5 AWESOME Home Server/NAS Operating Systems

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00:00 - Introduction
00:39 - Proxmox
03:13 - NordPass (Sponsor)
04:19 - TrueNAS
06:04 - CasaOS
08:18 - OpenMediaVault
09:53 - UNRAID
16:22 - Ubuntu

[DFWDashcam]

I almost never leave comments online but I just have to say your CasaOS video was great. It was so easy to follow through and have it up and running. From someone who knows nothing to actually have a server up and running, it makes it so simple.

I really appreciate these kind of videos for people like me on the fence to learn more and the way your break them down for people who have no background.

[allenellisdewitt]

What i love about UnRaid is that you can add drives as you go, without having to rebuild the entire array each time. I can upgrade over time as money and deals come up.

[waynefong]

I use Debian 12 for my home server. Not because just "STABLE AF", but it can fulfill most of my needs. HAIL FOR DEBIAN :)

[thomashansen]

I have been running my unraid since 2015 on the same usb drive and cache drive with no problems. I subsequently built one more unraid machine here in 2023. And I love how docker and vm how easy it is to manage. Thumbs up from here.

[nitrobear]

CasaOS is not an OS, it's not technically based on debian because it's just a package you install in not only debian, but also Alpine, Arch or even OpenWRT if you're into that. It's just a frontend that lets you install docker containers easily.

[uuu]

For me, my preferred go-to is the tried and tested Debian + Tmux + SSH

Easy, straightforward

[michaelosmolski]

Been an UNRAID users for years for my Docker/NAS needs, love it! I do use ESXi 8 for VDI and game LAN streaming (Horizon 8) and Windows VMs though.

[Whatupdays]

I've been running two Unraid servers for about five years with no issues.

[royperkins]

AFAIK the Unraid OS and plugins are read into ram at boot so read and writes on the USB drive are minimal so if it gets borked it'll almost definitely be down to something that'd bork an ssd rather than excessive read writes. Regarding the key I think you can install a backup onto a new stick and change it once a year without emailing support and it's really quick and easy.

[scarletpimpernel]

Just what the doctor ordered! I am using a bunch of external USB drives right now with a total capacity of running into doubledigit Terrabytes, which is ridiculous. If one of them crashes I am off to the looney bin. Your video gives a practical overview of available NAS systems which most of them are new to me.Thanks for the awesome introduction and I'll be checking out your other videos for more details about the introduced NAS system here.

[brazenintellect]

One can also add Rockstor to the list. It's based on OpenSuse, uses BTRFS and has docker integration similar to that of UnRAID.

[Dave_CDN_IrishDAB]

@12:32 You are wrong about needing to contact anyone if your USB drive fails. First make sure you have Unraid connect setup so your USB is auto backed up. Then if you have a failed USB drive just get a new one log into your Unraid connect account download the backup zip. Extract it to the new USB then just use the online automated method built right into the OS. You can do that once every 12 months. I have 2 servers never had a usb fail yet in them after 6 years. Unraid loads fully in memory so after boot the USB has no reads or writes to it unless you reboot or upgrade Unraid.

[vsnth]

Casa OS is my favourite out of them all! Thanks to you 🙌🙌

[danbrown]

It really seems you have three different categories of software you're dealing with: (1) a hypervisor (Proxmox), (2) a container manager (CasaOS), and (3) NASes that let you run additional software, whether in VMs, containers, or both (the rest). There's some overlap between these categories, but they're still fundamentally different pieces of software. I've at least played with four of the five (the only one I haven't touched is Unraid). I've been using FreeNAS for 10+ years, followed the upgrade path to TrueNAS CORE, and moved to SCALE about a year ago; I run a number of apps there (anything that's dealing heavily with data that's on the NAS, runs on the NAS). I've also been running a Proxmox cluster for a number of years; that's where VMs and LXCs run.

A direct alternative to Proxmox would be xcp-ng, using Xen for its hypervisor rather than KVM.

[JavisoGaming]

I love Unraid! So worth the price! Highly recommended!

[maxarendorff]

I've been using NixOS on all my home servers for a while now and I couldn't use anything else at this point. Sure, it has a learning curve, has no fancy GUI and is not going to be as noob-friendly but it is so convenient and powerful to set up your whole system declaratively in one config file and then have it update itself continuously. And if something breaks and you need to reinstall, no problem, just copy over the config file, rebuild the system and everything just works. Infrastructure as code > GUI.

[neccros]

I wish Unraid would get off of using USB as a boot drive and switch to SSD/NVMe... Call me dumb but this is the main reason I don't run Unraid... Even TrueNAS stopped recommending USB boot devices. There is a reason

[TheBeardedLibertarian]

Tried them all, like you I run Unraid, actually two of the, keeping file shares on a Asustor NAS that is using UNraid. Btw, backup your key fob Unraid to a computer, you can restore to a new fob if you have issues . Also use app data backup to backup your docker and container information.

[Chris-hyjy]

If you're just after a bare bones virtualization platform, LXD or Incus (the new community fork of LXD) is a good option. Both have a decent web UI or you can manage everything from the CLI if you prefer.

[ozerune]

I love TrueNAS SCALE so far, but I wish I could have at least tried Unraid without paying.