Unified Storage that Scales Up or Out
Integrated Apps, Linux Containers, & VMs.
Deploy on any Hardware, VM, or Cloud.
Enterprise Appliance Support.
TrueNAS SCALE Overview
Open Storage that Scales
TrueNAS® SCALE is an Open Source Infrastructure solution. In addition to powerful scale-out storage capabilities, SCALE adds Linux Containers and VMs (KVM) so your organization can run workloads closer to data.
Scale-Up or Scale-Out
OpenZFS with its excellent data management capabilities is the basis for all deployments. Scale-up by adding drives, or deploy scale-out object storage by adding multiple systems to a cluster. Deploy a single host in your home/office, or group nodes together for a highly scalable and highly available software-defined infrastructure.
Go Beyond Storage
TrueNAS SCALE allows you to easily customize and expand functionality with a variety of free Apps, like Plex Media Server, NextCloud, Prometheus, Elastic Search, Emby, and many others. It also provides simple access to the well-established Linux container ecosystem, with support for KVM virtual machines, Kubernetes, and Docker containers.
Join Millions in the TrueNAS Community
With a global community of testers and contributors, the TrueNAS Open Source development model enables broader testing, and ultimately, a higher quality product, in addition to its unbeaten value. Join the “Storage Freedom” movement and enjoy the benefits of Open Source economics.
Manage Storage Clusters and Fleets
Cluster many systems together with SCALE and manage them all with TrueCommand. TrueCommand makes it easy to monitor and administer all of your systems from a single, easy-to-use dashboard.
Appliances & Support for Important Workloads
If your data is critical or you simply need professional support, TrueNAS Enterprise and the full line of TrueNAS storage appliances provide enhanced features and the around-the-clock support necessary to keep your storage online.
TrueNAS SCALE Features
TrueNAS SCALE "Dragonfish" 24.04 |
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| Multi-System Management | TrueCommand, RBAC, Auditing, Single Sign-on, Cloud | Alerting, Reporting, Analytics | TrueCommand 3.0 SCALE UI Improved Statistics |
| Administration | Web UI, SNMP, Syslog, Reporting, CLI | REST API, WebSockets API, Audit Logging | vCenter Plugin (E), API ACLs, Restricted Admins |
| System Utilities | Tasks, Cron Jobs, Scripts, In-Service Updates | Alerting, Email, Debugs, SMB/NFS Session Management | Proactive Monitoring (E) SMB Activity Audits |
| Clients and Applications | Windows, MacOS, Linux, UNIX, iOS, Android Clients | Many applications via SMB, NFS, iSCSI, or S3 client | Integrated Applications via ZFS and Containers/VMs |
| Application Services | Apps (Helm Charts), Docker Containers, Kubernetes, New Apps UI and Catalogs, GPU sharing | VMs: Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, PCIe pass-through, Community Supported Sandboxes | Apps: OverlayFS, Alder Lake GPU, GeForce 40xx GPUs, Bulk App Updates VMs: USB pass-through, CPU Pinning |
| Directory Services | Active Directory, Google 2FA | Local users and groups | LDAP, Kerberos |
| Storage Services | File: SMB 2/3, NFSv3/v4, rsync, Multi-protocol shares with SMB and NFSv4, SMB Multi-channel, NFSv4.1 | Block: iSCSI, VAAI Object: Distributed Minio, Cloud Sync, Credentials Data Ingest over SMB | SMB Share proxy, OpenStack Cinder, SMB Data Migration CSI (iSCSI, Gluster, SMB, NFS) |
| Data Management | Unlimited Snapshots, Pool Checkpoints, Space-efficient Clones | Replication: Remote, Local, Auto-resume, to any OpenZFS endpoint | Improved Storage UI Improved Share Creation Forms |
| Data Protection | Accelerated Copy-on-Write, 2-Copy Metadata, iX-Storj Globally Distributed Storage | Built-in RAID: Single/Dual/Triple Parity, Mirrors, dRAID, Fast Resilvering, Fast Boot | Self-healing Checksums, Background Scrubbing |
| Data Reduction | Thin Provisioning, Fast File Cloning (SMB/NFS) | In-line Compression | ZFS Clones, Deduplication, SSD TRIM/UNMAP |
| Data Acceleration | All Flash, Fusion Pools, Metadata on Flash Improved Prefetch | Read Cache (ARC/L2ARC): RAM / Flash | Write Cache (SLOG/ZIL): Flash, HA NVDIMM (E), Dual Port SAS/NVMe (E) |
| Networking | Full IPv4 and IPv6 | LAGG, LACP, VLANs, Interface Bridging | Jumbo Frames, TCP options |
| Data Security | Self-Encrypted Drives (TCG Opal), Dataset Encryption | Encrypted replication, WireGuard, OpenVPN | ACLs, IP Filtering, KMIP (E), FIPS 140-2 Validated Encryption (E) |
| Foundation | Debian, Boot Management, SSH, Container | Kubernetes, KVM | System Logging, Time Synchronization |
| High Availability | Fast ZFS Replication | 10 - 100 GbE Clustering, LAGG and/or LACP | Dual Controller High-Availability (E) - Fast Failover |
| Hardware Management | IPMI Remote Management, Visual Enclosure Management (X) | SAS JBODs, Global Spares | SMART, SSD Wear Monitoring |
| Hardware Platforms | Any x86-64 System | Mini X+/XL+, R-Series, H-Series | X-Series, M-Series, F-Series |
| Support | Community Support - Forums, Documentation, Release Notes, Bug Ticketing | ||
- (E) Indicates that an Enterprise license is required
- (X) Indicates that iXsystems hardware is required