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Should I go with Ubuntu Server or TrueNAS Scale or something else? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by leonheartx1988@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Hello

I cannot decide which OS I should I install, I have the following machine which will be on 24/7:

intel Core i7 9700
2x32GB RAM
1x 256GB M.2 SSD (Booting OS)
2x4TB Samsung 870 QVO

and I will use it for:

NextCloud or other self-hosted cloud
Git Server (Git Tea or GitLab)
Plex Server
VirtualMin
DNS Server
FTP/Samba Server
Remote Downloader

I am a Web Developer and most of apps can also be ran with docker or in a VM and I will be also developing my own APIs so portability is essential because in the future some of the apps will be ran on a VPS

I am also comfortable reading documentation and configuring everything with ssh/CLI, so configuring things with a UI is nice to have but not mandatory.

I have played with both Ubuntu Server and TrueNas Scale in the past, felt comfortable with both but still for my needs, its a little bit unclear to me with which I should go for.

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[–] Mastasmoker@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Why not proxmox?

[–] dev_all_the_ops@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

CasaOs
Cosmos-server

Or proxmox and then you can run one or the other or both virtually.

[–] fxrsliberty@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I would generally recommend the TrueNAS scale, but you don't seem to need it

[–] MrB2891@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Are you using the same machine for your media storage?

I would say Unraid. For the home user it's easily the most flexible, has a great hypervisor for VM's as well as an excellent container manager, an absurd amount of 'one click install' community apps, while being GUI based and easy to use and offering features like array expansion on a single disk.

[–] theRealNilz02@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

TrueNas core.

[–] sarz4fun@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Try Nethserver

[–] Pickles937@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I’ve really been looking into unRAID lately. I think I like how it handles RAIDs/Arrays better than TrueNAS or just plain old Linux distros. And Docker seems very easily configurable and manageable. I’d take a glance at that.

[–] petervk@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I just installed Proxmox on a T430 and it's been working well so far. Have Truenas Scale running within Proxmox and my 4 storage drives passed through to it for file sharing, and also have a few other containers for various services/applications.

[–] TTdriver@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

If everything will work in containers, I really like openmediavault. Been on that for 3 years.

[–] smolderas@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Proxmox

[–] charlesGodman@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I dont have input on your question. As someone owning a Samsung 870 QVO I can strongly recommend not buying it, though. Get EVO or something else. The sustained write on my QVO is abysmal.

[–] supercamlabs@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Proxmox