TrueNAS: The Ultimate Guide to Building Your Own Cloud. Pros, Cons, and Pitfalls
2025-12-04
In a world where data volume grows faster than GPU prices, the question “Where to store files?” becomes critical. Google Drive and iCloud are convenient but expensive and not unlimited. External hard drives are unreliable. Ready-made solutions from Synology or QNAP are good, but hit the wallet.
Enter TrueNAS. It’s an operating system that turns a regular computer into a powerful enterprise-grade network-attached storage (NAS).
Let’s figure out why TrueNAS is so popular, what challenges you’ll face, and whether this system is right for you.