Users of TrueNAS SCALE 24.04 (Dragonfish) or newer can migrate data from a third-party NAS solution onto TrueNAS SCALE using the Syncthing Enterprise application. The Syncthing Enterprise application can mount remote SMB shares in a manner that preserves relevant metadata. TrueNAS SCALE 24.10 (Electric Eel) also adds migration support for SMB alternate data streams (ADS), used to store application-specific metadata.
Syncthing Overview Syncthing is a file synchronization application that provides a simple and secure environment for file sharing between different devices and locations.
Expanding LUNs TrueNAS lets users expand Zvol and file-based LUNs to increase the available storage in an iSCSI share.
Zvol LUNs To expand a Zvol LUN, go to Datasets and click the Zvol LUN name. The Zvol Details widget displays. Click the Edit button.
Figure 1: Edit Zvol LUN Enter a new size in Size for this zvol, then click Save.
Figure 2: Change the Zvol Size TrueNAS prevents data loss by not allowing users to reduce the Zvol size.
After setting up storage on your TrueNAS, it is time to begin sharing data! There are several sharing solutions available on SCALE, but in this article we discuss the most common.
Sharing Data Methods TrueNAS SCALE provides three types of sharing methods:
SMB for Windows shares NFS for Unix-like shares ISCSi block shares For more information on TrueNAS SCALE shares, see the Shares tutorials.
Regardless of what type of share you create, you need to create the user and dataset for the share.
About Windows (SMB) Shares SMB (also known as CIFS) is the native file-sharing system in Windows. SMB shares can connect to most operating systems, including Windows, MacOS, and Linux. TrueNAS can use SMB to share files among single or multiple users or devices.
SMB supports a wide range of permissions, security settings, and advanced permissions (ACLs) on Windows and other systems, as well as Windows Alternate Streams and Extended Metadata.
Community applications are created and maintained by members of the TrueNAS community. Similarly, community members actively maintain application articles in this section. Click Edit Page in the top right corner to propose changes to this article. The WebDAV application is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allows users to collaboratively edit and manage files on remote web servers. It serves as the replacement for the built-in TrueNAS SCALE WebDAV feature.
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