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	CORE	ENTERPRISE	SCALE
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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		FEATURES
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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