Member of the Board of Directors; Executive at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Nov 6, 2021
The solution is free and open-source. That said, if you have hardware failures, then there's the cost of replacing it. That's the only cost. In my case, when I was finding the discs were failing too fast, I determined that the drives were really running too hot and I bought a new really big case with lots of fans. Now the discs are really cool. Everything's really cool in it. Once I invested in the fans, that's when it became ultra-reliable.
Member of the Board of Directors; Executive at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Jan 16, 2019
Since it is free (except for the hardware cost), and robust, I would advise others to use it. If the user is not technologically proficient, I might suggest TRUE NAS for a guaranteed turnkey solution
FreeNAS is an operating system that can be installed on virtually any hardware platform to share data over a network. FreeNAS is the simplest way to create a centralized and easily accessible place for your data. Use FreeNAS with ZFS to protect, store, backup, all of your data. FreeNAS is used everywhere, for the home, small business, and the enterprise.
The core version is free and open-source.
The solution's licensing cost is based on the hardware capacity.
FreeNAS is open-source, but we need to pay for the underlying hardware and Microsoft software.
The solution is free and open-source. That said, if you have hardware failures, then there's the cost of replacing it. That's the only cost. In my case, when I was finding the discs were failing too fast, I determined that the drives were really running too hot and I bought a new really big case with lots of fans. Now the discs are really cool. Everything's really cool in it. Once I invested in the fans, that's when it became ultra-reliable.
Its price is okay. It suits our needs.
For our configuration, we pay a little bit less than €10,000 ($12,000 USD) per year. The only other costs are for the hardware in the data center.
We use the free version of the program.
Since it is free (except for the hardware cost), and robust, I would advise others to use it. If the user is not technologically proficient, I might suggest TRUE NAS for a guaranteed turnkey solution