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Self Hosting Noob, Freenas vs Ubuntu Server with Samba (self.selfhosted)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MrKilroy to c/selfhosted

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Hi Everyone,

So, I am very new to self-hosting. A couple of years ago I set up a mini PC running Ubuntu Server with Nextcloud and Jellyfin on my network. Now I think I want to move away from Nextcloud as for me, uploading files to it hasn't been super reliable and it has been a little slow. It also seems to have a lot of features I really don't need.

At the moment, I basically use my server just for file storage, plus running Jellyfin. I think initially I went to nextcloud because I wanted a solution that would automatically sync my files to my network storage kinda like onedrive. However, Nextcloud on different systems doesn't work the same way and I basically ended up just manually copying everything over to Nextcloud and using it like a network drive. At that point, why even use nextcloud then? I would be better off with Sharing a folder using Samba right? Do you think that would be the best fit for my needs? Or should I learn about freenas? Taking a quick look at it I'm not sure what advantages it would have over just a samba share.

Edit: Thanks everyone! You've given me a lot to look into!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

imo truenas because it’s made for storage. It will monitor your drives, it’s easy to expand storage. Want nextcloud? It’s a plugin ready to install. Want plex media server? Just add the plugin. Need backups of your machines? Try the backuppc plugin.

Core is based on frebsd, while scale is Debian. While scale is fun I’m still a core-fan.
Samba on a Debian box works as well if all you want is smb. But it’s a you made it you support it solution. On Truenas there’s loads of people making sure it’s secure and working and updating is a button.