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This new feature in TrueNAS 26 makes accessing files easier than ever

… Sign in to your XDA account Drop a question about the best Network-Attached Storage distribution in a home server forum, and you’re bound to hear the name TrueNAS pop up a number of times. …

Apr 24, 2026 · Ayush Pande

The best NAS distro is getting better at virtualization, but you shouldn't use it exclusively for that

… But after checking out forum posts about tinkerers moving their DIY experiments to TrueNAS, I wouldn’t recommend using it to replace your LXC and VM-hosting workstations – especially if you’re already a member of the Proxmox faction like yours truly. …

May 6, 2026 · Ayush Pande

I picked Proxmox over TrueNAS Scale for my home lab, and I'd make the same choice today

… Related I ran my NAS in Proxmox and set up an SMB share so my LXCs can access it While it may sound weird, this setup works well when you have a single node and a bunch of unprivileged LXCs TrueNAS Scale didn't fit the hardware I had Turning an old system into a home lab doesn't fit the TrueNAS for… …

Apr 15, 2026 · Ty Sherback

I turned this NAS into a Proxmox home server, and TrueNAS inside a VM solved my biggest storage problem

… I went down the SATA controller passthrough route for my virtualized TrueNAS system Disk passthrough wasn’t ideal for this project If you’ve ever looked at forum posts about virtualized NAS setups, you’d often hear folks mention that adding your physical drives as virtual disks is a bad idea, and t… …

Jul 9, 2026 · Ayush Pande

I opted for native ZFS in Proxmox over a TrueNAS VM, and it's the best decision I made

… Related TrueNAS is free, so why would anyone pay for a NAS OS? People are too dismissive of paid NAS operating systems. TrueNAS isn't the wrong choice in general None of this makes TrueNAS the wrong choice, especially if you're running it on the bare metal. …

Jun 24, 2026 · Ty Sherback

HexOS can finally manage your NAS locally instead of through the cloud, and it fixes its biggest flaw

… They start with HexOS because TrueNAS is intimidating, get comfortable with the concepts, and then graduate to using TrueNAS directly. HexOS seems fine with this. Accessing the underlying TrueNAS interface is easy, as it's right there in Settings. …

Jun 10, 2026 · Adam Conway

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This new feature in TrueNAS 26 makes accessing files easier than ever

The best NAS distro is getting better at virtualization, but you shouldn't use it exclusively for that

I picked Proxmox over TrueNAS Scale for my home lab, and I'd make the same choice today

I turned this NAS into a Proxmox home server, and TrueNAS inside a VM solved my biggest storage problem

I opted for native ZFS in Proxmox over a TrueNAS VM, and it's the best decision I made

HexOS can finally manage your NAS locally instead of through the cloud, and it fixes its biggest flaw

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