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Target Use Cases Non-Critical Storage Mission Critical Enterprise Storage Test / Dev, Analytics, Media & Entertainment, Technical Computing
High Availability No Dual Controllers and/or Clustering Clustering
Applications Plugins Linux Containers (Docker), Pods (K8’s) Linux Containers (Docker), Pods (K8's)
Storage Protocols File, Block, and Object File, Block, and Object File, Block, and Object
Scalability Scale-up Scale-up or Scale-out Scale-out
Base OS FreeBSD Choice of FreeBSD (13.0) or Linux (22.12) Debian Linux
Third Party Hardware Yes
(Hardware Requirements)
TrueNAS Enterprise Appliances Only Yes
(Hardware Requirements)
Supported iXsystems Hardware Mini Family, R-Series M-Series, R-Series, X-Series (13.0) Mini X+ / XL+ / R , R-Series, M-Series

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Unlimited Snapshots and Clones Yes Yes Yes
Bit-Rot Detection and Correction Yes Yes Yes
Replication Yes Yes Yes
Encryption & SSH Yes Yes Yes
Alerts & Graphical Reporting Yes Yes Yes
Remote Management Yes Yes Yes
Data Reduction Compression, Deduplication, Thin/Thick Provisioning Compression, Deduplication, Thin/Thick Provisioning Compression, Deduplication, Thin/Thick Provisioning
Enclosure Management iXsystems-supported appliances only Yes iXsystems-supported appliances only
Virtualization OpenStack Cinder, VAAI, bhyve Citrix, OpenStack Cinder, Veeam, ESXI snapshot integration, vCenter Plugin, Built-in KVM / Kubernetes (22.12) Built-in KVM, Kubernetes
File Protocols SMB v1/v2/v3, NFS v3/v4, AFP, FTP, WebDAV, rsync SMB v1/v2/v3, NFS v3/v4, AFP, FTP, WebDAV, rsync, GlusterFS (22.12) SMB v2/v3, NFS v3/v4, AFP, FTP, WebDAV, rsync, GlusterFS
Block Protocols iSCSI, OpenStack Cinder, VAAI iSCSI, OpenStack Cinder, VAAI, Fibre Channel (13.0) iSCSI, OpenStack Cinder, VAAI
Object Protocols S3-Compliant API, Minio single node, Cloudsync S3-Compliant API, Minio clustering, Multitenancy, Cloudsync S3-Compliant API, Minio clustering, Multitenancy, Cloudsync
Supported Cloud Providers iX-Storj, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, BackBlaze B2 Cloud iX-Storj, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, BackBlaze B2 Cloud iX-Storj, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, BackBlaze B2 Cloud
Directory Services Active Directory, Kerberos, LDAP, NIS, Local users and groups Active Directory, , Google 2FA, Kerberos, LDAP, NIS, Local users and groups Active Directory, Google 2FA, Kerberos, LDAP, Local users and groups
Deployment Services Self-deployment Included Deployment & Performance Tuning + Proactive Monitoring option Self-deployment
Support Community Supported Only Enterprise Support up to 24x7x365 Community Supported
Manage Multiple Systems With TrueCommand* With TrueCommand* With TrueCommand*
Team-based Administration Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and Configuration Auditing via TrueCommand* Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and Configuration Auditing via TrueCommand* Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and Configuration Auditing via TrueCommand*
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