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FreeNAS vs. ioSafe

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
FreeNAS
Score 5.4 out of 10
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FreeNAS is an open source operating system that allows nearly any hardware serve as a network-attached storage device. It was developed by iXsystems.N/A
ioSafe
Score 0.0 out of 10
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ioSafe designs and builds fireproof and waterproof data storage solutions. These products are used for physical protection, private/hybrid cloud-based backup and disaster recovery solutions for businesses of all sizes and creative professionals. Like an aircraft black box for critical data, ioSafe improves recovery point and time objectives while reducing costs and simplifying infrastructure.N/A
Pricing
FreeNASioSafe
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FreeNASioSafe
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
FreeNASioSafe
Best Alternatives
FreeNASioSafe
Small Businesses
DiskStation
DiskStation
Score 8.8 out of 10
DiskStation
DiskStation
Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
Score 10.0 out of 10
Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
Score 10.0 out of 10
Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
Dell Unity XT Unified Storage
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
FreeNASioSafe
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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Support Rating
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
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User Testimonials
FreeNASioSafe
Likelihood to Recommend
FreeNAS suited really well in managing our legacy systems and it handled all our network flows really well, less maintenance is required on our part. FreeNAS also gave the option to switch to TrueNAS for free as now its support is limited. The major issue that we faced was with the installation as it is really complex and required lots of time. Rest all is good and FreeNAS still works well on our systems.
Eldhose K Shibu | TrustRadius Reviewer
Eldhose K Shibu
Chief Technology Officer (Consulting)
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Pros
  • The FreeNAS web interface is modern looking. It makes tasks like provisioning drives into raid volumes easy.
  • The ZFS raid option allows you to add in an SSD as a cache drive to increase performance.
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Chris Thibeau
Technical Support Analyst
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Cons
  • Not good for beginners as it requires deep understanding of networking and storage.
  • Most of the good and required features are not available in free version.
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Pranay J
Senior Consultant
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Support Rating
There were some things that can be found by other users on forums and Google and some things that were not.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
Before swapping to FreeNAS, we'd been using plan old Linux servers running Samba and NFS with ZFS storage underneath. This worked really well for our requirements at the time but required a lot of administration when new versions came along, or new users had to be added or drives needed replacing, and so on. FreeNAS did away with 95% of that work and does a much better job too.
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Return on Investment
  • Low-Cost Network Attached Storage
  • Provides additional network storage to support client & business operations
  • FreeNAS secures our data using custom encryption keys
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