibly use for the new TrueNAS server. Xeon Silver 4109t (8c/16t) and a Xeon Gold 6128 (6c/12t). The 4109 has more threads, but the 6128 runs at a decently higher clock speed. My gut feeling is that the extra clock speed will be better than the 2 extra cores since I won't be running VMs (only Jails) from the TrueNAS box; but I'm not sure if the other features of TrueNAS favor cores or clocks more.

It's more a question of purpose than OS.

SMB can rely more heavily on single core performance (I think even with multithread enabled), so higher individual core performance may help with that.

Otherwise, it's pretty much a wash.