Thank you for the insight. I do want to at least test TrueNAS out (though I still haven’t decided whether to just run with that or run it inside Proxmox). Are you just using the ‘community edition?’
I have been using open media vault for years, I switched quite recently to trueNAS and I don’t agree with your statement, trueNAS was easier to setup, with encryption, and is easier to maintain. Installing docker compose apps was a learning on omv, but is so simple on trueNAS for there is plenty of apps out of the box (in the store). And yeah, TrueNAS scale doesn’t use kubernetes, it uses docker now.
Lemming007@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
dieTasse@feddit.org 13 hours ago
Yes community edition. If I can recommend do it without proxmox, play with it and then you can decide either way. Good luck!
Lemming007@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
Awesome, thanks! I think I am going to get a couple extra disks and use those to test in whichever new NAS I end up getting so I can try out a few different bare metal options before making a firm decision.
I’ve never even used Proxmox, so it honestly came a lot from the TechHut video I referenced. I liked the interface and it seems like a really solid option for managing multiple VMs/services. This is all a new journey for me though so its entirely possible that I am overlooking something and I’ll probably end up modifying plans as I get more experience with various homelabbing tools.
dieTasse@feddit.org 2 hours ago
I see, I was on that path not long ago, I finally realized I do not need Proxmox and it would create unnecessary complexity for me. In truenas you can install many services (apps), they use docker under the hood, or you can create your own docker app, its much easier to manage. At least for me. I have installed e. g. Jellyfin, audiobookshelf, adguard, home assistant, nginx proxy manager and eveything without a hitch. And by “installed” i mean I found the app in truenas store, hit install and in user friendly form I just assigned a couple of parameters (like storage location). It can even create a dataset for each app for you and you dont have deal with acl and similar. (Although I chpse to handle the datasets myself to have more control over it).
yaroto98@lemmy.org 21 hours ago
Huh, maybe my TrueNAS experience is a little dated. Last I used it, everything was k8s and bo docker-compose at all.
dieTasse@feddit.org 14 hours ago
They switched kubernetes for docker in 24.10 so it is quite new. And it works realy well. I didn’t have to tweak one thing, I was impressed.
yaroto98@lemmy.org 11 hours ago
Nice! Good to know that if Unraid goes downhill I have a good alternative.