I’m trying to learn about servers and I’m new to TrueNAS. Can you recommend me a newbie guide? Thank you.

But of course, welcome! Off the top of my head I recommend you take a look at the Resources-section to the left. Thank you.

Terminology and Abbreviations Primer We realize that new users have a lot to learn when they come to FreeNAS. There's a certain amount of confusion added to discussions when users pick random/approximate terms to describe things. I've spent a lot of time quietly trying to... …

Uncle Fester's Basic TrueNAS Configuration Guide A beginners guide to planning, installing and configuring TrueNAS

I am also looking for noob advice. In Resources, I see Uncle Fester’s guide, but it’s a bit outdated. I’d found this thread in the old community (won’t allow me to post the domain), but no continuation of the discussion over here: /community/threads/what-is-the-future-of-truenas-core.116049/ This…

[image] facesnorth: In Resources, I see Uncle Fester’s guide, but it’s a bit outdated. Fester’s Guide is as current as it gets with respect to CORE, which is a dead-end OS.

shrug Perhaps someone else can answer that, I don’t use CORE and am not married to the idea that the underpinnings should be based on FreeBSD. The OP tagged this topic with CORE but hasn’t elaborated on why or what their goal is.

Well yeah, that’s kinda my reason for the question. Since CORE is dead-end, and SCALE is linux-based, where is the current discussion currently as to FreeBSD based open source NAS OS development? I saw that thread on the old server, but can’t find any continuation of the discussion here or elsewhe…

[image] facesnorth: where is the current discussion currently as to FreeBSD based open source NAS OS development? Currently? Probably on the XigmaNAS channels. I’ve heard some talk of forking CORE, and it’s open-source, so that’s an option, but I’m not aware of anyone currently taking that …

Hello. I'm new to TrueNAS.

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etorix November 3, 2024, 4:52pm 3

should cover the basics.

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Hello. I'm new to TrueNAS.

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