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TrueNAS has several Editions: CORE, Enterprise, and SCALE. To choose the right Edition from a software maturity perspective refer to the Software Status page.

 
CORE ENTERPRISE SCALE
Target Use Cases Non-Critical Storage Applications Mission-Critical Storage for Enterprise, Campus, Business Test / Dev, Analytics, Media & Entertainment, Large Scale Applications
Scalability Scale-up Scale-up Scale-out
Base OS FreeBSD FreeBSD Debian Linux
Third Party Hardware Yes
(Hardware Requirements)
iXsystems® Appliances Only Yes
(Hardware Requirements)
Supported iXsystems Hardware Mini Family, R-Series R-Series, X-Series, M-Series Mini X+/XL+, R-Series, M-Series
FEATURES
Target Use Cases Non-Critical Storage Applications Mission-Critical Storage for Enterprise, Campus, Business Test / Dev, Analytics, Media & Entertainment, Large Scale Applications
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
High Availability No Yes Yes
Enclosure Management iXsystems-supported appliances only Yes iXsystems-supported appliances only
Applications Plugins Plugins Linux Containers (Docker), Pods (K8's)
Virtualization OpenStack Cinder, VAAI, bhyve Citrix, VMware, Veeam, OpenStack, VAAI, ESXI snapshot integration, vCenter Plugin, bhyve Built-in KVM, Kubernetes
File Protocols SMB v1/v2/v3, NFS v3/v4, AFP, FTP, WebDAV SMB v1/v2/v3, NFS v3/v4, AFP, FTP, WebDAV SMB v2/v3, NFS v3/v4, AFP, FTP, WebDAV, rsync, GlusterFS
Block Protocols iSCSI, OpenStack Cinder iSCSI, Fibre Channel, VAAI, OpenStack Cinder iSCSI
Object Protocols S3-Compliant Object API, Minio Management, Cloudsync S3-Compliant Object API, Minio Management, Cloudsync S3-Compliant Object API, Minio Management,Multitenancy, Cloudsync
Supported Cloud Providers Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, BackBlaze B2 Cloud Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, BackBlaze B2 Cloud Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, BackBlaze B2 Cloud
Directory Services Active Directory, Kerberos, LDAP, NIS, Local users and groups Active Directory, Kerberos, LDAP, NIS, Local users and groups Active Directory, Google 2FA, Local users and groups, Kerberos, LDAP
Deployment Services Self-deployment Included Deployment & Performance Tuning + Proactive Monitoring option Self-deployment + Deployment & Performance Tuning available
Support Community Supported Only Enterprise Support up to 24x7x365 Community Supported & Enterprise Support Available on R-Series, M-Series Appliances (up to 24x7x365)
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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