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FreeNAS vs IBM Scale-out File System comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
FreeNAS scales well for some users, though challenges with hardware costs and storage expansion are noted by others.
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Valuable Features

Sentiment score
7.6
FreeNAS provides reliable, user-friendly storage with seamless integration, robust management, and effective data protection across multiple platforms.
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Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
3.4
FreeNAS needs improved Hyper-V cluster support, documentation clarity, better dashboard, S3, PSA integrations, and efficiency for backups.
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Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
FreeNAS offers high stability and reliability, efficiently handling drive failures and maintaining 99.9% uptime with proper hardware.
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Customer Service

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FreeNAS technical support is praised for excellence, stability, reliability, and effective issue resolution with consistent quality assistance.
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Setup Cost

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FreeNAS is a free, open-source solution with significant hardware costs, suitable for enterprises with technical expertise.
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Categories and Ranking

FreeNAS
Ranking in NAS
10th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Scale-out File System
Ranking in NAS
27th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the NAS category, the mindshare of FreeNAS is 3.0%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Scale-out File System is 0.1%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Vincenzo D'Aniello - PeerSpot reviewer
Open-source with great disk management and task synchronization
The system itself allows you to add any feature. The only bad thing is that this maybe depends on FreeBSD, and sometimes finding documentation is difficult. For example, we knew that previous versions automatically enabled the Linux kernel, yet with the recent version, this was no longer the case. Now, there was the possibility of being able to create Debian-based jails, and finding the documentation was not easy or fast. That said, in the end, we succeeded. If you find the documentation, it is always incomplete and fragmented.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
22%
Government
11%
Educational Organization
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
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Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about FreeNAS?
The ease of use of the 'jail', the management of backups, and copies to easily create test and pre-production scenarios have speeded up the development and distribution of business apps.
What needs improvement with FreeNAS?
The system itself allows you to add any feature. The only bad thing is that this maybe depends on FreeBSD, and sometimes finding documentation is difficult. For example, we knew that previous versi...
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Sample Customers

Morroni Technologies Inc., Creative Integrations
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