Should I go with Ubuntu Server or TrueNAS Scale or something else? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by leonheartx1988@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Hello

I cannot decide which OS I should I install, I have the following machine which will be on 24/7:

intel Core i7 9700
2x32GB RAM
1x 256GB M.2 SSD (Booting OS)
2x4TB Samsung 870 QVO

and I will use it for:

NextCloud or other self-hosted cloud
Git Server (Git Tea or GitLab)
Plex Server
VirtualMin
DNS Server
FTP/Samba Server
Remote Downloader

I am a Web Developer and most of apps can also be ran with docker or in a VM and I will be also developing my own APIs so portability is essential because in the future some of the apps will be ran on a VPS

I am also comfortable reading documentation and configuring everything with ssh/CLI, so configuring things with a UI is nice to have but not mandatory.

I have played with both Ubuntu Server and TrueNas Scale in the past, felt comfortable with both but still for my needs, its a little bit unclear to me with which I should go for.

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[-] MrB2891@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Are you using the same machine for your media storage?

I would say Unraid. For the home user it's easily the most flexible, has a great hypervisor for VM's as well as an excellent container manager, an absurd amount of 'one click install' community apps, while being GUI based and easy to use and offering features like array expansion on a single disk.

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